Pre-op all protein shake diet 2 weeks

[Bypassgirl92 124]

Hi everyone I am currently 26 years old and I am due to have gastric bypass surgery on Tuesday December 18th. I have been told by my nutritionist to go on a two-week pre-operation diet only consisting of Medi fast Protein Shakes. I was very strict on the diet until tonight I completely broke down and had a 12 inch italian bread with scrambled eggs in it. I feel completely guilty. But I was starving due to the fact that I have not had any solid foods since December 4th. I was feeling really emotional/irritable and overall starving. I started my weight-loss Journey at 304lbs. Today I weigh 290. During my 6 months of nutritional monitoring I was not exactly doing my best I did not lose much weight because I was not consistent .But just on the shake diet that I have been on I have lost a total weight of 7 pounds. I feel so quilty like I ruined my whole diet. I know the whole point of this is to shrink our liver size which mine was 19cm which is over the normal by like 3cm from what I have read. Have any of you screwed up like this before? And do you think me being very strict for the remainder of the 5 days will do me any good after I cheated horribly tonight 😟

[Ed_NW 684]

You'll be fine. I'll have my gastric bypass the day before you. Just get back on track and we will succeed!

[Bypassgirl92 124]

Thanks and good luck on your surgery Monday wish you all the best!

[Barbara H. 9]

My surgeon only makes us do the liquid diet three days prior to the surgery but it is "strictly" liquid on those days. I had Thanksgiving dinner four days before my surgery.

[Ed_NW 684]

4 hours ago, Barbara H. said:

My surgeon only makes us do the liquid diet three days prior to the surgery but it is "strictly" liquid on those days. I had Thanksgiving dinner four days before my surgery.

I only have to do a 1 day liquid diet to make sure there's nothing in the pipes when they start cutting. I had a 6 month diet that required me to lose 10% of my weight. I think that shrinks the liver. It will be nice to get the whole pre-op stuff behind me and move on to the post-op life. This last week before surgery is full of uncertainty.

[Bypassgirl92 124]

Wow it amazes me how it differs so much from surgeon to surgeon. And yes Ed I completely agree this last week and last days in general are just full of uncertainity. 🤔