I figured it would be nice to have a section where we could just confess to some of the potentially dumb things we've done, pre or post op. Just so others can see we are all human. I want this to be kept as civil as possible, where people can own up to things without anyone else chiming in with anything negative, we all know what we did wasn't "right" but I'm sure we ALL have done something we shouldn't have.

I'll start.

I cheated on my pre-op diet a few times. I also like to find loop holes and exploit the crap out of them. I drank beer for a week+ on my pre-op, because it didn't say I couldn't. I only stopped after I was forced to, because my wife asked my surgeon and of course they said "no"... boo. I also ate a whole slice of French Meat Pie at my Dad's 60th birthday luncheon.

I cheated on my post-op diet/puree stage a bit too. I ate rice cakes and protein chips or other veggie chips. Not a lot, but it happened. I "pureed" a steak and cheese sandwich once. I ate a few fried ravioli on my puree stage as well.

This past weekend, I had a beer. My wife and I took my parents out to dinner at a local casino, it's Restaurant week, so we found a good looking location and went out to eat, part of the deal was that you got a draft beer with your meal. So, I had a shipyard summer ale with my grilled chicken parm sandwich (only ended up eating 3 bites of the chicken and none of the bread).

I did all that thus far and nothing bad happened.

I understand the changes are to ensure we stick to our diets, but understanding that we are all human and WILL either slip up or just stray from our diets on purpose like I did. It's good to see that, it's possible to still live and be able to enjoy a few things we "shouldn't" without any negatives happening.

So, what's your WLS confession?

Edited July 16, 20188 yr by Matt Z

For the first time since surgery, I was actually hungry yesterday...maybe stress or boredom hunger because I had eaten the most daily calories PO. I also had my first craving experience (wanted SkinnyPop sooo bad)...

I had 10 pistachios (still on soft), drank some water and went to bed.

I drank tap water.

(but It gave me heartburn going to bed FML)

Edited December 4, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

My family came for a visit on Saturday, we went to some festive event and my mom bought cheesecake. I had a spoonful of it. Tasted gross and I don't know whether it was because of my surgery or because the women who made it did a bad job? Hmm.

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Ramen. Look, sometimes I just need some ramen in my life. It’s a tactile thing. This is one of my Asian food cheat days when I eat triangle kimbap and ramen. I will be bloated and logy tomorrow but I’m going in with eyes wide open. No scale tomorrow.

8 hours ago, sideeye said:

Ramen. Look, sometimes I just need some ramen in my life. It’s a tactile thing. This is one of my Asian food cheat days when I eat triangle kimbap and ramen. I will be bloated and logy tomorrow but I’m going in with eyes wide open. No scale tomorrow.

Gosh I'm with ya on that! Those chewy noodles! And great broth!!! Sometimes I just get the broth from my pho or ramen house, and use the oat fiber shirataki noodles. (Hold your nose, rinse em like cray, then dry fry them until they pop and sizzle in a non-stick pan and are SUPER DUPER dry!) Then tump em into the broth and let them simmer for about 5 minutes to take on the flavor flave.

So good, you'll forget you ever hated shirataki noodles and would think you're eating rice noodles or bean thread noodles or maybe even udon!

Oooh Ramen....you’re so darn good!

On 12/04/2018 at 05:33, FluffyChix said:

Gosh I'm with ya on that! Those chewy noodles! And great broth!!! Sometimes I just get the broth from my pho or ramen house, and use the oat Fiber Shirataki noodles. (Hold your nose, rinse em like cray, then dry fry them until they pop and sizzle in a non-stick pan and are SUPER DUPER dry!) Then tump em into the broth and let them simmer for about 5 minutes to take on the flavor flave.

So good, you'll forget you ever hated shirataki noodles and would think you're eating rice noodles or bean thread noodles or maybe even udon!

I agree use the shirataki noodles, check out French guy cooking on YouTube he has a ramen series you can make some awesome broth, load it with protein and fiber yum!! You could totally go Vietnamese and make pho too!! There’s this woman who works for buzzfeed/tasty who goes over pho.

12 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

I drank tap Water.

(but It gave me heartburn going to bed FML)

The horror!

I LOVE this thread!! I never drink “real” water. It’s always a gallon of watered down crystal light ? and I can’t buy any Adkins candy or the chocolate but roll bars cause I’ll eat every one of them in the box in one day ?‍♀️

I'm one week post-op. Taco bell has their rolled tacos which are one of my favorite things in the whole world. Hubby brings it home for the whole family while I'm here sip sip sipping on liquids that I'm officially sick of. I walk by the bag and look in the bottom and there are little cups of nacho cheese that no one's eaten. I got a spoon and took three tiny bites of the nacho cheese... Hey it's a liquid, right?

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Vacation, birthdays,Bar mitzvahs,

So I eat cake! Normally I guess anyone should feel like it's a terrible choice but I don't because: event/special occasion food; cake apparently doesn't cause dumping syndrome in me (but chicken and yogurt can so whatever) and it made me regular without the use of any psyllium or laxative teas.

I confess I made a red velvet cake for my friends fiancé and had some left over dough because I used a smaller baking pan... so I made a mini velvet cake for home too... (for my parents etc) but I had a small piece yesterday and a small piece today ??? I think caloriewise I didn’t go too much up because I ate too little all day but still... I can make much better choices! Tomorrow will be gym day ?‍♀️

It’s not post-op but pre-op I went to McDonald’s at least twice right after my weigh ins. On day one of the liquid diet I ate two tacos and some white cheddar popcorn. But no cheating since and down 6 lbs.

Jesus I want some white cheddar popcorn so bad [emoji31]

-AtA

I ordered chicken nuggets off the children's menu at an airport restaurant but thankfully they were gross and I only had about 2 bites.

OK with the holidays I've been nibbling on the cookies. Still losing weight and still tracking numbers. I won't be able to get completely on track until after oldest son bday. Today is youngest. Rumchata cheesecake for him. Jan 4 is next one. Rumchata caramel flan. Avoiding alcohol still (4m postop). So just a bite or two but still a cheat