I am going on an internet search to find out if there is any actual medical articles about a clear liq diet for one week shrinking your liver. I am beginning to suspect that they put you on this diet so that you get used to starving so you don't complain as much after surgery. I am 3 days in and I haven't cheated I may be in a food deprived mania but I don't think you can shrink your liver in a week. If anyone knows of any sites or actual physiologic explanation please let me know. I will post anything I find.

I'm on day 13 of my liquid diet with no cheats!!! It was horrible day 3 & 4 but after that it became bearable. Plus - I have lost 16 pounds which keeps me focused!! I do think it will help with the adjustment to less food post surgery. My surgery is Wednesday - Feb 25th!! Woo Hoo!

I think it is a method to weed out people. Who can follow the rules and who really wants it bad enough.

I'm on day 3 of meditrim. Things could be better, but they could be worse. I mostly want to eat and I'm very irritable.

I do believe that the diet shrinks the liver but I'm not sure which "method" is the best. There seems to be a lot of different ways that surgeons have people slim down a bit for the surgery.

Fatty liver disease is a huge problem for us that are overweight and I do see how the size can greatly jeopardize the success of the surgery (band or no band) and without damaging the liver.

It's strange for me, I'm a lab technician doing medical research in human nutritional sciences... one of my projects right now is looking at non-alcoholic fatty liver disease so I feel like I know too much for my own good sometimes.