Well,

I have 10 days to go before the band. I started my liquid diet monday and have lost 20 lbs so far, however, it is a struggle when the family wants to eat normal gfoods and I am stuck on these liquid diets - Protein.

Tonight my wife said that she was hungry and she was going to DQ, all I thought of was popcorn chicken. Man do I miss that stuff.

Edited June 6, 200917 yr by keithrp7255
Gramar

stick too it, we have faith in you!! I am 19 days away and getting ready to really diet it up, my surgeon doesn't require a liquid diet, BUT I do have to lose 5% of my weight before surgery!

NO DQ!!!

Take it one "meal" at a time...I'm 8 days post op and can tell you that it's all relative in the grand scheme of this. Remember,we are learning to eat to live,no longer living to eat!

It IS hard! But, do hang in there! You're doing a good thing for yourself.

One thing I found that helps is taking a walk when the family eats. Get out and away from the smell and the sight of food. Use the time to do something else good for you..exercise.

Or, if it's too late in the evening for that, go take a shower and brush your teeth. Anything to avoid the temptation!

You have a rough few weeks ahead of you. It will be easier if you go ahead and find ways to handle the temptations.

Good luck to you!

I read somewhere some advice someone said, that you should start trying out some of the food you will be eating that first week after surgery (and some of the mushies too). So maybe if you change it up and try some different types of liquids it may help give you some variety especially when family members are going for fast food. It will definitely help you for that first week so you don't feel like your only options are chicken broth or beef broth. Even trying out different flavors of the protein shakes may help.