Hello everyone and let me start by thanking everyone for their posts. This site is what gave me the courage to opt for the banding.

I have read so many posts regarding the liquid stage of the diet but have yet to find anyone who is on a Clear and Full liquid diet like the one my doctor has me on. I do understand all the individual preferences the doctors follow but I am really looking for an ally I guess you could say. I started a Clear & Full Liquid Diet 2 days prior to surgery. I was banded January 9, 2008 at 7:30am and was home by 2:00pm and that included a 45 minute commute! Below is a sample of my diet:

Breakfast - 2 oz cream of wheat - 2 oz sugar-free blended yogurt -

2 oz diluted juice - 2 oz skim milk with no sugar-added Carnation Instant Breakfast

lunch - 3 oz strained low fat cream Soup - 3 oz sugar-free Gelatin -

2 oz skim milk - 1 scoop Protein powder

dinner - 2 oz strained cream soup (does not say low fat) - 2 oz sugar-free blended yogurt - 2 oz sugar-free gelatin - 1 scoop Protein Powder

No Caffeine or Carbonated beverages

Drink at least 64oz of Fluid per day to prevent dehydration

Since the diet consists of 24 oz of fluids above; I must get in 40 oz throughout the day by aiming for 1/2 cup of liquids every 30 minutes during waking hours.

Is there anyone out there whose diet is remotely close to mine?:smile: I almost forgot, maybe the reason he has me on this diet is because he does not believe in the pureed Stage and skips directly to the Soft food Stage.

I was banded on Jan 8th. My Doc has me on liquids only. I've been "surviving" on my Wife's chicken soup broth, beef broth, protein shacks, sugar free jello and ice pops. I hate oatmeal but I can't wait until I can have some. I've been also taking Gas-X strips a lot. Still have the "elephant sitting on my belly" feeling.

Hello everyone.

I am on my 3rd day pre op diet. I am amazed that I am doing so well. I thought for sure I would have gone crazy by now. But I am sticking with it.

I will be banded Next Wednesday 1/23/08.

I am soooo excited and scared!

Good Luck to everyone!

BTW my dh and I ventured out to O'Charley's last night so I could get some potato soup. I know, I know its probably loaded with calories, but I only had about 8 tablespoons and was full. I didn't eat any of the bacon or any of the chunks (I'm in full liquids right now). It was AWESOME!!!

BTW I'm not trying to rub it in or anything just trying to help with ideas:smile:

I was banded on the 9th and am on a full liquid diet until Jan 23rd. Today I had:

8 oz. Protein shake made with 1% milk (I can drink about 6 oz. at a time slowly - I finished the last 2 ounces about 1/2 hour later)

4 oz. light fat free peach yogurt

4 oz. blended soup

Minute Maid Light fruit drink.

Usually I eat about 4 oz. of something and feel satisfied. I can't say I feel full - I haven't felt the same kind of fullness as I used to feel before the band - it's different. I ate almost 6 oz. of yogurt the other day and knew after the last bite that I should have stopped one bite earlier. I just felt kind of bad in an undefinable way. So, I just don't try to eat any more than 5 oz of anything other than a clear liquid.

I have had the hardest time on the liquid stage. The surgery was nothing compared to this.

doing good.. lets all just make 2008 the year that we go to great adventure and not be scared to get on a ride.

Whoa...wait a minute...somebody posted up there about never being able to have coconut ever again? WTH? Nobody has ever told me this. In fact, my doc has never given me one dietary restriction...ever. He's a teaching physician for the band around the world. His motto is "try it. if it doesn't work for you, you'll know it". What the heck is someone saying ya can't have coconut for? That's just bizarre.

hi, i am 10 days post op and I only lost 5 lbs at time I saw my surgeon 7 days later....I have to say I am very disappointed. I am still in the liquid stage, but very hungry and have snuck a bite here and there, but otherwise have stayed on program. My doc says everyone is different and that although my BMI was 38, he has seen heavier people lose much more weight than me. he said that 5 lbs is great and to keep up the good work.

I'm on day 2 of my 2 week post op diet of full fluids. I had about 4oz (I had to convert it from mls) of V8 juice, 8oz optifast shake, 4oz of chicken soup and water.

I'm supposed to drink 2 litres (67 oz) of fluid per day, which I am finding very difficult. I still have that bloated gas feeling, so I'm so not hungry!

Yes I am on the exacct same diet and I was banded 1/15/08

Just hang in there yelsnia. It gets better and for me the pounds melted away during liquids. Not so much now that I'm on full liquids, but its understandable.

Cream of wheat, pudding and cottage cheese are "Purees," not full liquids. Full liquids, versus Clear Liquids, include reduced calorie or sugar free drinks such as Alba, Instant Breakfast, Protein Shakes, Skim Milk, Hot Cocoa, and strained cream Soups.

But some doctors don't seem to really focus much on diets. If you read postings here, you will see patients who fast ONE night and eat full food the day after surgery or within a short time.

I think the UCSD medical center program is conservatively cautious. My surgeon was one of the first to do the procedure I chose him because I respect his experience. I will stay on the 2-week pre-op, post op clear liquid (day 1-5), full liquid (day 5-14) puree (week 3 & 4)and soft food (Week 5 & 6) stages as advised by the nutritionist.

Puddings, yogurt, mashed potates and cream soups were on my full liquid week not the pureed week. I think every doctor is a little different.

I have been reading these and I must say i am a little concerned. My doc has no pre op diet and i have beenbanded 1 week. 1 Week liquids post op and mushies one week then to fish for a week

I was banded on 2/4/08. I made it through the first 3-days after banding just fine on Protein Water, Jello, and broth. Starting yesterday (day #4), I started to have cravings for food. Today has been harder still.

I don't want to screw up what I've worked so hard to get. I have to keep on saying to myself "I will not go off my liquid diet, I will not...." And I won't.

Interestingly, the hunger is in my head, not in my stomach. My stomach isn't growling -- my head is growling!

My doctor has me on liquids only for a week, then a week of full liquids such as low-fat strained Soups. Week 3 starts with some textures (ie: cottage cheese, etc.), and week 4 is the same as week 3.

As much as I wanted the lapband and I do want it, this first week of Clear Liquids is hard, hard, hard.

Okay -- I wanted to vent. On to eating some jello. An hour after that, drinking some water.

b.