last suppers

Ok all,
How many of you treated yourselfs to a last supper before surgery?  I am 9 days from surgery and I only have to fast the day before surgery and I am not on any special diet before surgery so it shouldn't be a problem to have a last supper. I am trying to think of what I want to have for my last supper before hitting the bench. So if you had a last supper what did you have? I want to do it soon so I work off anything bad I eat...

mrbill65

Oh yes, I was on a liquid diet pre-op for about 3 weeks. For my last meal(s) one day (this was 4 days before surgery) I went to a Chinese food buffet place and had my fill there. Then the next day I went to this chicken finger joint I love (Raising Cane's) and ate there twice (once for lunch and once for supper). Then the next day I started my bowel prep for surgery and flushed everything out hahaha.

I do not regret eating all of that for one second. I encourage everyone I talk to about WLS to have their final meal even if it means breaking the pre-op "laws." It will help ease your nerves knowing you won't ever be able to eat like that ever again after surgery trust me. You want your final meal(s).

Yum-Yum!!   I had lots of last meals and have no regrets!  I gained about 15 pounds between my first Surgeon visit till my Surgery. I had to fast liquid 3 days prior and did it without a hitch!

I am sorry, I do not agree.  We allow doctors to cut into us and re-arrange our insides because we are grossly fat.  If you have not accepted the changes that will be necessary after surgery, then perhaps you are not really ready for the surgery.  When someone ha**** rock bottom and decides to go to rehab, would you be handing him the needle filled with his drug on his way to rehab because he has to change after he arrives there?

I would be more concerned with spending quality time with loved ones and the people on your support team.  You still stand the chance of not making it through the surgery. By celebrating with a "last meal", you are mourning what you will be iving up, instead of celebrating the changes that will be ahead for you.

With my first one it was almost an emergency as I was in the hospital for my back and they decided to go ahead and do the surgery so their wasn't time. Not sure I would have had one because the support group I was in didn't recommend them.

Their isn't any food that I have really missed out on. The ones I can't tolerate I don't really miss anymore.

But to each their own

I was a light-weight with many "co's".... my doc gave no weight loss requirements pre-surgery.

I ate like a pig, and tried to gain 10 lbs.

Please don't follow my example, if your doc says otherwise 

Well everybody has a opinion and I'm no different, I had a last supper before I went on pre-op liquid diet. I invited close friends and family to a steak house thats always been a special treat. I felt it was a great way to involve others in the WLS journey and spend quality time with them who knew if I would be the rare case that didn't make it and at the very least it would be several months before I would be going out to eat socially. C'ya Bob

I have pretty strong opinions on this one.

If you mean "last meal" as in a time to engorge yourself of all the things you'll be deprived of, then no. I agree with Lou on that one. I guess I always saw it like an alcoholic going on a drunken bender the night before s/he checked in to rehab. Just seems wrong to me.

If you mean "last meal" as in the cultural act of getting people you care about together and sharing a table because you want to spend time together, then I agree with that.

I had the second kind of last meal. My family all got together for a holiday celebration at a local steak house. I was on my liquid diet, so I brought my shake in a mason jar. To share in the festivities of the evening I asked the waitress to bring me out a chilled pilsner glass that I drank my shake from while everyone else ate. It bolstered my resolve, and showed people around me, who were really worried about me, that I was serious. I showed myself I was serious, too.

If you're wondering about my last meal before liquids, my wife and I split a turkey sandwich with a side salad.

THAT BEING SAID, I am but one opinionated person. You've got to do what you feel is right for you.

Seems like I had pizza, I only had to do the Liquid diet for 2 days before surgery, Alot of surgeon's don't want you to gain before the surgery, Mine really stressed this, as I had to lose about 30 pounds before he would do it, I was 469 on the day I had it done. Perhaps have some cake and or Ice cream, cause you'll probably dump after the surgery and won't want to experience that. Since you have a little time maybe have one good meal like a buffet, and then diet hardcore after that. In time you'll be surpised at what you can eat after surgery and how much. I'm 2 years out and sometimes I dump and sometimes I don't! Hope you have a good one