Congratulations to both new losers!!!!

Congratulations, Terra & Trudi! 

Yay, glad to hear you're doing well!!!!

Hi!  The presurgery diet is important because it shrinks your liver which makes it easier for the doctor to do a laproscopic RNY.  A family member of mine could not stick to the diet, and had the surgery none the less.  The doctor tried hard to make it work as a laproscopic, but in the end, he had to go with an open RNY.  Open RNY's take more time to recuperate from and leave a nice loooong scar on your tummy.  If you were having an open RNY anyhow, you should ask your doctor what the importance is for the presurgery diet.  I can tell you that up until my 2 week presurgery diet started, I enjoyed all of my favorite foods (and then some!).  I'm pretty lucky though, my doctor requires a diet of 1000-1100 calories a day with solid food.  Many folks on here have had to do a two week liquid diet!  That would be really tough!

Best wishes,

Mary

My dietician told me that GNC has a powder multi-vit- it comes in van and choc.  I just add it to my carnation instant breakfast.  Easy and it takes okay to.