Pre-op appt. and liquid diet

i see my surgeon tomorrow morning for pre-op and know I will be then on the two week liquid diet. I'm stressed about it. Somehow I didn't spend today eating all the stuff I am saying goodbye to forever, like a big plate of pasta. I ate moderately and sensibly. But did any of you feel sad at the idea of never eating that way again?

i am still very worried about the post op adjustment. I was snappish and moody all day. I wanted this surgery a lot as I think it's the only answer now for weight loss maintenance. But nervous nervous nervous. Getting worse. Wish I could have the surgery tomorrow, terrifying and all, but getting it over with.

Sorry, venting. I know, everything's gonna be all right.

It will be all right! It's amazing how life post op becomes a new type of normal before you know it. You will do great, best wishes!

I guess I didn't feel that way because I knew that no food would be off limits. Volume of food, definitely off limits, but there is no food that I wouldn't have the choice to eat. That was good for me.

With the mood swings - are you seeing a therapist? If you're not, I highly recommend adding one to your health care team. This process really screws with our brains and it's good to get help to sort everything out.

Most of us went through "food funerals." It's good that you didn't partake, because it's really not necessary. You will eventually be able to eat pretty much anything. There are lots of things you SHOULDN'T eat ever again, but nothing that you can't.

I bought scones and a baguette yesterday for my husband and didn't touch them.

I have pasta in the cabinet and didn't make it.

i bought broth and bouillon and I don't love it but I know those will be on the menu for the next weeks... and protein drinks. Going to have to stay to plan.

Over time, you might find it better not to buy things that are off plan for you for other people. If those people want to eat things off plan for you, they can buy the food themselves.

So just being completely honest yes!! I found out I was approved and in the same conversation I was told to start my pre op the very next day...yikes!! I WAS MAD!! there was so much I wanted to eat... I had a big lunch and I was still full by dinner, so I ended up eating sushi!! Yes my "fat" meal with my old stomach was sushi...lol but I was full so hey... I'm on day 3 and although I think about food and what I wish I could eat, I'm more looking forward to my new stomach and my new self!!! I'll eat again just not as much...and I 'll be happier and healthier doing it!!!!!!

Sushi and sashimi are faves for me too. I'm starving. In an hour I will go make my shake. And my husband's dinner. I vacuumed the house to distract myself from this pre-op diet. Going to make him something nice.

I am sad about a big plate of pasta too. I mean, knew when my pre-op doctor appt. was going to be, and knew it was a liquid diet from then on, and did not do a feast, last meal or meals, whatever. Was tempted. But skipped the sushi and pasta and rice, and grilled salmon and a big Greek salad.... none of it. After all, this whole process is to start a new eating habit, and I signed up for it. And after surgery, in a while, I can have three bites of sushi. Or three bites of pasta. I can wait.

I just wish I could have surgery tomorrow. The diet is part of it, but feeling so apprehensive about the process and results doesn't help. What gets me through is all the people who are on the other side saying how worth it the surgery has been. So all of us in this side just have to persevere and have faith....