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I am so use to eating a lot of food and now I am on the pre-op diet....only on day 3....and I am struggling big time. So far, I have still stuck to it. I am having trouble with the Protein Shakes as I don't seem to like any of them. I have Protein Power, nectar, Isopure, Slimfast, and the Oh Yay shakes. I have to guzzle them and then I have to try my best not to gag and throw them back up. :(

I hope that this will all be worth it in the end. I have a wedding to attend at the end of the month, in which I will still be on the liquid diet....so no solid food eating there. Then there is Thanksgiving coming up along with Christmas and New Years....HUGE holiday family events with lots of eating....

Sometimes I just think that maybe I was just meant to be fat....some people are OK in their own skin.....I am not really...but the sacrifices....I just don't know if I can do it.

Still doing my best to stay on the pre-op diet track....I still have 11 days to go until surgery. :(

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It's hard but because it is being done with an end date and goal set it makes it easier. I have never been able to stick to a Meal Replacement diet before but preband because I knew I had to do it to get surgery I managed. Yes it was tough but I got through it and I am sure that you will too. It is amazing what a person can do when they want something hard enough.

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I am so use to eating a lot of food and now I am on the pre-op diet....only on day 3....and I am struggling big time. So far, I have still stuck to it. I am having trouble with the Protein shakes as I don't seem to like any of them. I have Protein Power, nectar, Isopure, Slimfast, and the Oh Yay shakes. I have to guzzle them and then I have to try my best not to gag and throw them back up. :(

I hope that this will all be worth it in the end. I have a wedding to attend at the end of the month, in which I will still be on the liquid diet....so no solid food eating there. Then there is Thanksgiving coming up along with Christmas and New Years....HUGE holiday family events with lots of eating....

Sometimes I just think that maybe I was just meant to be fat....some people are OK in their own skin.....I am not really...but the sacrifices....I just don't know if I can do it.

Still doing my best to stay on the pre-op diet track....I still have 11 days to go until surgery. :(

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Hi. I just had my surgery yesterday morning. For my pre-op diet, I used the eas advantage, they were kind of ok, however, by my friend told me about the Unjury Protein Powder, (that is the same one they gave me yesterday at the hospital), and they are great! They sell a starter kit that has 2 packs each of all the different flavors they sell. chocolate splendor, vanilla, strawberry, and they even sell unflavored and chicken Soup flavor!! I liked them all, and they are really satisfying! I would suggest to get the starter kit, then order your favorites. Go to www.unjury.com , also, they deliver really fast.

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What kept me focused was the purpose of the diet. Its designed to shrink your liver, making the surgery easier for the doctor and safer for you. I wanted to have every advatage I could have. It was hard, but so worth it. I also got right out of bed and walked. They let me walk while my post op antibiotic was infusing. I refused to even lay in the bed in my room. I was determined not to stay there long. You will do great. Keep focusing on the prize. My prize its been 6 month, I've lost 68 pounds. I feel like a brand new person.

Good luck and hang in there.

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The two week pre op diet was torture for me as well. I could not stomach the Protein shakes and it almost became a two week fast.

I found these chocolate Protein Shakes at costco and they were good and I also used Special K vanilla Protein shake.... Those are TASTY!!!! I drank a lot of Water and tried to keep busy to keep my mind off of food. Last but not least I did not watch T.V. the commercials are killers during the two week fast.

Good Luck

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My surgeon's office phoned to postpone my appointment for my second fill. Fortunately I was able to reschedule, incredibly it was just later on the same day. When I got to my appointment, my surgeon explained what had happened. He had been called into the operating theatre by another, less experienced surgeon who was having difficulties fitting a lap band. My surgeon took one look at the patient's liver etc and said, this patient hasn't followed the pre-op diet, we cannot safely proceed, so the surgery was stopped. The patient didn't get his/her lap band because they didn't follow the pre-op diet and shrink their liver.

I think that's a really good reason for you to slog it out with your pre-op. I'm glad I did mine. Good luck.

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Thanks! I am totally going to suck it up and do what I have to do....it just sucks....I keep telling myself it is not forever.....just another 11 days....

So far I only went off menu once, and it was just a cup of healthy heart, low fat, low sodium, cream of chicken Soup. Soup is not on my menu of things I can eat, but I figured it wasn't that bad since it was very low fat and I needed something more than the Protein shakes which I hate....but drink them anyway.

Thanks for all the encouragement! October 3rd cannot get here fast enough!

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