6 days til my liquid diet starts

[lovinglife28 9]

Im so needing a lot of help on what to eat and drink on the liquid diet. I know I can drink chicken broth, diluted juice, sf freeze pops, Jello. I really need some ideas on what to drink on my 7 day liquid diet and also after my surgery which is in the 26th. Please help me

Edited February 14, 2014 by lovinglife28

[jallsop 39]

Did u have pre op nutritionist classes? Each program has their own guidelines unfortunately. I start my 14 day preop diet on Monday. I will have 5 EAS myoplex lite Protein Shakes a day, one serving of veggies, one serving of fruit and one serving of starch a day plus all the Clear Liquids I want (ff broth, sf Popsicles, sf Jello, decafe coffee/tea w/out milk, Creamer, sweetener etc and no carbonated beverages or alcohol). I plan on taking my one serving of fruit a day and adding it to one of my shakes with ice and making a smoothie in the blender. As far as your post op eating, that is very specific to what your nutritionist outlined for u. I will have clears only on day one and then clears and Protein shakes from day 2 through 7. Day 8 I advance to soft foods ie: sf pudding, sf applesauce. Hope this helps. Good Luck!!!!

[SuperFab 689]

Mine said "anything that you could suck through a straw if it were at room temp". It doesn't mean I suck it through said straw, just that if I am to consume it, I'd have to be able to. Except for the day right before surgery. That is clear liquids only.

[Scylla 106]

If you mean the pre-surgery liquid diet, it is usually Protein shakes. My pre-surgery liquid diet consists of 4 Protein Shakes per day (Myoplex Light is my pre-op shake of choice) and unlimited raw veggies. You need to make sure you are getting plenty of Protein before surgery so your body is ready to heal after surgery.

[butterfly2014 128]

Yea u do the liquid diet to shrink ur liver so they have room to work on ur stomach and intestines when doing the surgery. Wish u the best of luck on ur WLS!