Jenn D

Iggy I have never encouraged someone to cheat on their pre or post op diet!!!!
Unless its a cheeseburger or a cocktail..
Oh and for guys reading this, its a joke

I'm totally with u the shakes drive me crazy!!! I'm jus counting down the days that's all that's in my mind!! Ur doing great an u'll continue to!! Keep in touch with me good luck with ur surgery an best wishes for a speedy recovery

You can do it
And it is funny, it's like a bunch of addicts and a whole bunch of enablers

You're so right. You hit the nail on the head...lol. In some ways, I think I am looking for someone to tell me its ok if I eat that chicken...lol. Done well so far so I'm just going to have to get through these next 8 days...

Hehehe good! You know I have my eye on you! And I know you will do good.
As far as the advise you get here about the diet, procedure etc. always do what YOUR doctor asks of you.
After all, are you going to tell him "well this chick online whom I never meet before told me" "go ahead it'll be fine"
The fact of the matter is, its hard I know, I did it!
And I see people everyday coming here knowing full well what their instructions are! Asking for permission to cheat...
It's what we do we are like addicts looking for a way to get what we want despite knowing its wrong .

Absolutely...

You need to follow your doctors diet and not listen to others that had different diets and different experience!!

Thanks again, Laura. I'm feeling a bit better today. I have some great friends that I usually go to Breakfast or lunch with. They are now finding things for us to do together that doesn't center around food. That made me feel loved. Your support means the world to me too. You eating pizza also gave me hope that I'm not saying goodbye to my favorite foods, just "see yo later" and not that much

I didn't really do a liquid diet... Maybe a couple of days at the beginning of the 2weeks. I drank 2 Proteins shakes and are whatever I pleased for dinner(could never finish my meal). So, I guess I cheated. My frame of thinking was I didn't want to try and cheat once I had surgery and not be able to control it like some ppl.
I am a weak out after completing my Clear Liquids (no cheating and I stayed on it longer than what he'd recommended) and started my full liquids today. Am eating a delicious Tomato Soup right now and it is delicious.
My advice is don't deprive yourself because you may not be able to control yourself at some point. Make a tweak to your per-op diet... Customize it to fit you and still be healthy and low cal. But I am no doctor just a patient who had done it differently with no complications and following my post op.

Thanks Laura-ven : )

I think we are of the few very lucky people that are able to do this for ourselves!
Think of all the people out there that are obese and do not for whatever reason have the chance to do this...
You can do it!!

Reading this helped me. I'm on day 6 of my liquid diet & I'm finding it so hard. I'm so down because I don't want to be around anyone eating or even see food. & then I start to think about some of the foods I love that I won't be able to touch post op. These two weeks feel like forever & I'm glad I found this website. It helps somewhat to know that I'm not alone having these feelings before surgery.

I know how tough it is, but you need to be strong for the surgery...there is always a story popping up on here after surgery where someone ate something post-op too soon and were afraid they caused a leak. I can honestly say that my tastebuds have changed....you just dont even think about the food you once loved after awhile. And if you do taste it...ie: ice cream, it is good, but for me, it tastes SOOOO rich. Like, I could eat a few tsps and it seems like I just ate a HUGE bowl! I am so sorry you are having a hard day, I had a few of those myself. Experience it , then move forward and surround yourself with tons of support to get you through the next few months All the best to you