Has Anyone Cheated On Their Post-Op Diet?

[cbchebert 3]

Just curious and be honest if anyone has cheated on their post-op diet and what the consequences were? I feel so hungry and have honestly been contemplating putting something in the food processor and having a few bites of a mushie.

[steeler 2]

No, I have not cheated but I really want some real food. This liquid diet is soooo hard. Its even harder when my husband and kids eat everything they want in front of me and the smells are in the house. How cruel, they ate pizza which i love and choc chip Cookies which I could eat 10 or more of. Now, I would kill for just a bite!!! I know how you are feeling but do not cheat, it is not worth the risk of causing a leak. I would cheat if I could but I cannot afford going to the hospital with complications of leak or something else. Hang in there, just take it one day at a time! We will get there soon!

[danitay 2]

I have wanted to cheat soooooo bad!!!!! but i havent the only thing I did do was lick a couple flavorfull chips for the flavor and omg it was good didnt have ANY chip at all!!!!! i really just needed the flavoring of something on my tongue....... how awful is that??

[Dawn 16]

I personally can't even think of cheating, just the thought HURTS! LOL I'm on Clear Liquids and am NOT hungry at all! I have had some "cravings or head hunger" but the thought of actual food going into my tummy really scares me! LOL

[SarahS 13]

When I was on the liquid phase (yogurt, pudding, Soups, Protein shakes) I cheated once. I had mashed potatoes. I didn't think it would be any harder on my body than yogurt or Soup. WRONG! It HURT! I guess it wasn't that bad of a cheat, and I was a few weeks out, but I should not have done it! And, it didn't taste good anyway. I remember wanting to just chew on something during that phase, but its not worth the risk.

[chilo1 62]

I would recommend you didn't cheat first because of the pain and second you want to lose as much as you can at this stage, good luck!

[KSUCats 0]

I've cheated It seems like I can get anything I want down.. I got a piece of chicken stuck, it wasn't fun, but my surgeon recomended papaya tablets incase anything gets stuck and boy let me tell you they do work!!! Anyway don't be like me and cheat if you do make sure it's something healthy!! and chew a thousand times lol!!

[juliarh 35]

While I haven't cheated, just the experience trying to eat has given me enough reasons not to want to cheat -- learning when I was full, what foods I can and cannot tolerate, and the change in my own tastebuds have taught me that I should just stick with the plan. Trust me, you don't want to be able to cheat!

[Hozzy 0]

Hi everyone,well im new to this site.I had my sleeve done 4 wks ago.I am struggling at the moment to even have soups.I have tryed to have a bit of mashed potato but it was like it got stuck is this normal???? in 4 weeks i have lost 10kg.Two weeks before surgery i lost 6 kgs total loss is 16kg in 6 wks is this a good amount to loose am i doing the correct things?Please help i need tips xx

[MDumont312 1]

I have to confess that last night my husband, who has been wonderful through all of this, made an awesome dinner for him and the kids (homemade hamburgers and french fries...smothered in gravy, of course! LOL!)

I was already 'jumping ahead' on the diet to week 3 and trying a scrambled egg, but I just had to try one of those french fries...I cut that thing up small and chewed and chewed and chewed. It went down fine and I felt ok. So of course I had to have another because I wasn't full, right?! Ended up having 4 fries - even said out loud to my husband that I still wasn't full, but I should stop.

Well, when I walked away and went to sit down at my computer, I felt awful, like I might vomit. I didn't, but it showed me that I had made a bad choice and it wasn't worth getting sick over. The fries were ok...I was really just missing the chewing action for sure.

[cbchebert 3]

I have wanted to cheat soooooo bad!!!!! but i havent the only thing I did do was lick a couple flavorfull chips for the flavor and omg it was good didnt have ANY chip at all!!!!! i really just needed the flavoring of something on my tongue....... how awful is that??

I laughed my butt off when I first read this post but I ended up doing the same thing last night. Your right, the seasoning from the chip was really really good but it was soooooooooooooo hard not to eat that chip. Five weeks of liquids (2 pre-op 3 post-op) is just way to much and is really beginning to get to me. I have to continually pray for strength and remind myself if I do the wrong thing I could end up with a leak and back in the hospital and start all over - I could not handle that.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

No, I did not cheat at all on my post op diet.

However, I'm very thankful in that I felt repulsed by food. I could barely swallow Water so I just wasn't in any hurry to actually eat anything. broth was enough for me during my clears. In fact when it was time for the full liquids, half my day I was still doing broths.

If you are really hungry, I suggest calling your surgeon to see if he thinks it's ok to move to the next stage. Ive heard of others doing this with the Surgeon's ok. Good luck!!

[NinaX 6]

I wouldn't call it cheating, but I moved from liquids to mushie food earlier than program stated. However, I did this after getting ok from dietician. As I recovered extremely quickly and felt great she was happy for me to move on to something which got my stomach working out again. My plan stated liquid diet (yoghurts, Soups etc) for 10-14 days and I moved to pureed food on day 7.

I would suggest you speak to your surgeons office to get personal advice. They give general guidelines to fit everybody, but in most cases it is very individual depending on how you recover, how you feel etc.

Good luck!

[FlyGirl 18]

I'm currenty on full lliquids and Cream of Wheat (original flavor only) is allowed. I make it with soy milk (10 proteins) and sweetener. Last night I found a Cream of Wheat with high protein(6)/high fiber(4). 1 pack will last me about 3 times. This has helped me SO much. I chew it even though I really don't need to but it just gives me the feeling that I'm actually eating something.

I LOVE potatos and since every other commercial on TV seems to have mashed potatos I have come up with a cure for my craving for potatos... I get the Campbels Cream of Potato Soup and mix it with my high Protein soy milk (plain flavor). Then use the emersion blender, so there's absolutly no chunks. It's sooo yummy.

For my pizza craving I make Tomato soup... I know that's a stretch but it's been working for me.

Now these are not that high in Protein so I make sure I get all/most of that it before I have any of these

Now if I could find something to cure my cheese cravings, haha.

Kelli

[Dawn 16]

I laughed my butt off when I first read this post but I ended up doing the same thing last night. Your right, the seasoning from the chip was really really good but it was soooooooooooooo hard not to eat that chip. Five weeks of liquids (2 pre-op 3 post-op) is just way to much and is really beginning to get to me. I have to continually pray for strength and remind myself if I do the wrong thing I could end up with a leak and back in the hospital and start all over - I could not handle that.

Please keep praying and I will pray for you as well!!! I have said it before but I am seriously working on fear that something bad will happen so I am following everything to a T!!!!!!!! Luckily though, I don't feel hungry at all but I know I must eat and drink! So far today I am actually got down 29oz of Water, 2Tbls of Jello and now I'm working on a little SF/FF cheesecake pudding!!!!