Hi, I am new too. I started my Pre-op the Monday after Thanksgiving. It is hard. I've seen a lot of posts where people deal better after the first couple of days, but I've felt better the last couple of days. I do three Labrada lean body shakes a day. I drink broth if I am having hunger pain. Recently, I started making a mini salad wrap with 1 piece of lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, a few spinach leaves, one radish, and a laughing cow cheese and eating that around 4:30 or 5:00 because that was my hungriest time.
I went Christmas shopping over the weekend with some family. We were all starving by the end of the day. They ended eating at Outback after pleading with me to tell them where to go (that I would be most comfortable not eating). I was tired and hungry, but I sat in the car drank my shake and ate my mini wrap. Good Luck! I'm sure you can do it.