Day 13 and had a small slip am I ruined now!

[karrieremmer 0]

Ok Im going to be honest and `say I am 13 days post op and still on full liquids! I have ONLY done liquids nothing else, but today I had a little bit of cheese and a few bites of soft soft garlic bread. ( I ended up making myself throw up the garlic bread bc I felt so guilty) But is my stomach ruined now? I feel so guilty and awful for doing this and know I will NEVER EVER cheat on my diet now! I just need to know has anyone slipped once and were you ok?

[LisaaaLisaaa 8]

I'm 6 days post op and I'm on soft pudding type foods. liquid was only in the hospital for me. How long do you have to be on liquids?

I'd say don't beat yourself up about it. Move on. But remember how it made you feel.

[myrori 55]

NO your stomach is not ruined. HOWEVER if you make yourself throw up a lot you could do some damage.

Don't sweat it too much,,, just keep the scale number in mind when those temptations come to you and imagine the next lower number.

[Robin Lanzoni 1]

If you felt no pain, I would assume that your tummy isn't ruined at all. Did you chew it very well? I agree with not beating yourself up over this.

[brianMD 1]

I am guessing that making yourself throw up is very bad on your stomach. Don't do it.

Cheating a little (as long as it's soft food)won't hurt your stomach if you ch ew VERY well and swallow slowly and take breaks in between bites.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Follow your doctors orders. The post op diet is very important because you do not want to put stress on that staple line. People do get leaks for that reason and believe me, they are completely horrible. Then you're looking at a feeding tube!

[buchannon 17]

14 days post-op I was eating green chili and drinking alcohol. I couldn't even imagine throwing up though, that must have hurt like hell.

Just stick to what your doctor and body are telling you.

[MICHELLE LEE 19]

Wow, green chili and alcohol. You have a very lenient doctor. Im still on soft mushies at 3 weeks out!

[BZButterfly79 19]

I am not a doctor or a dietitian(obviously) but I will say that every time you get that impulse to eat the "whatever" tempts you, give yourself a few minutes and internally ask why, and is it worth it? If you can come to an answer that is rational for you to go ahead and cheat then go ahead but don't forget what got you to the point of having to lay on a table and be cut up-the food-the impulse eating-the lack of self-control, which well said by other veteran sleevers DOES NOT go away with surgery. I don't think you are ruined use the experience to learn about yourself. Next time it happens use it again to learn about yourself, I am four weeks out and I will tell you that I bakes a batch of oatmeal/chocolate chip Cookies for the kids, I decided to grab a pinch off of one and see what it tasted like-the oatmeal went down like a BRILLO pad no matter how many times I chewed. The pain? NOT worth it, I was not fortunate like some to throw it up it went down slowwwwww and harsh. The amount was smaller than a penny....can you imagine. Throw a piece of bread in a glass of Water and see what happens, I don't want that near my sleeve. There is life after food addiction there is life after being slaved to food-I am ready to live that life and NOTHING is going to destroy that for me, when I feel the need for something sweet I do a SF Jello chocolate/vanilla and I feel fine. Good luck to you and enjoy the new you, you deserve to.

[NJMOMof2 17]

My doctor told me that after 10 days you have less than a 1 percent chance for a leak and after 2 weeks 0 percent chance. With that being said, I have been on clears for 10 says and after day 10 can have eggs, yogurt and shakes until 2 week mark. It's VERY important not to rush your stomach and healing.

[karrieremmer 0]

Thank you all you all are very encouraging! I barely ate any of it and I still lost weight! Today I had one pureed meal and didnt eat much of it at all! I go on full pureed tomorrow! I had a little bit of mac n cheese pureed and my stomach was ok with that! I dont want to get in that habit though, bc mac n cheese isnt what I need nor want to eat! It is right that I will beat this food addiction! No food is worth going back to where I was! I got this band for a reason and I do not need to mess it up!

[yesican! 0]

Thank you all you all are very encouraging! I barely ate any of it and I still lost weight! Today I had one pureed meal and didnt eat much of it at all! I go on full pureed tomorrow! I had a little bit of mac n cheese pureed and my stomach was ok with that! I dont want to get in that habit though, bc mac n cheese isnt what I need nor want to eat! It is right that I will beat this food addiction! No food is worth going back to where I was! I got this band for a reason and I do not need to mess it up!