I made the ricotta bake. It was hands down the best thing I’ve eaten in weeks. Melty cheese, bubbly cheese, so. much. cheese. I portioned out my 2 ounces, happily ate it, and thought “a little more won’t hurt.” I ate maybe another 1.5 ounces. That 1.5 ounces is still sitting in my throat 30 minutes later. I am miserable. I can’t decide if I should try and make myself sick or just sit quietly and suffer.

I know I shouldn’t be beating myself up, but I’m screaming at myself inside. Why did I do this? I knew exactly what was going to happen, but it didn’t deter me. I know it’s only been a few weeks since my surgery and my mentality won’t change overnight, but it’s scary to see how self-destructive I am.

Tell me I’m not the only one who’s gone through this? I need a little pep talk.

Well think of this as a learning experience you pushed your body and it pushed back it's ok

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Of course you're not the only one to go through this. I bet you'd find the vast majority of us on this board have made a bad choice or three pre or post surgery.

Beating yourself up feels pretty good sometimes, right? Do you know what feels better all the time? Being your own best friend. What if you tried that instead?

At first I was so good about everything. Now a year out I am having problems with control of what I eat. Just try to stay on track and you will do fine. As long as it is not a constant thing. Good luck.

This was a learning experience. No reason to beat yourself up. I’m sure your body is talking back loudly to tell you your limits. Give yourself a hug.

I can’t wait to make that stuff. Sorry for your misery, hope it passed quickly.

On ‎03‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 9:01 PM, kjillb said:

I made the ricotta bake. It was hands down the best thing I’ve eaten in weeks. Melty cheese, bubbly cheese, so. much. cheese. I portioned out my 2 ounces, happily ate it, and thought “a little more won’t hurt.” I ate maybe another 1.5 ounces. That 1.5 ounces is still sitting in my throat 30 minutes later. I am miserable. I can’t decide if I should try and make myself sick or just sit quietly and suffer.

I know I shouldn’t be beating myself up, but I’m screaming at myself inside. Why did I do this? I knew exactly what was going to happen, but it didn’t deter me. I know it’s only been a few weeks since my surgery and my mentality won’t change overnight, but it’s scary to see how self-destructive I am.

Tell me I’m not the only one who’s gone through this? I need a little pep talk.

there is a reason that this surgery works! And that is because of the "punishment part". I'm a firm believer that people are successful because they are fearful of feeling like you did, or because they made a mistake or two and don't ever want to feel that again.

It is normal. Happens all the time, people post about it on here all the time. Don’t make a habit of it and learn from it and move forward.