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[Finding myself again 20]

Hello all. So tomorrow is my pre op--yay!!! This is also when my 10 day diet starts. I decided to be ambitious and do a "trial run" today. Yikes. I work with small children, have been struggling with illness, and felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin by mid day. I know if I put my mind to it I will do it. But man, does your body begin to get used to it after a couple of days? Any tips? I got all my fluids in, just struggled with fuzzy thinking, no energy, etc... This too will pass????

[cassie32104 70]

I am on day 7 of my pre-op diet and it is hard! I'm not sure what your diet is, but mine is only liquids. I felt pretty crappy for the first 4 days- headaches, no energy. I started to perk up on day 5 and have been doing much better since then. I haven't had a headache since morning of day 4 and doing much better. This pre-op diet is no joke, that's for sure! Good luck to you!

[Finding myself again 20]

Thank you Cassie! You as well

[Amylou 206]

It DOES get better. The sugar is leaving your body kicking and screaming. Detoxing and shrinking your liver is a grueling process. The first 4 days are rough. However, the reward is great. Hang in there. Follow your plan to the letter. Vent to us on the board. it's hard work but so worth it.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I swear the first 3 or 4 days are the worst, once you get through them you really don't seem to care any longer. In fact I could not drink all the Protein shakes that I was allowed to by day 4.

I will say that good quality chicken broth saved my life, I sipped on that constantly and helped with the thickly sweetened taste of all the Protein Shakes.

Just focus on one day at a time and you will get through it.

I will say that by the end my brain was not as sharp as it usually was. I can remember how frustrating that was. My husband and I were paying the bills. I was writing the checks and I kept goofing them up. My husband griped at me about my mistakes and I remember literally yelling at him. I said "let me take all your food away for 10 friggin days and then see how sharp your brain is!!) I think I also called him a jackass! LOL!

We both started laughing and since then he decided he would try the liquid diet just to see if he could do it and to lose a few pounds. By 4pm on the first day, it was all over for him. He said, I cannot imagine you doing this for 11 days straight. I laughed and said, you just have to make it through the first 4 days and from there you really don't care so much anymore.

Best of luck to you! Keep your eye on the prize!