I Messed Up. I felt crappy this morning and decided NOT to go to work. I did take my girlfriend to work and while driving I became hungry. I had a craving for hashbrowns, Del Taco hashbrowns. I went thru the drive thru and picked them up. Huge mistake, giant mistake. I ate three on the drive home and then it hit, that nauseous feeling. I barely made it off the freeway before I tossed my Cookies.

What in god's name possessed me to buy them, was it force of habit or sheer stupidity, maybe even both? I should never have bought them in the first place. I keep getting these cravings for something in particular and then kick myself in the but when I get sick shortly afterwards. I knew better, yet I did it anyway.

Hi, I actually made a mistake I meant to say pre op. Thank you for your answers I feel better now.

I messed up today! Walking through Walgreens and seen sugar free Reese's peanut butter cups. So I bought them. I stared at them when I got home and thought only one and its sugar free. Well, sadly they taste just like the real thing! Yummy!!! So every time I walked through the kitchen I took one. It was a bag of 10 minis and I my son had one. I just finished the bag! 9 mini ones in a day. I completely messed up and I promise myself I will never ever buy them again. The extra 360 calories was not worth it. Tomorrow I will also be staying off the scale. ????

We all make these mistakes, were only human. Peanut butter cups call out to me when I see them. Everything in moderation... Eating the whole bag, not so good but if you can buy them and only eat one or two, that's a huge form of self control. Don't look at it and think I can NEVER have these again. Doing that only makes you want them more and you end up devouring the whole bag. Think of it as a test, only eat one or two and then put them away. If you're worried about going back for more, have your kid or husband hide them. You can do this, stay strong!

chicken is my nemesis. I throw that up more than anything and it doesn't seem to matter how much I chew. Think about it like this...we have been eating the way we did for how many years? To think we won't make a mistake and eat too much too fast isn't realistic. It will take awhile to become accustomed to the change.

Chicken is my nemesis. I throw that up more than anything and it doesn't seem to matter how much I chew. Think about it like this...we have been eating the way we did for how many years? To think we won't make a mistake and eat too much too fast isn't realistic. It will take awhile to become accustomed to the change.

You are exactly correct. We are used to eating one way, now we have to teach our tummies and brain to eat the right way. There are things our tummy will like and other things it won't. So far, anything fried makes me ill very quickly and bread does not want to go down, it blocks the entrance to my tummy. There's only one way that gets fixed and that means throwing up, if it won't go down, it needs to come up.

Good luck to you!

Hi I am post op and 52. Can anyone tell me if I will be able to go to dinner with friends since at my age kids are out of the house that's what enjoy do on weekends. I can handle the tiny portions but am afraid of the dumping syndrome.

Yes you will be able to go out for dinner with friends. It felt good too. We had about an hour and a half dinner. It was 3 courses and I had to pace myself. A few bites of appetizer, same with first course, then I was picking over my second course. I drank Water right when I got there because the 6 of us talked and explored the menus (wine menu too). I knew it would take at least 30 minutes before food made it out.

The courses were spaced out pretty well too. I took one sip of wine for toast before appetizer. Chewed like crazy on everything (which actually made me enjoy the taste more). I didn't drink again until we were leaving and I had another sip.

Great time out for dinner before going to see Wicked at The Fox. Avoid any bread provided. What felt the best was none of my friends questioning me not eating bread or picking over my plate. I offered some of every course to my friends to taste. Plates sharing is a handy tool. ????