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[elektrik_rose 63]

Anyone else on liquid diet miss real food when they have to cook for others?

[elektrik_rose 63]

So I'm making pancakes and bacon for my boys and sipping chicken broth. My boys ate all of their food and decided they wanted to try my broth, so when we return from church I have to make them Soup. My boys are the best support. They are the main reason I'm doing this.

[want2live 29]

Hi Elektrik! I wanted to reach how and say hi and let you know you are not alone! I love to hear you say you are doing this for your boys....I am certainly doing this for my 5 yr old daughter. I want to be such a good roll model and not just tell her to eat good and then turn around and be a pig. I also don't want her to battle these issues like have.

I am 5 days out and really doing great. I am trying my best to get my Protein in....but it seems to hurt and make my stomach bloat. How are you doing with that? How far out are you? I will have to cook tonight for the first time....so I will see if I have trouble with temptation. I know it is probably habit (bad habit) to just nibble while I cook....I will have to watch that!!!!

I would live to keep up with you and have a buddy!

Good luck! We will ROCK THIS!!!!!!

[elektrik_rose 63]

Hi want2live!!!

My name is Ashley. I haven't had surgery yet. I'm there on Wednesday and nervous as heck! I'd like to be buddies. I'm new to this site, so this is very exciting. I nibble as I cook too. In fact nibbled as I cooked all week, but not like I used too. At church this morning, several people walked up to me and told me how much weight I've lost. i was shocked. I haven't weighed since last week. You'll be fine when you cook for the first time. My Mom is coming over on Wednesday and leaving on Friday, so she'll be cooking for my boys. My boyfriend, who lives at home but him and Mom don't get along, will be back home on Saturday and cooking for the boys. He's a skinny guy, but a kitchen supervisor at an amazing restaurant in our area. I'll have to watch out for foods he brings home from work after liquid diet. He brought me Soup the other day and I took one teaspoon and felt like I could taste the butter, so I split it into two meals and cut it with a lighter soup. I'm doing a steained creamed soup once a day and only 8oz. How are you feeling? I've noticed I'm very sleepy and haven't even had surgery yet...LOL!!!

[want2live 29]

Hi Ashley! My name is Tyler. I know it is a traditional boys name....but I am a girl just named after my grandfather.

I am so excited for you for this week. I was just sleeved this past Tuesday so we will only be about a week apart.

You will do just great! I was certainly worried and stressed.....but I just can't believe how well everything is going a week out.

I am happy for you that you have so much support. My parents were in and out if the hospital....but mostly at home with my daughter. My boyfriend of 3 yrs stayed with me at the hospital....even slept in the chair the 2 nights. It really does make so much difference!!!

So....you are in your pre-op diet? Sounds like you are doing just fine.

Please ask anything you want or need. I have a colleague that had this done 7 months ago and I know how helpful it has been for me to have her to ask so many crazy things!

Maybe we can exchange email if you feel comfortable with that.

Hope you are having a good Sunday with your family!

T

[elektrik_rose 63]

Sure. I'll send my email in a message. My eldest son's name is Joshua-Tyler. I always said I'd name my child Tyler. My name was supposed to be Joshua if I was a boy. We didn't know we were going to have another child...LOL!

My hospital stay is only overnight. My boyfriend is supposed to stay the night with me. I had a friend that did it last year. She was 384lbs and now just under 200lbs. She looks amazing.

[Almostthere34 128]

Hi Ashley,

Not on a liquid diet but did the same thing had surgery June 15th. I had to cook for my husband and kids before and after the surgery. It wasn't as bad as I expected. Of course I didn't make any of my favorites. I pretty much did meatloaf, chicken, fish, pasta's with salad and a carb. Most were my normal weak night meals. I had one night stay in the hospital and no gas pains so I was very fortunate. Don't forget it's ok to make sandwiches some nights. My kids kept eating my Jello and yogurts. :-) You will do fine. I just want to wish you a speedy recovery.

Kina

[elektrik_rose 63]

Hi Almostthere34!

