1st day of pre-op and feel like I am going to die!

[thenewme2010 0]

I am on the first day of my 2 week pre-op liquid diet and I am out of my mind with hunger. I am soooo tired and I have a horrible headache. I have taken some Tylenol and had some black coffee but I don't seem to be any better. How do you get through this??? I can't imagine what the next two weeks is going to be like. I can't stop thinking about food. Please tell me that this will dissapate after a few days. If not I feel like I wont make it.

HELP!!!! I am loosing it.

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[Astrasmom 1]

I am on the first day of my 2 week pre-op liquid diet and I am out of my mind with hunger. I am soooo tired and I have a horrible headache. I have taken some Tylenol and had some black coffee but I don't seem to be any better. How do you get through this??? I can't imagine what the next two weeks is going to be like. I can't stop thinking about food. Please tell me that this will dissapate after a few days. If not I feel like I wont make it.

HELP!!!! I am loosing it.

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Here is what I just got done telling someone else...hope it helps you.

The reason you are on the liquids is to shrink your liver. This is the hardest part of the procedure. In this stage everyone wants to cheat. Everyone feels as if they could eat a horse and everyone has a VERY hard time. The only advice that I can give to you is to tell you, don't cheat no matter how hard it may be because I have heard of doctors canceling the surgery because of that. What I can tell you is that you are almost there and things will get better for you. The first week after surgery you should be ok until the swelling goes down and then you will unfortunately be hungry again until your first fill. The benefits are awesome though. Just wait until the weight starts falling off of you. You will feel much better. You can now tell everyone that has ever said, "this is the easy way out." that they must be out of their minds because there is nothing easy about this process.

Right now your body is going through starvation mode. You will feel tired, you will feel all kinds of things, but like I said it does get better. Hang in there. You can do it. I have faith in you, have faith in yourself. We will save you a seat on the losers bench.

In the liquid phase you can pretty much have anything except alcohol. Drink your Protein shakes but you might want to get some unflavored Protein powder so that you can mix it in broth also. The more Protein you have the more full you will be. powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury has an unflavored chicken Soup flavored protein that is very good. (UNJURY is Medical Quality whey Protein Isolate. Best Tasting whey Protein Powder. Most Trusted Whey Protein powder Supplement. Taste the difference!).

Please feel free to add me as an email buddy and I will try my best to encourage you to keep going. The best of luck to you. Keep looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, your almost there.

[onikenbai 33]

If you stick with the diet and don't consume sugary drinks, the hunger should go away in about 3 days and you'll be fine for the rest. Yes, the first 3 days suck monkey butt, but we all have to do them. The headaches may stick around a bit longer though. Have some Tylenol handy.

[dayday 0]

I am on day 1 of my 2-week liquid diet as well so I know exactly how you are feeling right now. It really sucks! I will keep you in my thoughts and you do the same for me okay. We can do this !!!

[pmommy 0]

on day 1 too and FEEL YOUR PAIN!!

[Heathan 0]

Day one today. I'm at work. Everyone else is eating lunch. I'm starving!

[BlueSamurai 0]

Day one today. I'm at work. Everyone else is eating lunch. I'm starving!

I am almost a week Post-Op and definitely feel everyones pain. The worse part, I found was that every now and then, I would get a craving or get a whiff of someone's food and get wicked hungry. But, it passes. Trust Me.

I always tried to drink as much Water as possible to keep me full. If not, I would chew a piece of gum to take my mind off things.

Not to rain on anyone's parade but, it gets tougher AFTER surgery. Like I said, I am a week out and have been on a clear liquid only diet. So, it has been almost 3 weeks since I had any solid or substantial food. In another week, I move on to soft foods and "mushies".

I would say that, with all of the rumblings going on in your new stomach, you feel even hungrier now.........

[browneyes29203 0]

Hi Everyone I'm on my 8th day of pre-op diet and as someone said earlier its monkey butt!!! I'm starving also however I must agree it gets better as the days go by. As a filler between shakes I'm drinking all the suger free hawaiian punch and crystal light I can handle which means I'm constantly taking bathroom breaks. The fact that I know next week this time I will have my "gut tied off"(lapband) is keeping me pushing.. Good luck to everyone its a daily struggle!!

[gingerjane 5]

I'm on day 2 of my liquid diet and I feel your pain. Last night I cried myself to sleep because I was so hungry but I just kept powering through. Of course, I'm also battling the flu so my energy level isn't what it normally is. What I dread is this weekend because I have TWO parties. And they're both with my husband's family who I am not telling that I'm having the surgery, so they're going to be asking about my not eating. I'm going to tell them I'm having hernia surgery.

Today so far, I'm functional. I had the amaretto hot chocolate and am now having the chicken Soup. Is anyone else on the medifast pre-op diet? They're both good. The pancake I had last night - NOT so much. LOL!

[thenewme2010 0]

Thanks everyone for your support. I really needed it. So yesterday was hell...I was hungry the whole time and all I could think about was food. Now I am on day two and I feel a lot better. I am still wicked hungry but am not thinking as much about food. I even had to stop this morning to grab my kids something quick for Breakfast from McDonalds after a Orthodontist appointment. They got the cinnamon melts and they smelled so good but it wasn't that bad. I have to say that I think I can do this now. I didn't feel like I could yesterday. I am not hungry now as much as I am tired. I am taking in 60-70 grams of Protein a day but am limited to only 22grams of net carbs. I have no calorie restriction but I think that carbs is harder to restrict than calories. Everything has carbs in it! So I have coffee in the morning with some unflavored protien powder in it (Unjury) 20grams protien. A shake for lunch 40 grams protien, green tea through out, lots of Water, and for dinner I have chicken broth and a half of protien shake 20 protien. That is all I can have. But it works for me I guess.

[gingerjane 5]

It's funny how everyone's pre-op diet is different. Mine is Medifast whereas it seems most are pretty open. I'd be eating turkey slices like crazy. Turkey and cheese. LOL!

My one saving grace is Extra Sugarfree gum. Never thought I'd say that Bob Harper on TBL was right. LOL!

Just keep plowing through. We'll get there and then in a few weeks we'll be banded!!!