Pre op diet

[Gigs525 38]

Yes I do. Day 11 here! I can't wait till Thursday!!

[Gigs525 38]

Ditches, looks like we're surgery sisters!! Good luck. I will be looking for updates on you. These boards have been an invaluable tool and source of info for me the last 6 weeks. Thanks to all the posters.????

[Gigs525 38]

*Dutchess

[Kathy Carter Chase 0]

Dutchess my recommendation at this point is you should go on a liquid diet immediately, it shrinks your liver (as my surgeon explained) and makes it easier for them to navigate.

[Kathy Carter Chase 0]

I am on day 2 of pre op liquid diet; surgery date Nov 23, (gastric bypass) any suggestions for choices I've got plenty of yogurt and Protein Drinks but I'm wanting more variety.

[bugsy72 117]

Amanda, you have let the sunshine of truth help you move forward. This is not going to be the easiest thing for you, but you know where you are trying to go. Don't let anything stop you! Not anything! You and I have to remember that if it required me to walk across the Death Valley in barefeet I would do it. This is nowhere close to that. So, when you (and I) are tempted to eat something that we know is not on the prescribed diet, go get on the treadmill, take a walk, call a friend, drink some Water, whatever distraction you can find! I know that you can do it! I am going to need you when mine starts on Monday (9th) to tell me everything that I am telling you now and then some.

I have some meditation tapes that I haven't touched in a year. Maybe it is time for me to pull them out and see if getting started (seriously) with meditation will help me to focus on something other than my stomach as I go through this.

I am rooting for you!

[bugsy72 117]

Thanks for your ideas. I start my pre-diet next Saturday and I think it will be VERY CHALLENGING. I may be spending hours reading Bariatric Pal for encouragement! ????????????????

[MitchieMay 27]

Thanks for your ideas. I start my pre-diet next Saturday and I think it will be VERY CHALLENGING. I may be spending hours reading Bariatric Pal for encouragement!

Bugsy72, Day 6 for me and it has not been easy but I have not let it get hard. So far, I definitely drink a lot of Water. I have tried different Protein powders for variety, I get on the treadmill (not as often as I should), and I savor the low sodium chicken broth that I can have twice a day. When it gets bad (it does) particularly if I stay up later, I drink more Water and head to bed, put on my cpap gear, and before I know it, another day! It has worked (so far). Lastly, I do a lot of researching WLS, especially about why I've got to do this liver reduction diet. My other motivator is that I want to do my part to make this surgery a success...so my surgeon can do his very best work. This diet is VERY important to achieving that goal. Good luck to you! Nothing is impossible for you!

[YumiMumi 29]

Buy some unflavoured Protein powder and add to a low fat instant Soup that you like, or a smoothy of your own making. Of course make sure you don't go over calorie allocation - the shakes are usually about 200kcal each with 19g of Protein, 5g fat and 19g of sugars (or less).

I am on day 2 of pre op liquid diet; surgery date Nov 23, (gastric bypass) any suggestions for choices I've got plenty of yogurt and Protein drinks but I'm wanting more variety.

[MelroseMama 2]

I am one week pre-surgery diet and one week today I will be having my surgery. Hello everyone!

[MitchieMay 27]

MelroseMama, I hope you have done well.

[bugsy72 117]

I am finishing day six tonight, Thanksgiving Day. I admit I cheat a tiny bit today. Dr said I could have turkey so that wasn't cheating. There were no clean veggies there nor fruit so i had one bite of dressing, one bite of green bean casserole, and 1/2 of a piece of sweet potatoe, and a roll w/butter. I don't feel too guilty. I was not perfect but I wanted so so much more. i feel like I made the best of a difficult situation. I sat with the family and ate thanksgiving dinner. No one commented on my plate. Did NOT have pumpkin pie. I skipped one of the Protein shakes but when i got home tonight, had one. Back to business for the last four days....then surgery is TUESDAY! Lost 9 pounds so far.

[rnytiffany 33]

I know everyone's program is different, but what does your pre-op diet consist of ?

[rblakely63 11]

I'm on day 6 of my liquid diet. This was the most challenging of this journey thus far. I will have lost 10lbs when it is all said and done. My surgery is on Dec. 7th hoping to have no complications. Thanks for this topic.