Im so damn stupid! Eating solids only 2 weeks post op

[mom2boys3 0]

Like the title says, im a moron! I swear i was doing so well, then i think "im healing fine and im hungry so lets eat!" couple days ago i ate some cheese quesadilla thinking im making it really mushy by chewing the hell out of it! Went down fine, so tonight, 4 chicken drumettes! Went down fine but i feel sick! No more of this for me, going to mushies, im mad at myself. this kind of behavior got me here in the first place! UUUUGGGHHHH... will i ever change??

[ThePoolGirl 1]

Okay, yes, that was dumb. You probably should tell your doctor just to be sure you did no damage. Although you may not know the harm (or lack of) until you're down the road a bit further :biggrin:.

At least you're not posting this bragging or encouraging others to do something risky. You can't un-ring a bell, so move on! You are not a horrible, evil person . Get back on track.

Good luck to you and best wishes. Hang in there!

TPG

[nazzy 1]

yeah,i didnt eat solid food till 5 weeks,i knew was gonna be hard but think its best i did it that way.

[greytz 4]

It isn't so much about what got you here in the first place as it is that you can do real physical damage to yourself by not doing what the doctor tells you to do. Clean out your pantry and put some really bad pics of yourself on the fridge. It helped me a lot. Keep remembing why you did this in the first place. There is truly a reason why they tell you to eat they way they do in the beginning. You are embarking on a new way of life not just a diet change. Maybe you can see a nutritionist?

[mom2boys3 0]

It isn't so much about what got you here in the first place as it is that you can do real physical damage to yourself by not doing what the doctor tells you to do. Clean out your pantry and put some really bad pics of yourself on the fridge. It helped me a lot. Keep remembing why you did this in the first place. There is truly a reason why they tell you to eat they way they do in the beginning. You are embarking on a new way of life not just a diet change. Maybe you can see a nutritionist?

Thanks Ya'll, needed the kick in the butt! Having Protein coffee for Breakfast and a yogurt later in the day!

[greytz 4]

Good Job! Take each day at a time. You've had great weight loss by the way! Keep it up.

[JENNIFER7375 3]

You have the right attitude. Yes you screwed. But you are admitting it and not making excuses or using it as an excuse to screw up even more. We all screw up from time to time. It's not so much the mistakes you make but how you deal with them. And you have dealt with them the right way.As a matter of fact I ate like an idiot yesterday at work. So someone please kick me in the butt next. Good luck!! You will do great

[greytz 4]

You have the right attitude. Yes you screwed. But you are admitting it and not making excuses or using it as an excuse to screw up even more. We all screw up from time to time. It's not so much the mistakes you make but how you deal with them. And you have dealt with them the right way.As a matter of fact I ate like an idiot yesterday at work. So someone please kick me in the butt next. Good luck!! You will do great

Ok Jennifer, Consider yourself officially kicked! LOL. You know what to do as you are a veteran at this now. Get right back on the wagon. LOL.

[Kristine73 1]

Every surgeon has a different post-op diet plan. My surgeon allowed me to start experimenting w/solids at two weeks. But, if we found something that made us feel not-so good, we were to go back to mushies for a day or two.

Don't kick yourself to hard. Now you know nuggets are not good. Listen to your body.

[Unforgettable 0]

This is why I always recommend therapy for people that are struggling. The battle is so much more in our heads than it is in our stomach. Talking to someone has helped me identify triggers, feelings of failure, etc.

[LL67 0]

My doctor actually allows solids two weeks post op... nothing too drastic but they said its trial and error as far as what will go down easily and what won't. Things have been going pretty well and I've been taking it very slowly, but today my son was eating a Devil Dog (holy moly) and I didn't even think about it when he handed the remainder of it to throw out, my old instincts kicked in and I gobbled it and swalled it (about 1/4 of the thing). Talk about PAIN. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I won't eat again without thinking (hopefully). That was not fun.

[MissK 0]

Okay, so it's confession time - I am stupid as well.

I didn't quite eat what you did, I just had a lapse in concentration. My mother was making a casserole to blend for me for when I move onto mushies and she went out, so she asked me to take it out of the oven and check it was cooked... so what did I do? I put a piece of the steak in my mouth and before I realised what I was doing, I chewed and swallowed!

Thank goodness she had already pre-cut the steak into teeny tiny little pieces... I wasn't in any form of severe pain, but it uncomfortable and it was a bizarre feeling it go down my throat and then slowly slowly crawl back up again.

Must concentrate in future when around food!

[Threeboys3 0]

We will all slip up here and there, try not to beat yourself up too much. Just start the next day right. You CAN do this!

[abbypoo 0]

I wouldn't feel too bad about it. What you did was obviously not a good thing, but in all likelihood you probably didn't do any real damage. My surgeon said that most of the healing is done by two weeks after the surgery, and that the major reason for the post-op diet after two weeks is to slowly reintroduce solids in order to avoid vomiting (which can do real damage). I'm not condoning what you did, just trying to ease your worries a bit. So you had your little mess up, now the guilt will keep you from doing it again

Just try not to feel like you're a horrible person or some kind of failure. I think a lot of overweight people have this kind of mentality about themselves, and it's something we need to lose in addition to the pounds. We are just like everyone else, the only difference is that our weaknesses are visible for the world to see. Good luck, and remember to learn from your mistakes and then just put them behind you!