Have you ever slightly sped up your food stages?

[ItsMe2033 143]

And you see, that's the weird thing. Every doctors office has their own special "rules" and regulations. I have talked to pleanty of people who started eating cottage cheese on the 7th day. Technically I can eat this in a few days, I'm just speeding it up a little bit. Thank you for your input.

Every doctor's office makes up a set of rules that they feel will work best for their patients. I think it is not a good thing to pick and choose from everyone's doctor's requirements and find the most lenient. You should stick with the recommendations from your own doctor. During this time your body is healing, and you are losing weight and you are learning a new way of eating. Since you ate the fat-free cottage cheese, you body is probably still healing and you are probably still losing weight, so there's no harm in those two areas, but on the other hand, by going against the plan your doctor has laid out for your, you are cheating yourself out of learning the new way of eating. It will make it easier in the future to go against what you doctor has laid out for you, and it will make it easier to rationalize other behaviors in the future that will be working against your own long-term best interests. You had an opportunity to enhance your self-discipline and you did not do that.

Right now you have a honeymoon period with the sleeve where you are not as hungry as you will be in the future. I encourage you to take advantage of that opportunity by developing the best eating practices that you possibly can.

[Bkind2u 48]

Well, while I do think everyone has a point, we are all different. I think the only thing u might have done different is ask your doctor first, since he/she seems to be available. I had surgery in Mexico and was given all of the post surgical eating plans and information in a handout. Mine said Clear Liquids 10 days post op. I followed the pre op diet, but by day 7 of post op I was shaking and had a headache, etc. after reading everything I can and researching I decided to start the Protein Shakes on day 8. I am now on day 9 and I feel great. I think for me that trusting myself and listening to my body is important. Of course, I am planning to continue to be vigilant with the overall plans and track my food and exercise on fitness pal, but sometimes your body is letting you know what t needs and maybe for you the cottage cheese was it.