This is easier than I thought it would be

Today is the second day of my 2 weeks of liquids. I was really expecting these first 3 days to be really hard but so far it's been nothing of the sort. In fact, I feel like I'm staying full all the time. Between the shakes, soup and water I slosh when I move! I'm really thankful to all of you who have posted shake recipes here and in your blogs, I'm having a blast experimenting. Already have another order for syrups ready to go at Netrition! The Unjury chicken soup is fantastic, especially with a little help from some seasonings. I can use any soups of my own as long as I add protein to them and keep my daily calories between 700-900.

All these shakes are sweet and I know I'm going to get tired of them sooner or later. Maybe that's where the really hard part will be for me...finishing this 2 weeks without cheating or going postal!

12 days to go.....

It is hard, but very important NOT to cheat :)  Makes for a much safer surgery!   Don't be surprised if you start feeling very tired during the second week.  Good news is, you'll get some rest after surgery while you recover.   As for liquids, you don't get tired of them so much as you just miss eating!

In the weeks after my surgery, I enacted a no smelly food phase in my house.  Everyone was respectful about it and went out for fast food, but didn't bring it home.  Helped quite a bit, just a thought :)

Keep up the positive attitude and you'll be fine.   Just remember, this is a very short time in your life and you'll have real food back in no time!

Wait a second... be positive... only 11 more days to go.  You dont count the day of surgery.  :-) and today is over half done.  :)

I am looking at it in hours.  :)  302 hours left for me.  

LOL...You're right! For me it's actually...

11 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes and 6 seconds can be converted to one of these units:

• 1,006,866 seconds
• 16,781 minutes (rounded down)
• 279 hours (rounded down)
• 1 week (rounded down)

But who's counting, right?

 Dee ...You are going to do GREAT and get through these next 11 days without a problem.   You are already such a inspiration to so many pre op people with your weight loss and all that you are doing already to better your health.    So cut out that STINKING THINKING right now and rejoice that your BIG DAY is almost here !!!!   WOOO  HOOOO  11 more days for Dee !!!!


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Hang in there, Dee!    I think the liquid diet was the hardest part and you're doing great!

Day 3 was the worst for me as I had a killer headache.  After that, is was all good. 

 

Thank God my surgeon didn't require a 2 week liquid diet.  She did require high protein low carbs, so I basically did the Atkins diet with shakes and lots of meat and cheese.  Last 2 days of diet were all liquid. 
Good luck,
DeborahL.

I could have SF popcicles on my liquid diet.  So if you get to the point of needing to crunch something you might try those.

You are doing great and these 2 weeks will fly by!

I decided to wean myself off the coffee caffeine slowly to avoid the withdrawal headaches that can be brutal, so about 2 weeks before my liquid diet I started cutting my coffee with de-caf -  1/4, then 1/2, then 3/4 then just quit drinking it altogether.  I don't remember when I started drinking coffee again - maybe a month after surgery to make sure I was healed up.

Now I use my morning coffee to get my protein powder in - chocolate caramel being my favorite.

A lot of people get the sugar-withdrawal headaches from the liquid diet, but you have done so well on your pre-op diet that you probably won't get that, either.  It's a real shock for those who didn't have to do a pre-op diet to go from 3000 cal a day to 800 in liquid calories!