Romaina

I'm from Argentina and I'm at a week after my gastric bypass. It seems to my some of my experiences are a bit different mainly in the pre op / post op diet. I started dieting pre op with the nutritionist in my surgery team almost 7 weeks before surgery. The first 3 weeks were a solid diet of high protein low carb diet with no sugar or alcohol whatsoever. The 4th week it was alternating days of solid diets and liquid diet and the last three week just liquid diet. The liquid diet consisted of Breakfast: 1 cup of coffee and milk (fat free) with the protein mixed in Mid morning: 1 cup of sugar free yogurt Lunch: 1 cup of soup (low calories) + fruit shake (half a banana +milk) with protein added Mid afternoon: the juice of 2 oranges Afternoon : same as breakfast Dinner: same as lunch All of this plus at least 2lts of water I lost 26 pounds before surgery. I'm starting my 2nd week post op and during the first week it was just water, te, clear broth and sugar free jello (of course with the vitamins). The goal was to get at least 2 lts of liquid consuming 1 cup in an hour. Yesterday I was given the diet for the second week and it's kinda similar to the pre op liquid diet (with a but more powder protein added) with out the yogurt, orange juice and fruit shake (always adding the vitamins) I have lost 15 pounds since surgery day and really feel soooo full all day that I don't even crave anything else. I'll keep you posted on how thing progress!! Sent from my LG-H815 using BariatricPal mobile app

OK, so maybe my case is a bit different. I had my surgery a weeks ago and my dietary program pre surgery was really restrictive (3w solid high protein low carb diets + 3w liquid diets), I work in a office environment and we all share a kitchen, everyone was going to notice something wasn't right. Any way, I didn't want to feel like my surgery was something to be hidden or even ashamed of. At first some people at the office tried to talk me out of it saying I didn't need it, I wasn't big enough that sort of thing but I really did not care a bit. After they saw how hard the pre op diet was and I told them of the post op diet nobody dared to say it was the easy way out. I think most of my closed friends and family that commented on my choice did it mostly out of fear for the surgery risks than anything else and seem to quiet down about it once I explained my reasoning and the surgery in detail to them. After everyone kind of got used to the idea, the support was enormous! Both at the office and at home, it really was a huge help getting through those 3 weeks of liquid diet. In the end, I was just sooooo happy and exited when the day of the surgery was getting close that everyone around me saw it was the best choice for me. Also, how was I going to explain taking 2w off (presumably for vacation) and returning weighting 20 pounds less? And then eating sooooo little and just so food! It just seemed like a snowball of a lie. This is just my experience and as I said maybe my circumstances are a bit different from yours so any decision you take about it that makes you happy it's the right one. Sent from my LG-H815 using BariatricPal mobile app