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I am on day 4 of the 10 day liquid diet and my stomache hurts it is so hungry.

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For me the liquid diet got much better around day 4. That is when I stopped being hungry all the time.

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I am on day 4 of the 10 day liquid diet and my stomache hurts it is so hungry.

I understand sweetie. I just finished day 12. Day 9 was a horrible day, then day 10 came...and it just didn't matter anymore. Kinda weird. Maybe you'll hit that point sooner than later. Use this time to really understand where your hunger is coming from and what your mental cues are. It's been a very eye opening time for me. Don't skimp on your shakes or any other drinks or Jello or whatever you can have. Keep it going in. Getting ALL the shakes in will help your body calm down and not feel like you're starving.

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Your doing great, you made it to day 4. I struggled the first few days really bad then suddenly something shifted and it was down hill from there. Hang in there and just keep telling yourself... this to will pass.

Another thing keep full on liquids, the more Water and others liquids the more you feel fuller.

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I hated the liquid diet and I was on it for 2 weeks prior to surgery. I just had to keep telling myself that it was a means to an end. I kept myself busy and that helped keep my mind off things. Plus, I was always drinking something....if it wasn't the medifast stuff, it was Water or tea or SOMETHING! At some point the hunger did go away. Hang in there and be strong.

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Those first few days I thought I was starving! By about day 4 I wasn't hungry at all. As long as you force yourself to drink the Protein Shakes or have a Tbsp or two of tuna or something so you get your Protein I bet you'll find you're not that hungry anymore either and not tired (if you keep your protein and Water intake up). Good luck!

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Yeah biy, it surely sucks. i went 3 weeks on the liquid diet. I went to San Deago a day early for my surgery in MX and sat around the hotel for a day. Seems like every freaking commercial on TV was for some delicious food. I nearly caved about the 4th or 5th time of seeing a 5 cheese and 3 pork pizza commercial by a local shop on TV. Man I wanted it so bad - but I persevered and you can too.

Stick with it. It may actually help you recover as the liver might not be as fatty and your gut not loaded with all kinds of junk,

I wish you luck!

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You're right. The pre-surgical liquid diet is really hard hunger-wise. In addition to drinking the shakes and sucking on sugar free popsicles, I just tried to keep in mind that I didn't want the surgeon to cancel my surgery because my liver was huge. I think I had nightmares about it!

Good luck. It all gets better from here.

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