Why am I putting myself through this?

I'm out to dinner with co workers and they are ordering all of this food and I can't eat! But I'm being strong! 6 days until surgery!

You can do this!

A strategy I used in the past, is there anything on your diet - even a nice herbal tea if you are on liquids - that you can have as a "treat"? I have done that with jasmine tea before, persuading myself it was dessert.

Hang in there. The hassle now is worth it.

Laurie

You know, I was out with my DH a couple days ago when he needed to eat and all that was available was the hospital cafeteria. That might sound like a great idea, but it was full of stuff I can't eat. I'm still on liquids and I didn't want to just sit there with my bottle of water.  Ah ha!  Milk!  Milk is good, it's filling. I shook that baby up until it was like an old fashioned milkshake.

6 days!!!!  Own it!!! 

My second day of pre op was on Thanksgiving... I felt so powerful sticking to my plan and it made me more certain I could do this! You can do it! 

I did good! I ordered French onion soup and told them not to put the bread or the cheese on it! I just ate the broth!

Good idea.If people ask about why you aren't eating I would say the flight was a little rough and I am a little queezy, 

They all know I'm having surgery and they were very supportive! I felt really bad for me but was proud of me for not eating.

You should be proud.That was a hard situation.

Oh boy, glad that's over for you!  I still mourn food in quantity sometimes - when something tastes really good, and I can only physically eat about 3 ounces of it.  I want more!  But luckily when I go out to eat I usually have someone at the table that likes to eat my leftovers plus their own food.  

You're almost there - you've got this!