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

10 hours ago, Melloyellow said:

Yeah I most def am. I use Baritastic app and I usually do really good but today I just couldn’t get the thought of ice cream out of my head. I normally try to ignore it. I never cheated my pre op and my post op until now and I feel guilty. I think im just going to ask my boyfriend to throw it away when I leave to work. ?☹️ the crazy thing is my stomach didn’t hurt at all and I was hoping it would sadly. I was hoping that I would feel some type of restriction...that’s what scares me the most.

Ice cream is a slider. You won't feel restriction. That's why it's so easy to over-indulge

11 hours ago, SGirl35 said:

11 hours ago, SGirl35 said:

Now that we’ve all confessed our deepest food sins- let me post what the heck I look like ...

That was my BEFORE in the army jacket.

Gosh girl, you look AMAZING! Omg, seriously... you should be so proud!

I ate 2 multigrain corn chips (Food Should Taste Good Olive chips) yesterday. I am only 4 weeks out so this was a HUGE no-no. It did, however, completely satisfy the need to CRUNCH that had been growing for the last 4 weeks so while I won't repeat it, I don't really regret it. I chewed those chips into oblivion and they didn't hurt, at least!

4 hours ago, TaylorMade4One said:

@TaylorMade4One I'm not sure I feel the same way about Burger King's onion rings --or any onion rings for that matter-- but your post was hilarious from start to finish. I almost felt like I was riding shotgun with you while you were in that parking lot eating away sauceless and guilt-free.

Thanks for posting this topic, Matt. It's been fun.

On 07/18/2018 at 08:39, Orchids&Dragons said:

That was my BEFORE in the army jacket.

Wow! You look amazing! Congrats!

On 07/18/2018 at 08:58, AshAsh1 said:

That was my BEFORE in the army jacket.

Gosh girl, you look AMAZING! Omg, seriously... you should be so proud!

On 7/16/2018 at 10:44 AM, sillykitty said:

So, that's a lot of bad stuff. My surgeon's PA grudgingly signed off on the diet soda. I also have a good friend who's a GI, and he's a lot easier to have real conversations with (vs. my surgeon), and he signed off on all of the above, as long as I promised to stop if I had any issues at all.

My surgeon told me that after I am done healing, nothing is off limits unless it causes me pain, I specifically asked about soda and he allows it. My Nutritionist hates it buuuuut I am for SURE going to have a coke zero in a few weeks haha.

I haven’t cheated at all food wise but have allowed myself much more alcohol than I should.

@FluffyChix Wow, you're only 20 lbs to goal! Congrats!

20 hours ago, Tealael said:

Nope, there are repercussions, dumping, stalling rebound eating, triggering bad habits. This is not a post to undermine the seriousness of following the rules or promote lawlessness , just to show that *Sometimes* SOMETIMES *sometimes* we don't get everything right, but there are repercussions... Because I ate cake and pie and birthday meals... I gained instead of lost. This is my losing phase. Have a short window then its done. My window is closing.

VSG2017 HW 249 SW 238 CW 169

^^^ this!

While you may get away with it, as my doctor says, it is a slippery slope. It does not take much to revert back to the old ways, especially if you are like me and use food as a coping mechanism.

16 hours ago, SGirl35 said:

16 hours ago, SGirl35 said:

Now that we’ve all confessed our deepest food sins- let me post what the heck I look like ...

That was my BEFORE in the army jacket.

Quite the transformation! Nice job!

(Quote system seems busted for this thread now... but)@macadamia

^^^ this!
While you may get away with it, as my doctor says, it is a slippery slope. It does not take much to revert back to the old ways, especially if you are like me and use food as a coping mechanism.


This is sorta what I wanted to avoid. We all know the *potential* repercussions, even though there are studies that show that having some level of "cheat" actually HELPS diets, The point really of this page was to show that, we are human and that we do slip up and there isn't anything wrong with that...

Reverting to old habits isn't cheating, that's giving up, and that's what a little cheat here and there can actually prevent. What I believe was meant when one poster said "no repercussions" was that... that 1 cheat, didn't have any repercussions.

I personally don't feel that eating cake, pie, "birthday meals" ETC is "cheating"... cheating, to me, is a very limited, rare occasion when otherwise you would break. Several instances in a row... isn't cheating, it's reverting.

Again... in my opinion.

Edited July 18, 20188 yr by Matt Z

7 hours ago, AshAsh1 said:

7 hours ago, Matt Z said:

I ate half of a malasada last night.... such a combination of things I shouldn't be eating! No adverse reactions around the time of consumption... but oof did the this mornings daily time on the throne suck. That said... I did lose 1.2 lbs from yesterday's morning weigh in. LOL.

I had to google what a malasada was LOL ?

Well, crap... now I have to google it too since you did not say what it was...