pre op diet is about to kill me!! lol

OK this is day 3 of my 2 week pre-op diet. I'm STARVING!!!!!!! And its not head hunger. My stomach is in fits and growling constantly. I am eating jello and Popsicles and drinking water and it helps in the moment but 5 mins later, my stomach is grumbling again. I know its temporary and I'm trying to make the best of it but I can tell I'm getting REALLY irritable. :-/

Thanks for listening.

Candace

I also had a two-week preop liquid diet. I thought it was some form of cruel and unusual punishment. lol  The first 3-4 days were the worst for me. Then I started feeling a little better. Hang in there though ... it's so worth it!  -Kim

Candace,  I think can have chicken broth.  So sorry.  It miserable .  Before surgery .I know as will be also  the first 5 week after surgery.  Just know that you are doing this to save you life and it has to be done.  Believe me I know that hunger pains are real. I can tell you is to pray for strength. Find something else to think about. Which is almost laughable.  Because, You can,t think about anything else your stomach howling for food.  Please take some time to read up on what happens after surgery.  Get you house in order.   Know can eat and what can,t. Be careful with salt.  Eating soups with to much salt make your blood pressure go up. Sometime you realize how much salt is put the soup broths that we drink.  Get  a journal ready.  I,m worst at writing..  But , It important to  write stuff down.  It,s also is  never to some to start exercising and reading  health    books. U-Tube has a lot weight lose story,s and video,s. before and after surgery.  That were a great help to me.  Get camera ready to take pictures or a video to chart your weight lose.  Keep good records for yourself.  So you can share story with others.

Those 2 weeks of fluids were one of the biggest challenges of the whole process. And to make it even worse, I only lost 4 pounds *sigh*. Find yourself a couple of books written by WLS patients, do some reading, and really focus on what you're doing and why. I found a lot of comfort and encouragement here from the people who had gone before me, and it kept me going for those first tough liquid days. And remember--hunger will never feel like this again. I've certainly gotten hungry since surgery, but nothing like before (thank God!). Hand in there, Candace!

Candace,

Believe me when I say, the hardest part is now. During my pre-op diet, I had a funeral for all of my favorite foods.  I was so sad/afraid because I thought I'd never eat them again. That food was my best friend and I was mourning it's loss.  I had terrible head hunger. In other words it was all in my head, not my belly. I look back and know I was seriously out of control during that time. The nurse at my surgeons office had me convinced that when my surgeon opened me up and saw how fatty my liver was, he would have to cut me in half to do the surgery. I was terrified but still could not control my eating. I was a terrible food addict that was very out of control at that time. I am still an addict, but I am in control 85% of the time. In the old days I was in control 1% of the time.

Also, I have learned that most of my "hunger" was actually thirst. Now I chug water all the time and never feel hungry.

Try to stay focused on the prize....surgery.

Good Luck,

Sharon

This is the hard part... hang in there... it gets better around day 5, but I nearly went crazy during the 2 week pre op diet. Just do what you have to do. Take a walk, yell into a pillow, eat a million popsicles. Stay strong. It's SO worth it!

Thanks, y'all!!  I'm trying SOO soo hard to stay strong.  It is definitely the hardest thing I've done in my life.  Yesterday was bad I think partly because I was away from home for several hours longer than I thought I would be when I left, and I didn't have an extra protein shake or anything else to eat with me.  I eventually caved in and got a small Wendy's chili and ate it.  No crackers or anything, just the chili.  I know I shouldn't have done it, but I was to the point where if I didn't get that and be done with it, I feared going bananas and hitting up Pizza Hut or something for a large pizza.  :(   It was basically damage control.  Last night, I was back to my baked chicken breast and steamed broccoli and carrots (my first week includes a small meal with meat and vegs for dinner).  Today, I had to come to my sister's house to watch her daughter while she was out of school (for a snow day).  It has been TORTURE.  She has soooooo many wonderful, delicious foods.  All my favorite things.  It has been pretty darn awful.  But, all I've had since I've been here is about a cup of chicken broth and some water.  I sooo hope this is worth it because right now, I'd probably pay someone $100 just to be able to eat a pop-tart.  LOL

I was not required to do the shakes for 2 weeks, my surgeons couldn't care less.  But I chose to challenge myself.  I thought if I could do that, if I had enough control to do that, then I deserved the surgery and would be successfull.  Was my test I guess! 

 

Hope you are doing good!  Hope your swtomach is getting quieter as the days go by!

 

You can do this!  We all can! And forget about the chili, you did it, now it's too late to regret, just keep going forward

 

Karine.

The absolute hardest part of the whole process for me was the 2 week liquid pre-op diet I had to do. Honestly, even recovering from surgery was easier for me. Hang in there!!