Two week liquid pre op diet

If your pre op guidelines included a two week liquid diet:

a) what kind of beveridge were you consuming and what did that work out calorie wise?

b) How did you deal with the cravings

c) how much weight did you loose?

I only had to do liquids for five days.  Full liquids.

a) I drank Atkins protein shakes and ate yogurt, broth, cream soups, pudding, and popsicles.  I don't know how it worked out calorie wise, I didn't count calories.  I just ate/drank what my doc told me to have.

b) Mostly I just ignored the cravings. 

c)  I don't know how much weight I lost.  I didn't weigh myself in the beginning.

I am on day 5 today.
a) We had the option of buying the shakes from the surgeons office OR using these guidelines: 100-150 calories/shake, AT LEAST 15g protein/shake. The shakes at the office were $12/6 pack...too expensive for me (I am a tight wad! lol)
So, I went to BJ's and bought cases of EAS AdvantEDGE Carb Control RTD shakes (17g protein, 100 cal vanilla, 110 chocolate and $25/case of 24 shakes). We are to drink 4 shakes a day and can have a 3oz protein and 1 cup raw veggies, or 5 shakes/day. I am doing 5 shakes/day

b) the first 2 days were rough, no lie. Just kept telling myself that this is a means to an ends. Now after day 2, I do not get hungry, and nothing bothers me (i.e. smell of food, commercials, others eating) The shakes and water keep me quite full.

c) So far, and as of this morning I am down 12 lbs, and I am only on day 5! We are required to lose at least 10 lbs during this time or he will not perform the surgery, so I am good!

Good luck to you!
Jenn

I was on a 1-week preop liquid diet. I drank Syntrax Nectar protein shakes, minimum of 5 per day. And was only allowed clear liquids. I had broth, sugar free Popsicles, no calorie drinks like Crystal light, etc. My cravings went way by day 3 and I got used to it. I lost 11 pounds.

A. I had 5 protein shakes a day, plus unlimited veggies, and 2TBS oil.

B. cravings subsided for me by day 5

C. I lost 18 pounds. I was 317 at start and day of surgery I was 299.

mine was also 2 weeks

I did Slim fast low carb, 4  day. Then for a small snack I would do 1 hard boiled egg, or grilled chicken strips. It works out to about 1000 calories a day, with under 20 grams of carbs.

The cravings suck, but its mental you just have to stick with the diet.

I lost 16 pounds pre op.

Matrix shakes - 140 cal/23g protein

Lots of yogurt.  After a week the cravings subsided some.  I lost about 20 lbs. 

I did the 2 week liquid diet. My plan called for 3 shakes a day and allowed 2 protein bars a day. I used Nutrition Six Protein Powder from Walmart, the shakes came out to be about 180 calories, and about 60 grams of protein. I did not have any cravings during the full liquid diet, but I made it a point to stay away from my family so that I didn't have to watch them eat or anything lol. The plan called for 2 scoops of protein powder, 8 oz of no fat milk and I could add fruit and blend. That made a pretty thick shake, I was full most of the time. I had lost 20 pounds by the pre-op appointment, I still had 5 days of the diet to go by then but didn't weigh again after that so I just say 20 pounds lost on the diet.