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Today is my big day too. Gotta b there at 11:00. I've been up since 5. Good luck to you. I'll meet u on the loser's bench!

Try to stay positive and just remember that's 17 lbs that will be gone forever!!!! I won't be sleeved until Monday but I personally think 17lbs in 2.5 weeks is awesome. Ask yourself when is the last time you were able to lose 17 lbs. in 2 weeks. For me, ummmmmmmmmm how about never! LOL I always had to struggle and nearly starve myself just to lose 20 lbs over several months only to have it come right back along with 5 extra.

I gotta come clean. I have had to alter my pre op diet. I was becoming physically ill and this is only day 3. I have decided that instead of a strictly liquid diet I'm going to go with the Atkins Induction Phase. I couldn't even make it thru the first day without becoming physically ill. As such, I have been sticking with basically high protein drinks for two meals and 1 extremely low carb meal (maily lean meat, cheese, or eggs thus far). I am careful to keep my daily carb intake under 20 grams. It appears to be working because I am on day 3 and I've already lost 5 lbs. Don't get me wrong, I am still pretty hungy but it is more bearable. I will probably switch to all liquid about 3 days prior to surgery but for now, this is the only way I believe I truly stick to this pre op diet and shrink my liver. So that's it. I've come clean. Don't judge me. )

I'm not sure if a person's BMI has anything to do with it either. I'm actually on the lower end and had to have 2 co-morbities to actually get approved. The surgeon still required a liquid diet for me.

Update: Today is exactly the 1 week mark. I'm down 10 lbs.

Update: I am now down 9 lbs since Monday. 9 more days to go til surgery.

You better werk girllllllll!!!!!! You look amazing. I hope I have those kind of results in 4 months. I'm still in the pre-op diet stage so I hope to be somewhere around 230-235 on surgery day. My stats are pretty close to yours in terms of where you started (I'm a little taller than you though) and I can only hope I see the same results!

I gotta admit in this pre-op diet phase, I've pretty much found every shake I've tried to be gross. They don't upset my stomach but I don't find them appealing at all. The best one I've tried so far is the Atkins Dark Chocolate Royale. It has a pretty good taste if you like dark chocolate which helps mask the gross protein shake after taste. I hope I still like them post surgery or I'm gonna be in trouble trying to find another one I like.

Update: I'm down 6 lbs. since Monday so I must be doing something right. I have to admit it's getting a little easier too. It's true what they say about the first 3 days being the hardest. I'm still sticking to my Atkins Induced diet coupled with protein shakes the majority of the day. I'm curious to see where I'll be on Monday at the 1 week mark. I'll keep you guys posted.

I thought I was prepared for this but I'm STARVING!!!!! Today is day 1 of my two week pre-op liquid diet and I'm dying already! I am soooooo tempted to do a combination of liquid and Atkins Induction that it's not even funny. I don't know how I'm gonna get thru 2 weeks of this. These protein drinks are not getting it! My head hurts and I would absolutely kill for a piece of cheese. LOL

I know I am not a doctor but I think it's absolute insanity that you would put an obese person who is having weight loss surgery on a liquid diet. Hell if I could do that, I wouldn't need surgery would I? And don't try to tell me it's to prepare me for what's to come after surgery. I'm quite sure I'll have no problem following the liquid diet post surgery because my stomach won't allow anything else. I've been researching this like crazy and have not been able to find any info on why liquid is better than solid. Oh well, I'm gonna do my combination of the two but focus my main intake on the liquid as much as possible. I've actually done Atkins before for my wedding and dropped 15 lbs in two weeks eating WAY more than I am now so I'm not worried. Besides, I have some tea that will clean my colon out like nobody's business pre surgery. LOL

I thought I was prepared for this but I'm STARVING!!!!! Today is day 1 of my two week pre-op liquid diet and I'm dying already! I am soooooo tempted to do a combination of liquid and Atkins Induction that it's not even funny. I don't know how I'm gonna get thru 2 weeks of this. These protein drinks are not getting it! My head hurts and I would absolutely kill for a piece of cheese. LOL

Unfortunately, my doc says only broth, protein shakes, and sugar free popsicles. No pudding, pudding pops, yougurt, milk, etc. (

Oh honey if u weren't, thank your lucky stars and give your surgeoun a big ole kiss. I'm only on day 1 of the pre op and it's HELL!!!!

Ohhhhh Paula if only it were head hunger. I am having REAL hunger. LOL

I would die for a pudding right now but my dr doesn't allow it. No milk at all. He's cruel. LOL Strickly Protein shakes, jello, popsicles and that's it. It's pretty inhumane if you ask me. LOL I pray once ketosis kicks in it will get better. I'm right there with u on 4/23.

Mine is 4/23 that is if I'm not dead from starvation by then. LOL I'm hoping it gets easier as the days go by as everyone has said. The after taste of these Protein drinks is blahhhhhh as well. Not a fan at all! I can do this though. That's what I have to keep telling myself. I work at night so I'm up now but I can't wait to get home. I'm just going to try and sleep the next two weeks away if I can. LOL

Spot on for me! Also, I like the fact of knowing that sometime in the distant future if I decide I want to have a cookie, a sliver of cake, or anything with sugar, I could do so without the feeling of becoming deathly ill from dumping syndrome.

Well my Easter dinner was my last real meal for quite a while. Starting my liquid pre-op diet today. Surgery is 4/23. Wish me luck cause it's gonna be a longgggggg two weeks with nothing but liquids.

Wow! Congrats!! Crystal Light has a Margarita Mix?????? Do tell....

Apparently so. I could go on and on for pages about how incompetent she was but I won't. I ended up having to write a longggggg complaint letter to Kaiser about her and then miraculously, I was approved 2 weeks later. She was the worst!!!! I refused to go down without a fight and pay for it out of pocket. It was a long wait/road but I am finally here and will be getting it done for "free" on 4/23. I swear I believe Kaiser puts you thru a bunch of mess hoping you just give up. Not me buddy! With all the money I pay for that insurance, I was determined I was going to reap the benefits and get this surgery on their dime! LOL

Mine took over a year but I have Kaiser and they have the whole 6 month thing going on. Plus I had a totally incompetent nutritionist that cause me atleast another 6 months but that's a whole other story. By the time I have my surgery on the 23rd, it will have been almost 2 years from start to finish.

I know my dr requires the 2 wk liquid diet and I know the reason but wouldn't something like the Atkins or South Beach diet essentially do the same thing? I know tons of weight can be lost on low carb diets and wouldn't that do the same thing to shrink your liver or am I totally off? It seems cruel and unusual punishment to put us overweight folks on a totally liquid diet PRE surgery. LOL

OMG! DDFinn hit it right on the money for me. I don't want much. Just a plain white tank (tucked in of course), cute jeans, cute belt, cute accessories and stilletos!!!! As a matter of fact, anything sleeveless!!!!! I am so sick of roasting alive in the summer cause I don't want to show my arms!!!!!! I won't even care about the sagging skin (I call it a waving flag) on my arms.

OMG! 9 slices. I couldn't eat that and I'm not even sleeved yet. LOL