beating myself up

[tammy-c 1]

I'm hoping to be sleeved in July I will be done with everything by then, right now my nutritionist has me on a diet to see if I can loose weight before surgery. I just seen her Thursday and in 2 weeks I have lost 8lbs very proud of myself now here is where the problem is today I went a little nuts I ate half a bag of Peanut Butter cups and 2 slices of pizza I feel so bad that I did this to myself. Now I'm wondering if after the surgery will I still have the willpower to stay on my diet. Has anyone else done this and feel the way I do? thanks

[Jamburd1 31]

It's hard. I think we all slip a little bit. Knowing that you did is good though. I had surgery 10/21/14 and weekends are horrible. It's much easier when I'm working all day to be super strict, but on the weekends I find myself looking in the fridge all day. I just try to keep lots of Proteins that I can eat instead of junk. But, I admit, the junk still happens sometimes. You are making a lifetime dietary change. It doesn't happen overnight. You learned your habits all your life, its going to take more than a few months to change it. It gets easier.????

[ProjectMe 909]

I didn't cheat/slip up during PreOp & quite a few others on this site have followed their surgeons plans. I don't say this to make you feel bad in any way. What's done is done. There's no point in beating yourself up about it. But you need to know that you can do this. Just imagine how good you'll feel when your being wheeled into surgery with the knowledge that you did things right the rest of PreOp. I encourage you to stay strong and take it one meal at a time. It does get easier.

Edited March 23, 2015 by ProjectMe

[samuelsmom 670]

When I was on the pre-op weight loss plan I took a day off each week though I didn't go crazy with it. Commonly I would have pizza on my "day off." I told the dietitian about it and she was fine with it. In my 3 month pre-op plan I lost 22 pounds so clearly, I did not go "crazy."

I also eat pizza now. Why? Because I am not on a diet. I am working to be healthy. There is nothing wrong with pizza in small quantities- so every now and then I enjoy a small piece, and that's ok. I also believe that I can eat anything I want--- I choose to eat high quality food because I want to not because I have to!

I think this is one of those things that is highly dependent on personality type. Some people appreciate a very specific plan with certain foods that are allowed and others that are not. For me, this just doesn't work.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I didn't cheat pre-op. I didn't have a pre-op diet, but I was asked to cut back and I did. You've fallen off the wagon. What can you do differently? I cleaned my house of any food that I would be tempted with. Think about what you can do to prevent any further slip ups and move on. Start practicing new food behaviors now. You have a few months to work on things.

[tammy-c 1]

thanks everyone for the encouragement this morning I got up made my smoothie got back on track of planning my daily meals then purging the house of any and all junk I still feel bad about yesterday but I m going back on the wagon and going to give it all I have thanks again everyone have a great day

[gal friday 176]

We all have bad days. I agree with BLERDgirl, that best thing you can do for yourself is to clean house and make sure that there is nothing laying around that can tempt you. I didn't have a pre-op diet, and I'm not much for candy and pizza (and I hate Peanut Butter, candy or not!), but carbonation is forbidden post-op, and I am addicted to seltzer Water and diet sodas. So, I don't buy them anymore, and I gave away my sodastream so I wouldn't be tempted to make seltzer water. Not having carbonated beverages readily available makes it so much harder to cheat.

[TammyDTM 391]

@@tammy-c That's the attitude! Get it Girl!