Pre-Op Pig Out - How to stop eating like the world is ending?

Don't gain weight

cut out sugar and junk food, you will heal and feel better

Keep a food journal, when you have to write it down, it makes you want to go with healthier choices.  Who wants to write down 6 cookies and a bag of chips and a cup of onion dip????

 

Good luck, I had a million last suppers

My truth: I ate like a crazy person the 3 months before my 2 week pre op diet. I ate out 3 meals a day, probably more. I ate and ate and ate and gained 5 pounds. Then I quit the diet coke and all food cold turkey and did the 2 week diet. I lost 20 pounds those 2 weeks.

I dunno. It was ugly and it wasn't the best idea but I can't say that I regret it. I got it out of my system and have moved on. *shrug* Do the best you can, but forgive yourself.

So this is just me... Not sure about everyone else.  But I had the same thing from my surgeon.  The only pre-op diet I had was 24 hours before.

I started my whole process at 269.  Two weeks before surgery I went to chilis, applebees, cheesecake factory, mexican food, everything that I knew I couldn't have for a very very long time I went to.  I was eating chips, drinking lots of soda (soda was my addiction). 

The day of surgery I had ended up losing 9 lbs.  I said to myself.  WTH how did eating soooooo crappy, not add to my weight, and then on top of it lose weight.  I was like that is crazy.  So yeah I was exactly the same way, I had to eat everything.  But that doesn't mean that what happened to me would happen to you.  But yeah.. I had to eat whatever I could.  I guess I just didn't over eat.  Maybe that's what it was.

My best advice is to start logging everything (the good, the bad, the ugly) into My Fitness Pal daily. I've done this since I started on solids and it is eye opening and promotes accountability for me. I can see that when I've made bad choices, how exactly that translates into calories and carbs. I found I can be less judgmental of myself when I have cold, hard statistics to look at.

Sara,

I had 3 food funerals the week before my surgery. I just HAD to have:

1. ribs from Bubba-Q (on Highway 92 near Canton Road);
2. spaghetti and meatballs (and amazing garlic rolls) from Frankies (on Canton Highway); and
3. my fav hibachi buffet near Towne Centre. 

I don't regret these 3 last meals at all and I savored every bite!

I am really looking forward to meeting you tomorrow night and going to the support meeting together!!

Chris

 

Me too!  I promise not to bring you any take-out from those place - LOL!!!!

I was under threat from surgeon that if I gained any weight before my pre-op with him the surgery would be pushed back a month at a time until I showed a loss. That was enough to keep me on track.

The pre-op with surgeon was 9 days before surgery. After I passed that, I spent those nine days eating ONLY yummy foods. I skipped the sides and concentrated on the stuff I really love...chips and cheese dip, enchiladas, sweet and sour chicken, pecan pie, Cheeseits, you name it. 

At hospital when I checked in for surgery, I had only gained three pounds! All my food fantasies fulfilled for a three pound gain? Yes, waaaaay worth it!

This was my experience and my opinion. Take what you will.

My friend on Facebook just posted this as her status.  I like it:

 

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
 

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?

I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:18-19

My advice...don't stress about it. Everyone has food funerals. You know it's going to be a few months before you can have those foods. It's natural. Eat out and enjoy it. I loved soda but didn't cut it out until the day before surgery. I ate at all my fave place and enjoyed it. I actually lost 14lbs before surgery. Once I had surgery I stayed on plan and 10 months later I'm down 120lbs. Botttom line is you will make it happen when surgery happens. So don't stress about it.

If your surgeon requires no special pre-Op diet, you might want to think about this.  If he is doing lap and your liver is to fatty, he may have to do you open.  Or you could have a problem with the live.  That is enough to keep me on the low/no fat two week diet.  So if you are so motivated cut you fat out the last two weeks.

I rather do this on my own but have to use their product.

I did do food funerals this time for the four weeks before pre-op.  The doc said the liver number showed it too.