Day 4 of Liquid: Weak and Worried

[doobie31 178]

I'm on my fourth day of liquid (mostly liquid - I do get a tiny Protein and veggie meal). The desire to eat (combo of hunger and craving) is difficult. But what's more difficult is most of the day I feel pretty weak and lethargic. I can live with that - it's only two weeks. My bigger concern is - Between the meal and 3 shakes, I'm taking in about 700 cals a day. Will I be feeling this weak after surgery as well? It's one thing to have 2 weeks, but if I'm going to have 2-3 months of this, I want to get mentally prepared for that.

Anyone that had a hard time with the liquid prep because of low-energy, would love to hear how things went post-op.

[liveaboard15 1,293]

No not really. depending on your surgeons schedule you will be able to eat soft foods in a few weeks after surgery. and tiny amounts fill you up fast. I was on solids after 2 weeks and it was glorious lol. Because the 2 weeks pre op liquid diet sucked and the post op liquid diet sucked because that point you really cant have any solids until a couple weeks or longer depending on your surgeon. but after the liquids it gets so much better.

[catwoman7 11,216]

probably not. I felt more tired than usual the first month or two post-surgery, but not like I did during the pre-op diet.

[ShoppGirl 4,899]

I did feel tired for a couple weeks post surgery but I think it had more to do with the surgery recovery itself. After that I was still on pretty low calories but I was fine.

[doobie31 178]

1 hour ago, ShoppGirl said:

I did feel tired for a couple weeks post surgery but I think it had more to do with the surgery recovery itself. After that I was still on pretty low calories but I was fine.

Thank you. Very encouraging.

[Rockmantic78 1]

Hello, I’m new to this site and also am on Day 3 of liquid diet. My surgeon limited me to 2.5 Protein Shakes per day and only Water, crystal light, Decaf tea, or any broth in between. So yes, I’m feeling miserable and so hungry I am even craving food I wasn’t too fond of before. I am having the gastric bypass surgery on June 27th. Thanks in advance for any support.

Edited June 16, 2022 by Rockmantic78
Forgot to add something

[doobie31 178]

13 hours ago, Rockmantic78 said:

Hello, I’m new to this site and also am on Day 3 of liquid diet. My surgeon limited me to 2.5 Protein Shakes per day and only Water, crystal light, Decaf tea, or any broth in between. So yes, I’m feeling miserable and so hungry I am even craving food I wasn’t too fond of before. I am having the gastric bypass surgery on June 27th. Thanks in advance for any support.

That is a very limiting preop!! Maybe this will encourage - somewhere on day 6 a light went off and it got much easier. The weakness went away and while I'm obviously hungry, I'm not obsessed about it like I was before. Basically, I'm ine now. Hopefully the same happens to you.

[ShianRaineDrop 14]

On 6/10/2022 at 9:15 PM, doobie31 said:

I'm on my fourth day of liquid (mostly liquid - I do get a tiny Protein and veggie meal). The desire to eat (combo of hunger and craving) is difficult. But what's more difficult is most of the day I feel pretty weak and lethargic. I can live with that - it's only two weeks. My bigger concern is - Between the meal and 3 shakes, I'm taking in about 700 cals a day. Will I be feeling this weak after surgery as well? It's one thing to have 2 weeks, but if I'm going to have 2-3 months of this, I want to get mentally prepared for that.

Anyone that had a hard time with the liquid prep because of low-energy, would love to hear how things went post-op.

I'm surprised to hear that some surgeons recommend mostly liquid for preop prep. This is the first I've heard of that. My preop diet was stuff like eggs or lean meat at Breakfast. A Protein Shake between breakfast and lunch. Meat and veggies (I usually did salad with rich greens and chicken) for lunch or dinner, and another Protein shake at some point. I never felt hungry before surgery. Well, until I stopped eating at midnight the night before surgery. I didn't even have surgery until 5:30pm the next afternoon which was the weirdest time I ever expected to have my surgery done but I was definitely starving then. Lol!

[doobie31 178]

19 minutes ago, ShianRaineDrop said:

I'm surprised to hear that some surgeons recommend mostly liquid for preop prep. This is the first I've heard of that. My preop diet was stuff like eggs or lean meat at Breakfast. A Protein Shake between breakfast and lunch. meat and veggies (I usually did salad with rich greens and chicken) for lunch or dinner, and another Protein shake at some point. I never felt hungry before surgery. Well, until I stopped eating at midnight the night before surgery. I didn't even have surgery until 5:30pm the next afternoon which was the weirdest time I ever expected to have my surgery done but I was definitely starving then. Lol!

Hahahah. I was surprised my surgeon let me eat anything. I had always read a full liquid was the norm. And here you are eating eggs! I'm so jealous. 😂 But all is well. I ended up losing about 27 lbs over the two weeks. About 6 days in it got so much easier, like a light switch. And I'm very ready to be cut open tomorrow!

[ShianRaineDrop 14]

48 minutes ago, doobie31 said:

Hahahah. I was surprised my surgeon let me eat anything. I had always read a full liquid was the norm. And here you are eating eggs! I'm so jealous. 😂 But all is well. I ended up losing about 27 lbs over the two weeks. About 6 days in it got so much easier, like a light switch. And I'm very ready to be cut open tomorrow!

Hahaha! That was preop eggs. Now... I'm on the 2nd week of liquids which kind of sucks butttt, only 4 days from pureed week so it's definitely worth it!

Sending my best of the best wishes to you! I hope you'll keep us posted! Super excited for you!