I had some popcorn tonight and it's really upsetting me. Im getting nervous about the surgery Thursday. Am I the only one that's cheated?

Nope...I cheated once during pre-op and had a slice of pizza!! I felt nervous but it turned out fine!!! At least it was only once!! GL with surgery!

Thank you. I did really good last week.

I'll bet you two are the only cheaters ever to post on this board

My doctor didnt have me pre-op for two weeks like most... I had my surgery on this past monday and I was only on liquids starting Saturday night (midnight) and all day Sunday. I dont think it will make a difference. I'll tell you that you probably wont want to cheat once u get the band because you may get sick and throw up... I HATE throwing up so its keeping me pretty stable now and I dont have this crazy hunger either... Good luck!

Thanks everyone. I'm just beating myself up over it! I guess I'm afraid the dr will say Thursday sorry cant do it you had popcorn!

I think you will be fine.. unless you think your doc reads these boards... LOL!

The purpose of the pre-op diet is to shrink your liver to make it easier for the surgeon to move while fitting the band. One serving of popcorn is not going to undo all of the other good work that you did on the pre-op diet.

Post-op you will have more success if you don't "cheat" but we are all human, living with other people, dealing with our own personal overeating/obesity histories, and it is totally unrealistic to expect us to be perfect. Heck, if we could do that, we wouldn't need the lapband! The important thing is to learn to control eating the wrong stuff - limit frequency and portion size, but don't beat yourself up over it. We have to learn to live in society with our bands. Keep your eye on the long term goals.

I Never cheated ( whistling ,avoiding eye contact)it happens to the best.

Thanks everyone. I'm just beating myself up over it! I guess I'm afraid the dr will say Thursday sorry cant do it you had popcorn!

Can't say that I cheated, but I think we all have the fear that the surgoen will say, can't operate, I am sur ethat your bit of popcorn will be okay. Best wishes for your surgery on Thursday( that's tomorrow!!!!) Karen.

i too am concerned that i will give in to temptation (as i finish out my liquid phase..decided if i do cheat, i will eat applesauce or a piece of hard candy....i am too scared of going to the OR and the doctor being there when i wake up and say, nope, didnt do it because your liver too large. def scares me.

Thank goodness, I never had to do a pre op diet. I never would have made it to surgery. I didn't cheat on the post op diet. I was too afraid I would mess up the placement of the band. However when I could eat solids. I ate a side of ribs. Of course I only did it once, a last hurrah before I started to get fills. :wub:

Just move on and don't eat unapproved foods again. Post op however you absolutely MUST follow your doctors orders. You can and will do serious damage to your stomach if you eat solids too soon. The stomach will have stitches holding the band in place and if you eat solids to soon it forces the stomache to churn and that can break the stiches. Which would be very very bad.