Just curious to see how many out there really did cheat.

NO i did not cheat at all, i valued my life too much, i wasnt prepared to gamble my life on the operating table for a cheated piece of food

Stick to what ever your surgeons tell you its so important, Dont cheat, this is a 2nd lease of life, use it wisely

i AM 3 DAYS INTO A 5 DAY PRE-OP DIET THAT CONSISTS OF 6 CUPS OF SKIM MILK WITH SUGAR FREE INSTANT BREAKFAST MIXED IN. THE CLOSEST I HAVE COME SO FAR TO CHEATING IS I CHEWED UP A PIECE OF PORK ROAST BUT DID NOT SWALLOW IT. i TOOK IT OUT OF MY MOUTH AND GAVE IT TO THE DOG. I WILL BE BANDED ON TUESDAY THE 27TH. LET'S JUST GET THE FIRST MONTH OVER WITH.

I am practicing the liquid/low carb diet, and I was successful for around two weeks until I took last weekend off and ate, uh, sourdough bread...

doing well, on the diet again today.

CIB*apple*CIB*orange*CIB*4ozChk/GrnSalad*CIB

im on the preop diet now 7 days and im starved. i feel foggy and weird all the time. i HAVE NOT cheated at all, but i think i am going to have a fresh cheeseburger w/onions, mushrooms, mayo lettuce and tomato and pickles about 2 nights before the surgery because that is what i am craving and i may not ever be able to eat that again. it's not going to screw up my surgery. im still thinking (or should i say dreaming) about it...im starving

It seems that when I am hungriest is just before it's time for me to have a "meal." I'm on a two week full liquid pre op diet, and my surgery is this Tuesday. It's interesting that I'm not craving sweets, which has always been the thing I wanted most, but iI want meat, chicken especially, or a hot dog, or roast, and things smell soooo goooood! Sometimes I feel sad, but then I focus on why I'm doing this.

I cheated very little with healthy and unhealthy foods - mainly I did not drink all the protein drinks I should have - I just got sick of the taste - my cheating choice is not on the poll --

I am on day 12 of my 15 day preop diet. It consists of three protein shakes a day. I am so sick of the taste! About halfway thru, i did cheat with a 1oz piece of fish. I physically needed something, and i think if i hadnt made a healthy choice i would have cheated with sometime bad.

i cant believe i will be banded on weds~~~

I too will be banded on Wednesday! I was on a 14 day Optifast diet, but it made me horrible ill. I lasted 4 days on it and then I had the worst diarreha of my life (TMI...sorry) anyhow, the doctor then moved me to clear liquid for 2 days, then to low fat, low carb for 2 days, and then back to clear liquid the last 5 days. I am DYING! I'm not sure who can survive on chicken stock, popsicles, fat free sugar free pudding, and water but it is not this fat chick. I can't wait for this to be over.

I never figured I would say this, but I can't wait to eat over cooked broccoli and oatmeal. I have cheated a bit by eating 3 pieces of pepperoni off my kids' pizza and 3 cheetos in the last 2 days but overall I think I will be fine....I hope!

if my children were still young it would be so much harder to do this lap band - I cheated some and did fine during surgery - you will be able to eat a cheeseburger but it may be the dollar cheeseburger at Sonic - it is not like a kid's meal burger - it is just like the reg burger only way smaller and it is all you can eat - I get the dollar fries also and only eat about 7 of them- and I am full - I eat about 2/3's of the burger but it feels like I ate the real thing - this is the best thing I have done

I am on day three of the nine day liquid diet and I so want to blow it and go to Burger King, but I'm not going to. I want the surgery to go well and not have the possibility of the surgeon cancelling. I am drinking chicken broth and that is helping my craving for something salty. I am sick already of the sweet shakes and jello.

Im on pre op now. All liquid shakes. Ive cheated a little: egg white omlet( all protein), low fat cheese stick(0carb), and low fat cottage cheese(0carb). helped to take away the headaches and to feel human again.

Surgery is tomorrow the 23rd. I was sooo good for the first 5 days...yesterday was day six and I was so damn hungry I had a piece of pizza and a bowl of soup.

Today I am doing only clear liquids. Hope everything will be a go tomorrow.

I am being banded MARCH 4th, I am so excited but nervous all at the same time. I am on the preop clear liquid diet and on day 2 here. Tonight I did have 2 chick nuggets and a spoonful of rice..I am just having a hard time at this. I hope it doesnt hurt me any. I cant seem to find a right protein drink either or how to mix it...HELP PLEASE!

A friend had given me some of his leftover medifast packages:eek:. they suck,

but i read somewhere in the literature to try mixing it with either apple or white grape juice. what a difference. give it a shot, so much better.

I haven't cheated. I am on the last day of my pre-op diet (starvation diet more like!) and get banded tomorrow

Some evenings I have been craving food like a mad-woman, but definitely, positively have not cheated!!

Good luck to all of you on the pre-op...