I am starting my liquid diet tomorrow!

[pinkD 4]

I am starting my liquid diet tomorrow and now I am nervous. I have been fine until now. Does anyone have any advice?

[leanora27801 315]

Just take it one day at a time! I'm on day four and its becoming a little easier, and if I was you I would clean out your kitchen of any foods that will tempt you to cheat. I already had my temptation and ended up eating a few chips so save yourself the trouble.

[Djmohr 6,965]

That is very good advice! Every day gets a

Little easier. After the 4th day I think it became very easy for me.

[pinkD 4]

Good to know. I wish I could have started on a weekend but they said it had to be exactly two weeks

[leanora27801 315]

My surgeon was different, I only have to do the diet for ten days because I finally met with him on the 5th of this month and my surgery is on the 15th. So I guess you could say I got lucky! I also found a great tasting Protein Shake today called six star soy Protein series and you can by it at Walgreens or Walmart. You can get it in many favors but I think I'm sticking with the french vanilla creme! There are a lot of shakes out there, you just need to find the one for you!

[SuzeMuze 338]

I won't speak for everyone, but for me the liquid pre-op diet was the hardest part of the whole process. It was compounded by an apparent caffeine dependence that gave me terrible headaches for about a week or so till it was out of my system. But... I survived it and felt pretty proud at losing about 10 pounds just in 2 weeks You can do this- we're here for you!

On a different note, if you find a shake you like, stock up just for your pre-op diet. You might find your taste changes after surgery and what was so awesome now might taste terrible post surgery- no sense wasting the money. My personal faves are the Premier Protein shakes that I pick up at costco.