Looking for July Sleevers!

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Started my liver reduction diet today and I hate the Protein shakes. Any suggestions would be great thanks!!!

I mixed my vanilla with ice tea / ice coffee and hot tea and it was a lot more bearable.

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They told me I have to use the Bariatric Fusion but there awful. Thanks I'll try those.

Yeah, I found the orange creme the most bearable, Cappuccino a but sweet, and vanilla disgustingly sweet . Those are the only ones I have tried so far .

[mareea2 0]

Hi, I had my surgery July 9th. The pain was not bad. Can drink apple juice and Popsicles. Everything else is to sweet now. I feel kinda hungry but know it's not real hunger. Am taking a prescription for acid so hopefully that will help.

[HKMOM 12]

Hi everybody today is day 5 of liquid diet, I am unsung the premier Protein and they are pretty good if you put them in the freezer for about 15 minutes before you drink them. I find that they keep you full for about 2 hours.

Has anyone had low blood sugars on the liquid diet? I don't have diabetes but my daughter is a type 1 diabetic, I was feeling shakes and nauseated yesterday and we checked my blood sugar and it was 80. I had some orange juice and felt much better.

I was doing grocery shopping for my family today and while in the produce department I had 4 cherries...it was the yummiest thing I had all week.

Surgery on Tuesday excited and nervous!

Tomorrow will be difficult going to the Orange County fair. sugar free snow cones for lunch

Hkmom

[Sboulie 90]

Had my surgery on Wednesday and came home today. I gotta say that I feel worse than I expected. One incision is so tight it's dimpled! I don't know if that's normal. I'm walking and sipping but what about nutrition? It's been broth all day which has a total of 20 calories for 32 ozs. No Protein at all which surprised me. I'm also taking pain meds but they are pills I gotta crush up and hide in a teaspoon of sf pudding. It's terrible! I guess tomorrow I start my medifast shakes so hopefully I'll be happier! Hope all you other July sleevers are doing better than me!

[kathysleeve 38]

Had my surgery on Wednesday and came home today. I gotta say that I feel worse than I expected. One incision is so tight it's dimpled! I don't know if that's normal. I'm walking and sipping but what about nutrition? It's been broth all day which has a total of 20 calories for 32 ozs. No Protein at all which surprised me. I'm also taking pain meds but they are pills I gotta crush up and hide in a teaspoon of sf pudding. It's terrible! I guess tomorrow I start my medifast shakes so hopefully I'll be happier! Hope all you other July sleevers are doing better than me!

Sboulie, I am suprised you are not being given protein. Did you the dr who is in charge of your after care?

Broth is great but protein is best. I bought crystal light (sugar free of course) and I found out that my hospital is using pro source which is liquid whey protein, and they add it to the crystal light. I can't tolerate the taste of Isopure so am going with this alternative. I would definatly ask the dr about the protein. Good luck... Hope it gets easier.

[nicolee 8]

Isopure shakes are at the Vitamin shop. There are lots of flavors, my favorite is mango peach.

[jennibaby 3]

My surgery is on July 28th. Nobody has mentioned anything about a liquid diet yet.

[GottaDoSomethin' 31]

Preparing for my surgery on Monday and I am feeling increasingly anxious. It's finally setting in that I am about to change the rest of my life. This is not a diet like the liquid diet I'm on now. There will no longer be an option to eat multiple helpings or giant desserts.... Crazy to think how never having that again will make me feel.

[finediva 979]

My surgery is on July 28th. Nobody has mentioned anything about a liquid diet yet.

Maybe you don't have to do one. This liquid diet or per op diet appears to vary from surgen to surgeon. I have researched back as far as 2007. Even then people were told to do one or simply told not to gain any more weight. I'm on the 2 week Liquid Protein diet. My doctor explained it was to make my liver smaller. Well, I'm on week two of the diet. I'm bored out of my mind with it and spend most of the day hungry and thinking about food. Have lost 6 pounds. Strangely enough I'm not hungry at night. Then I never as a heavy eater after 6/7pm. My surgery is next Friday. I'm trying to just keep my eye on the prize. Hopefully I'll be back hone by this time next Saturday.

[jenn608 3]

I had my surgery yesterday morning!

[finediva 979]

I had my surgery yesterday morning!

Congrats. How are you doing so far? Still in hospital?

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Preparing for my surgery on Monday and I am feeling increasingly anxious. It's finally setting in that I am about to change the rest of my life. This is not a diet like the liquid diet I'm on now. There will no longer be an option to eat multiple helpings or giant desserts.... Crazy to think how never having that again will make me feel.[/quote

Mine is Monday too! Still seems forever away !

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Has anyone see the show my 600lb life on TLC? It is gastric bypass and was filmed 7 or so years ago but it was good to see people succeeding and struggling.

[mlm28 27]

Had my surgery on Wednesday and came home today. I gotta say that I feel worse than I expected. One incision is so tight it's dimpled! I don't know if that's normal. I'm walking and sipping but what about nutrition? It's been broth all day which has a total of 20 calories for 32 ozs. No Protein at all which surprised me. I'm also taking pain meds but they are pills I gotta crush up and hide in a teaspoon of sf pudding. It's terrible! I guess tomorrow I start my medifast shakes so hopefully I'll be happier! Hope all you other July sleevers are doing better than me!

Had mine on Tuesday and I have the same diet. Dr said to keep it natural when I asked about shakes. Thursday I have my first post- op and I hope I will be able to go on soft mash diet.. My Dr said he wants me on Clear Liquids until 10 kg gone..so far so good droped 6kg (about 13 pounds) I still can' t believe it.. Good luck!