OMG..I want food lol..these shakes are not too good!

You know, I'm drinking these shake....with an appetite....and NO food. This is rough! Its one thing after surgery to not have an appetite and not eat but to have the appetite I have...WOW

Wow good luck with that.  I fortunately do not have to live through the pain of doing 2 week liquid diet......Come Wednesday I'll be eating soup & salads and then liquid Sat & Sun :) 



GUESS WHAT THOUGH????


T MINUS 11 DAYS TILL SURGERY!!!!


What time are you having yours?  Mine is at 7:30 AM!!!  Omg I'll be at the hospital really early in the morn!

WOW you are sooo lucky! i have to be at the hospital at 6:30am. I am the 2nd patient of the day. My pre-op nurse adv i would go back around 8:30. we now have 9 days and I am sooo excited aren't you?

Sheree I can't say it gets easier at all.  I just finished my 14 day and on my way to surgery in about an hour. By then end I just got so sick of the shakes and even though i felt empty, I hardly even made my required minimums.  I was kicking and screaming the whole way but when i look back, I can't believe I already did it.  I blogged everyday about what I had and how I was feeling. My local message board thought the two weeks was nuts but here I go onto another 2 weeks after surgery.  I pray I can get by with the least about of shakes as possible.

You can do it and you'll look back and think how did i go 14 days without food and be ravenous.  Well my almost 20lbs shows it! 

Good luck
Nikki

That is great. I am really anxious to know if everything went ok. Please let me know how you are and thank you...sheree

Hey...I totally know how you feel! During the day for me isn't really bad at all, but in the evening when I am making dinner or at night I want to snack and can't!! We can do this!!!!!! Oh and we have the same surgery date....yay!!! Good luck!!!

Amelia

Yeah, its the same  for me and YES we can so this! I really hope everything goes well with your surgery. Good luck to you too and let me know how you are doing...sheree

 Have you guys tried doctoring up your shakes to make them more palatable? For example, I made on this morning with Designer Whey chocolate, skim milk, a tbsp of peanut butter, splenda, and ice. I have a really hard time with the protein smell, but that one was actually quite tasty and went down easy. I've also added a packet of instant coffee to chocolate and vanilla shakes and made faux frappucinos out of them. There are tons of recipes for things you can do to make shakes more palatable. Good luck to you ladies, you'll be on the loser's bench in no time and it does get easier.

Well unfortunately I don't have the option of choosing my protien shakes. I have to drink the bariatric advantage shakes and they are not soo good. one of hte ones i bought was coffee flavored and its awful!. I have tried to tweek it...no success. So...I just do my best to get them down. I suppose after my surgery I will have a choice or at least I hope so :)

Thankfully I didn't have to diet for two weeks. So I was able to pig out  for the last time. Hang in there. Remember this quote, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress" FD. Just keep saying that to yourself throughout the entire process. Also, remember to WALK WALK WALK. You can walk the day of surgery too. Everytime you get your pain medication, WALK. It helps to feel better.