Yeah, I have a secret cabinet my boyfriend just found out about. It has my Jello, pudding, broth and sugar-free sweeteners in it. He's very skinny, but he's lazy at home, so instead of cooking for himself, I find him going through my cabinet for Snacks. Sad!!!! I've been using my foreman for a lot of the kid's meals. I was required to do the liquid diet a week before surgery. I did it for two just to challenge myself and see how much more I could lose. The night before the week started, I treated myself to a salad with 5 jerk shrimp.

[ShannonK 266]

Hi

I am 5 months out! Congrats on making the best decision EVER! I love it! I was 292 day of surgery, 216 this morning. You can check my profile for some pics....

I thought cooking Hubby's favorite meals would be hard - but it's not! I even went to a chinese buffet for lunch today - and just ate some shrimp and crab. Now - I DID eyeball the lo mein...and missed it for a second - but nothing could replace how I feel about myself now!!

You go girl!

[Almostthere34 128]

Hi Almostthere34!

Yeah' date=' I have a secret cabinet my boyfriend just found out about. It has my Jello, pudding, broth and sugar-free sweeteners in it. He's very skinny, but he's lazy at home, so instead of cooking for himself, I find him going through my cabinet for Snacks. Sad!!!! I've been using my foreman for a lot of the kid's meals. I was required to do the liquid diet a week before surgery. I did it for two just to challenge myself and see how much more I could lose. The night before the week started, I treated myself to a salad with 5 jerk shrimp.[/quote']

I had a week liquid too. Kudos to you for doing two weeks. I could barely make it through one week. I cheated up until three days before, still lost 10 lbs. I kept my cheats to Protein only. My liver was so small I only needed three incisions.

[elektrik_rose 63]

@Almostther34 they said my liver was great during surgery and he could really tell I put forth an effort to do my liquid diet. This post op is hard. I can't eat anything. I know it will get better, but gas is so bad it makes me nauseas and I don't want to vomit.

[Almostthere34 128]

@Almostther34 they said my liver was great during surgery and he could really tell I put forth an effort to do my liquid diet. This post op is hard. I can't eat anything. I know it will get better' date=' but gas is so bad it makes me nauseas and I don't want to vomit.[/quote']

Yaah, that's awesome! How are you doing now? It gets better everyday.

[elektrik_rose 63]

@almostthere34 You are absolutely correct. I am getting better everyday. I don't have as much gas anymore. I have lots of energy. I just can't wait to be off liquids. I'm over Soup and I now hate Protein. I used to love the Protein Drinks and now they make me nauseous. I just found something at GNC called Protein Shots. I'll be using those until I'm off liquids.

[Almostthere34 128]

@almostthere34 You are absolutely correct. I am getting better everyday. I don't have as much gas anymore. I have lots of energy. I just can't wait to be off liquids. I'm over Soup and I now hate Protein. I used to love the Protein drinks and now they make me nauseous. I just found something at GNC called Protein Shots. I'll be using those until I'm off liquids.

I hated the smell of the powdered protein and could only tolerate the ready made Premier Protein from SAMs. I am glad you.re feeling better. Still not a soup fan some six month later. Be careful of the shots as many are made of collagen protein. We are supposed to do mostly whey Proteins. btw I still dislike broth from those days.

[Sadlers1999 169]

Hi Almostthere34!

Yeah' date=' I have a secret cabinet my boyfriend just found out about. It has my Jello, pudding, broth and sugar-free sweeteners in it. He's very skinny, but he's lazy at home, so instead of cooking for himself, I find him going through my cabinet for Snacks. Sad!!!! I've been using my foreman for a lot of the kid's meals. I was required to do the liquid diet a week before surgery. I did it for two just to challenge myself and see how much more I could lose. The night before the week started, I treated myself to a salad with 5 jerk shrimp.[/quote']

My NUT told me that I would miss fresh fruits and veg the most...so I ate a Greek salad with shrimp just before starting liquid diet. I guess the good news is that shrimp is tolerable as a first food when you get out of the soft food phase.