sample menu

 Im really having a hard time coming up with things to eat on the liver reduction diet, does anyone have a sample menu maybe, what you ate while you were on it? TIA

 I mostly ate grilled chicken, green beans, tuna, eggs, tuna salad. 

If this is your pre op diet mine was 2 protein drinks and one meal without starch a day for 2 weeks.

I hear where your coming from. The liver reduction diet was very hard for me!!! I definately got my 2 milks in each day either 2 yogurts or a yogurt and some milk. I ate a lot of chicken & turkey.  Did creative things with salads for lunches and dinner. I used different kinds of lean cuts of meat on salad, chicken, turkey, roast beef. Found newer dressings that were lighter in calories and more simple. I did not pour the dressing on the salads like before. I put it in a cup and dipped every 3 or 4 fork full of veggies. I tried a lot of new veggies that I had not eaten before so that made it fun to play in the kitchen. Made the plate look interesting too! . Breakfast was hard for me because I just don't do breakfast. I would make like mini omeletes with some canadian bacon, mushrooms, peppers, onions, little bit of cheese. I would eat cottage cheese with some turkey bacon on the side for protein. It really does work. It is hard. I ate pretty healthy before however my portions were out of whack! Way out of whack! lol I just put the protein first and then added on things that I could have. I know your saying well there seems to not be much left. There is Be patient and kind with yourself . Remember this is a good thing that your starting. May I ask who's your dr that put you on the diet? Mine is Dr. Mattar. I wish you much success. Hope this helped a little? Take care. Dawn

I was also on a high protein diet prior to surgery bc of Type 2 diabetes, my dr wanted me on 60-80 grams of protein a day (so I had whey protein powder in water--find the low sugar less than 1 gram of carbs-for breakfast and sometimes dinner).

I also ate a lot of tuna salad with low-fat mayo, baked chicken and baked fish with spinach and broccoli.

I can't do a lot of dairy due to having my gallbladder removed in December and being lactose intolerant. Plus, I was staying away from carbs to keep my blood sugars good (my A1C was 5.9%).

It seems hard and I did go to bed hungry but I just kept thinking every night that it over and I was one day closer to surgery.

Good luck and hang in there--it will all be worth it soon.