Pre-surgery diet woes

[mezzomaybe 11]

Ugh. I'm supposed to be sleeved October 22nd, and the pre-surgery diet is killing me. The doc has me on a modified Atkin's diet to decrease the size of my liver and I've been on it for two weeks now and I hate it. I'm hungry constantly (I keep myself busy with stuff to ignore it) and I have absolutely no energy. It's so frustrating. Has anyone else had to do a modified Atkin's diet before surgery? How did you get through it?

[Sleevarilla 169]

I had two mottos when doing my pre-op diet. "Grin and bear it" and "shut up and do it"

It sucks, no way around it.

[snowkitten 371]

Ugh. I'm supposed to be sleeved October 22nd, and the pre-surgery diet is killing me. The doc has me on a modified Atkin's diet to decrease the size of my liver and I've been on it for two weeks now and I hate it. I'm hungry constantly (I keep myself busy with stuff to ignore it) and I have absolutely no energy. It's so frustrating. Has anyone else had to do a modified Atkin's diet before surgery? How did you get through it?

I had to do that. What got me through it was Pork rinds (has 9 grams Protein and NO carbs) and string cheese. Also mushrooms. I love love love mushrooms so I'd have hamburger and mushrooms, or spaghetti sauce and meat balls over mushrooms. Just get creative and look up recipes online

[mezzomaybe 11]

I had two mottos when doing my pre-op diet. "Grin and bear it" and "shut up and do it"

It sucks, no way around it.

Oh, I totally agree. I just wish I wasn't so darn tired all the time. It's making it hard to do exercise and concentrate on the schoolwork I need to do.

I had to do that. What got me through it was Pork rinds (has 9 grams Protein and NO carbs) and string cheese. Also mushrooms. I love love love mushrooms so I'd have hamburger and mushrooms, or spaghetti sauce and meat balls over mushrooms. Just get creative and look up recipes online

Oooh, that sounds good. I love mushrooms and actually just had ground beef and mushrooms tonight! I didn't think of putting spaghetti sauce on them, though. I'll have to try that.

Edited August 29, 2014 by mezzomaybe

[Katcloudshepherd 630]

mezzomaybe,

What I did when I ate meals was to drink A lot of non-caffeinated liquid, stuff myself with non-starchy vegetables and then eat the low-fat Protein. If you take the Water out of it--it's some what the reverse of what you'll do AFTER WLS--except you don't stuff yourself with anything after WLS. The vegetable's Fiber and the Water slow the digestion process and keep you fuller longer.

Getting off of carbs and sugar is an absolute bugger when your stomach is normal. You've still got the hunger hormone Grehlin (spelling?) kicking big time telling you are hungry all the time. Keep up the good fight, I know it's incredibly hard. Try to drink as much water as you can between meals and make sure you get as much sleep as you can. Being tired makes fighting temptation a lot more difficult.

Kathleen