So...am I The Only One..?

[Sandra_Baby87 56]

who's cheated on this preop diet?

i keep reading about people who are doing it or have done and didnt cheat once...more power to u! =]

but i feel like im the only one whos cheated?

anyone else out there?

[Wheetsin 714]

Search for conbinations of "cheat" and "pre-op". You'll find you are definitely not the only one.

[aroundhky 1,174]

Oh I defineately did! Well the first week of it anyway. The 4th day I had to have some solid food, so I remember eating that grilled chicken breast and it was sooo good! Then like 2 days later I remember eating a beef patty with some cheese. After that, for the next week plus I kept to it and had only liquids. But the two times that I did cheat, I made sure to cut out the carbs, which I think is the main objective..... to shrink that liver.

[RN Jenn 31]

I cheated... and now I am sticking to my liquid diet.< /p>

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I cheated with a little bit of candy and then got scared. I also started eating mini hershey bars and my A1C spiked from 6.0 to 6.3 in a short time. So I no longer cheat. I don't eat sugar anymore because I'm afraid it will trigger more of an increase in my A1C. I don't cheat anymore because it's not productive. I stay with the rules of eating Protein, protein, protein, veggies, etc. Now I find myself wanting more colorful veggies and loving them. I was only cheating myself. Oh, don't get me wrong, my FIL is dying in the hospital and I have had terrible head hunger for candy and pizza. I did go buy some sugar free See's Peanut Brittle and sf dark chocolate with walnuts and almonds. It kinda hurt my stomach though. Right now my kids have donut holes sitting on the counter and I looked at them and told myself, "I'm diabetic, can't eat them." I haven't. Feeling proud, and when my son gets home, he will have to get them out of the house before I give in. LOL Anyhoo that's my story.

[cookies 56]

I'm too scared to cheat. LOL.

I want my liver to shrink, because I'm sure it's fatty. Every little thing that I can do to help ensure they don't have to stop my surgery for a bit to work on my liver because it was brittle and began to bleed I will do.

[NancyJerry 139]

My pre-op was like Benjammin's. Low Carb/High Protein (for 14 days). I did seriously start missing breads (PIZZA was hard to bypass!!), but I wanted the surgery more than life itself and was so very afraid they would start the surgery, say my liver was too big, close me up and send me home. I've read about people that have had their surgery cancelled for one reason or another and my heart goes out to them. Good Luck!!

[deltadawn817 106]

I did but I didn't give myself a cheat day. I would do just little cheats.

[NJsharon 119]

I cheated the other day (on my pre-op diet) & had about half a cup of mac & cheese. Paid for it the next day as I had gained weight!

[Sandra_Baby87 56]

I did but I didn't give myself a cheat day. I would do just little cheats.

thats kinda what im doing. like yesterday i had a small chicken cesar salad. and the day b4 i did all liquids but i had like 4 unsalted crackers with my broth.< /p>

[Joni 94]

My pre-op was like Benjammin's. Low Carb/High Protein (for 14 days). I did seriously start missing breads (PIZZA was hard to bypass!!), but I wanted the surgery more than life itself and was so very afraid they would start the surgery, say my liver was too big, close me up and send me home. I've read about people that have had their surgery cancelled for one reason or another and my heart goes out to them. Good Luck!!

I too was sooo scared they wouldn't do the procedure because my liver was going to be too big. Some surgeons will say if it's too big it's more extensive surgery or an open procedure (one big cut), but mine said, I won't do it if your liver is too big. Period. Scared the hell out of me. I had dreams of screaming after surgery because I didn't get the sleeve. I was so sure that even with not cheating my liver was going to be too big, so I told my husband to say Cheeseburger to me first thing in the recovery room if surgeon didn't do it because at least I would be able to eat after. So after surgery, he said NO Cheeseburger - it's done. My rec is if you're cheating, please stop. Oh, and first thing I asked surgeon was about my liver. He said it was "perfect."

[Sandra_Baby87 56]

I cheated the other day (on my pre-op diet) & had about half a cup of mac & cheese. Paid for it the next day as I had gained weight!

Im not saying cheating is ok but im glad im not the only one. i started feeling like i have no will power compared to other people. but what i dont understand is when i dont cheat my weight stays the same but when i do cheat the next day my weight goes down like a pound or two. so its kind of confusing me

[irishmama2004 34]

I had sort of put myself on the pre-op before I had to and told myself that as long as I stayed under 1300 calls MAX I could cheat. So I had a subway turkey one day, a small cheeseburger another but I recorded it all on MFP. Even the light mayo and mustard on the sub. I lost a good deal that way. Then I let myself splurge for the weekend (and paid for it with 4 pounds gain!) and am now on pre-op again. For real. No cheat. About 850 cals a day goal now.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Why do we cheat? I know that I made a choice to have this procedure with all the risks so that I can have a healthy body with no commodities. Now that I'm under a lot of stress since this morning, I have a lot of head hunger and I just talked myself into eating some stupid do-nut holes. Yep, stupid do-nut holes with sugar! Yikes......I really want to stop this stupid cheating. I just want to eat normal! Sorry for the confession. I posted earlier that I have stayed clear from all sugar, but then had a weak moment. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! So angry and yet forgiving of myself. I need to stop these stupid behaviors.

[Joni 94]

Why do we cheat? I know that I made a choice to have this procedure with all the risks so that I can have a healthy body with no commodities. Now that I'm under a lot of stress since this morning, I have a lot of head hunger and I just talked myself into eating some stupid do-nut holes. Yep, stupid do-nut holes with sugar! Yikes......I really want to stop this stupid cheating. I just want to eat normal! Sorry for the confession. I posted earlier that I have stayed clear from all sugar, but then had a weak moment. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! So angry and yet forgiving of myself. I need to stop these stupid behaviors.

Way too much temptation with them sitting on the counter....baby steps, at least for me. Definitely good to be forgiving of yourself.