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I'm 4 days in my pre op two week diet and it's so hard ! Harder than I expected. I've done good up until today . I cheated a little. My dr is requesting I do all liquid diet for the two weeks. Protein Drinks with sugar free Jello or popsicle for snack and nothing else. The headaches are unreal. Can anyone give me any tips! My surgery is on the 28th !

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I feel you- I had such a hard time on it. Honestly, I ended up eating cucumbers or lettuce with lemon and a tiny bit of feta once a day. I needed the crunch and it helped with my fluctuating blood sugar. The point of the diet is to put u into a ketogenic state (less than 20 net carbs a day), limit your calories as much as possible, and get u used to drinking instead of eating. I'm not gonna condone you cheating, but just sharing what I did to get through it. I lost 18 lbs and had surgery Wednesday, so I think it was fine.

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I'm 4 days in my pre op two week diet and it's so hard ! Harder than I expected. I've done good up until today . I cheated a little. My dr is requesting I do all liquid diet for the two weeks. Protein drinks with sugar free Jello or popsicle for snack and nothing else. The headaches are unreal. Can anyone give me any tips! My surgery is on the 28th !

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These 2 drinks helped me I had a headache and I had instant relief. I found them at the Vitamin shoppe not sure where else to get them I hunted everywhere. Hope this helps! Goodluck everything will be worth it in the end.

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I luckily didn't have to do a full liquid diet, but it was liquid plus one "healthy" meal a day. I found that the headaches were from dehydration combined with caffeine withdrawal. Taking some advil or excedrin and trying to double my Water intake helped.

For me, the pre-op diet was 100 times harder than anything post-op, so just hang in there and do the best you can, and plow through.

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I luckily didn't have to do a full liquid diet, but it was liquid plus one "healthy" meal a day. I found that the headaches were from dehydration combined with caffeine withdrawal. Taking some advil or excedrin and trying to double my Water intake helped.

For me, the pre-op diet was 100 times harder than anything post-op, so just hang in there and do the best you can, and plow through.

Thanks so much , trying to see the big picture of it all . But going from food to no food at all is what's hard ! 9 days left , I got this!

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Oh I so feel for ya and I'm glad I never have to do it AGAIN! HAHAHAHAHA!

I thought of eating my kids hahahahahahhahaha!

All the best - you can do this!

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Hardest thing ever, I'm a one meal a day eater already so I figured it was gonna be a breeze, not even close ! Lol

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Tomorrow is my surgery and I followed the liquid diet with really no problems...try premier Protein shakes, they really curbed my hunger. Drink lots of Water...lots!

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I'm drinking Tons of Water. I'm drinking the premier Protein drinks , the chalky protien taste is getting to me ! Yuck !

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Premier shakes r filling. Isopure no carb can help as well as powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury which u have to buy online. I love the chicken Soup flavor and you can mix it with low sodium chicken broth for a great winter clear Soup.< /p>

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Premier shakes r filling. Isopure no carb can help as well as unjury which u have to buy online. I love the chicken Soup flavor and you can mix it with low sodium chicken broth for a great winter clear soup.

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Can't have any Soups , just the Protein drink and Jello and or popsicles. And the premier shakes are starting to get to me with the strong Protein taste and smell.

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Oh yeah, headaches. Just imagine how your knees are gonna feel in a year....

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