Getting ready for surgery, did you start early?

I'm curious to hear from anyone who started their pre surgical diet earlier than the two weeks prior to surgery? I want my labs to be excellent when I see my PCP in a couple weeks for my final examination. Were you successful on your first few days of working this diet? Did you settle in easily? Mind over matter , right? :) 

I didn't start early.  Honestly, the first few days were hard, mainly I think because my body was withdrawing from caffeine and junk food.  I got headaches.  I admire your positive attitude.  After the headaches were gone, I did settle in easier.  It's definitely mind over matter.  Best of luck to you on this journey.  You can do it.

Thank you. Am on my second meal\ shake right now. Trying to keep my mind busy. I have to do this....I know I can.

i just had my wls 3/18/13 an i was on my pre op diet for 1 month because my original date was 3/4/13 but my labs came back an said i was pregnant but in my mind i knew i wasnt so i had alot of labs to do but it ended up being a chemical pregnancy so i didnt stop my pre-op diet which helped because i got my new surgery date sooner insted of having to wait an additional 2 weeks. so yes it helped..

good luck see you on the losers bench!! 

I haven't seen you update, I know you posted when this first came about being pregnant, glad things worked out for you!!  

Take care! 

Sherry

That is fantastic, I am hoping my work now will only bring me closer to my 150 lb lighter self. I WILL do it!! I also just want to be ready for if there is an early opening for surgery.

I did not start early, wish I had even just cutting back, might have made the initial withdrawal from food and caffeine better but I managed by day 6 I think, I wasn't hungry anymore and was managing.  I really felt at that point, if someone told me I was taking the easy way out, I'd punch them in the nose...LOL not really but it was a struggle. 

Hang in there!  Good luck!!

Sherry

I can empathise with that frustration, this is far from easy. I also just dont want the start date looming over my head anymore giving me an excuse to eat something " one last time."

I have to do a 6 month medically supervised diet pre insurance and after a couple days of trying to eat right, I had a difficult time especially with breakfast.  So I went ahead and started doing protein shakes for breakfast and lunch, healthy snack light low fat cheese, SF jello, and then a healthy dinner, 4 - 6oz lean meat, steamed veggies no butter or salt, salad with lemon squeezed over it and a little shake of white wine vinegar, and lastly a snack of SF Jello or pudding or low fat cheese.  I know for me I just needed to go ahead and start to get into a good routein.

That sounds totally reasonable, I'm right in the middle of wanting to eat RIGHT NOW. I had my breakfast shake, I had my lunch shake at 1 pm and I'm needing to cook my family dinner now and want to eat. Its such a struggle. I want to only have my protein shakes today and be all liquid, it was one option or alternately they recommended a meal composition like what you said. I know I can do this. Logging in right now is distracting me. So this is good.