Favorite Colonoscopy prep foods

seemed to have misplaced my list of favorite foods to eat during DOP (day of prep). Today is my today, I know, I'm lucky

Breakfast: Egg + piece of bread OK

Jello(no dark colors/red)
fruit juices(no dark colors/red)
ice Popsicle / fruit pops (no dark colors/red)
clear soup/broth
Gatorade G2 (no dark colors/red)
Light colored Tea
water, lots of water
Lemonade

what are your favorites?

I usually just do a liquid diet for 2 days before prepping, I have found this cuts way down on the horrible cramping since the preps job is to turn everything solid into D to rush it out of your body and solid foods tend to cause excessive cramping from the prep....broth, jello and lots of water is all I do a couple days before prepping. Good luck!

as far as i know 24 hours before colonoscopy no solid food is alowed. only liquid diet.

sorry, i havent't been reading verry carrefully your first post.

when yoo'll start poping out on the other side i belive you'll not feel the need to eat :) at least this is what happend to me the last 2 times :) all i do is drink water and shi-t water the whole day. :)))) my anus feels like it was stuffed with a cactus after this.

anyway, the prep day is a though one. good luck. or... enjoy :)))

I like popsicles and jello because at least you can kind of chew them. I think the worst part of the prep is not being able to eat anything. I get so hungry.


Have fun! ;)

Hello folks,

Colonoscopy is scheduled for thursday early morning so tomorrow is going to be a hell. I wonder if I can eat Banana. Today I did a trial run and I am already so tired. I got 2 64oz White cranberry juice, Powerade 8-pack and one big 7-up bottle. I will drink maximum water but this is just a backup for taste.

My main problem is, I need something to eat. Just drinking doesn't seem to be helping and since I am on 40mg Pred, I am ALWAYS hungry.

So can I eat a banana or two and eat while bread for tomorrow breakfast (not the colonoscopy day)?

@sherbear46
I'm sure the recommendations vary by doctor/hospital , I've had Colonoscopies with 3-4 Doctors and have always been able to eat the day prior, just from the restricted list

For all my sigmoids and colonoscopies, I reduced the amounts of solid foods I ate days before the procedures. I took in mostly liquids and soft foods like yogurt, vegetable soup, jello. This helped reduce the cramping and did a lot to help prepare mentally for the day before the procedure because, well, liquids only the day before all day, can be tough. I feel a lot goes on mentally, atleast for me, so I found a way to help deal mentally when having to deal with the physical stuff...like not being able to eat solids, cramping, rectal pain, etc. This also helped with the enema because there isn't too much cramping for me in the end.

My favorite foods for the day before: vegetable/chicken broth, jello, chammomile tea, & white grape juice.

I just had my scope last week, I got the su-prep. 1 reg. glass of the prep was real easy! taste wasn't bad either, just like grape flavored cough med.
I tried 3 diff. kinds of store bought broth and it was nasty! Worst part of the prep.
I just lived on gatorade and jello. The jello did great in calming the urge to eat.
I used vaseline for the anal burn-did great, no cramping at all.