KateMarie

My surgery is in two days. I have off from tuesday 9/13 until Monday. My surgeon said I would only need 3-4 days to recover. I'm freaking out now.

I have been exhusted since starting the liquids too. I can handle the hunger but my diet is under 800 calories which includes 3 protien drinks and two yogurts and jello. Under normal circumstances, I don't think a dr would never prescribe a diet that low in calories. I'm just sucking it up and accepting that I am exhusted and moving on. I hope this improves after surgery.

Melissa: We have the same surgery date! I'm scared too. Not of the pain but of the fact that I might not be successful. I will be so embarrassed and ashamed if, after all of these, I can't lose the weight. I think you are right about the exercise. I have been watching YouTube videos of people that have had the surgery. Many successful ones said that they immediately started to walk after surgery. It helped with the gas from surgery. I'm trying to soak up any useful information that I can find. I've tried and failed so many diets. I am amazed that I have been on a liquid diet for this many days. This just shows that we can do this. We've got this!!! This is a new start for all of us. :-) We need to keep in touch and compare our recovery. We can be Sleeve buddies.

I'm on day 7 of my two week preop liquid diet. It's killing me. I haven't broke but I am so hungry that I exhusted and sick. I understand that the diet is to shrink your liver and teach portion control but this is basically starvation. I've read that other's were instructed to do low carb or low fat diets. A friend of mine only had to do two days of liquid. Why no consistence? This liquid diet makes me long for the Atkins days....