Pre op diet

[solisrox 0]

I started on Tuesday liquid diet for two before surgery on day 2 I felt headaches Breakfast lunch and dinner consisted of shakes all day I had some sugar free jellos and a chicken broth Soup. I can't imagine after gastric sleeve surgery nuthin but liquids..

[920amy 409]

The beautiy of the sleeve is that the portion of your stomach that produces grehlin (the hunger hormone) is largely removed, so you will feel significantly less hunger, and some people, like myself don't feel hunger at all. Your grehlin production will ramp back up as time goes by, but it is amazing the difference you feel after surgery. Trust me, the pre-op diet is the worst part! You are so close to being on the losers bench! Good luck!

[BigFatLoser 331]

Preop diet is 100x worse than post op. When people would assure me of this a couple weeks ago, I thought they were nuts. But it's so true. You'll stil struggle with some head hunger post op, but it's so much easier to handle- especially knowing that it's like life and death if you screw it up!!!

I'm counting the days til I can have puréed! Lol. But I'm not cheating. I totally cheated pre op. and paid for it big time.

[K33 87]

I am pre op and hope what you are saying is true. I am struggling with my last 5 pounds to reach my surgery goal. Every time I get close, I switch up my food plan. I guess you can figure out happens next.

[K33 87]

Using J J Virgin's book, which is an anti inflammatory food plan, I was able to lose my last 5 pounds in 10 days and feel clear headed.

[Sydney Susan 333]

I'm assuming this is a ketosis diet like Optifast. If so may I suggest that you stick to it absolutely to the letter - no milk in tea or coffee, no sugar at all nor sugar-free stuff, and definitely no "cheats". I have been on the Optifast diet many times over the years and many times "tweaked" it a little, thinking that could do no harm given the very low calories of the diet (800 per day). For my pre-op diet I absolutely did it to the letter and from the second day on it was easier than ever before. I went into and stayed in ketosis easily. I was bored with my food choices but not hungry.

And like others, 10 days after surgery I'm yet to feel any indication of hunger. Wasn't allowed to even drink Water till day 5 and other than having dry lips I wasn't bothered at all (I was on a drip so couldn't get dehydrated).