Hey all,

I had my dietician appointment last week, and I am due to have my pre-op assessment this week. Bit of a long one, apologies!

Full disclosure - I have ADHD and I am also suspected Dyslexic, and both of these things are making it really hard to plan and to work with numbers etc.

We went through all the info of the Liver Reduction Diet (LRD) - I am starting that on the 1st May, for 2 weeks. I've been given 800 calories a day max - already made a small blunder when ordering stuff from New You Plan https://www.thenewyouplan.com/ - I ordered x14 shakes, x14 soups, x14 meals & x14 snack bars.

I added up what a typical day's calories would look like with these, and it only comes to about 555 calories - so I had to order some SlimFast meal replacement powder to buff it up for another 222-odd calories. ?

I don't know why that stressed me out so much, but because my dietician gave me a meal plan template of only 4 items, I got it stuck in my head that I couldn't add an extra shake on top of that, rather than just thinking I am allowed 800 calories per day.

I also got through the guidance for the vitamins and the food stages and god...with my neurodiverse brain it is just SO much to take in and try and organise.

I am anxious about ordering the right vitamins, and then making sure I am eating the right things - my instinct is always to prep, prep, prep, but I think maybe that will be running before I can walk.

Any advise at this stage? ?

That is such an easy mistake to make because lots of meal replacement programmes have 'meals' bars and shakes that contain 200 calories! I'd have been aiming for 4 too.

It's tricky enough being neurotypical and prepping in advance for what you can and can't eat. I can see it might be even trickier when you're not. Please just come here and let us know how you're doing. Ask loads of questions - someone will always be here to help.

I wish you all the best for your new life.

8 hours ago, Spinoza said:

That is such an easy mistake to make because lots of Meal Replacement programmes have 'meals' bars and shakes that contain 200 calories! I'd have been aiming for 4 too.

It's tricky enough being neurotypical and prepping in advance for what you can and can't eat. I can see it might be even trickier when you're not. Please just come here and let us know how you're doing. Ask loads of questions - someone will always be here to help.

I wish you all the best for your new life.

Honestly I found it so confusing, even though on the surface it seems like a really simple task! I managed to get hold of my dietician and she has confirmed I can just have another meal replacement shake on top of everything else, so it is technically 4 meals and then 1 snack! I had to send screenshots of everything I'd bought too ? She has the patience of a saint bless her haha.

But yeah I was definitely wrongly assuming that the meal replacements had 200 cal - oops.

Thank you for the safe space to talk, I really appreciate it