So I have started my pre-op diet. That means that for Thanks Giving, the biggest holiday meal of the year in my opinion, that I have to eat a very modified dinner. We're going to my in-laws for Thanks Giving and yesterday my mother in-law asked my wife if there is anything special that she needs to have for me or if there is anything they should not serve.

My first reaction was don't make any special concessions for me. I don't want others to feel like they have to change the way they enjoy the dinners or the holiday festivities because I am changing the way that I do.

Then I started thinking what really can I have for the dinner. I am on the Liver Shrinking Diet so it's low fat and low carb. No more then 30 carbs a day and no more then 1200 calories a day. So what does that mean? It means I have to completely rethink food and what food I should be having.

Do you have any special plans on how you are going to handle the holiday dinners?

I was on liver shrinking diet last year for Christmas dinner. I straight up asked them if I could cheat that day and they said, sure, but be reasonable. I had one plate with all my favorites on it, but less of them. We have a lot of dishes so it was lots of food. I tried to eat it slow, but I did clean my plate. I think I even had a small desert. After that, I was back to my liver shrinking diet and it didn't seem to hurt anything.

Best of luck to you!

Well Pete I start my pre-op diet Tuesday and on a 1000 cal diet two slimfast and on frozen dinners. Thanksgiving I will be eating turkey and vegs I invited a house full of people to celabrate the day with me. On Christmas I will be on mushies and not going to cook this year guess family will have to find somewhere else to eat. LOL

Carol

I see my surgeon on Wednesday before Thanksgiving and will ask her then. My hope is that she will give the okay to postpone my pre-op by one day and allow me a modified Thanksgiving. I will not be cooking it (thankful for THAT!) so I won't have leftovers to be concerned with. I plan on small amounts of my favorites - of course there are many of those - but keeping to very small amounts will satisfy me, and I hope satisfy my surgeon. If she plays hardball - I'll have the turkey broth and cranberry jello - and be thankful to have my surgery date the next week. It's all in what you set your mind to, and my priority is my surgery and following the rules for success. When Thanksgiving rolls around next year, I'll be close to goal, and my bet is I will eat very small amounts of my favorites!