Liquid Diet: Day 1

So, this liquid diet starts today. I can’t eat ANY solid foods, otherwise my surgery will be cancelled. Guess that means I ain’t eating no solid foods then! I am only allowed to drink G2 Gatorade, protein shakes (literally water and powder or the ready to drink ones), chicken broth, sugar free jello and popsicles.

That’s it.

So far so good. My stomach hasn’t growled one time. I am craving a lot of stuff though. I’m not really a sweets person so when I crave things it’s like burgers and steak. Sooooo…that’s problematic but here we are.

I have to get at least 70g of protein in everyday and no more than 50g of carbs everyday. So, in order to do that, I’m eating (read: drinking) every hour. Here’s my schedule:

I had to make some adjustments because my protein shakes have a lot of protein per shake. And I have to make room for the other things that have protein in them (e.g. chicken broth - I NEEDS my savory). Im also trying to make sure i’m alternating between solids and liquids as much as possible so I can give myself something to chew on.

They’re saying that it should take my body 3-5 days to adjust to this. Today isn’t too bad but I’ll let y’all know how tomorrow and Sunday go.

-F