Low fat/liquid diet

I am on the 5th day of my two week low fat/liquid diet before surgery. The first four days were fine and then today. I can also have lettuce, veggies(except corn, potatoes, peas). Main food is optima slimfast with added whey protein. I guess I just need to keep my mind busy and my journey ahead of me. I am counting done the number of days I have left at work which are four and the number of days before surgery which is scheduled for February 21 st. I am also attending Sunday School classes in a pre membership class for 8 or so weeks and tommorrow is the 5th class. I will have to ask for some prayer to keep me on track. It is not the sweets that I am craving it is carbohydrates I believe, like a cracker. I actually ate 1/2 package of 100 calorie snacks and threw the other 1/2 away. I just finished an online class last week and wish I was still in one they really keep my mind busy. I had to postpone my class because it was suppose to start on February 21st the day of my surgery. It will now start Feb 28th. THIS TO SHALL PASS Thanks for listening

Hi Tara. I also had to endure the "Dr. Mecenas ordered liquid diet" for two weeks I actually lost 24 pound those two weeks before sugery Kind of ironic! I know it is difficult..but it is for our own good. Keep focused on the goal, and what you have ahead of you. For me it got easier toward the end of the first week....I don't know if my stomach started to shrink, or my head hunger went away...but it may get better for you also. Best of luck to you in your new journey. Keep us posted!! Clarissa 280/185/?

Thanks Clarissa, I have been losing weight since september, it was not a requirement but I just wanted to see if I could make some behavior changes. I will endure and its not that I want desserts its just crunchies. So I put cucumbers on my salad. Tara

Tara: HI! I remeber my struggles although I didn't have to do a liquid diet preop...here is what I composed to hopefully help others wrap their brain as I did on the preop wt loss issue (to stay on task!) HUGS DEAR! WT LOSS BEFORE SURGERY/MOTIVATION/AVOIDING THE LAST SUPPER SYNDROME In our program we are required to loose 10% of our body wt before surgery.... Loosing weight pre-op is required by many surgeons & for many reasons... and I am so happy I did! 1.. to show motivation, 2.. ability to adhere to a plan (as we will need to for life!), if you can't be mindful and able to follow restrictions pre-op how will you do it post-op? 3.. to increase your health even a modest 5-10% wt. loss is very helpful, the National Institute of health has even researched this...(hence why weigh****chers is so focused on the 10% wt loss) 4.. decreases surgical complications (by exercise and decrease wt your heart and lungs are in better shape for surgery, anesthesia and healing!)... 5.. Also psychologically it is tough going from a super-sized big Mac meal to clear liquids for 2 weeks post-op! 6.. ***MAIN ONE FOR PROTEIN SPARING or MEDIFAST DIETING***It helps shrink the liver and this eases their surgical procedure and decreases chance of nicking it.... 7.. exercising before helps you continue after! 8..The more you lose pre-op the less you will have to lose post-op and the closer to an ideal body-wt you will attain! I lost the weight by doing the food pyramid. That's it, I was eating so bad (fast food daily, large portions, consuming every high-fat/sugar thing imaginable and NOT exercising that just cutting down and walking 2 miles a day helped! For ME, it was "no one" was going to stop me from having this operation, it was my decision and all that was asked of me was to loose 30 lbs, I figured this is a small price for such a wonderful gift I would be given and the opportunity to have a healthier happier longer life....! I was so motivated/psyched; I dropped 30 pounds in 30 days and went on to drop 15 more before surgery! (Although this took me 2 months, as it got harder and I had a few last meals, we all do but you can't let this ruin your opportunity!) Exercise was another key; I faithfully walked 2 miles everyday..it helped that my mom went with me a lot! (a buddy is so helpful!) I followed the food pyramid given to me by clinical nutritionist Dr. Boham...I also wrote everything down (Many find www.fitday.com helpful for this) that went in my MOUTH!!! Or you can get food pyramid/bullseye version at: http://www.xenical.com/hcp/1400_Am_Beye.pdf I also had to remind myself how BAD I wanted this! Everyday it was/had to be more important to me to change my bad habits and lose weight to have this surgery than to continue to slowly kill myself with food/keep myself from the only hope I had!. I also told everyone about my plans and they helped support me, my friends/family and coworkers! I really can't give you any more guidance than this, it really had to come from within, it was a mindset with me, and I wanted this BAD real bad and I knew it was my last resort/chance! I felt invigorated and motivated by the end results...the long-term had to outweigh the short-term gratification of eating bad choices or overeating! It was a learning opportunity for me to change my habits and practice chewing well, not drinking with meals and eating smaller portions, giving up sugar/caffeine/carbonation/alcohol (if any of those are your issues, carbonation/caffeine/alcohol weren't issues for me)! So a few weeks/months of healthy habits to lose pre-op wt is not a lot if you frame it right! IT IS NOT FOREVER and it is about starting this journey! YOU CAN DO IT! I have faith in you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prayres going up for an uneventful surgery and speedy recovery! Take Care, Jamie Lap RNY 10/9/02 Dr. Singh 320/163 5'9'' (lost 45# before surgery) Plastics 6/9/04 & 11/11/2005 Dr. King http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/members/profile.php?N=c1132518510 "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, it just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections!"

Tara, Hun I know of the carb gravings and I still have them, the sweets I am ok with now that I got them out of my life but the carbs still haunts me and it is a daily struggle to relearn GOOD habits and kick the older ones. Hang in there hun and once you start to feel the weight loss that is be such a great motivator. ~hugs~ I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers that all goes well with your pre diet and your surgery. You CAN do this hun... Debra P