Cheated

You made a mistake. We all do it at some point. Forgive yourself and move on. Every day, every meal is a new learning experience. And guess what...it gets easier. I'm married with 3 kids. The junk we have in this house sometimes is crazy, but as you relearn how to eat, facing those temptations gets easier (in my opinion). You CAN do this. Hold your head high, learn from you mistake and the guilt it caused you, and pick yourself back up to move forward. Best wishes!!

I felt so severely restricted post op I was still eating only protein shakes and yogurt at 3 weeks (and 3 months for that matter) but I did try some "low sugar" yogurt and that went badly. I ended up dumping on the fruit sugar in it and it was miserable. I wasn't sure dumping syndrome was a real thing until that moment. I wasn't even on solids so I did not push boundaries then. I did however cry like a baby at every food commercial because I was convinced my love affair with food was over and I'd never eat anything I liked ever again. Soooooo not the case! I still have dumping syndrome, but I can have at least a single of bite of anything I want. I eat pizza a couple times a month at most now and have a slice or two which is filling and tasty. I wish more people would've explained to me -- repeatedly -- I wouldn't live on protein shakes and yogurt for life. But I think I would've been depressed and mournful no matter what. If I hadn't been in so much pain and felt so restricted I likely would've tried the same thing, I was so desperate for my "normal" food.

I think the important thing for you to remember is that your pouch isn't healed so even if you don't get sick, it doesn't mean it's not doing you harm. Not saying you will keep cheating but it would very likely cause problems if you did.

 

Ypu should start looking for ways to eat things that are still in line with your plan but feel like your favorites. I had a craving for pizza about a month out and was on mostly normal food no bread and only cooked veggies so I made a pizza with cauliflower crust couldn't eat but a small piece that equaled my 1/4 cup but it got rid of the craving and now I have that option. Or maybe try pizza sauce and mozzarella with some chicken heated. This is what I have turned my brain to not thinking of what I can't have but how can I make something with similar flavora or textures and still be on plan. Then if you get stuck on something you can always post. "Looking for something to curb a chip craving any advice on surgery friendly foods that might help..I'm such and such time out from surgery". Good luck. Hang in there. And plan ahead cause those things you craved before you will come to crave again more likely

I think you and I had our surgeries the same day or very close; I  have also eaten bad things and my husband even made a comment to "watch what you are eating". I think I had "hoped" my body would react badly and I would not eat them again, like my body punishing me would correct my bad behavior  But I have discovered that I have to follow my doctors plans and do right by my body or this will be another "failure" for me!  We went camping over the fourth of July holiday week and it was very very hard to follow my doctors plans; I did eat a few "bad" things and did not "dump" but had bad reactions. Now we are on vacation and it is even harder to follow a plan (and I forgot my book!) I cannot wait to go back to work and be on a "schedule" where I can eat at specific times, take my vitamins at the right times etc. When we were camping I was able to take my Unjury with us with my little mixer, but being on vacation I could not pack it (we flew) and I thought it would be easy to find a ready to drink supplement - wow was I wrong. I ended up buying Muscle Milk which is still too high in fat (according to my binder)  but it was the closest  thing I could find for now.  I think it is 7g fat and 2 sugars - my #'s should be 5g fat and under and 3g sugar and under. I just wanted you to know you are not alone  screwing up this early out - I too have made many bad choices already. My nutritionist did tell me to mix low fat ricotta cheese and marina sauce with cheese and warm up for that "pizza" taste. I hope to find some decent recipes for this early out to help me in my journey.