First Day Of Protein Shakes And I Am Starving! Any Advise?

[JamaicanGirl2011 27]

Hello All,

I have surgery scheduled for next Monday, February 20, 2012.

I am so excited!

Today is my first day of liquid Protein shakes.

I am starving!!!

What did you do to help?

Any help or advise is much appreciated.

[finaly4me 18]

I had to do a five day Protein liquid diet only at the start of my three month wait for the date part of my WLS journey. I kept very busy and put my "hunger thoughts" to "skinny thoughts" you can do this. Good luck.

[Leederz 49]

Wow, I have a 2 week pre op liquid diet :blush2:

[Capt Derel 287]

I did some Tomato Soups with heavy cream to tide me over. It helps but not that much lol. I myself start Clear liquids for 3 days. Lord help me.

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[jlholmes5 3]

I am on day 12 of a 14 day liquid diet...it does get better...but it isn't a picnic by any means! Good Luck!!

[Leederz 49]

Being on this site all day at work does help a bit lol, I also try and drink a lot of Water so I can stay more "full" Also you could try different flavors of crystal light

[hopefornewlife 0]

I just got my Surgery date on March 27th. This is my first post and I'm excited scared but ready. I'm worried about this pre op diet. I have 5 days. I'm not sure what I can have and what's best? I'm scared I can't just do liquids. Anyone got any ideas what I should get at store?

[ShoeLover 141]

Hello All,

I have surgery scheduled for next Monday, February 20, 2012.

I am so excited!

Today is my first day of liquid Protein shakes.

I am starving!!!

What did you do to help?

Any help or advise is much appreciated.

My surgery is Feb 20th also....I was extremely hungry the first 3 days, but now I'm ok. I started my pre op diet a week ago, and I did cheat a little bit at first. I start liquids only on Friday, not sure how well I'm gonna do with that.

[circa 333]

SF Jello is your friend - it takes up space in the stomach and does help.

[Capt Derel 287]

Its better to hit to alternate a bottle of Water and Protein shake every hour on the hour. If you dont stay on schedule your appetites going to run wild on day 3. I broke on 3 occasions but I started 2 weeks early because I knew me.

Today all I had was cream of Soup 18 carbs 140cal ,dasani lemon Water, crystal lite lemonade 20 cal and homemade Tomato bisque 9 carbs 160 cal. Not a good day. Hardly any calories and real low low carbs. But 2 weeks ago I would have threw that in the trash and fixed myself a big old sandwich or something with bread. I am just glad I was able to break away from my friends.

As I write this comment I am still full and my last meal was at 6:30pm. This should show you its possible. But as far as Clear Liquids. Hahaha I WILL FIND OUT starting in the morning.

Just have faith. If your at home and your hungry. Just leave. It help curb the urge

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[circa 333]

Good luck! I'm so excited for you!!!!

[Capt Derel 287]

Just fyi. I been sitting here for hours watching anthony bourdain and andrew zimmerman on the travel channel for hours reminiscing. I love those damn guys

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[Capt Derel 287]

Thanks circa

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[JamaicanGirl2011 27]

Thank you, thank you all for your kind advices and words of encouragement. I will definitely be getting the sugar free Jello and alternating between Water and shakes. This morning I could not stand it and had a little oatmeal. But I am back on track with the shakes and plenty of water.

[Malyss 31]

It gets better. I'm on a 14-day pre-op Protein Shake diet and I'm about a week into it. I've been trying to practice some things that I'll need to start doing after the surgery such as not drinking about 15-30 minutes prior to "eating" and not drinking again until at least 30 minutes later or so. I'm allowed 5-6 Protein Shakes per day and if I choose to, I can make them with skim milk or Water. If I'm still hungry later on, I can have a lean Protein and low carb vegetable.

I've been trying to space out my meals as best as possible. I'm probably averaging between 2-2.5 hours between my allotted meals. Try not to let yourself go too long in between. My husband and I were out for a bit on Sunday and I went a bit too long between shakes. It was probably low blood sugar that had me so horribly cranky. It had been maybe 3-4 hours or so since my only shake of the day.