Blue_skys
Trying pre-op diet
Aug 06, 2009
My surgery is going to be on the 24Th of August. I was told that I did not need a pre-op diet but I'm trying to do one on my own. The funny thing is I started on the 4Th. Did ok till the evening came around. BUSTED. So I woke up the next morning and brushed myself off and started again. One thing that is helping me out is my DH is working nights. He is working 12 hrs right now. So what I'm doing is drinking (chocolate mint Isopure) 1 shake for breakfast. Then when my husband gets up I eat a reasonable lunch (mainly protein). Then I'm drinking another protein shake for dinner. I also found a powder vitamin that you make a shake with at GNC. It actually has a very nice taste. Better than the protein drink. I was looking for something that would be easy to take so I would not have to chew my vitamins. One thing about this is it does taste good but the draw back is, it is a little gritty. If you do not mind that I would recommend it. It kept me more satisfied than the protein drink. I do not know if you start feeling the loss of the carbs so soon or not. I have been on this for 2 days and I feel a little different. It is hard to describe. I have a slight headache and my head feels weird. LOL. So I'm thinking it might be the low to no carbs. The protein drinks that I'm drinking has no carbs. I'm not making them with milk. I have discovered that they are way to sweet when I mix them with milk. So I just mix with water. So if you find yourself with your protein shakes being to sweet try mixing them with water. I can't believe that I'm complaining that they are to sweet. I'm a sucker when it comes to sweets so that is something I will have to try to stay away from until I get to goal. So I'm praying that I lose the sweet tooth.The chocolate mint has a very mild flavor. Does not have any mint taste. Very smooth. I'm thinking that it will be better after getting the sleeve. Everyone says that their taste is stronger after getting the sleeve. So I'm thinking that this just might hit the spot when the taste buds are sensitive. This is something I guess I will just have to wait and see about. I know that I also have the Matrix powder by Syntrax. So far this is the best protein that I have found to drink as of yet. I was just wanting to see if there might be another one. I also have the Isopure clear for the clear stage. I have tried it and it was ok. I also have a bottle that I got from my previous surgeon of pro-stat 64. It is similar to the bullets. I have not tried the bullets so I do not know how the taste will be different. It is wild cherry. I have tasted this in a sample at the support group. They actually had the strawberry but I have not been able to find that flavor. I figured that this would be an easy one to add to the water on my drive back from TX. The only thing that I'm worried about is my 26 hr drive back to Wisconsin after my procedure. There is a possibility that I will be getting my gall bladder taken out at the same time. One other thing that I have gotten is a band for my abdomen. The link is below.
www.ezywrap.com/c-149-bariatric-abdominal-binders.aspx
It was recommended that I get one of these by someone on the VSG board. Thanks pilot Phil. So I will come back and give updates on my pre-op diet. I just want to make the surgery as easy as I can especially due to my long drive. I will be stopping and walking a lot. Thank goodness that I will be traveling with my dogs so that way it gives me a reason to get out and walk along the way. Two small
Chihuahua's so I should be able to handle them and I'm sure that my DH will help also.
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WI
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31.6
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Surgery
08/24/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 11, 2008
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