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Help!!

My surgery date is march 4 and my dr requires his patients to do medifast. I eat no meat no fish no eggs no Jello and refuse to eat anything with artificial sweetner.

First of all they really did not have many options for me to eat most of their Soups have meat or meat broth in them.

I am allowed 5 medifast products a day along with sugarfree jello, sugarfree popcicles, sugar free drinks and broth.

My dietecian dosent seem to really have any options for me.

yesterday was my first day I tried the Tomato Soup, maple oatmeal, vanilla shake, and carmel nut bar.This stuff is soo gross....

I was so hungry and felt light headed and very cranky.

I could not make it thru one day I already cheated. I ate 4 saltines with my Soup and a bowl of plain lettuce last night.

I feel like such a looser. I could not even stick to this for one day.

I know part of the preop diet is about loosing weight but the main thing my dr. does it for is so the liver will shrink.

Will eating things like plain lettuce and mabey some other low carb veggies really hurt?

thanks!

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thanks jack,

I am trying to be a winner...

In the past when things get tough or I have cheated on a diet I usually throw in the towell.

I will make it this time!!

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Help!!

My surgery date is march 4 and my dr requires his patients to do medifast. I eat no meat no fish no eggs no Jello and refuse to eat anything with artificial sweetner.

First of all they really did not have many options for me to eat most of their Soups have meat or meat broth in them.

I am allowed 5 medifast products a day along with sugarfree jello, sugarfree popcicles, sugar free drinks and broth.

My dietecian dosent seem to really have any options for me.

yesterday was my first day I tried the Tomato Soup, maple oatmeal, vanilla shake, and carmel nut bar.This stuff is soo gross....

I was so hungry and felt light headed and very cranky.

I could not make it thru one day I already cheated. I ate 4 saltines with my Soup and a bowl of plain lettuce last night.

I feel like such a looser. I could not even stick to this for one day.

I know part of the preop diet is about loosing weight but the main thing my dr. does it for is so the liver will shrink.

Will eating things like plain lettuce and mabey some other low carb veggies really hurt?

thanks!

Oh man, I sympathize with you.. I tried Medifast last year on my own and I lasted just under 3 weeks (but I was allowed to have a non-medifast dinner, like chicken and veggies). I dont know how you ate the Tomato soup that was the worst one in my opinion. It is all just awful. Good luck! And I think eating veggies would be okay.

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