I started my 21 day liquid preop diet 4 days ago. The first couple days I wasnt even hungry but now Im starving. My stomach hurts. I couldnt sleep the last 2 nights cuz I was so hungry. I hate this.

What does your diet look like? Is it only shakes? Maybe you can drink one right before you go to bed?

Do you drink enough protein drinks? Also talk to your surgeon, I was told that I was allowed to have an occasional salad during emergencies.

I feel your pain. I am on day 7 and pretty much everyone says days 3 - 5 are the worst. And they were for me. I was so hungry I thought I was going to eat my TV when anything about food came on. Was ready to chain myself down to not go in the kitchen.

What really helped me those days were broth. I drank a ton of broth. I made mine from Bouillon cubes so the beef has 0 calories and the chicken has 5 calories and I watered it down a little more. Instead of 1 cup and 1 cube I did 2 cups and 1 cube.

Just sipping on it and the warmth of it really helped settle down my tummy and the hunger pains.

If broth is not your thing maybe see about herbal tea?

If I remember you are doing the carnation breakfasts, 6 of them a day. Were you told you could drink anything else?

I am doing Optifast, which I have to drink 5 a day. I space mine out every 3 hours and drink about 1/2 to 3/4 gallon of Water a day with that. Then I am allowed sugar free candy, popsicles, Jello. But that stuff just gets overwhelming and way to sweet for me.

I am also allowed the broth.

I have cheated a little and boiled some eggs and just ate the whites of them so I did not get any of the chol just the Protein.

Also had a slice of cheese or two when the hunger pains just would not go away.

It is not uncommon to feel really hungry...I know I do mostly in the evenings.

I would check with your doctors office and see if there is anything else that you can drink or if you were not told about the suggestions I listed see if they are ok with that.

I felt I was drinking way to much broth and emailed my doctors office and the nurse emailed back right away that while the broth is loaded with sodium that will retain water as long as I am losing weight it is okay. Just every day try to cut back a little.

The past few days I have been losing about 2 lbs a day. And have been able to cut back on the broth. So it does get a little easier as you go along...but on day 7 and the pains are still here I just keep reminding myself what I am doing this for and going through it for. I am pushing myself to be strong and that I can do this.

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The same thing happened to me. I was fine for the first week but ravenous during the second. I think I experienced a lot of head hunger due to the sugar withdrawals from giving up carbs. Hang in there, it will be so worth it.

I also am going through the same. I started on Sat. and yesterday (day 5) was the worst. I dreamed of food all night and woke with the worst headache I have ever had. I did't take anything, it went away when I started moving around.

I am doing a 3 week instead of the required 2 mainly because I have been diagnosed with a fatty liver and want to do as much as I can to make it shrink.

But I am starving, and my son said today, you really don't have to start till the 4th, why don't you go out with us and have some real food. I know they are questioning this surgery but I didn't think they were going to sabatoge me.

At least they haven't brought in any of my favorite foods, as a matter of fact they have been making a point of eating outside on the picnic table so I won't have to smell the food.