I feel like I am starving! Pre-op Diet Sucks! :/

[PrettyShort1]

I have done lets say not so great on this pre-op high protien low carb diet... Im about 3#s down since starting last Friday and it is like temptation is coming from all sides!! Plus since I had to stop my BCP my monthly is coming early and I am craving everything (I know TMI) but it is true!(ladies I am sure you understand..right?)... I feel like I am failing ... How did you all manage to stay on track? Obvioulsy we have been unsucessful at dieting or we would not be getting this procedure done to aid in changing our lives right? ...Im sort of all over the place and b*tchy because Damn it Im starving!

[Tammy64]

PrettyShort.....recite after me...."NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SKINNY WILL FEEL".....now with that being said...use it on a regular basis...everytime your MIND tells you it needs something your BODY can't have right now. Say...Tammy in TEXAS say......I can beat you evil thoughts...and I"M going to WIN!

Chocolate Protien Shakes....works great for the PMS CRAVINGS...I'm here for you girl...YOU CAN DO THIS!

[PrettyShort1]

I will use that affirmation!! ... I don't eat chocolate so I know the chocolate shake won't help :/ yeah I know I am an alien...lol...Im a Memphian and I dont eat BBQ either..go figure...lol... healthy food is gross I am sorry to say ....but I guess I have to get use to it. Im a pasta eater and that is really what is killing me! Thanks so much for the encouraging words

[dackn8tr]

I'm with you, i started by pre-op diet today and had to go to the store for veg's & meat for dinner tonight and it seemed like i saw EVERYTHING in that store calling me ... even things i normally wouldn't care about looked awfully good since it was on my "no-no list". All i could do was put on my blinders and stay focused on what i was there for - what a strange feeling!! Be strong and you'll do fine!! Good luck on your surgery!!

[momoftwoboys]

I just started the pre op diet Monday, not a liquid diet, but the diet my surgeon wants everyone to do before surgery. I am 2-3 months before I will get a date for surgery but thought I should go ahead and start it now. I am doing ok on it, I am still fighting demons here at work, we have chocolate chip cookies at the desk at all times ( I work at a hotel ) and for the past 2 nights they have been calling my name but I havent answered lol. I got on the scale before work tonight and I am down 5 pounds. I have been averaging 900 calories a day. I am trying to time everything so I am eating at the same time, having my snack at the same time etc... It isnt easy, but I too have been saying nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

[saahsmom]

mommyoftwoboys.. what is the diet that your doc is recommending?

[NikiRN]

We are around the same weight and my surgery is 5 days after yours. I started my 2 week pre-op liquid diet today. I am allowed 3-4 protein shakes a day, broth, sugar free jello and popcicles, gatorade and crystal light. I was fine during the day, but I'm at work right now (night nurse) and it's HARD. I have drank 3 cups of broth since I got here at 7p. I'm also a big pasta fan and my co-workers have pasta and Panda Express and it smells SO GOOD. LOL!

Thanks Tammy64 for "NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SKINNY WILL FEEL" I'll keep saying it too!

[momoftwoboys]

I dont have my book here at work to get the entire thing from, but mainly I can have a few different things for breakfast, multi grain cereal, or fruit and string cheese, or protein shake. Then for lunch I can have a frozen meal as long as it is low in calories, or salad, lean meats, turkey, chicken, fish then for dinner I can have the same things I had for lunch. The snacks I can have are, sugar free jello, string cheese, sugar free pudding. I know I am missing quite a bit but that is all I can remember. I will only have to do a 24 hr liquid diet before surgery, but I figured I would start this now, it cant hurt.

[saahsmom]

Thanks for the info

[Lea]

I am on medifast...its not easy, just think how much further you will be along as you lose weight before the surgery...and also how much smaller your liver will be which is important ...you can do it!! soon you will have a tool to help make this journey a bit easier good luck!

[brianamato]

I’m 41 years old - until I started this process I thought that being fat was my fault - But a simple question to all; you are standing in line at McDonalds knowing you should not be eating the double quarter ch. burger and large fries - right. You should order a salad and small milk. NOPE not going to happen, now you are sitting in your car eating the two cheese burgers and fries with that milk-shake as fast as you can so nobody sees you...

Sorry, obesity is dieses.... Since my surgery only a short time ago, I don’t have those cravings, sure things still smell good but I don't get that feeling that I MUST have it all!..

[Tammy64]

Isn't it weird how WE don't desire those foods anymore....there are days when I have to make myself eat..cause the thought never crosses my mind..

[grammargirl0309]

Seriously, the pre-op diet is the hardest part, because your stomach is huge and your ghrelin is working overtime to keep you from starving. Just keep eating your protein; if you're hungry, have tuna, a protein shake, some chicken breast; "cheat" but cheat on the good foods. Will you have to do all liquid? I had to for three days, but I simply told myself, I HAVE TO do this; I don't want my liver fatty and swollen during surgery, and doctors WILL not operate if they think there's a risk to your liver, so if you want the sleeve, you gotta stick with the preop diet. Also, drink LOTS of water. Post-surgery, the hunger will be minimal, and your stomach won't be able to handle much food, so it will get SO much easier. Hang in there!

[PrettyShort1]

Protien shake or Protien bar for breakfast and lunch, 1 small piece of fruit for snacks in between and for dinner 3 oz lean meat and non carbohydrate steamed veggies, no sugar/Calorie drinks of any kind just water/crystal light...

[Tammy64]

Try this.....Breakfast...Protien drink...1 hr later 8 oz cold water ...1 hr later ...couple slices cheese (high protien)...1 hr later 8 oz cold water....1 hr later protien drink or bar.....1 hr later 8oz cold water....1 hr later small piece of fruit....1 hr later 8 oz cold water....1 hr later 1 protien drink....1 hr later 8 oz cold water....dinner...3 oz lean meat, small salad or steamed veg. ....1 hr later 8 oz cold water .....1 hr later protien drink or bar....1 hr later 8 oz cold water......You may ad crystal lite mixes to any of the water you take in and it will still count as WATER....remember .....most of this is in your MIND..not your belly telling you that your hungry. Might as well get use to eating like a sleeved person..from the get go....let me know how this works for you...