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How to get through the pre-operation diet

deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi guys Help,
I have been on the preoperative diet since 18/10/07, I am only allowed:-

6 x 220ml weight watchers soup
2 pints semi skimmed milk
2 x multi vitamins
As much water as I can take in

a day and still have till the operation day of 6/11/07. If this is what it is going to be like after the op I have started asking if this is what I want. I have noticed that my bloods are going down ( I am a type 2 Diabetic) so this is good. I am trying to keep myself busy by putting a bathroom in this week, and staying away from the kitchen hard when you are the one that cooks for the family. How have other people gotten through this part of the process and did others have the same doubts?
krystlmom
krystlmom
The difference after the surgery is that you really won't want to keep eating. In the beginning it is a little tricky learning to recognize what the hunger signal is. Many discover that what they thought was the hunger signal was actually something else.

Keep your eye on the goal, you'll make it! I do have to admit chuckling to the no food vs. being the cooking person in the house! That was my first discussion post!! The end to it was, I discussed it with my hubby and he was more then happy to take it over for a while! Good Luck!

God Bless!

Janelle
krystlmom
krystlmom
The difference after the surgery is that you really won't want to keep eating. In the beginning it is a little tricky learning to recognize what the hunger signal is. Many discover that what they thought was the hunger signal was actually something else.

Keep your eye on the goal, you'll make it! I do have to admit chuckling to the no food vs. being the cooking person in the house! That was my first discussion post!! The end to it was, I discussed it with my hubby and he was more then happy to take it over for a while! Good Luck!

God Bless!

Janelle
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was told that the clear liquid pre-op diet is so that you will lose as much weight as possible to shrink the liver and make it easier during surgery. Although my diet was strictly clear liquids and I was only on it 3 days pre-op. Your diet will be totally different after surgery. To begin with you probably won't be hungry. You will be introducing new foods each week as your stomach tolerates. The constant hunger pains should be gone. I am 8 weeks post-op and am adding new foods daily without any food issues. I am currently consuming cup food per meal with one afternoon snack and to be quite honest, I dont think I could get anymore in without making myself ill. As it is I dont even have the desire to eat the afternoon snack.

As far as your cooking for the family, I basically told them that they are on their own for a few weeks.....lol.

GBS was the best thing that I have ever done for myself. Id go through it all again in a heartbeat.

Best of luck to you.
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