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Day: 0 - Liver Shrink Diet - Running Start

Getting a running start on the Liver Shrink Diet that I will be on for the next 3 weeks.

I am using the Baritastic App (https://www.baritastic.com/) and have configured my 'Meals' to be: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner, Dessert.

Breakfast, Snacks, and Dessert are for my Protein Shakes, Lunch and Dinner are for my Frozen Meals.

Side Thought: I really wish I could rename the 'Meals' in the app. As it is you can only rename ones you've added yourself. At least I could reorganize them and put them in the order I need. I think I get why they don't let you remove the meals or rename them, but still I'm a habitual customizer of software.

Meals:

• Breakfast: Dymatize - Cinnamon Cereal
• (https://dymatize.com/products/iso100-cinnamon-cereal)
• Lunch: Healthy Choice - Balsamic Garlic Steak
• (https://www.healthychoice.com/plated-meals/balsamic-garlic-steak)
• Snacks: Isopure Clear Low Carb Protein: Tropical Punch
• (https://www.theisopurecompany.com/en-us/Products/Powder/ISOPURE%C2%AE-CLEAR-LOW-CARB-PROTEIN/p/C101310)
• Dinner: Healthy Choice - Cafe Steamers - Chicken Fajita
• (https://www.healthychoice.com/cafe-steamers/chicken-fajita)
• Dessert: Homemade attempt at a Milk Tea Protein Shake.
• First attempt, I'd say ... 15% of the way to the flavor goal? Not worth sharing a recipe yet.

Thoughts:

Honestly, I was surprised when I saw how much I was allowed to have on Liver Shrink. I know people who had this procedure 6 years ago, who had to maintain a Clear Liquid Diet for more than a month as part of their pre-op. So I was fully waiting for the long haul of 2 protein shakes, a gallon of water,  and a can of pureed tuna or less. Not expecting 3 shakes and 2 freezer meals.

I have deeper thoughts, but I'll save those for a rainy day when I don't have anything else to share.

Transparency:

Yea, I ate more than this on Day 0. Being the last night of eating what I want my wife and I had a bunch of what I can only describe as a smorgasbord of flavors and textures that I won't have for a while. I know some people have food funerals, and over the last few weeks of dieting we've been able to go out to restaurants, and order what we wanted. Salads, Pastas, Sauces, etc. 

After the surgery its 6 weeks to get to Phase 4, which is Regular Texture Foods, give it another month or two before I've tested foods for their affect on my stomach and intestines, at that point I hope I'm in exercise and high protein diet world of shedding the excess weight I have. I reckon it will be a couple of months after that before I experiment with foods that aren't high in protein or strictly 'healthy' for me in order to see if they still taste the same or if I miss them.

I hope to review and record the food and protein options for pre-op / post-op /.and beyond on this blog. But I'm nothing if not consistent with my inconsistency. We'll see how long this lasts.