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[carolina07 45]

I got sleeved 46 days ago and I've lost 27lbs. I'm super happy! BUT... I can feel an obsession over weighing myself everyday, over analyzing My Fitness Pal and testing my sleeve.

Today, for the first time since my surgery, I was able to eat without feeling restriction and I panicked! I went to the movies with my daughter and had a small amount of chocolate raisins. I ate them and expected my sleeve to react, but nothing happened! I had 5 small pieces of nachos, but nothing happened! And then I came home and ate 3 pieces of left over sushi (with rice) and nothing happened!

I ate under 850 calories today (which I don't think is a lot), but I'm eating things that I never thought I would be able to eat. I'm feeling hungry more now than ever and I'm not sure what I'm trying to say here... Only that I feel like I cheated when I thought it was impossible to do so and I panicked. That's all

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[gord1972 19]

I was sleeved April 7 th so almost as long as you. You are doing amazing. I am still preferring to eat puree foods. I cringe at the thought of a nacho in my throat. If you ate 850 calories that sure is not cheating. I am averaging 800-850 a day and I am doing 3 Protein shakes a day usually 2 meals of 1/2 cup of cottage cheese or pureed chilli. Testing your new sleeve seems normal to me. I probably will too once I am feeling as well as you. Just don't make it a habit.

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[Kindle 8,667]

Testing your sleeve with worthless carbs so soon is probably not the best idea. Everything you listed were things I Would not consider touching until I was below goal. Looks like you found out first hand the difference between dense Protein and slider foods. As well as the limitations of what surgery actually does and how vital the mental part if the process is. You are also experiencing what happens when most people eat carbs....their hunger increases and they just want more. It's a vicious cycle and probably the number 1 cause of WLS failure.

With WLS, it's not a matter of cheating, it's a matter of choices. You need to take advantage of these first few months to learn how to eat healthy and retrain the way you approach food. The struggle with food choices only gets harder the farther out you get, but chocolate covered raisins, nachos and rice are always poor choices, especially in the losing phase.

So chalk the day up to lesson learned and Good luck moving forward from here.

[Valentina 2,642]

What she ^^ said. Exactly.

[Babbs 14,680]

Ultimately, it's not the sleeves job to do it for you. It's yours.

The people who never realize that are the ones who will never get to goal or do and gain most or all of it back. Simple as that.

[KristenLe 5,979]

@@carolina07 It's not impossible to cheat - your Sleeve is only a Tool - you have to change your eating habits. It's really important to follow your plan - eating things we shouldn't can cause significant complications this early out. Remember - just because we can eat something doesn't mean we should. Stay strong!

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Testing your sleeve with worthless carbs so soon is probably not the best idea. Everything you listed were things I Would not consider touching until I was below goal. Looks like you found out first hand the difference between dense Protein and slider foods. As well as the limitations of what surgery actually does and how vital the mental part if the process is. You are also experiencing what happens when most people eat carbs....their hunger increases and they just want more. It's a vicious cycle and probably the number 1 cause of WLS failure.

With WLS, it's not a matter of cheating, it's a matter of choices. You need to take advantage of these first few months to learn how to eat healthy and retrain the way you approach food. The struggle with food choices only gets harder the farther out you get, but chocolate covered raisins, nachos and rice are always poor choices, especially in the losing phase.

So chalk the day up to lesson learned and Good luck moving forward from here.

This.

[carolina07 45]

I was sleeved April 7 th so almost as long as you. You are doing amazing. I am still preferring to eat puree foods. I cringe at the thought of a nacho in my throat. If you ate 850 calories that sure is not cheating. I am averaging 800-850 a day and I am doing 3 Protein shakes a day usually 2 meals of 1/2 cup of cottage cheese or pureed chilli. Testing your new sleeve seems normal to me. I probably will too once I am feeling as well as you. Just don't make it a habit.

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I cringed on the thought eating nachos and chocolate too! My point was that I didn't think I could eat this things or at least so soon. Not sure why I felt like testing my sleeve, but I did and now I'm moving on. Lol!

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[carolina07 45]

@@carolina07 It's not impossible to cheat - your Sleeve is only a Tool - you have to change your eating habits. It's really important to follow your plan - eating things we shouldn't can cause significant complications this early out. Remember - just because we can eat something doesn't mean we should. Stay strong!

For sure! Thanks

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[carolina07 45]

Ultimately, it's not the sleeves job to do it for you. It's yours.

The people who never realize that are the ones who will never get to goal or do and gain most or all of it back. Simple as that.

Never did I say that the sleeve was to do "my job" but thanks for your enlighten comment... Again... My post was about not feeling restrictions that I used to have before yesterday. The end.

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