Yes it will get much easier. I remember someone telling me that. I was like " I doubt it" Let me tell you it does. Right after surgery you don't want to eat. Your body is sore and you are having to recover, the last thing your really want to do is eat. I know it sounds funny but hang in there.

Nikki

I am doing much better with my pre-op diet!!! It will be interesting to see how I do after surgery. I still have a bit to go though.

Can someone tell me how you started off with the pre-op diet? I would like to start early. Ok, I live alone and don't work do to my knees and weight.So if I can geta heads up , on what to do , maybe it wont be that hard when I meet my nutritonist....I know this is going to be hard for me. As of right now, I have NO FOOD in my refrig. Not really looking forward to shop. Any advise? elite52

my name is tyler and im 5 days post op so im not that far ahead of you but pre diet is hard but easy enough to get use to it made me lose 15 pounds in 2 weeks. so you start your days with high protein low sugar/calorie drink you can have 3 or so a day i liked muscle milk strawberries and creme along with the bananas and cream or malt. its whatever you prefer i would even suggest going out and purchasing small amounts of each company go to a local gnc or super supplements and they usually know what to get. your going to need lots of vitamins my fav multi vit is a liquid called oasis tastes like oj bariatric advantage is expensive and their multi is grosssssss your allowed sugar free jello water with chrystal light like i said about muscle milk some dieticians dont approve due to high sugar if so isopure is 40 g of protein and 0 sugars passionfruit and grape are good there kinda like juice you can have a ballanced dinner like a healthy lean cuisine i love pho and my surgeon approved you can get flavorless protein powder (get a big bag) there is no need to test that but the vitamin store will have a perfect one the bariatric advantage is like super expensive add this into broths and pureed vegetabe soups may need to get a pureer its a good purchase youll also need b12 vitamins but pretty much your day should be 1. vitamins and pills 2 protein shake 3 water or caffeine free tea and 4 protein broth 5 another shake and finally dinner aka lean cuisine find healthier ones not like mac and cheese but asian glazed chick and rice maybe for dessert half a muscle milk keep it up ask me if you got ques oh and make alot of pureed soup at once and freeze it for that you can have it after surgery ask your dietician if gum is okay i used it i dont see why not it helps with the mental eating

I think that the Pre-Op Diet is different for each doctor. I am going through Kaiser. For breakfast I can have 1 protein, 1 dairy, 1 carb, 1 fruit, and 1 fat. For Lunch I can have 1 protein, 1 carb, 1 fruit, 1 vegetable, and 1 fat. For dinner I can have 1 protein, 1 carb, 2 vegetables, 1 dairy, and 1 fat. Basically 1 protein is 3 oz of meat or 3 oz of fat free cheddar cheese (you can mix and match meats with cheese) and also 3/4 cup of egg beaters or 2 eggs. A carb is 1/2 a baked potato or sweet potato or 1 slice of whole wheat bread. The fat is like a teaspoon of butter or mayo, things like that. Veggies are 1 cup cooked veggies, pretty much everything but corn or 1/2 cup raw. Fruit is one apple, pear, 17 grapes, half a banana. Dairy is 1 cup fat free milk or a non fat yogurt. You are supposed to eat the protein first and then veggies if you are still hungry then you can eat everything else in whatever order. But you don't have to eat everything. So far it has really been helping me. I have lost 12 pounds since Monday.

your eating solids directly after surgery? and do you have a dietician or is this just your surgeon this sounds like stage 3 which is 2 weeks after surgery

and its pointless to wiegh yourself now you still have alot of fluids in your from surgery

This is Pre-Op. I have not had the surgery yet. Through Kaiser they want you to start their Pre-Op Diet right after Orientation. That way when you meet with the surgeon you have already lost some weight. I went to Orientation a week ago and have my appt with my surgeon on Oct 15th.