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Well tomorrow is the official day that I start my pre-op diet.. Surgery date November 26 and I'm officially nervous... I made this decision to have the surgery for my Health so that I may be there for the people at the depend on me and whom I love so much.... Has anyone started their preop diet as of yet I want to know what were or are your biggest obstacles for maintaining this diet...

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some people struggle with it...mine wasn't too bad for me... i had a headache for a few days as I "de-toxed"...but after that was over, I found it easy to follow.

I've stopped drinking carbonated beverages and have never looked back!

Good luck...let us know how things go

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My biggest obstacle was timing. I am retired and home all day, so my routine is pretty much the same every day. So, at 10:00 am, I was ready for somthing to eat, but had a shake insted. At 1:00 pm, I was ready for a light lunch - had a shake instead. At 3:00 I was eady for my afternoon snack. had a shake instead. At 5:30 I was ready for dinner. Had a shake instead. At 9:00pm, I was ready for a bedtime snack. Had my last shake instead. It was hard, no lie......because I was so used to eating at certain times, and without the food to see, smell,and chew I just about lost my mind. But I wanted the surgery so badly that I toughed through the liquid diet. Consider it a right of passage into better health.

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