Dr Yau's pre-op diet - ideas?

How do some people do this for two weeks? I have to do it for one week, but I started a couple of days early since I gained 10 lbs over the summer. I'm not completely sick of cottage cheese & yogurt yet, but I'm getting close. Six days to go!

I make mocha/coffee smoothies, sprinkle cinnamon on the cottage cheese, mix protein into yogurt; I've got sf jello (yuck - can't they make it with Splenda?), sf popsicles, broth, teas, sf drinks, water and homemade lemonade. I picked up Magic Bullet and I love using it.

Any other fab ideas anyone out there has? Puh-leeze! :help:

I booked 4 months ago, I can't believe the day is almost here - but then Canadian summers flash by quicker then greased pigs on glass mountains haha. I'm excited but not so much looking forward to the clear fluids.

At TLBC, do they put you under with the mask or with a drip? :notagree

Thanks!

I got put under by IV. I don't know its a case by case thing tho. Either way, theyre a great clinic. Yeah, the diet SUCKKKKSSSSS tho. (they all do). But doing it is hell. I basically had yogurt the first day then fasted for 9...i know its bad, but i literally felt better about not eating than the thought of eating yogurt. Just hang in there, thats the only thing i can say really.

Hi I had the drip put in but they also put a mask over my face and I fought like hell but someone was awlfully strong and I went under in seconds.
As for the pre op diet, mine was two weeks. Some on the web told me not to worry about quantity so I trucked in tons of cottage cheese (hate yogurt) and every mouthfull I told myself "for the love of me" and I prepared my husband's meals. Just keep remembering why you are on this diet and time will fly. It is for your own safety that the liver be smaller so hang in there. Doddie.

Count yourself lucky if you can have yogurt and cottage cheese. I am on my week 4 of the full liquid diet and neither of those is permitted. 2 weeks before my surgery I had to stick to protein shakes and broths. Now 2 weeks after my surgery I am on the same diet but with strained cream soups added. I start the pureed foods on Monday. WhooHooooooooooo!

The first 3 days of the liquid preop is hard - after that is gets easier - trust me.
Good luck with your surgery.
shelli

Thanks for the thoughts and encouragment!!

I guess there's not too mant ways to combine yogurt & cottage cheese. I have invented "cream cheese" by mixing herbs & spices with plain yog, then draining it with cheesecloth. I used Costco's spicy spaghetti seasoning dill, but there must be a thousand different flavours you can make. I'll try something sweeter next time.

The anesthetic bit scares me - I hate going under, it's like dying.

Four days to go!

BOTH, it was a great experience, no vomiting, almost no pain.

Good luck and let us know how you are doing!

The anesthetic is really not that bad. Waking from it sucks, but other than that its ok. Unless you've had complications in the past? If not, it should go well, they have a great doc

Hi! Try adding vanilla extract and Splenda, then whipping it up-- tastes just like cheesecake!

I just joined this board last night so maybe I'll find the answer somewhere but I've been reading that some people eat cottage cheese and yogurt before surgery. I was on opti-fast for 3 weeks...I guess every doctor/clinic decides how they want to do it. Just wondering.

Nancy

Hi Nancy - I like both these boards (SWLC and this one) - yes you'll find a great variation of diets and timetables for introducing post-op foods, as well as fills. Pros and cons to all and it is great to see the variation.

C.

I think all diets accomplish the same goal and that is to shrink the liver so the docs can move it aside to put the band on the stomach. Each clinic has a diet that they think is the most successful. I was on yogurt and cottage cheese and really didn't mind it at all for the two weeks. Once I was told I could eat all I wanted then I was OK with it. Just kept one thing in mind all the time and that was "shrink the liver to prevent complications". Didn't care what I ate as I was so keen to have the band and I haven't regretted my decision in the least. Doddie.