I have been doing sooooo good with my own pre op diet. I've lost 10lbs in the last 2 weeks after a stall, 19lbs altogether, and I haven't even started the liquid diet yet.

I've been doing high Protein, low carb and staying under 1200 calories, some days under 800 calories. Oops.

I caved. It was a long day. I planned on having shrimp for dinner but just didnt feel like making myself something different so I ate what the kids ate and had honey bbq chicken tenders. I ate 4 of them!!!!!!!!!!! <insert oink noise>

Did I totally just sabotage ketosis? How long will it take me to get back in? I probably ended the day with about 80gm of carbs when I've been typically been under 30gm. I'm still around only 1200 calories, but I failed!

Ugh. I'm so stupid. And it wasn't even like a food craving. I was just hungry and tired - though I could have just eaten 2 and been done.

Anyone know anything about ketosis?

...and thh worst part is.....that I am typing this as I wash it down with a beer. Make that 90gm carbs for the day. Blah.

I think the most important issue here is the beer - and not because of the carbs, but because that's a huge pattern for a lot of us...you screw up (we all screw up) and you react by screwing up further (I do this too). The situation compounds and gets out of control.

Nothing you can do about anything you've eaten/drank. The trick when you make a mistake is STOP NOW, forgive yourself and get back on program. Our pattern tends to be letting the mistakes snowball. Practice stopping as soon as you recognize your mistake, forgiving yourself, and going back on program immediately.

The honey barbeque chicken tenders won't kill ya. You'll be OK. Start your program again and you'll be back in ketosis before you know it.

Anything under 100 gms of carb a day (compared to a "normal" diet) is considered low-carb and can put some people into ketosis...that said, get back on the low-carb bandwagon tomorrow first thing and don't have any more carbs for today. If you are out of ketosis, you can get back in within 24-96 hours. You didn't "sabotage" anything, you had a moment of weakness, and kept your calories low. 4 chicken tenders is better than 14, which I easily could have eaten pre-op.

Well, it wasn't 4 fast food type tenders, it was tyson style tenders and probably more to the tune of 8 ounces of chicken that was battered and then coated in honey bbq. they were 200 calories a piece. Ugh. I ended the day at 1700 calories, so not ridiculous but double what I have been consuming.

The funny part is that I got up whit morning expecting a gain and i had lost 2lbs!!!!!

I will never understand.

Only carbs so far today were the tiny amount in the milk I added to my coffee.

Congrats on the weight loss despite the chicken tenders and beer. Don't beat yourself up about it. You still have time to lose more, no problem! It gets so much easier after surgery, so keep your chin up!

Okay stop now and get back on track. You were doing so well, just keep on with what you have been doing. Everyone stumbles but don't let yourself fall stay down. So get back into low carb, I'd do 15g - 30g for a while. It is so hard to lose weight and stay on track preop and it's SO easy post op. You will be there soon enough!

Thanks for the support. I owned the treadmill today and will do weights later, so I at least feel like I owned up to my fall. I'm also at only 8gm of carbs at 3pm, so back on the saddle I go.

Thanks again. I feel better and am back to being positive.

Good job Heatherr!