Pre-op Liquid Diet/Liver Reduction

[Kitty2272 7]

I'm scheduled for surgery 11/9 and I'm on my Liver reduction diet. This is my second day and I am truly hungry. It's not head hunger! I'm having headaches and feel drained. I'm doing 4 Protein shakes a day and each of them are 27 grams of Protein. I'm also consuming a minimum of 60 ounces of Water. Why am I so hungry and how can I get rid of these headaches??? Please help I don't thinking I can last 10 days feeling this way.....

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@Kitty2272 It's very normal to be hungry - you are eating far less than usual. Stick with it - it gets better. Can you have broth or sugar free popsicles? How about Powerade Zero? The headaches will go away in next day or two. It's really worth the effort - you'll do much better post-op. Take it one hour at a time. I enjoyed broth during mine. Hang in there!

[Kitty2272 7]

@@Kitty2272 It's very normal to be hungry - you are eating far less than usual. Stick with it - it gets better. Can you have broth or sugar free popsicles? How about Powerade Zero? The headaches will go away in next day or two. It's really worth the effort - you'll do much better post-op. Take it one hour at a time. I enjoyed broth during mine. Hang in there!

Thank you so much. I can have broth and I'm going to try it tonight. I will do what you said and take it hour by hour. Thank you so much.

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[KristenLe 5,979]

I enhanced broth by boiling some carrots, celery and onion in box broth. Add salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder and paprika. Helped alot! I never thought I'd get thru 2 weeks and I did.

[Kitty2272 7]

Oh ok I will try that. Did you eat the carrots and celery or did u drain them?

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[KristenLe 5,979]

No - just the liquid.

[Kitty2272 7]

Oh ok. Thanks!

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[blizair09 3,250]

liquids require grit and perseverance -- both pre- and post-op. I agree that you take it hour by hour and try to use broth to make it better. In my opinion, this entire journey is just as much a mental game as it is a physical game. The liquid diet portion of the journey is, perhaps, the biggest mental exercise of them all.

Good luck!

[Kitty2272 7]

Thank you so much for your help

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[Ragdollorchid 128]

Hang in there. I followed mine strictly and lost 15 lbs. prior to surgery. It put me in a great starting position for losing. It was worth it and it got better after day 3.

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[Kitty2272 7]

Thank you in looking forward to better

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[helixliang 1]

I think you are dehydrated. I weigh 211 lbs. I drink 100 to 135 oz of Water daily. You need to drink more Water when you are losing weight because for every hydrolysis reaction, it consumes one water molecule.

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[helixliang 1]

Here's a link to how much Water you should drink calculated base on body weight. Since you are losing weight, you should drink more than what's indicated on the chart. https://cdn.ampproject.org/i/humannhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Water-Chart.jpg

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[Miss Rachel 25]

My surgery is on the 7th of November and I have been doing the liquid diet for a week now. Last Wednesday my surgeon told me that I could eat vegetables, all I want. I could make them anyway I want except for frying them. I was going insane before he said this. I am mostly making Soup and am surviving this way. I was told in my preop nutrition class that I had to only intake liquids. I was in hell and cheating until I saw my surgeon. The point of this exercise is to reduce the size of the liver. If you don't eat fat and carbs, the outcome will be the same. Ask your surgeon if this is OK. Each surgeon has there own opinion. I have already lost 10 lbs but the first 10 lbs of any weight loss program is Water anyway. But I feel positive and this is the beginning.

[vanzimme 7]

im on my liquid diet also as if yesterday. I make sure i got stock that has more Protein than the rest and do my Protein shakes for Breakfast and dinner. I am allowed fruit smoothies with no seeds. and can have 3oz of plain chicken at dinner if needed to make it thru. So far as long as i drink enough i am ok but if i don;t keep my tummy full of liquids then i get hungry. Good luck you can do it.