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My first day of pre-op liquid diet - Yikes !



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Yes it does! By day 5 I had so much dang energy I was the energizer bunny. Just hang I. There. Soon you will feel SO good, and so much in control it will be totally worth it. You will see yourself as a winner who had "got this". It's the best feeling in the world.

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OMG, I could have written this post!! I am also finishing my first day on liquid and just finished a bowl of chicken broth that tasted way more delicious than it should have! It HAS to get easier. What is your surgery date?

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Yes it does! By day 5 I had so much dang energy I was the energizer bunny. Just hang I. There. Soon you will feel SO good, and so much in control it will be totally worth it. You will see yourself as a winner who had "got this". It's the best feeling in the world.

I LOVE you Gamergirl !! - that was what i needed to hear - thank you !!

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OMG, I could have written this post!! I am also finishing my first day on liquid and just finished a bowl of chicken broth that tasted way more delicious than it should have! It HAS to get easier. What is your surgery date?

This Saturday October 5th with Dr Illan - how about you ??

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This Saturday October 5th with Dr Illan - how about you ??

October 15 w/ Dr. Kane. I have 2 weeks of this liquid diet!!!

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Yes it does! By day 5 I had so much dang energy I was the energizer bunny. Just hang I. There. Soon you will feel SO good, and so much in control it will be totally worth it. You will see yourself as a winner who had "got this". It's the best feeling in the world.

By the way, just read some of your blog - really well put together, a good read - thank you

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By the way' date=' just read some of your blog - really well put together, a good read - thank you[/quote']

Oh good! Thank you. I tell you I was so sure I was going to fail the liquid pre-op. But I went I to my surgery with peace of mind, knowing that I did indeed have enough self-control,that I could succeed at this being sleeved business. I am SO grateful I didn't cheat myself out if the victory.

The first few days just plain suck. But just because they suck, doesn't mean that they don't get better, or that you should cheat. It just means they suck so you to turn you eye to the future which is much better.

Hang in there!

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Back when I was a distance runner in high school, the week before the state finals our coach would put us through "hell week." It would be the most brutal, intense, painful workouts of the entire season, and we all would feel like our bodies had been beat down by industrial machines.

But when the state finals would start, suddenly we found we were all running the fastest 5K of our lives....most of us posted the best times we'd ever done, and were full of energy.

I guess the point is that "hell week" wasn't even slightly fun. But it was worth the payoff to run the best race of my life. I didn't enjoy the liquid diet at all, but I saw it as the food equivalent of "hell week," and I just saw my doc today, and I've already lost 31% of my "excess weight"...a very large amount relative to what they usually see at 6 weeks.

So I'd say my food equivalent of "hell week" was totally worth it. To use a quote I used to say to the freshmen on our team: Pain is temporary, pride is forever.

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Just coming to the end of my first preop liquid diet day. Who knew chicken broth could taste so great !! - but my tummy is yelling FEED ME you B******ch - This gets better right ?? right !!!!

You are so funny!

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I'm lucky my pre op isn't as strict.. A Protein shake for Breakfast and lunch.. A salad with Protein and fat free or light dressing...

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