pre surgery Opti fast & Cheating

[Jessiegirl30 149]

i have 7 days till my surgery ( april 4th) and I have now finished week 5 of my 6 week Optifast pre surgery diet.. & i hate it hahaha 6 weeks of Optifast is ridiculous, i have lost 10kgs in 5 weeks though so that is great!

I will confess i have cheated twice both times with a bag of potato chips.. I was reading thru other people who have done the same.. as far as i can tell it wont do any harm for surgery but still i feel bad about it ohh well .. I have done so well so far I am not going to let this set me back , my starting weight was 135kgs in June 2013 I am now 106kgs I am very excited about the next step moving foward.

I also had to have my gall blader removed 2 weeks ago ( by the same surgen) and i would not reccomend this while being on optifast beacuse all you want is something comferting to eat .. even toast..

I guess why i cheated was i had my last weigh in on Monday and then i think i was rewarding myself for a job well done.. and I also knew that after surgery i cant eat anything ..

Anyways people if you cheat like I did then just pick yourself up and move on and try not to do it again !

Also just a side note i personally lasted 4 weeks before i cheated and i find it amusing that some people cant even last 14 days I would have loved to only be on optifast for 14 days not 42 !

[magtart 603]

During my 2 week liquid diet my son brought me 1 BBQ potato chip every day. I really looked forward to that 1 chip.

[honeyg317 107]

During my 2 week liquid diet my son brought me 1 BBQ potato chip every day. I really looked forward to that 1 chip.

This made me lol! My Birthday was 3/17. I ate cake ( 1 small piece)! Deal with it!!

[Jessiegirl30 149]

Currently at work there is a massive leaving morning tea going on and there is everything here to eat i will be strong and not give In wish me luck

[GoldnGirl6677 62]

Hey there Jessiegirl30 - I have a 5 week Optifast lead in to my surgery on 14 April and I agree it's not the greatest. I cheated once, just had to have grilled fish, on day 14 no less! No batter or anything but just had to have it! I confessed to my dietician and it's all good - she just gave advice that Protein might slow weightloss but cheating with carbs would put a halt for a day or two and go straight around my liver - so who knows for sure. I'm back on track and have lost 10kg in a little over 2 weeks.

We just have to keep on keeping on - good luck on the 4th!

[Chance1812 30]

I will say this when it comes to cheating. My surgeon only used 4 incisions instead of five due to my liver being shrunk so much. This was because I stuck to the diet. But I did almost cheat one time.

[honeyg317 107]

I will say this when it comes to cheating. My surgeon only used 4 incisions instead of five due to my liver being shrunk so much. This was because I stuck to the diet. But I did almost cheat one time.

I woke up with 4 incisions as well. I wonder if I did a good shrinking job too?

[Jessiegirl30 149]

Thanks for the feedback it's great to know I'm not the only one struggling thru it

[Chance1812 30]

I woke up with 4 incisions as well. wonder if I did a good shrinking job too?

My surgeon said the fifth incision is for a tool that holds up your liver. So there is an advantage to following the diet and your liver being shrunk. Congrats on your surgery.

Edited March 27, 2014 by Chance1812

[honeyg317 107]

My surgeon said the fifth incision is for a tool that holds up your liver. So there is an advantage to following the diet and your liver being shrunk. Congrats on your surgery.

Thanks! You too!

[ShayLove 40]

Don't feel bad. I ate about 3 small bags of chips during my fast

[Get.Waisted 45]

I didn't know some ppl had to do the liquid pre-op diet for 5-6 weeks!! And here I am pouting about the two weeks i'm staring down...

[Get.Waisted 45]

Don't feel bad. I ate about 3 small bags of chips during my fast

how long did you have to fast for?

[ShayLove 40]

I only did mine a little over a week. Don't think I would've made it 5 weeks

Edited March 28, 2014 by ShayLove

[hopeful2loose2014 21]

I was wondering about this, as I host Easter here every year and this year it's 3 days before my surgery. Now I don't want to cancel it because I enjoy it, but I am wondering if I can eat anything at all that day? What if I JUST eat Protein?