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01-12-2012, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: St Louis, MO
Posts: 9
Weight Statistics Jan, 27 2012 Start Date:
Feb, 6 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
357 lb Start Weight:
321 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
36 lb Weight Loss:
161 lb Lb Left to Lose:
10.0840336134 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index57.6150137741 BMI Start:
51.8050964187 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi everyone!
I am scheduled to have RNY gastric bypass on 2/6/12...I'm so excited...mostly nervous about the 2 week clear liquid diet I have to start on 1/27. Is it really as horrible as it sounds?
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01-12-2012, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 3,671
Weight Statistics 7/27/10 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
204 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
53.8258575198 % % Lost:
July 27, 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.0480957031 BMI Start:
30.0354003906 BMI Current:
28.3190917969 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi Mandy and welcome to the group.
Congrats on your upcoming surgery, best of luck to you as you begin this new, exciting journey! The 2 week liquid diet isn't that bad, the first 3 or 4 days are the worst. You can do it! Keep us posted on how it goes. | |
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01-12-2012, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My wife did the 2-week diet, and was packing to go up to the hospital for her surgery the next day when they called and pushed her date back three weeks. She came off it for a week, then did two more weeks and had her operation, which was a total success.
The 2-week diet sucks! It is boring, monotonous, the first few days are like drug detox as you work the poison sugar out of your system, and it is absolutely essential that you follow your surgeon's instructions to the letter. I found the month after surgery a lot easier than the 2-week pre-op diet, mainly from a psychological point of view (I had something to look forward to as I worked through the phases.)
If ya gotta do it, ya gotta do it. It's lousy, but it's required, so do it.
The first three days you may be about as much fun as a she-bear with a toothache and a migraine, so warn those you care about that they may want to get out of your way, and ask them not to take anything during this time personally. Just tell 'em up front, and then try to stay out of their way so you don't do something you'll have to apologize for later!
You can do it!! It's a rite of passage for many of us. If we can do it, you can too!!
Good luck!! 
CT
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01-13-2012, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Posts: 1,629
Weight Statistics June 2011 Start Date:
9-20-2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
272 lb Start Weight:
187 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.25 % % Lost:
9-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.1773746536 BMI Start:
33.1219450743 BMI Current:
25.6827916352 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Welcome. Please let us know how you are doing as you progress.
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01-13-2012, 09:27 AM
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us.
Congratulations on your date.
(((((HUGS))))) May your journey go well.
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01-13-2012, 07:22 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 170
Weight Statistics which time? yo-yo dieting for years Start Date:
January 9, 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
251 lb Start Weight:
190 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
61 lb Weight Loss:
40 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.3027888446 % % Lost:
February 2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.9034859521 BMI Start:
34.7476586889 BMI Current:
27.4323621228 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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For me the 2 week pre op wasn't bad. I planned what I was going to eat and packed it in a cooler to take to work with me. My pre-op consisted of no carbs though. Not an easy feat in my home, where pasta is a huge thing. But, I persevered and made it through. then the day before my surgery, was straight clear liquids, water, broth and jello. Not bad either. If you want it bad enough, you will do what it takes to get there. 
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01-13-2012, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: just north of Boston
Posts: 2,403
Weight Statistics 1/31/2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
338 lb Start Weight:
253 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
78 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.1479289941 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index48.4926530612 BMI Start:
36.297755102 BMI Current:
25.1071428571 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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you have to do 2 weeks of CLEAR liquids? or 2 weeks of liquids??? they're 2 different things.... you might want to check to be clear.
I realize every surgeon is different... I have to do 2 weeks of liquid protein, then the day before surgery is clear liquids.
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01-13-2012, 07:41 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: St Louis, MO
Posts: 9
Weight Statistics Jan, 27 2012 Start Date:
Feb, 6 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
357 lb Start Weight:
321 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
36 lb Weight Loss:
161 lb Lb Left to Lose:
10.0840336134 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index57.6150137741 BMI Start:
51.8050964187 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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unfortunately, it is 2 wks of CLEAR liquid diet...jello and chicken broth...gonna be tough, but I will triumph!
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01-13-2012, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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We never had a clear liquid requirement pre-op.
One thing that will make the whole experience a lot easier is if you have started living the WLS rules in advance and have already cut the excess carbs from your diet. The detox portion then is pretty much done. Going cold turkey can be hard on a body!
CT
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Dare to live your dream!!
If you want to be healthy for life, do for life the things that get you healthy!! Living healthy takes work. Dying fat is easy!! "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our capacity to do has increased." - HJ Grant
"Do, or do not. There is no try!" - Yoda
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