I'm Having A Liquid Diet Breakdown

[suzilouise 13]

I have to go on a diet starting 7 days before the op. I am allowed 0% fat yoghurt, bovril, sugar free jelly and 1/2 a pint of skimmed milk a day. It seems everyone else is on a different diet from me.

[beautifulnewme2012 164]

Just got done crying in the kitchen while looking at this NASTY broth!

I'm ready to do this' date=' but the thought of not being to have anything filling or with flavor for the next month of so is really getting to me.

I think homeless people eat more food than this, 10 day liquid diet blows!....

I'm 6 days into this, and cranky! luckily today was my last day at work because i feel a total breakdown coming...

Ok i'm done venting, i did cheat and eat 2 crackers with my wonderful yuky broth.. ..

Thanks for listening.

Rai[/quote']

I soooo feel your pain....I made mini pizzas for the fam 2 nights ago and I almost cried too...can't wait till surgery...at least then it will be something different. This is getting OLD!!

[DonnaK. 5]

The doctor put my husband on a liquid diet immediately because he needed to lose weight BEFORE surgery. Since it's not his 2 week pre-op diet, he adds mushrooms to his broth. That way he actually gets something to chew. There are a lot of bariatric food websites that offer different Soups. Have you looked to see if there's some out there that have better flavor, but your doctor will approve of?

[disneyteach 68]

no offense but' date=' yeah, you want something tasty...but I'm not trying to have a stroke either.....ijs....[/quote']

Honestly, if you log all the food you use to eat next to a packet of ramen noodles spice, you will find out that sodium, if it causes a stroke, should have happened a long time ago. Myfitnesspal shows sodium for your food and my goodness, I see why my doctor wants me on a low sodium diet. I am in the red every day! They do have low sodium noodles packets.

[DonnaK. 5]

Does everyone pre op have to go on this liquid diet i have yet to hear anything about it and would like to prepare for the suffering if this is necessary

My doctor requires 2 weeks of liquid diet immediately before surgery. Since my husband weighed over 400. The doctor said he would have to lose weight to lessen chance of complications. He has lost 21 pounds in 2 weeks and is ecstatic!

[ikwa 13]

interesting I was told only Optifast and Clear Liquids. It was hard but really wanted to heal good after surgery. I did it. Glad I did. Hang in there!