Shrinking liver?

Im on my two week pre op diet. Three shakes a day and a protien bar. Now the two week diet is used to shrink your liver. But the bar has 21 grams of Carbs. Well im confused how this is going to shrink my liver if I continue to consume carbs. There is also fruit juice on the list with out restriction. Which is full of sugar and carbs. All of this is going to be stored in my liver NOT shrinking it. Help me understand this please because I would much rather eat two boiled aggs with less cal same protien and 1 gram of carbs...

Low carb (under 50) is definitely the best way if you're convinced you need to do it at all.

--gina

 

What do you mean if im convinced I need to do it at all? Im supposed to its required. RIGHT?

Every surgeon is different.  Mine required all liquid, no protein bars, etc.  Only their protein shakes, and with their required diet I only consumed 800 calories per day.  Only calorie free liquids except the shakes, and those were pretty low.    But I've seen people on here say they didn't even have to do more than a couple of days of liquid or pre-op restrictions, so there's no set rule.  I just figured my surgeon has good stats, and he gives me directions for a reason, so I did it. 

I'm sorry. I didn't have to do one. You do what your surgeon's practice wants you to do at this point. I just would try to keep the carbs low.

--gina

 

You don't have to apologize...I just wanted to know what you ment. I see... I'm going to nix the bars and no juice...

Is week 2 all liquids, by chance?  He may be simply trying to flush out the system so he has some fairly clean stuff to play with.

Two week clear liquid diet but They also gave me a two week supply of protien bars. that are allowed.

Did he tell you that it will shrink your liver?

from everything I've been told, that it takes a long time to actually shrink the liver, not weeks or even a few month but It can take as much as a year or longer, a lot of weight has to be lost before your liver shrinks.

Now, making your liver less slippery to work with, makes sense and low carbing for 2-3-4 weeks will accomplish that.

I had no diet or restrictions before surgery except nothing after midnight the day before surgery. 

Sometimes I wonder if most bariatric surgeons are secret fatty hatters and actually like to put us through a little bit of "hell" before we get this wonderful gift that they give us. (Said with tongue in cheek).

It seems every surgeon has his own protocol, that alone make me wonder. 

But I think of all that stuff, I'm kind of a rebel and pretty cynical. 

 

Yes in the class for pre ops they said that was the purpose... And the recommended a package from bariatric advantage.