Cheated and need advice!!!

heidismiles · March 28, 2008

Hello all,

OK so I am so ashamed of myself. I have been on this pre-op diet which is full liquids for 10 days. I am on day seven and I cheated! I was feeling so sick tonight that I ate a sandwich and a piece of chocolate. So far I have lost 12 pds on this diet, which is so hard to do. I have been eating nothing but Soups, crytal light, diet shakes, protien shakes. After I ate something, I didn't feel sick to my stomach anymore, but now I feel like what the hell did I just do?

I guess this is what I was thinking, I have surgery on Monday the 31st. Which I wont do anymore food I will stick to the liquids until the surgery, then after the surgery my doctor puts me on a clear liquid for 4 days, then this full liquid for 10 more days, then blenderized food for 2 weeks, then soft food for another 2 weeks, then I can start eating small amounts of healthy food. When I thought about it, I was like wow I'm not going to be able to eat REAL food for over 5 weeks. That scared me I guess, so I did it, I ate something other then full liquid and now I am scared its going to screw things up for the surgery!!

Has anyone else done this? Please be honest, I am so scared right now!!

Please help!:smile:

jena · March 29, 2008

You ate something that wasn't on your diet. That was then, this is now. Forget about it and move on!

You've done amazingly well! I don't know how you managed to stay on the liquids this long. ;-)

Jena

Newbeginnings · March 29, 2008

Hi Hiedismiles, I too am having surgery on the 31. Dont be so hard on yourself. so what you cheated. I dont even have to be on a liquid diet until the day before my surgery. Wow 12 lbs in 7 days. I would say the dr would be proud of you for that. I havent lost any but knew i wouldnt . I am just trying to be good and not eat everything in sight because I know I probably wont be able to eat some things after monday. I am nervous but excited and keep saying to myself "this is what i have wanted and waited for for over a year" So try to behave yourself today, tomorrow and sunday and dont even say anything. Your liver has been starved down in 10 days. they just dont want you to eat a huge meal the day before your surgery. good luck and keep me posted. maybe we can check up on each other when we get back.

Newbeginnings

heidismiles · March 29, 2008

aww thank you guys!! You made me feel sooooo much better. I am so excited for this and have been working so hard for it and now that its finally here, I feel like I don't want to do anything to screw it up! Thank you thank you thank you! I will say a prayer for you "new" know that your not doing this alone :smile:

lifechange82 · March 31, 2008

i was put on a low-carb pre-op diet...i lost ONE POUND! the reason i was told to go on that type of diet is to get rid of the fat around my liver... surgeon told me it makes it easier on me and him to have more room to move around in. KUDOS to YOU WOMAN for sticking that long to a liquid diet!!!!!!!