Feeling guilty.. and worried!!

[Tamz 8]

Ugh. . I feel so stupid and guilty! So.. my 2 wk pre-op low fat diet with NO meat .. started this past Thursday May 26, my surgery is June 9th. I have doing really good with it.. until today when i went to a BBQ! I KNEW i should have kept my butt at home to avoid temptation

I cheated....... I didnt have meat though, so I am at least happy about that. But... I did have baked Beans, and potato salad.. and some bread. I also had a cup of sweet tea.. not a full glass.

Is this going to totally screw me up??? I still have a week and a half before my surgery.. so I am hoping that if i really stay strict i'll be ok.. but i am so worried i feel like such a screw up right now I was almost in tears

Ugh... help.

[Griselda 7]

You should be fine as long as you get back on track and stay there until your surgery. Forgive yourself and go on!!

[ATLGirl 134]

You should be okay. Some people have no diet at all. Mine was 5 days. Just be diligent for the rest of your diet, increase your Water, decrease your carbs, and get in some Protein (not meat since you were told no meat)

[thinkingboutVSG 1]

How long is the pre-op diet process?

[Douceur72 3]

I agree that you will be fine....don't stress too much. Best of luck with rest of pre-op!

[meggiep 57]

Ugh. . I feel so stupid and guilty! So.. my 2 wk pre-op low fat diet with NO meat .. started this past Thursday May 26, my surgery is June 9th. I have doing really good with it.. until today when i went to a BBQ! I KNEW i should have kept my butt at home to avoid temptation

I cheated....... I didnt have meat though, so I am at least happy about that. But... I did have baked Beans, and potato salad.. and some bread. I also had a cup of sweet tea.. not a full glass.

Is this going to totally screw me up??? I still have a week and a half before my surgery.. so I am hoping that if i really stay strict i'll be ok.. but i am so worried i feel like such a screw up right now I was almost in tears

Ugh... help.

Don't worry and don't beat yourself up! I cheated twice on my pre-op diet- once because I had to work a wedding- ten hours mon my feet shooting photos and moving around a lot and once the following week with the top of a piece of pizza (long story). My preop was Protein shakes and liquids. I lost 18 pounds pre-op and my doctor said my liver looked fabulous.

I am interested in the fact your pre-op is low fat instead of low carb- and no meat? Why not- don't you want high Protein? Is this your doctors diet? Seems a bit unusual!

[Tamz 8]

Don't worry and don't beat yourself up! I cheated twice on my pre-op diet- once because I had to work a wedding- ten hours mon my feet shooting photos and moving around a lot and once the following week with the top of a piece of pizza (long story). My preop was Protein shakes and liquids. I lost 18 pounds pre-op and my doctor said my liver looked fabulous.

I am interested in the fact your pre-op is low fat instead of low carb- and no meat? Why not- don't you want high Protein? Is this your doctors diet? Seems a bit unusual!

It is low fat and no meat.. but i am on Protein Shakes twice a day - 30g of protein each. so im good... yes it is the drs pre op diet. Lots of veggies, fruit, and low fat as possible. I am so worried though that i screwed everything up

[Marie from Michigan 11]

I agree that you probably didn't do any harm since you still have over a week to go. I would take this time to really think HARD about why you cheated. And more importantly, what steps you are going to take to insure that next time you can resist the temptation. After surgery, cheating can lead to leaks and lots of other BAD consequences so you need to have a plan in place.

I am seven weeks post-surgery. Since the two week pre-op diet I religously planned out exactly what I was going to eat the night before and set it in a special place in the fridge. No impluse or last minute decisions for me. I also told myself that I was NOT going to deviate since my health was at stake. I know it sounds really regimented, but it worked for me. I got to 270 pounds by mindless eating and that was the habit I needed to change. I also write down everything that I eat now. Its a pain, but I will probably need to do it forever.

I realized that what I did in the past had not worked and I needed to make some drastic changes for WLS to be successful. My PCP did her job. My surgeon did his job. My nutritionist did her job...and now I had to accept the responsibility to do my part. None of the others "cheated." They all gave me 100%. So I am not going to cheat either.

Just my thoughts.