liquid cheater?

I am scheduled for lap RNY on January 11th at Cleveland Clinic Weston, FL with Dr. Raul Rosenthal performing my RYN.

They require you to do a 2 week pre-op liquid only diet.  You can have protein shakes made with water or skim milk three times per day.  You are also allowed sugar free jello (not pudding!) and sugar free popsicles.  You can also have broth... chicken, beef, or vegetable.

I started my liquid diet on Monday December 28th.  It was a long, rough, hungry day.  I yelled at my family & was not pleasant to be around.

Day 2 went much better.  I wasn't hungry at all & was much nicer to people because of that.

Day 3, today.... not a good day for me at all.  I woke at 3:25am & had to change my daughter's diaper & take the dog outside to do her business.  The only thing on my mind ALL day today is that I MUST chew something.  I can't chew gum because I need to get a root canal/crown..  I can't help be think how pathetic I am for being rules by food.  

I quit smoking after 11 years at 1.5 packs a day.....Cold Turkey.... No help.  I am fine.  I had the will power to stop smoking.... so why is this liquid diet killing me?  I am no longer hungry, but I just don't think I will be able to fight the urge to chew something with taste.  

I wanted to poll other january date people & see what keeps you going strong at your weakest moment.  If you have time, please help inspire me to see this liquid phase through.

Katherine

My Sister, I am there with you! I spent Xmas sleeping to not be around all the food this holiday season. I started on the 21st so I feel u, I did well up until today. I was driving from NJ to NC(to see anesthesiologist in morning) and stopped for gas and Mom was hungry and got Popeye's, I ate a piece of chicken It tasted so good and after my stomach was killing ME, I don't know what happened and I feel awful but I am not going to beat myself up and I am going to pray that it did not make my surgery harder for me, I am going to take a laxative hopefully that will help with my 1 mistake.

The whole key is to shrink your liver and I was at work and almost passed out due to the fact that I had nothing to eat so I have drastically changed my eating habits, I drink my protein shakes and I have a lot of crystal light to drink along with pop sickles (even though its cold) I may eat a 1/2 cup of green beans and even some baked chicken but I do it one time a day and I may do it every other day, but now today is my last day at work and I work from 7p to 7a in the E.R. there is no way i could do straight liquids and not feel it, starting tomorrow I will be on a strict liquid diet because i will be home and I can go to sleep or something if I feel faint.  someone said I was not getting enough protein in to feel faint, but I went by exactly what the doctor told me I could have.  You have to listen to your body not your head hunger and that is what I have done.  I don't think I have done anything to jeapordize my surgery or anything  because I do not have fried foods, eat out, snacks, cakes, cokes etc if anything I am pretty sure my liver has shrunk enough for them to move it out of the way for surgery.  My surgery is Monday morning and I have to be there @ 0530, thank God it's early Highest weight was 312 weight now i weigh 301.  i cannot wait to get off of the 300's

I lost 9 1/2 lbs as of today! Went to the hospital to meet with the anestigioligist and did blood work and weighed me I alomst passed out. I have been really good until that piece of chicken BUT I have been so strict up until than I am sure that is how I lost the weight  still have 4 days to go!

I will have my surgery on the 11th as  well. I have been on my liquid diet since December 26th and doing pretty good. I have 5 optifast drinks a day and one can of 98% fat free chicken both. Its, funny that the chicken both is really good.  Sometimes with the optifast drinks I will put them in the freezer to freeze ,then eat them with a spoon.  I guess by doing this it makes me think I eating verse drinking all the time.  I am determined to get through this, because after surgery I will be on liquids until Feb 1st, then puree foods and on Feb 22ND I will get to eat solid foods. I at 327 pd it motivates to what necessary.  Hang in there and shrink that liver!