My Surgery Date

[sjac 19]

I’m scheduled for gastric bypass surgery on January 5, 2017. To date I’ve lost around 20 pounds but I still have some fear of the two week liquid diet that starts December 22. Any recommendations on how to get through the two weeks before surgery would be greatly appreciated and I will keep you up-to-date on how things are proceeding.

Thank you for the support in advance

Edited December 4, 2016 by sjac

[marieac2 85]

Actually the 2 week liquid diet is not bad. Are you using Optifast? If so I can give you some tips on flavoring. Let me know.

[wyominggirl 30]

@@marieac2 I start my 20 day preop using Optifast. I would love some tips

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[merriw 20]

Hi ! I'm scheduled for the 5th also . My dr said just clean eating and nothing to eat midnight before but I'm nervous about that . Most people are doing liquid diet first

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[marieac2 85]

Use vanilla bean for vanilla shake. It's trial & error on amount, use little at time, blend for 10-12 seconds. I would also invest in a good blender, I bought NutriBullet. It's great & you will use after your surgery as well. You can also add orange extract to vanilla. For the choc I added 1 tablespoon of plain dark cocoa, & tablespoon of sugar free instant choc pudding. Experiment with different extracts, I bought them all. Good luck!

[cvm 4]

I used for the liquid diet slim fast, and Premier Protein. Both work well and taste is good. I used vanilla, chocolate and Carmel. And Tomato Soup, low salt. And to handle the desire for chewing. Gum sugarless.