harder than I expected

You can all say a prayer for me to have the strength not to cheat on this liquid diet. I have done similar things before and didn't have much trouble but my stomach is yelling for food. It is not to happy with the slim fast. I am not enjoying the taste  and it is not stopping the growls. Its not even three and I am struggling. I did not expect this. I know it will get easier in a few days but  today is hard. I have started dinner for my DH. I am making him chili with lots of tomatoes in it. I hate tomatoes. I figured that might make it easier.
I left home at 4 AM this morning for Sedalia thinking I had an all day class and was done before 10am .I had to wait on everyone too. The pt never showed so I got to skip that till I am admitted.
I am really counting the days now and want them to hurry up. I know I need this and can't cheat but it is hard. I know most of you have been thru this and did fine, I just feel very weak.
I just finished a slim fast and I am growling away. I am going to try beef broth next. Am I normal or was it like this for any of you?

Susie, you are soooo normal!  It's probably head hunger!  One thing that helped me was sugar-free popsicles.  I also made popsicles from Crystal Lite.  It helped with the need to chew.

You will get through this.  There's already a place cleared off on the losers' bench, just waiting for you!

Patty

Susie
 You are very normal and my prayers are with you. The liquid 2 week diet was very hard for me especially the first 3-4 days and then again 3-4 days before the end of it.I craved salt like crazy. I will be honest and tell you i did cheat a few times, I had cream soups a few times and some mac and cheese.I'm not saying it was ok to do but i did. And i ate popcicles all the time.You can have all the cear liquids you want.Also instead of chicken broth i drained the broth off of chicken noodle soup.Taste a whole lot better. I know you can do this and you will be on the losers bench real soon. Take care
 Love and {{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}} Deb

You are so normal. The two week liquid diet was by far, the hardest part of my surgery. Everything after that was pretty much a breeze.
You're lucky that you can have broth.
My doctor only allowed protein shakes, water and vitamins for 2 weeks.

Brandy

It is really hard and yes your normal.  Be careful with the broth because it has alot of sodium in it and can dehydrate you.  Make sure you are drinking alot of water.  You might also try sugar free ice pops they crunch so it makes your head think you are eatting something.  Sending hugs, Raynetta

The 2 week liquid diet was horrible I know I cheated a few times.  Deb D. has a recipe for chicken broth which is supposed to be really good I'm sure that would taste better then can broth?  popcicles are good make sure they are sugar free.  I liked the powder form of the slim fast and made my own shakes you can spruse them up by adding different sf syurps such as hazelnut, vanilla, mocha.....sf jello is good too.  Good luck and hang in there after a few days it does get a little easier.

Susie you have been on my mind all day I woke up around 315 am thinking of you asking the lord to give you strength today and thur out the next 2 weeks you can do it  susie lord

I am here if you need to talk give me a call

Love ya
Karen

Thanks for all the support. I am about to eat some sugar free jello. I have been waiting on it to set up. I hope that will help the rumbles in my tummy. I bought low sodiun broth  so I don't have to worry about the salt. I think its allowed, if not that may be my cheat. I have sugar free popcycles in the freezer and that is my dinner for this evening. Wish I could eat yogurt but thats not until after. I do not like any of the slimfast flavors. I may have to get some strawberry, I normally do not like strawberry but I may have to try it. My head is killing me and I don't know if it because I haven't eaten or I didn't get enough sleep last night. Thank goodness I can have tylenol.
Keep praying for me to make it without cheating. My DH laughed and said its just your first day. He did give me some support though so I won't complain.

Have you tried the Boost High Protein?  Maybe it would stick to the ribs a little better.

Suzie i know it has to be so flustrating,,,but you can do it and my famous line that everyone uses now----keep your eye on the prize-----is so true write it on pieces of paper and put it on  the doors of the ref. bathroom mirror, anywhere else that you need to see it so much that it is drilled into your head.. i never had to do the two weeks of liquid diet and dont know if i could do it or not, i dont really think so even tho most of my diet now is  liquid ,,,,
never the less im sure you will make it thru...seems most people cheat at least once on it know that we will be praying for you....