Hi I'm Ellen and have my surg sched sept 10. I'm on the liq diet phase.... difficult for me as I hate very sweet things, so the sugar free jello and popsicles are too sweet. the shakes are a bit gross, but managable. I am wondering the reason why we cannot have raw veggies like cucumbers ? the goal of the 2 wk pre diet is too shrink fatty liver... why would raw veggies interfer with that? also, how about lo-sodium v-8 ? thx in advance for input!