Cheated on Pre-Op Diet--Help!

[perpetualwanderlust 11]

Hello all,

My sleeve surgery is scheduled for May 11th. I have been on a strict 600-700 calorie per day pre-op diet since Easter (about 4.5 weeks now).

I was doing well and had lost 17 lbs up until last week around this time.

I got so fed up with the nasty "food" they had me eating, that I just fell off the wagon. I ate like crap for three days. I then ate decently for 2-3 days. Then yesterday and today I slipped up again.

I am really beating myself up about this and I can't believe I let myself do it. I fully intend on being as strict as strict can be until the surgery. I'm even considering doing all-liquid until then.

With my surgery in 13 days, I am worried that my liver won't be shrunken enough and they will have to cancel the surgery.

Anyone else have experience with this?

[LumpySpacePrincess 594]

That is a long time to be on the pre-op diet. Off plan eating is going to happen. I did my pre-op voluntarily over two months (they really only required a few weeks) so I could learn what it was like to eat sensibly the majority of the time but still have moderate treats thrown in here or there.

You haven't messed anything up...yet. But be careful not to let the slip turn into an avalanche. Forgive yourself and move on and do the best you can until surgery. Only a few more days to go!

[perpetualwanderlust 11]

Thank you for the encouraging words!

I am just terrified that my liver is large again and my surgeon will cancel the surgery. And then all of this will have been for nothing and I'm back to square one.

I'm hoping that going all liquid or eating even less than I did before will put me back on track and shrink my liver in the next 13 days!

[CanyonBaby 1,852]

It's not just the liver the doctor is looking at, it's your sincerity on following a plan that will potentially save your life. You are in charge of that, and no one else. I imagine you were on a pre-op diet for a longer period of time in order to get your liver to a manageable size for surgery, so it is a big deal. The surgeon does not want to harm your liver, so we have to shrink it as much as we can beforehand. My suggestion would be to get back on your plan and stay on it. You have to give yourself tough love to get through this. And be prepared, AFTER the surgery is NO PICNIC, if you have read what people who have had the surgery are writing. It is the most difficult thing to do for most people. For me, the pre-op was a picnic, the rest is just plain hard work. FOREVER.

[Stephanie Stroup McIntosh 157]

I had to do a liquid diet for 12 days prior to surgery. I did cheat a little, which I immediately regretted. I would start fresh and do as much liquids as possible that are no sugar/low fat/ high Protein. Pre-op sucks, but it is important. You can do it. Buckle up and stay on the wagon.

[VSGmary 418]

Im backing what CanyonBaby has said 100%.

Get back on track, you can do it!

Wishing you all the best with your weight loss journey xox