I feel great, and I'm back to normal daily activities. Like most, I'm exhausted but still moving on. The problem I have is that I like to cook. I have a family of five and continue to cook meals that I love. Today, chicken parm. Looked so good, so I took some of the sauce I made and mixed it with a little ricotta. Heavenly. But after the chicken came out I cut off a little piece and now Im suffering. Why do I keep testing the limits? Has anyone else cheated like this...yesterday I had a small serving of frozen yogurt. I've also had watermelon and cantaloupe. I haven't even been escalated to pureed foods yet. WTH is wrong with me. I need help. I need to stop these bad habits - Came so far to screw this up.

I am going thru the same thing ...I am almost 4 weeks post op...I hate the puree meats so I eat the meat regular and just am sure to chew it up really good...the doctor told me I can have anything the consistency on soft serve ice cream but I really do test it...I am so tired of the liquids bc of the 10 day pre op diet and then the diet after surgery was killing me

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Do you have a magic bullet or some sort of food processor? Keep one handy and then you could chop that chicken up, add the sauce and ricotta to it and have the perfect little meal right along with your family! If you're genuinely concerned though, that you may sabotage your process, maybe you can make an appointment with your nutritionist, or a therapist that could help. I had my first follow up with the NUT since surgery yesterday, and I brought all of my food logs with me.. it was a good motivator to keep doing what I'm doing and slowly add more things in. Best of luck to you!

Chopped Fruit in a small food processor (I used frozen fruit) gave me something to chew and was easy to tolerate. Pacing yourself with these treats is a NECESSITY, so use a teaspoon. Also, check to see how much Protein you are taking in each day - it's THAT important. Red Pepper Hummus was also very helpful, and still is.

Hang in there and keep going!

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Read this book. Go to counseling - it's important!

I got tired of the liquid diet part to. I just made sure my food was the right serving size and high Protein. I chew chew chew the food until it was mush. Im fine and I'm 6 1/2 weeks post and 35 lbs down.

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