BariatricCeliac

I let myself get too hungry today and ate something that wasn't on my list. Hopefully it wasn't too bad. I'm glad you took yours as a learning experience. I need to do the same.

. I'm super excited! I'm ready to get the show on the road! You?Yes!!! I'm so happy to have made it through this week. I have so much to do over the next few days. What are you going to take with you to the hospital?

I'm kinda leaving it up to how I feel afterwards. The surgeon's office does six weeks but I think I might go crazy if I'm out of work for that long!

Thanks Cupcake! Your almost there too! 7 1/2 hrs and I'm off to the hospital. I'll be on the loser bench waiting for you! Lol Good luck!!!!

Oh, I'd love a Lean Cuisine right about now... I'm so hungry. :/

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Me too. Excited?

Hello! I start my pre-op diet tomorrow, and it is as follows: Before Breakfast and between lunch and dinner: 1 Protein drink Breakfast- Pick one item from each line • ½ cup cooked oatmeal/cream of wheat/grits or 1 pkg of low sugar instant oatmeal • 6-8 ounces light yogurt or 1 oz 2% cheese • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce or 1 fruit cup (packed in own juice) *Sugar substitute, flavored extracts and/or cinnamon if desired Lunch and Dinner- Pick one item from each line • 8 ounces (1 cup) strained Soup (no rice, Pasta, or veggies- broth only!); if using a cream style soup, use skim or 1% fat milk to prepare • 3 oz or ½ cup of lean chicken, turkey, or fish • 6-8 ounces light yogurt or 1 oz 2% cheese or ½ cup unsweetened applesauce or 1 fruit cup (packed in own juice) • 1 container of sugar-free Gelatin or 1 container of sugar free-fat free pudding or no sugar added popsicle After dinner: 1 Protein Drink Evening Snack 6-8 ounce light yogurt or 1 oz 2% cheese My question for you is this: does anyone have any suggestions for cooking the chicken and turkey to make it less bland? I bought some lean ground turkey but I've never cooked with it before... I'm at a total loss. I have struggled to find Soups too, as I have Celiac disease and cannot eat gluten. It is VERY hard to find soups without gluten! I don't see my nutritionist until Thursday, so I'm hoping to get some ideas from you folks to last me until then. Thanks!

I cheated on my diet last night. I ate zucchini. It seems like such a weird thing to cheat on a diet for, but it was sooooo good. I hope it won't affect anything.

Hey surgery buddy! Where are you from?

Right now I've been focused so hard on this pre-op diet, I've barely thought about packing for the hospital. I know I have to bring my CPAP and I think I need some comfy clothes (don't want my butt hanging out while I'm walking, lol) but I dunno what else. I'm so anxious for the 20th to get here! I am so impatient... but I keep trying to remind myself that I have PLENTY to keep me busy until then.

Ain't that the truth! This is HARD work and anyone who says otherwise is ignorant. Good luck Monday!

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I am SO ready!! I started this journey in October (insurance required six month waiting period) so it has been a long time coming. I had my pre-op visit with my surgeon today... so excited.

Today is day 1 of the pre-op diet. Oh my goodness, I am SO. HUNGRY. I keep telling myself it's for a good cause, but I can't stop thinking about being hungry.

DFW here! Scheduled for bypass surgery May 20th with Dr. Matin.

I've never even heard of Jewel! lol. I did find a couple of gluten free soups at Target that are the Wolfgang Puck brand. I know Amy's makes a few; just have to find a store that carries them. Thanks for the suggestions!

hahaha! I feel ya on that one!! I'm sick of wearing mine too. Just make sure you don't stop using it abruptly -- the sleep study technician I had said that people can start gaining the weight back if they get off the CPAP before they stop having sleep apnea.

Cool! I'll have to check it out.

Commenting here to get updates... I'm in Irving. Bypass is this month.

Best of luck to you! I'll be thinking about you tomorrow.

Oh ok cool. I started my pre-op diet today and today wasn't too bad. Hubby and kids had pizza for dinner and I did laundry while they ate, so I did good through that and I really wasn't too hungry today. I feel like I really just have to take one day at a time and not think about the whole 14 days. Thanks for the congrats and congrats to you too! My diet is pretty strict with only 5 protein shakes a day, sf jello, water, zero calorie flavored water, broth, and two sf Popsicle per day. I just had the shakes, jello and water today. What's your diet like? 3 protein shakes, oatmeal and a dairy (yogurt or light cheese) and unsweetened applesauce for breakfast... Lunch and dinner I can have lean chicken, turkey, or fish, strained soup, another dairy or applesauce, and sf jello, sf ff pudding, or sf Popsicle. I think I'll get really bored with it but I'm really hoping the protein shakes will help keep me full.

Wow congrats Trixa! When are you starting your pre-op diet? I'm trying to not focus on what happens after the pre-op diet until the night before my surgery because I will be a wreck thinking about so many thing while not eating. I am not going to allow myself to cheat because I want to do my part to lessen the risk of complications. I have quit smoking after 25yr so the least I can do is get through these last 2 weeks! Lol Hv you gotten anything for post surgery yet? Thanks! I start the pre-op diet on Tuesday. The diet I was given doesn't seem nearly as strict as some of the others I've read about here. Congrats on quitting smoking! I quit ten months ago and feel great. :)I got some protein drinks yesterday to try out, but that's it.

I just found out yesterday -- I am having surgery May 20th! I'm getting really excited but also a little nervous... mostly about post surgery pain.