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My surgery date is 7/9 & I had to be on 2wk liquid diet. The problem was in the first week, I did eat on 3 different occasions. It was healthy choice meal with less than 5 grams of sugar. I ate it because I'm a diabetic & my sugar had dropped. Now I have started my second week & I know it's crunch time to shrink my liver. Am i the only one that pinched here & there???

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Yup, you're the only one in history who has ever cheated on a diet :rolleyes:

No use crying over spilled milk. Just get back on the bandwagon and move on.

tmf

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No worries. I did too and still lost 10 lbs. I was allowed two shakes And one high Protein low carb meal. My favorite was fajitas with no tortillas and no rice.

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No one is perfect. Don't worry about, just be as faithful to the diet as you can be and make sure to keep a check on your sugar. If you need Protein try to make it healthy (cheese, small amt or lean meat small amt.) Keep your calories below 800 and just do your best.

Good luck to you and have faith in the Lord to see you through...

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My Surgery is this Friday and I cheated several times last week. I have lost 8 pounds and I am going to stick to the diet this week its been a rough day but I am hanging in there and trying to stay out of my house as long as I can. You can do it just check your sugar

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My sugar dropped too and they told me to eat Protein Bars when I needed to eat or an egg so I did. I will admit to eating an Arby's salad and splitting it into 2 days worth with light dressing and my liver turned out fine, my surgery was June 13th. Good luck, it's hard but you gotta do it. Try to stay busy and away from the kitchen and temptations. You can do this!!!

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Thank you everyone for your kind words

You will be fine. We all have cheated. Some of us Just will not admit to it:) my nurse told me to eat a little bit of Soup but not to let the doctor know LOL that was funny. If you are losing weight ur liver is shrinking is what I was told.

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Ms Nesha,

I will be banded on July 9th as well I only had to do a week of liquids. It is hard to stay on track because I have to cook for the rest of my family but I am just using this as an opportunity for after surgery while I will be on liquids. Don't worry about cheating as long as you are losing weight. You should be fine. Good luck!

soon to be banded sista

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Ms Nesha' date='

I will be banded on July 9th as well I only had to do a week of liquids. It is hard to stay on track because I have to cook for the rest of my family but I am just using this as an opportunity for after surgery while I will be on liquids. Don't worry about cheating as long as you are losing weight. You should be fine. Good luck!

soon to be banded sista[/quote']

Thank you "band sista"

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My surgery date is 7/9 & I had to be on 2wk liquid diet. The problem was in the first week' date=' I did eat on 3 different occasions. It was healthy choice meal with less than 5 grams of sugar. I ate it because I'm a diabetic & my sugar had dropped. Now I have started my second week & I know it's crunch time to shrink my liver. Am i the only one that pinched here & there???[/quote']

No. Constant shakes suck but it's worth it. There isn't much room for the doc to work with. I had a lot of gut fat. He had to feel his way around in there. Thankfully I had a great surgeon.

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Just to be safe may want to ask the Dr what to do if your sugar drops. Don't tell on yourself, but just ask what to do incase.

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Thanks again everybody. I was cleared for surgery. Test came back that I have a fatty liver anyway, so he is doing a 4 inscension cut!!

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I will start my liquid diet on 7/9. Will have two Protein Shakes per day and Soup for dinner.. This will be for two weeks hoping I don't have any slip ups. Gonna try sugar free gum and hard candy to not think about snacking.. Anybody got any suggestions?

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I will start my liquid diet on 7/9. Will have two Protein shakes per day and Soup for dinner.. This will be for two weeks hoping I don't have any slip ups. Gonna try sugar free gum and hard candy to not think about snacking.. Anybody got any suggestions?

You sound like you have a great plan in place. I was honest with my doctor & told him on the 4th i ate grilled chicken & turkey burgers. He laughed at me & said at least I was honest. I had my surgery successfully on 7/9. I'm not saying do the same thing, but read the labels. Less than 4 grams of sugar low carb meal if u starving

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