Lapband Video 5--My (not so) liquid pre-op diet and cheating

[DeTerminedMami]

I love your video, my doctor wanted me to be on a meat and veggie diet 3 times a day with no snacking in between and he wants the meals to be fist size. I just couldn't do that diet because i would season the meat and add croutons,egg,cheese and everything to my salad.. its like a diet with no border. i actually wanted to do the liquid diet but i decided to do slim fast and have one mean a day . lol

[chocolate31745]

Thank you so much... I am really struggling.

[katie6684]

I had 2 kfc's, dominos, cooked breakfast, rice and home-made soups? :( i feel really bad and have surgery in 5 days...do u think i will be ok if i stick to the milk diet for the remainder?? the reason i binged was im not going to be able to eat like this again....also i was supposed to do a 2 week diet...i have read on the net and even my booklet advised 7-14 day diet...so this made me think if others can do the 7 day then why cant i????

[FatmanJack25]

I love your truthfullness your are so honest. I am on day 3 and I am dying If I eat anymore yogurt cottage cheese broth and jello, I am going to die. Eggs, Hmmm I think that is a good idea, and makes perfect sense to me

[desiree980]

I really wish I would have seen this BEFORE my pre-op diet. I was given the low calorie diet and went with the liquids due to my research...anyway, I LOVE your videos, girl. I watched bandedwendy's update today and she gave you a shoutout and I HAD to subscribe!

[desiree980]

I really wish I would have seen this BEFORE my pre-op diet. I was given the low calorie diet and went with the liquids due to my research...anyway, I LOVE your videos, girl. I watched bandedwendy's update today and she gave you a shoutout and I HAD to subscribe!

[beccagetsbanded]

LMAO!!!! I am soo glad I watched this video. I am on day 8 of my liquid diet and I have not strayed AT ALL!! But i have sooooooooooo thought about it sooo many times. Goodness...I just want some food! LOL. Chicken sounds awesome...I think it is a good idea w/ the eggs, though. On day 5 i was so so desperate to chew food I tore off some french bread and chewed it up and spit it right back out. LOL. it's so funny how we are so desperate sometimes!

[jlicious1980s]

LOL ..."I bought me some chicken!" wow tooo funny! I love your vids and thanks for sharing because im going through the same issue now and seriously wondering if im hinderin the operation being done!!!??? because im not exactly stickin to all proteins im havin little nibbles of digestive biscuits, sweet bread and i even went as far as to a whole kebab meal!!!! IM SOOO ASHAMED!!

I can only pray that God shows me mercy...surg in 3 days and im sticking to all liquids - promise!

[swtnnj1]

I love this video and totally agree with you. I didn't have to follow a liquid pre-op but had to do 2 weeks liquid post op and thought I was gonna die. I bought the chicken soup from Chineese store on day 3 and ate about 4 of the noodles. by week 2 I was eating soft scrambled eggs. Thanks so much for the videos and much success to you.

[imstillstrill]

A lot has change since last year. My doctor and a lot doctors say to drink protein shakes two a day and one small protein meal for dinner. for 2 weeks before the surgery. Depending on the size maybe 4 weeks. But it was always food. I had to have straight clear liquids for 48 hours before surgery and then clear liquids for 2 days after, then just liquids for two weeks and then soft food.

[bandedwendy]

Thank you so much for your honesty! Today is day 1 of my 7 day LD. I started with a protein shake, drank all kinds of iced tea, Gatorade G2 and so much water I was in the bathroom at least 15 times over the course of 5 hours. At that point my stomach starting churning and I was starting to feel ill. To top it off I was working a tradeshow, so I needed to be at my best. I ended up eating about 10 bites of the salad with a few pieces of chicken. More liquids and soup for dinner.

[911firefighterchick]

I totally feel ya on this liquid diet crap! I'm so hungrey and had to go thru Thanksgiving girl! I cheated, but I did only eat a tsp of things I liked. So I did have some self control over it! Well, love the updates! Thanks! ~Michele

[mort10132001]

I had my lapband done 11/07/08 yhe liq diet was hard but I did it and I didnt cheat im proud of myself if I can do it anyone can

[mia2292]

I was wondering how people managed their way through the liquid diet...thank you for sharing. I think you sound like a saint to be able to stick with the calorie limits. I will let you know when I get to that point how it goes for me.

[creed2474]

gurl.. u are too funny. U did fine....

[MissJanieHere]

I followed my liquid diet religiously but it was so very hard to do...but like Nat said below (kidneedonor), your goal was to shrink the liver for the surgery and that's what's important.

[kirbybl]

It worked for you. You lost 16lbs. WOW! You don't need to appologize. Congrats. - Becky in CA.

[LosPatricios6]

Hun i cheated and ate salad EVERYDAY! With boiled eggs and whatever i wanted in it still lost wiehgt girl! Huggggggsss: )

[bookyroony]

By the way, I think you did great.. You lost the weight and your liver was fine.. This shows that you were still trying.. You were still eating Consciencely, and that is what is important.. By the way, I cheated on pizza.. such a bad girl...((big hugs)) ~Becky

[bookyroony]

I had trouble too.. I think my problem was, I didn't believe that I was having the surgery until like 2 weeks before surgery, then I had to get serious because I was required to lose 14 pounds and I was afraid of being denied my surgery if I didn't lose it, so I did all liquids, and barely made my goal. I have to confess, I lost that 14 pounds in the week before surgery....Liquid diet is so fricken hard, I was cranky, tired and pissed...LOL.. Good for you..((big hugs))~Becky

[andrea8430]

i had a friend who cheated on her 2 week liquid diet but she still managed to pull it together by the 2nd week and her surgery went fine. guess she was able to shrink it enough. i think they do 2 weeks cause they know that u r gonna cheat that 1st week but that you will have it down by the 2nd week. good luck!

[kidneedonor]

The main goal was to lose some weight and shrink the liver and that's what you did. Don't beat yourself up over it..