joe7777

Yay...one more full 24 hours of torture for me...then its a go!

It is Officially May 2....only 2 full days of pre-op diet left...then a sleep and waking up and BAM going to clinic. I am going to be soon...so that means i have to deal with the hunger for 12 hours tomorow...YAY!!! In the week....first day i had yogurt 3 large containers...second day half a large container...afternoon day 2-day 6 zero food. Day 6 evening...had a stupid taste of pizza...was really pissed at myself...but i'm not worried about it. Day 7 had some pickles ( other diets have them in it, plus they dont have fat, carbs, sugar...Just salt...which it says on our official pre-op diet thing that you can eat...i'm still on the fence whether it was an ok choicee....but its done) And today...nothing. So basically...i'm not worried, im sure my liver is shrunk, but i'm not chancing it...NO MORE eating anything other than what is on the sheet. I think tomorow i'm picking up some crystal light...add some flavor to my water. And some sugar free jello. That will add something i can bite into.

Yeah, i know...i feel bad about it...but again, i want to be truthfull...i could say i ate cottage cheese then everyone would cheer. But really...thats what i did...i didnt eat! Its the fact that thinking of yogurt made my stomach turn...and i tried cottage cheese...so thats out of the question too. But now...I don't know..i will either do the remaining 3 days fasting or maybe try some yogurt again tomorow...i dont know.

dang it...too late. I'm mad...but not really, because it was filling...and now i will go on, and i still think the surgery will go ok, i mean, my liver HAS to be shrunk, i've eaten under 2000 calories in a week....

I started mine 7 days ago, its a 10 day diet and its only cottage cheese and yogurt...i would MUCH rather have a longer diet with REAL food tho. Seriously just set yourself the goal of following your diet, it is the hardest thing i've ever done, and i KNOW i would never be able to do it normally, but i am pushing through it all because i see the light at the end of the tunnel for once in my life. Like, if i wasnt getting banded i would think the struggle is all in vain, but since i know it will help the surgery, and kick start the weight loss...i dig deep for the extra strenght to push through.

What does sodium do for the liver?? If its only the BP...i'm not worried

carbs= 1g fat=0g calories=4 sodium= 220...a lot protein=0.2g I hope thats cool

What do you guys think of pickles?? they dont have any fat or sugar, and a lot of people have posts that they ate these and they are lifesavers?? Comments please. I would just really like to bite down on some hard food...and it seems like pickles wouldnt have any of the bad things in them that would go against your liver shrinking.

Hey, day 7 here....I'm seeing lots of posts about pickles being lifesavers during the pre-op diet. I have some, i looked at the label, barely any carbs, no fat....i think i might have some.

Argh....I caved...i had a sliver (Not a lot!!!) of pizza....i feel so bad because today I had food paraded around me (family reunion) and i held strong, really good food that my aunt makes, she's a great cook. Then when i get home my roomate's leftover pizza got me....how the hell does that make sense. I feel like i have to post it here, i'm accountable, i'm not hiding it like i usually do. I have lost nearly 20 pounds in 6 days. 4 to go...and i swore to myself i will now be eating the yogurt...(i probably won't be eating yogurt for a long time after the surgery even though i used to love it). I don't think i screwed up the liver shrinking...i HOPE i didnt...I mean, i did 6 days of NO cheating, And only chat now with what would've been 1-2 bites in the past. And in reality i'm doing closer to 11 days...but anyhow...my remaining time...I WILL BE STRONG!!!!!!!! This HAS to be one of the hardest things ever.

Hey everyone...i'm about to be banded soon (may 4th) and since summer is starting and i am starting to sweat....lots. I was wondering if any of you have had NSV's in this department. Sweating less?

thats the problem....i feel fine. I dont feel weak, no aches of any kind... I am just not eating...

i started diet april 24th...so that means i'm day 5. I've been fasting for the past 4 days, because i find it easier to not eat than eat another bite of yogurt or cottage cheese. I am SO hungry, i could eat anything, i'm basically sleeping to not be hungry...cant wait to be banded!!!!!!

Hey everyone, well yeah...since day 1 of pre-op diet, i havent been eating...is that bad. The first day i only ate yogurt, second day...maybe a half cup for the whole day and since then...nothing. Im drinking water because the thought of yogurt is gross.. and i dont like cottage cheese. I'm definitely craving food like crazy, but the thought of yougurt makes me sick. I would kill for anything to eat...and i still have 5 days to go....AGHHHHHHHHHH

Pebbles, I am 19 so i am the same age as you and i understand a bit what you are going through. One thing that worries me tho is that you seem to be rushing it. I researched it A LOT before deciding...it seems to me like you are looking for a quick fix, or looking for someone to say something you want to hear to pick a surgery...to pick a surgery you have to also read things that you don't want to hear. Go to the complications sections. Read A LOT of posts, don't just go check out the B4 and after pix. If you do that...you may set yourself up for failure for many reasons (assuming that the people lost weight like it melted off....they didnt it was still hard work, or assuming that you will not still have eating issues after...some people still do..check out Krystal's post) I personally don't think you are ready...maybe you worded things wrong and thats not what you meant. But this is life changing, it takes a long time.

Yeah, true...I didn't think about that. I guess it's because for my whole life i feel like i would eat pretty well...but then when i had junk food, i felt like people would look at me and would assume like..no wonder he's fat look at what he's eating. But now i realise, it's probably not the case. The worst thing is that i probably assume that about other people i see...how stupid is that on my part.

Yeah, i know what you mean! I am feeling good and i have not had any food for the last 36 hours....but god...my roomates are all out going to subway. I can't believe they didnt notice i havent really been eating or anything...

Alex R. I contacted my company and they say they don't cover anything that OHIP doesn't simple as that....how great is that. So yeah...that sucks.

God...tell me about it, im day 3 now...i find it's going better....yesterday i barely ate anything...i find it better to not eat anything than to eat yogurt. Whereas day 1 i ate yogurt all day. Yeah, i'm sure you didn't compromise anything...but we can both do it!!! Let's stay strong.

Day 2 pre-op....i have barely eaten anything....only about half of a big yogurt container....i dont really want to eat anymore (yogurt that is). The only thing i hunger for is i'm really craving a subway sub....jeez this is so hard.

If money is a huge factor for you the TCC toronto cosmetic clinic is 1000$ less than the 2 others in toronto. In my humble opinion: What you can do now is go see a nutritionist, change your eating habits, maybe get your food addiction in control (assuming we all have one if we're here) Also, you might lose a bit of weight, and if you don't think you'll have any more money in that time than you do now...then i'd say go for it...because what is your health and your life worth.

Hopefully you're off those meds soon enough!

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Haha, yuppp yogurt...it feels like i haven't had real food in 2 weeks and its only morning of day 2. Oh well....the weight is falling off...so i guess thats good.

Well...I weighed myself this morning, and i've lost 10 pounds, so i'm pretty happy about that. No change in exercise, just stopped eating basically. I'm on yogurt alone. I tried the cottage cheese and i can't stand it. So, yeah, brings me closer to goal...I think that being a young man has something to do with it, since it's easier for me to lose weight...although it has never felt easy for me in the weight department. I'm only staying motivated by reminding myself of the greater good.