I there a reason why?

I had surgery on the 12th. And suppose to be on a liquid diet til the 29th. Yesterday I had some turkey and masted potoes because I was going crazy. Is there a reason why we can't eat real food if we can handle it? I know slowy invole in things, but if I can eat trukey and masted potoes can I have them?

Each surgeon has their own plan for their patients to follow. Some leave the hospital on solid foods and some have a liquid diet for a period of time. Personally, I followed my plan to a T.

I think that you probably did OK with what you did, but going outside of your doctors orders is quite a slippery slope. If you are "going crazy" for cake and ice cream at a birthday party in a month, are you going to do that too? This isn't an easy road.....nobody ever said that it was. You've got to make a decision now to be successful and that includes doing what you should be doing.

Every plan is different, so I'm sure you could argue a good reason why you should have them.  However, your surgeon does have a reason for keeping you on liquids so long.  He has read the research that shows that letting the stomach heal completely before putting food into it increases the chances of avoiding complications.   

Personally, I think its a slippery slope.  If you make excuses this early for why you should be able to break plan, its going to be harder to make good choices when your hunger comes fully back.   

I don't want anything sweet. Nor do I want to eat that stuff again. I had less then a 1/4 cup becuase I know control is important. I will stick with what the dietan said then. Thanks. P.S. I already went to a b-day party and didn't even want to touch the cake and ice cream

This is absolutely about your mind-set.   I was on a liquid diet after surgery and never even considered breaking it because I signed up to my surgeon's plan and so was going to follow it.

If you are breaking your surgeon's protocol after two weeks, what are the chances that you are going to be doing so at 2, 3 or 8 years out - when you will pretty much be able to eat WHATEVER you like and in much larger quantities than you can imagine at this point.

Long term success in this journey is forged in our first year ... in our willingness to face the challenges and STILL make the right decisions.   If you find yourself straying from the plan, consider seeing a therapist to nip this in the bud as early as you can ...

I was put on solid foods 2 weeks out and I couldnt tolerate it. I think they just want us to heal is why they want us to be careful about the liquid diets. Potatoes are a slider food (mashed of course) so they were prolly liquid-like, if you tolerated the turkey thats prolly ok too. I know we should be making the right choices now so we can get used to the changes we need to implement in our lives. I dont think you did anything horrible by eating solids yesterday, just move forward now and try to tame the head hunger (I refer to it as the fat girl inside my head, lol).

My surgeons plan calls for 1 week of liquid diet, then 4 weeks of pureed diet after surgery to allow the digestive system to heal.  I follow my doctor's plan since I know he knows better than I do considering how I ended up with my own choices.

You will not physically hurt your pouch (otherwise surgeons like mine wouldn't have people eating soft foods on Day Three after surgery), but I have to echo what the others have said about your mindset and commitment. The bottom line, which I know will sound harsh, is that YOU signed up for YOUR surgeon's plan. If you were not willing to do a lengthy liquid diet, you should have used a different surgeon. This is a huge adjustment, and I have NOT forgotten how hard it can be early ou****ching other people eat, but if you give in so easily, what happens when you get a craving for pizza or ice cream or potato chips or french fries? You need to address what you can do to avoid eating when you are "going crazy". The ability to KEEP the weight off long term DEPENDS on it.

(I would encourage you to go back and re-read the responses of those of us who are more than a couple of years out, and who have seen, or know first hand, the kind of trouble that a mindset of "well, I didn't get sick, so... " can do.)

Lora