I am a week and a half out from surgery, and I had my first official full-fledged cheat today. I ate a slice and a half of avacado. I'm not supposed to even be trying vegetables for about another two weeks, but it just looked so good.

So, my lovely ladies and handsome gents, tell me about the first time you fell off the horse? What did you eat? How far out were you? Was it hard to get back on track? Story sharing time.

Edited May 22, 201511 yr by NoBsVs

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no cheating here. any modifications to my teams plan in the first weeks came through conversation with doctor or NUT. not taking any chances on my healing stomach! I felt I was ready for soft foods a bit early and doctor decided that yes, my post op swelling had likely gone down enough to allow it. moved me forward a few days. then, because I don't eat fish they allowed me to try slow cooker chicken - and I did fine with it. but, not cheating - I talked to my team before going ahead, even though I was fairly confident I was ready. it's major surgery inside there!

after I was judged to be healed and cleared for any food I have had a chocolate chip cookie, a cinnamon roll and a small ice cream. not on a regular basis, but I have had those foods once or twice. 90% of the time if I want a sweet it is fruit or a sugar free fruit popsicle. probably more like 95% of the time.

Potato chips. I was in my puree phase, and my boyfriend left his bag of chips in the kitchen. They were talking to me and I listened. I only had a small handful, and I let them get all mushy in my mouth, and they tasted sooooo good. However, Miss Tummy punished me for hours. I learned my lesson.

I totally love potato chips. I mean, crazy addicted. It might be my favorite food on the planet. But here's the thing: I have IBS, so even before surgery, potato chips attacked my stomach hours later. Combine that with the sleeve, and my stomach would probably go nuclear if I tried chips.

This is a bit off topic, but I was so crazy hungry the first month. That will pass and you won't be thinking about your first cheat food.

I'm so glad to hear that. I'm only a week out and am eating (drinking?) full liquids and Protein shakes until I feel like I'm going to burst. But I'm still very hungry, seriously hungry. I want meat, cottage cheese, eggs, chicken--anything and everything that can be considered protein. And in large quantities! (I "crave" other foods, but that's just "want," not "need.")

I've been assuming things will settle down over time. Glad to hear that's the case.

I had one...ONE...well chewed Cheez-it type cracker on the plane ride home from Mexico at 3 days out. The flight attended handed them to me and I just couldn't help myself. Nothing happened...until my partner woke up from his nap and freaked out when I confessed! LOL

The apples and bananas look so good to eat here but I will keep them from talking to my brain!!!

Like you, I mixed some avacado into my tuna fish. Yum

i'm 3.5 weeks out and still on liquids until next week. (my diet seems longer than most others i read about). i cheated by starting purees about a week early, at the 3 week mark instead of the 4 week mark. i had some mashed sweet potato with greek yogurt one night and then last night i had refried Beans with greek yogurt and a few slices of mashed avocado.

i also ate a few bites of a Protein bar instead of a shake one morning this week - i chewed it until it was liquified and swallowed it and it wasn't worth it, i won't do that again. i felt fine but it tasted so gross to me to chew it for that long. i'll just wait until i can have regular food again to eat a protein bar!

calorically, i haven't done any 'cheating.' i've just fast-forwarded my plan a little bit due to the sheer insanity that comes with only drinking liquids for 5 straight weeks (i had a 2 week pre-op too!). i feel ok about it. puree stage has a lot of flexibility so i don't plan on cheating for my puree weeks!

8 days post op ate 1/2 a hot dog without the bun fresh off the grill. I then proceeded to eat a snack size bag of Doritos. They both went down fine, no problems afterward.

I was very disappointed in myself, got back on plan and week 3 I had popcorn and vernors (gingerale). I Also ate salad. Again no issues just guilt.

Then I made a choice to follow my plan to the letter for the next 3 weeks until I was on reggies (regular). I did. I also spent that time planning out meals, Protein, exercise so that I could really enbrace this lifestyle.

I have alcohol on occasion. I ate a slice of cake at a wedding. This time. No guilt. I have the power. I made an informed choice. I no longer consider it cheating. Maybe not the best choice but I maintain accountability for my choices.

2 months post op tomorrow (ah!) and still haven't cheated. Kind of can't believe it.

8 days post op ate 1/2 a hot dog without the bun fresh off the grill. I then proceeded to eat a snack size bag of Doritos. They both went down fine, no problems afterward.

I was very disappointed in myself, got back on plan and week 3 I had popcorn and vernors (gingerale). I Also ate salad. Again no issues just guilt.

Then I made a choice to follow my plan to the letter for the next 3 weeks until I was on reggies (regular). I did. I also spent that time planning out meals, Protein, exercise so that I could really enbrace this lifestyle.

I have alcohol on occasion. I ate a slice of cake at a wedding. This time. No guilt. I have the power. I made an informed choice. I no longer consider it cheating. Maybe not the best choice but I maintain accountability for my choices.

Good for you. It's a CHOICE not a cheat. I think I make MUCH better choices when I start thinking of them as that instead of "cheats". I not only own my choices, but I own the consequences. I'm far too old to waste time feeling guilty.

i'm 3.5 weeks out and still on liquids until next week. (my diet seems longer than most others i read about). i cheated by starting purees about a week early, at the 3 week mark instead of the 4 week mark. i had some mashed sweet potato with greek yogurt one night and then last night i had refried Beans with greek yogurt and a few slices of mashed avocado.

i also ate a few bites of a Protein bar instead of a shake one morning this week - i chewed it until it was liquified and swallowed it and it wasn't worth it, i won't do that again. i felt fine but it tasted so gross to me to chew it for that long. i'll just wait until i can have regular food again to eat a protein bar!

calorically, i haven't done any 'cheating.' i've just fast-forwarded my plan a little bit due to the sheer insanity that comes with only drinking liquids for 5 straight weeks (i had a 2 week pre-op too!). i feel ok about it. puree stage has a lot of flexibility so i don't plan on cheating for my puree weeks!

See my diet it similar if not the same as yours and I'm 23 young and was released same day from hospital. I also am thinking about starting puréed food on the 3rd week and I just don't see how it could be a problem when these other people are going wild lol. I haven't cheated one but since my pre op diet.

I have had cheese doodles a few at a time I've chewed fried chicken and spit it out and idk if sugar free candy is cheating or not but yea that too I'm 21 days out and I feel so horrible about it. Before this operation I never thought about food this much and I wasn't a big snacker

A french fry.

Had taken my son to McDonalds for lunch on the run.

I'd ordered a grilled chicken sandwich and a bottle Water for later. It was part of the combo with the intention of giving my son the french fries from my meal. I pulled them outa the bag and gave them to him....reached back in the bag for my sandwich (their Artisan Grilled Chicken sandwiches are really quite good. I toss the lettuce and bun.) and found a couple fries left in the bag.

I ate them.

At first they had that perfect crunch and then as I chewed I began to get past the salt explosion and something else came to the surface. It was the flavor of grease....oil......and it was overpowering. I finished those two fries and grinned....knowing that I was done with them for good.

'Twas a most excellent cheating experience as it allowed me to experience a food that I used to overeat.....and see that I no longer cared for it at all.

I had a Breakfast burrito from McDonalds last weekend. I was only able to eat one. I was able to eat four of them before plus a hashbrown before.

Edited September 1, 20169 yr by sgc