Hello everyone. I am scheduled for surgery on May 14. Started the liquid diet yesterday. Anyone elce out there drinking you nutrition? If so I thought we could support one another. We can all do it!!!

I was supposed to start today, but didn't get my Optifast in the mail until after I left for work this morning. I will be with you tomorrow!

Good luck! It is all mind over matter. I got a snow cone maker from walmart and some sugar free snow cone flavors. That is a fun snack and Jell-o is my new best friend!

Hi ya'll! I am on my 4th days of liquid, still have this weekend and all of next week to go. It really is mind over matter. I bought one of those rubbermaid drinking containers that holds 32 oz and have that sitting next to me all day. I cut up some strawberrys and placed them in my water and my water tasted so yummy! It takes awhile for the flavor to come out but when it does its good! I also put lemon in my water to make it not so boring! If it helps any I bought a juicer and have been juicing fruit and veggies to give me a variety. My dr. said it was ok to drink 1 slim fast a day so I have been doing that for breakfast. I can also eat sugar free fat free pudding...and that is helping! I bought Jello to but haven't opened those yet! I have also been tanning to get my mind off of it and been hitting the gym right after I leave the tanning place. I am planning on cutting up cucumbers and putting them in my water too to see if it gives it flavor because I heard it was delicious! We can do it!!!:biggrin:

Im waiting to start mine, but they told me that I have to have carnation and nothing more, other than water. I have the special k, protien water packets, I wonder if I can drink those. Man Im thinking to myself this is going to be a hard 2 weeks when I do get started. I have family dinners on Sundays with my mom, and man, sitting at the table with them will just kill me. Especially when all I have is CARNATION...Yep it is mind over matter. But, do I have the mind to make it matter...lol.

I've been on some form of the liquid diet since September of last year for various reasons...so yeah I need the support!!!!

Thin,

That is a great idea about the snowcone machine. I am planning to get a juicer and a food processor. I too am scheduled for the 14th of May....I just did all my preop today. But I'm not required to be on a liquid diet. I am though eating mushies because I had a wisdom tooth pulled out on Monday and can't chew, chew, chew. I figured, sooner or later I will have to drink my nutrition, mine as well get used to it.

Funny note: Today I met with my surgeon during my preop's and I mentioned to him that I had a wisdom tooth pulled out and have stitches. He begged me to look at them , then said.. That hurts more than your surgery will. I HOPE IS TRUE!!!!!

Edited May 8, 200818 yr by Maitai

My liquids are as follows

*Sugar Free Jello

*Sugar Free Popsicles

*Skim Milk

*Strained low fat cream or broth soups

*Tomato Soup

*2-3 protein shakes per day

*100% fruit or veggie juice

*Crystyl lite

*H2O

Must follow for one week!

Today is my 8th day of being on liquid diet.

It's going to be hard the first 3 days. But after that you will adjust and your body won't complain as much.

If you are not restricted to drinking the shakes from the doctor office. Here are some alternatives that you might enjoy.

Glucerna has a strawberry flavor, I drink this for dinner, it tastes like strawberry milk. It has 200 calories, and about 10 grams of Protein.

EAS Advant-Edge has 17 grams of Protein, and the chocolate one tastes like when you mix cocoa powder with Water. Not creamy, but drinakble.

Special K Protein Powder (to be added into water). So far I've tried 3 flavors, Lemonade, Kiwi-Strawberry, and Iced Tea. If you like Sweet Tea, get the Iced Tea flavor. Kiwi is second choice for me. I usually just put a plastic bottle in the freezer, put water in it about half of the bottle, freeze that and just add the Protein powder with water after. Drinking it iced-cold is not bad at all.

I also make Protein Jello. Add about 1/2 to 1 scoop of vanilla flavor powder in 1 cup cold water, mix it well. Then add about 2/3 boiling water to a package of sugar free/fat free Jello, after all the Jello dissolves, add the protein mix. You will get a jello that not too hard, the bottom is kindda icky a bit, but just eat the bottom first then eat the top portion....

As for all the spare time you have at lunch now, start going out and window shopping, look at all the pretty clothes you will be wearing very soon!

I am scheduled for surgery on 5/19 and on my 4th day of liquids. I have only been doing the Medifast drinks, but I have read some great suggestions to add. Thanks for the support and, yes, we can all do it!!

Hello everyone. I am scheduled for surgery on May 14. Started the liquid diet yesterday. Anyone elce out there drinking you nutrition? If so I thought we could support one another. We can all do it!!!

Oh baby I started on Tuesday and I will be banded on the 15th and this is hard as hell... but I can at least eat 1 meal a day.... and I normally eat dinner at home.. but it really truly is mind over matter... ouch....

This is day 5 of my 15 days of liquids. I only get protein shakes and water. I am looking forward to the day before surgery when I can have sugar free jello and broth. I don't even get Crystal Light. I'm sure this diet hurts more than surgery!

This is day 5 of my 15 days of liquids. I only get protein shakes and water. I am looking forward to the day before surgery when I can have sugar free jello and broth. I don't even get Crystal Light. I'm sure this diet hurts more than surgery! The thing that keeps me going is getting on the scale each morning and seeing the drop!

This is day 5 of my 15 days of liquids. I only get Protein shakes and Water. I am looking forward to the day before surgery when I can have sugar free Jello and broth. I don't even get Crystal Light. I'm sure this diet hurts more than surgery! The thing that keeps me going is getting on the scale each morning and seeing the drop!

damnnnnn....and i thought I had it bad....wow......

Today is day one on this 10 day liquied diet- surgery is 5/19

I can have

Atkins shakes

Tomato Soup

Sf pudding

Low fat milk,

Sf apple sauce

Water

SF popsilcles

I have a major headache today due to not having my daily pepsi I'm sure. (

today is day 1 of my liquid diet.

i can have 3 slimfasts per day

1 protien shake

unlimited crystal lite and sugar free jello

on day 4 i can add a small garden salad in place of 1 of the slimfasts.

so far today has been ok...just a slight headache.

oh and i can have coffee and tea. just no sugar added.