Hi there,

I just found this website yesterday and have been finding my way around. I was looking to find out how people made out on their pre-op diets. I've really struggled these past three weeks and worry that I might have messed up my surgery. I was supposed to be on liquid protein diet (Optifast) and steamed vegetable. I have a BMI of 54 so I have a lot to lose.

I'm only two days away from surgery but in the past 3 weeks I have cheated on and off. It's nothing like I used to eat but I have snuck in some chicken one day on my salad with real dressing, another day I ate a bag of bagel crisps with hummus and another day I had a slice of roast beef.

I bought some ketostix at a local pharmacy to see if I was in ketosis but I must admit that it only shows a "trace" amount.

I have lost 20 lbs and notice the difference in my clothes. I've read a lot on this site about the reason for being on a liquid diet is to shrink the liver and that is what my doctor says but I wonder what mine will be like... I started the protein shakes a week earlier just so I would lose some extra weight but I guess I can't be sure that the weight I've lost has come off the liver.

I'll keep checking the forums to see if I can learn more.

thanks,

d

Don't worry and relax. with 2 days to go there is nothing you can do now and nothing you have messed up so far. Losing 20lbs is great and you have discovered the problem with starting the liquid diet to soon, it's just to hard to not cheat. Stick to it for the next 2 days and you'll be fine. NO last supper! lol what we don't always mentions is that after your stomach shinks from surgery and before the fills hit the sweet spot, you'll be able to still have a taste of your favorite foods.

The great thing is a taste will satify you.

I think you should relax. Lots of people have cheated on the pre-op diet and been fine in surgery. Try not to cheat post-op because it can interfere with healing and have long-term detrimental effects that cannot be known immediately. Do your best over the next couple of days and stop worrying - you didn't cheat that badly and 20 lbs is great.:smile2:

Thanks Nancy and Brown Bear! I'm really hungry and can't stop thinking about eating. I just spoke with the clinic where I'm having my surgery to confirm all the arrangements for Thursday. I asked the patient coordinator if the doctor ever had to do an "open surgery" because the liver was too big but she said she had never heard of that happening with this doctor and he has done close to 500 lap band surgeries.

Compared to what I would consume in one day this is a drastic change to my body. I am a fast food junkie and even the cut back in sodiuim I'm sure has contributed to my weight loss.

thanks for your encouragement.

I'll post after surgery to let you know how I made out.

d.

My Doctor said only once he had a patient that had lost weight prior to surgery, but cheated, and when he got in there he had to close because the liver was too big. Scared me enough that when I start liquid diet on the 14th I will not cheat.

Sounds like you are doing well, just stick to it. Compared to some of my pre-op sins (my bday was a week before my surgery, cake & wine were consumed) you're doing great. Just give it your all in the next two days.

Good luck!

I'm two days from surgery too. I've cheated too.

Scared that my liver is too big, and that I'm a chicken, just praying that I'm ready and will have an easy time with recovery, and NO complications!

Good luck fellow bandster! I'll look for your "I:thumbup: Survived" posts on the 4th or 5th!