In the home stretch now. Hasn't gotten any easier but I've become used to the fact that I should stay away from solid food. It has been a little upsetting though to hear that people actually "cheat" on the pre-op liquid diet.
When I had to purchase the shakes, I was given two meal tubs. Well, on Friday, I ran out of both of them & had to call the surgeons's office to buy at least another one to hold me till Wednesday which is the day of my surgery. My surgeon's M.A. told me that people must be cheating because no one has ever called to say they ran out.
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Are you serious? I'm not even putting in the recommended amount of scoops for the meal shakes. I put one less & I STILL ran out. Apparently people do "cheat" though. This stuff really doesn't do it for me so the feeling is obviously mutual for anyone having to do the liquid diet. I've heard people eat solid food all the way up until the day of their surgery & still have it done. Some people have meals even with the liquid (THAT makes no sense to me). Even post-op, some people are eating solid foods when you shouldn't be eating regularly again till a month after.
That's why a lot of times, the surgery ends up in failure because people think it's a temporary fix & they wind up putting the weight back on. It's supposed to be a gradual thing with eating solid foods again post-op so your body can heal & "feel normal" again. I probably sound mad because I'm following the rules & not "cheating". Not at all.
I'm the type of person, when it comes to my health, I don't mess around. So if my surgeon only wants me taking in fluids to have a successful surgery, that's what I'm going to do. I have no intentions of screwing up now. This liquid diet has only helped me to drop a few more pounds before I have surgery so it's benefiting me regardless.
3 more days!
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