1ST DAY ON LIQUID DIET !!

I am hungry and have head hunger.... ooh my goodness is this the way its going to be once i have the surgery too ??? Mama never said there would be days like this lol...

Poor baby - I'm so sorry but just know it's all for the better good.

THANKS... I HAVE DINNER TO LOOK FORWARD TOO LOL...MAYBE THAT WILL KEEP MY SPIRTS UP...

The first couple days can be difficult but you'll get it!  I had terrible headaches the first day, but then after that ... piece of cake!  Oops maybe I should use that phrase in here!  lol    Trust me it will get easier!!  Good luck!! 

FIRST FEW DAYS OOH BOY LOL.... THANK YOU I HAVE TO KEEP MY EYE ON THE PRIZE MY SURGERY LOL

I started mine last Monday. It is rough the first few days then it gets easier.   But boy, there sure are a lot of commercials about food on TV and I'd swear they suddenly built about 50 new restraunts on my route home in the last week. 

But now a lot of my hunger has turned into I feel like I should be eating, not that I am actually hungry.  Make sure you get your protein and liquids in and that will help.  Try to avoid caffine, that helps too. I broke down and bought some sugar free gum, that helps me forget that I want to be eating something, at least a little.  I'm not supposed to chew it after surgery, so was trying to avoid getting hooked on it, but I figure anything that helps me get through the pre op diet successfully is ok.  But I'm down 20 pounds and still have 4 more days to go.  

Good luck, if I can do it I know you can.  

Jete

That is what we call "food porn"!! Preop we see all the commercials and signs and crap and suddenly we can't eat and they seem to be popping out from everywhere, just taunting us.

Yes, the liquid diet is tough but gets gradually easier. Just imagine you've been feeding it every time it 'said' it was hungry and now there's nothing to chew and just liquid is not only boring, it makes us think we are gonna die!
Your body is actually starting to start *****ing about fewer carbs as well, so prepare for that b.s. 

But you CAN do it. You may not like it but you still have liquid FOOD and you're not gonna die. You are gonna LIVE because you are doing this! Keep drinking water, try new flavors of Crystal Lite supplements and keep the crap out of your life for a few more days and you'll get through it. Then with averages on your side, you won't be hungry or even want to think about food post op for quite some time, while you're learning how to baby your new tummy.

YOU CAN DO THIS!! If it helps to think about serious things that people do without on a regular basis, think of homeless, soldiers and poverty. Use whatever works.

CONGRATS for making this decision and going through the hoops. It will be SO worth it!

It is easier after surgery. I just took each day as it came. If I kept thinking I have 4 more days of this, I knew I would never make it. I focuses on today and today only.

Sugar free gum helped me. Just 6 days post op here and still on clear liquids and nope don't get hungry, but head hunger is bad lol. I walked past the restaurants at the airports smelt good food for a day now I just have to deal with cooking for my children but I am hanging in. Another two weeks and hopefully I will get to taste some real food.

Nope -- post-op is waaaaaaaaaay easier. The pre-op liquids SUCK. It's the hardest part of the whole process!