Cheating on preop diet

[susancae 36]

No bashing!!!!! I just was wondering how many people really do cheat a little on pre op diets? Ik its hard and you wanna cave so much because I myself am doing it right now and everytime I cook I wanna nibble on what I'm making for my family. I dont! But I have took nibbles of other things in the beginning. I felt bad because ik im not supposed to but im still allowed a little bit of food but it just dont feel like enough. The last 3 days im not allowed any solid food at all. Which will be terribly hard. But ill do it!!!!!

[lisacaron 5,075]

@@susancae you are not alone. There are and have been many who have posted that they "cheated" on their pre-op and even some who have cheated post op!!

This whole process is very hard, it's a change to something that you have been used to for a long time and it doesn't happen over night. The reason for the pre-op diet is an important one. Some of it is physiological and has to deal with shrinking your liver and other organs prior to surgery and the other is mental/emotional and behavioral. These last ones are the most difficult hurdles WLS patients have to overcome.

Even after surgery these are issues that will remain with us long after the operation. So going through these steps pre-op will help you to get through the post op period where cheating is NOT an option, and make it into a life style change that you can live with it for the rest of your life.

If you cheat during the pre-op you are only cheating yourself. If you cheat enough you may be denied surgery even down to the moment of surgery if you have not achieved what your surgeon wanted you to. Yes you can make mistakes during this time with minimal damage. Now is the time to learn and make those mistakes, but really attempt to rein yourself in and adjust to get back on track and not nibble that food while cooking. Those are habits that you need to break now because in the long run they are going to make things much much harder for you.

Cheating post op can seriously damage your internal organs so don't do it!! Learn today and make your mistakes now. Learn how to combat those mistakes and put a plan together to help yourself when you find yourself grazing or "cheating".

What works for me when I am making dinner, is to enjoy a nice cup of coffee with one of those international or flavored Creamers. I get the sugar free one, not the fat free one though now they have both sugar free and fat free. I enjoy that much like a "treat" while I am making dinner and it keeps me from needing or wanting to eat while I am drinking and preparing the meal.

Often I work late and by the time I start cooking I am ravenous and this really helps me. You can do the same with tea if you are not a coffee drinker and you can use Decaf as well.

Good luck I"m sure you can and you will do this!

[susancae 36]

Tyvm (: I only nibbled a couple days lol but ik after surgery I'm gonna be tp afraid to cheat HAHA. The first few days were just really hard for me.