Ok, so I recently began the pre-op diet and surprisingly I am doing fine. However, I am getting tired of eating and drinking the same thing. Does anywone have any info on what else they ate/ drank while on pre-op liquid diet. So far I have been doing the protien shakes, jello, yogurt, cottage cheese, broth soup. I feel that I need to change it up though, so I don't get tired of the same thing. Please help with any advice.

Compared to yours, my pre-op diet was much more liberal...included two real meals a day. How about cream soup, like cream of tomato or cream of chicken or cream of mushroom?

I think I can only eat broth, no cream of anything. The diet is pretty strict.

I need some advice on what can be done to jazz up the liquid phase. I am 4 days in and I am so tired of chicken broth. How did you all manage to last 14 days?

I am only on day 4 too. I am trying to figure out other things of substance to eat as well. I actually think I am eating way below the calorie count I should be eating. The diet is so strict but everything they want you to eat is like 100 calories or less. By the way side note, I love your quote. If you find a way to "jazz it up" please let me know. Have you tried cottage cheese?

My pre-op diet was all Clear liquids. broth, popsicles (sugar free, of course), Water, Crystal Lite, diet soda, coffee or tea. That's it.

So having other stuff too is actually a more lenient pre-op than some of us got.

I had my band installed yesterday so I have another week of clear liquids. Then a week of full liquids. THEN I get yogurt and stuff like that. But I can have creamy Soups on full liquids.

Wow... you guys are lucky. My pre-op diet consists of protein shakes three times per day for 14 days. No soups, jellos, popsicles, etc. It's going to be terribly hard when I get there!

Trust me, I would have killed for a protein shake. At least that is feeding your cells. My pre-op was basically ZEOR calories - no fuel. Protein shakes can help feed your cells, supply energy to your brain. I think it's a better approach, honestly.

Trust me, I would have killed for a Protein shake. At least that is feeding your cells. My pre-op was basically ZEOR calories - no fuel. Protein shakes can help feed your cells, supply energy to your brain. I think it's a better approach, honestly.

I didn't realise you couldn't have protein shakes as well. How long was that for? That seems like insane torture to have zero calories, and it sounds dangerous too

I work on a mine site and I'm certain my company would consider me a risk/unfit for work and would ban me from site for that period if that was a requirement.

I think I am going to be so sick of protein shakes after drinking 42 of them pre-op! lol

Wow... you guys are lucky. My pre-op diet consists of Protein shakes three times per day for 14 days. No soups, jellos, popsicles, etc. It's going to be terribly hard when I get there!

Miss K, are you on the Optifast shakes? If so you can have 2 cups of vegetables a day - Not starchy ones like potato/pumpkin/sweet potato etc but things like broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, squash. I did that and it was way better - Also yes we can't have soup but trying mixing a teaspoon of chicken stock in with some hot Water and sipping that, it's also allowed because it's low fat. I had to do the optifast stage a total of 3 times because my surgery kept getting postponed so it was easier the 3rd time around - Hopefully that won't happen to you though.

Miss K, are you on the Optifast shakes? If so you can have 2 cups of vegetables a day - Not starchy ones like potato/pumpkin/sweet potato etc but things like broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, squash. I did that and it was way better - Also yes we can't have Soup but trying mixing a teaspoon of chicken stock in with some hot Water and sipping that, it's also allowed because it's low fat. I had to do the optifast stage a total of 3 times because my surgery kept getting postponed so it was easier the 3rd time around - Hopefully that won't happen to you though.

Hi Sarah

Yes, I have to do the intense stage of the Optifast diet for 14 days... super excited that I can have vegies! Thanks for letting me know, as I haven't had my session with the dietician yet. It will be hard as it will be the dead of winter and I know all I will want are some warm, delicious wintery foods. But it's okay, I can do this