I'm on day 2 of my pre-op shakes and right now could possibly eat 3 small children, one baby duck and my left arm.. hell, add my right one too! So I thought I'd better ask before I give Hanibal Lecter a run for his money, will I get used to this eventually? I have to do this for a month :tongue:

You will.....believe it or not. I thought I was gonna eat one of my dogs for the 1st 3 days (jk), but then it got better and i am rarely hungry now. I started the pre-op diet on Jan. 22 since my surgery is on Feb 5 (gulp):tongue:

I promise it gets better. The slim fast low carb seem to fill me up more than the Eas lite - fyi!

I'm on day 2 of my pre-op shakes and right now could possibly eat 3 small children, one baby duck and my left arm.. hell, add my right one too! So I thought I'd better ask before I give Hanibal Lecter a run for his money, will I get used to this eventually? I have to do this for a month :thumbup:

Too funny!. Those of us who have been banded know how you feel, especially if we had to do the famous pre-op diet. You poor thing a whole month???

I never got use to shakes and never used them. They hurt my tummy. I asked my doctor to recommend other lquid Protein drinks and she recommended Isopure and NewWhey bullets.

The NewWhey has 42 grams of protein and the Isopure has 40 grams. They are very filling. My doctor also allowed me to have one small meal for dinner high in protein.

If you can keep your protein up really high it will help with hunger. Talk to your doctor about other types of Protein Drinks. Ask your doctor if they would be willing to allow one small protein meal with two protein drinks for your other meals.

Every doctor has different instructions, so always do what your doctor instructs you to do, but it cannot hurt to ask him/her???

Good luck!:tongue:

I'm on day 2 of my pre-op shakes and right now could possibly eat 3 small children, one baby duck and my left arm.. hell, add my right one too! So I thought I'd better ask before I give Hanibal Lecter a run for his money, will I get used to this eventually? I have to do this for a month :thumbup:

LOL!!! First of all thanks for the good laugh LOL!!!! :tongue:

I know it's hard. I never got used to it myself I was always hungry till mushies. I'm sorry to say that but that's how it was for me. Hang in there!

I didn't get used to my shakes on the pre-op diet--I hated them with a passion, and could only choke down one or two a day. As a result, I just got used to not eating.

I was banded on the 27th. it does get easier. Use you imagination. I bought vanilla EAS powder. Then mixed fruit, choc. syrup, sugar free ice cream. I am starving to death now just 1 week out.

Days 2 and 3 were the worst for me. I had horrible carb withdrawals! I drank Atkins RTD shakes.My doctor allowed up to 6 per day, and Yes I drank all 6 of them EVERYDAY!

It did get noticeably better by day 4 and by the end of the week I just wasn't really hungry anymore. I only had 2 weeks of pre-op liquids, but then 2 weeks clear liquids, and 2 weeks of thick liquids/mushies (cream soups, mashed potatoes, etc.) post-op. I didn't eat real solid food for 6 weeks, and I lived to tell about it!

It DOES get better! Hang in there!

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I'm on day 2 of my pre-op shakes and right now could possibly eat 3 small children, one baby duck and my left arm.. hell, add my right one too! So I thought I'd better ask before I give Hanibal Lecter a run for his money, will I get used to this eventually? I have to do this for a month :cursing:

You're hysterical!! I feel EXACTLY the same way!! I'm only on day one and I'm starving! I feel shaky and tired and HUNGRY!! By the way - anyone find a tolerable tasting shake??

I had to drink 4 horrible vanilla protein shakes for 9 days to get ready for surgery. They all pretty much kept me full the entire time though. I got to the point where I just held my nose and drank them down as fast as I could . Thankfully the protein drinks I have for after the surgery are actually good.

I felt the EXACT same way! I am on day 6...the hunger died down by day 4....now I am just dealing with some noisey intestinal issues - fun fun!

I will be on Optifast until my surgery, Feb 17th!

Gina

I have to agree with the hunger...I thought I would surely pass out. It gets better once your stomach shrinks and I found that a quick 10 min walk whenever it gets really bad helps.

My DRs office sells a bariactric high Protein shake for a pretty penny. There's a hot chocolate that tolerable when you mix it with coffee - kind of a mocha:tongue2:

What I miss most is cooking. I love to cook but there's no way that I could do that & stay on course.

I feel like shit today - day two of protein shakes!!

I feel shaky, irritable, nauseous, and have a pounding headache!

Is this withdrawal or just hunger?

I'm starting to get scared - if this is what it feels like after surgery, maybe I'm not strong enough for this! :-(

hey Melissa. Are you watching your blood sugar? I don't remember reading if you're diabetic. I am and when my DR put me on the liquids we adjusted my insulin & other diabetic meds as well as blood pressure meds.

hey Melissa. Are you watching your blood sugar? I don't remember reading if you're diabetic. I am and when my DR put me on the liquids we adjusted my insulin & other diabetic meds as well as blood pressure meds.

Hi there! I'm not a diabetic, but I'm "sensitive" because I'm insulin resistant (sort of a precursor to diabetes that comes with polycystic ovarian syndrome).

It's been a rough day, but 2 down and only 12 to go!

Melissa Ann,

I understand completely how you feel. I am insulin resistant as well. I asked my dr about that and he suggested eating a pirce of fruit in between shakes. That made life easier and I was banded yesterday and am already off my metformin!

It does get easier!