How did you get through the 2 week pre-op diet?

yesican2
on 11/20/15 6:08 am

Okay everyone, I start my pre-op diet Monday.  Our surgeon's diet is 2 shakes a day and one meal of lean meat and green veggies.  Unlimited veggies, broth, SF jello and SF pudding in between.

Obviously none of us got to this weight by being disciplined, so how did you get through the 2 weeks without cheating?

 

I will say I'm excited about the surgery, I think most of my nervousness is gone now that its so close.  My husband had the surgery November 2nd and is down almost 40 pounds since the beginning of his pre-op diet.  I have seen his success and his good recovery so I'm trying to let that inspire me too.

 

Thanks,

Becky

alouisa63
on 11/20/15 6:11 am - Farmington Hills, MI
VSG on 07/30/15

It's only two weeks - you can do it!  Fill up on things you're allowed and remember the first few days you may feel like crap and be cranky but in the end?  SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Worth it!

 

Starting Weight 375  SW 375 Height 5'9" 

cappy11448
on 11/20/15 6:55 am

If you can cut out carbs before the liquid diet starts, it'll make it easier to do.  Its the carb monster that makes it hardest. 

Other than that, its just determination.  The more weight you lose pre-op, the safer the surgery, and the easier it will be to get to goal at the end, when weight loss slows.  Its a big win.

Best of luck with your surgery and weight loss journey.  It is so worth the effort. 

Carol

    

Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385,  Surgery Weight 333,  Current Weight 160.  At GOAL!

Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12  8-8

                  9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3  18-3

     

Gwen M.
on 11/20/15 10:55 am
VSG on 03/13/14

I kept my eye on the surgery.  I knew that it might be cancelled if I strayed, or that there might be complications.  And I really, really wanted to have surgery.  There was nothing I was going to do to jeopardize that.  

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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yesican2
on 11/20/15 11:48 am

Thanks everyone!  Carbs are the worst for me, so that will be by far the toughest part.

psychoticparrot
on 11/20/15 12:09 pm

For the pre-op diet, you must change your name from "yesican" to "yesimust." The purpose of this diet is not to lose weight, although you will lose some weight. The diet is designed to shrink your liver. Livers in obese people are usually very fatty and enlarged. The liver lies directly over the stomach, and to get at your stomach, the surgeon must lift the liver out of the way. The smaller the liver, the easier it is to lift out of the way, the quicker and more safely your surgeon can do your surgery. All good reasons not to deviate from the prescribed diet.

How to get through it? Tough it out. It's difficult but doable. Good luck with your surgery.

 

psychoticparrot

  "Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away."

Tink3125
on 11/20/15 1:27 pm
VSG on 12/01/15

I started mine on Monday too! My surgeon's 2 weeks is nothing but the protein shakes and lots of water. So count yourself lucky that you get the other items too! The purpose of this in addition to shrinking your liver is to get you in the mindset for the surgery and post op diet. You can do this! Be tough! Just keep thinking of the reason you are doing this...you have decided to take the step to get healthy...stick with it!

 

My surgery is Nov 30! We got this!

Tink

SweetT1
on 11/20/15 6:13 pm

I was fortunate that my MD gave me an appetite suppressant and said I could have a protein shake for breakfast, one for lunch with salad with protein and them for dinner I was able yo have all the protein I wanted plus veggies. The pentarmine helped me emensely. Hang in there...it WILL be worth it. 

midwiferywoman
on 11/23/15 12:23 pm
VSG on 12/04/15

I just started my pre-op diet yesterday and my surgeon is much stricter than what some of you mention . . . bascially 3-5 protien shakes a day plus water.  So today is day two and I have a raging headache but I'm getting my water in and i'm guzzling those shakes.  Just gotta do it!


"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle
SW: 237lbs | Lap Band Feb 2010 | LW: 188lbs | Post op baby Feb 2013 | July 2015 slipped band diagnosed | Oct 2015 band port eroded through adominal wall | 10/20/15 lap band removed | Regained to 215lbs | VSG: 12/4/2015 | LW: 148lbs but settled around 154lbs | Post-op baby #2 born Jan 2018 | CW: 160lbs

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