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I'm almost done with my 2 week pre op diet--things got better after Day 6, and now I actually don't mind it at all. I've got 3 more days until surgery, and I'm glad I stuck to the diet.

I had my last meal Friday night at the best restaurant in town, and except for the bread and wine, I stuck to my diet. I had swordfish and asparagus with a mozzarella salad. You can enjoy a last meal without totally "blowing it". Surgery is Wednesday.

Hey--reality check! After your stomach heals, you can still eat what you like, just in small amounts--no food funerals are needed. Kick yourself in the butt and decide you're going to get serious about this surgery. Have two low carb, high protein shakes a day, a salad with homemade dressing for snack, a dinner of 4-6 oz lean meat and a non-starchy vegetable, and 64 oz of water a day. that's what I'm doing, I'm not hungry, and I've lost 11 pounds so far. See my blog for how I got through it. You can do this!

My BMI was 51, and I get sleeved on Wed. No one mentioned me losing faster than low BMI people, but I didn't ask. Then again, I didn't care, lol--weight loss is weight loss!

2 days to go for me too. I leave on tues (the surgeon is 100 miles away) and have surgery on Wed 7/14. I'm taking my laptop with me, lol, so you'll hear all about it (once I'm in the hotel again--Thurs).

Go by carbs period. But net carbs is carbs minus fiber.

I'm down 11.5 lbs, and am getting sleeved 7/14/10. I can't wait to be post op!

After making a few attitude and effort adjustments, I've made peace with the pre-op diet. One more week and I'm on the table! I'm not nervous or anything--is that normal? I just feel kind of matter-of-fact about it. Gonna get sleeved. Yup.

Dr. Helbling at St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, ND.

Congrats! You could try mixing some isopure zero carb powder in with your water--it mixes really well and could help you get your protein in. The flavors I have are vanilla and banana creme and they taste fine to me.

Congrats! I hope you have a great recovery!

Hang in there. It gets easier--I'm on day 6 of mine and I've totally made peace with it.

I have the problem of getting angry for not being able to eat what I want. It's weird. I hope it goes away after the surgery--it just showed up during the pre-op diet.

I found TSA friendly 3.4 oz vials of flavored liquid protein. 40 grams of protein in one of them. I got them at the Supplement Warehouse website--just search on liquid protein 3 oz.

Wow--good luck tomorrow. I'm up 7/14--about a week from now. I've made peace with the pre-op diet, and can't believe that this is actually going to happen. I've been trying to do this since 2002!

Actually you could contact my bariatric clinic and see if they have a list of other clinics in the pilot program. I'm pretty sure she said it was a national project. The nurse's name is Jean, and the number is 701-530-6330.

No, they didn't deny me. They approved within 3 days. The bariatric center I went to was in some sort of pilot research program with BCBS--I think that's why there wasn't a problem. You could try to find a program that is also in the BCBS pilot program for the vertical sleeve gastrectomy.

We have the same pre-op diet, except that I can eat any lean meat and have a salad but no fruit. Today was so much easier than the first 4 days!

Chica-how much protein are we supposed to have? My doc says 40 grams in shakes and the rest in a 4-6 oz portion of lean meat.

I'm on day 5 of my pre-op diet and have finally figured out how to do it without being hungry. I was whining all over the place until about 10am today. What exactly does your diet consist of? I hope you are having an easier first few days than I did.

You are having surgery on my birthday! My surgery is 7/14/10. Stock up on protein powder, cream soups, flavored sugar free syrups (for less boring shakes), sugar free pudding, and buy some 4 oz ramekins or bowls to get you used to the new portion sizes. Good luck! Check my blog if you want the blow-by-blow account of my experience, since I'll be a week ahead of you.

I don't even own a scale. I just eat like I'm supposed to and get weighed at the doctor's office. It's the only way I can keep my sanity. Hang in there!

I am in hell. 9 more days until surgery and the pre-op diet is making me insane. I'm always hungry, especially between dinner and bed. I hate being hungry! I am doing it exactly the way my dr. said, drinking 64 oz water/day, no carbs etc. I want to eat the world!:scared0:

RE: Pre-op diet (shakes + Atkins dinner) OK, now that I've whined and moaned, I pulled out the info from the bariatric program and found the following: I can have a 1 cup salad in addition, and I can make my own dressing for it--woo! So I got up and went to the store, and got a brainstorm while I was there--I can season my meat any way I want--so why not with pico de gallo (chopped raw garlic, onion, tomato, cilantro)? I'm getting excited about dinner. I picked up some asparagus that I'm going to dress with a ginger vinagrette. I just need to get over myself lol, and get creative with it!

OK, now that I've whined and moaned, I pulled out the info from the bariatric program and found the following: I can have a 1 cup salad in addition, and I can make my own dressing for it--woo! So I got up and went to the store, and got a brainstorm while I was there--I can season my meat any way I want--so why not with pico de gallo (chopped raw garlic, onion, tomato, cilantro)? I'm getting excited about dinner. I picked up some asparagus that I'm going to dress with a ginger vinagrette. I just need to get over myself lol, and get creative with it!