I amso afraid of going back to my old eating habits!

Im so afraid i mean its like since my surgery a week ago i have yet to even throw up anything sometimes i have to look down to remember that i got surgery... and its only been a week! ive even tried having a tiny tiny bit of bread! and it went down just fine i felt it a little lumpy but nothing happened... I DONT GET SICK! i had mashed potatoes with melted swiss cheese and half a boiled egg... well i could only get 3 spoonfuls of taht but .... I Dont know..  I gues i want something to scare me... i dont want to continue being fat or like get thin and then get fat again! ill just die! helpme helpme I need advice does anyone have any tricks they do to keep themselves in check? And im also scared ill stop losing weight! oh god... I guess my mind isnt used to all this yet help Cassy the LOSER.... but for how long? Oh btw... i weighed myself again to day and nowim 214 from 230

Cassy this is coming from my heart when I say do not tempt yourself...... I followed my doctor's rules to perfection in the beginning because I was afraid to dump and then afraid I wouldn't!  At 9 months I thought ok I will try something sweet! (It was around Halloween) And I DID NOT dump, and now my cravings are in full force and I can not seem to drop the last of my pounds. My lowest was 134 and I bounce between that and 144 but want to get to 125! Good luck and really try and you will be a success. Hugs, Chris

Cassy,

I worried in the early days I wouldn't lose the weight; now I worry about keeping it off.  I have been overweight all my life, so I think the fear around weight will always be there. 

As far as eating bread so soon after your surgery, does your surgeon's program allow for that?  If not, please don't deviate from what you were told. 

As far as not getting sick, it hasn't been that long and you don't know whether or not you will get sick on something you haven't tried yet.  Also, just because you don't get sick on it one time, doesn't mean you won't another time.  For me, I decided I didn't want to find out if sugar would make me dump.  After all, what if it didn't?!?  YIKES!  I know I can't handle candies and cakes.  I decided I wouldn't eat those types of foods.  The only "desert" I allow myself is no sugar added ice cream on occasion. I believe the most important thing for you right now is to develop good habits.  The time after surgery is a second chance for us.  The period of time after your weight loss surgery is a great time to work on establishing new habits. You cannot eat very much and it is the perfect time to lay down new patterns with regards to your eating. This is a time when you have to focus on getting protein in first, so the little that you can eat should give you the most "bang for the buck".

I remember one of my early follow-up visits with the nutritionist. I told her about my latte habit at work. We had a machine that made great lattes and I was having at least 2-3 a day at work. I thought it was great as I was getting in more protein. The nutritionist cautioned me about the habit I was establishing, pointing out that while now it was a latte at 10:00, as I progressed and I was able to eat more it might progress to a choice that wasn't as good. It wasn't that I couldn't/shouldn't have the latte, but I that I should be aware of which habits I was establishing early on in my recovery.

As you get further out from the surgery you are able to eat more often and eat bigger quantities. The habits you establish early on can help with your success when it is more about the choices you made and less about the restriction the surgery provides.

I would advise anyone newly post-op to take advantage of this time and establish habits that will help bring success. Best of luck to you, Mary

I agree with everyone else, stick to the plan your surgeon/Nut gave you...to a T!

I had the foamies once and threw up once....both were at 7 weeks out...on something I eat frequently. Go figure. My guess is that I ate too fast. I just wanted to point out that it can start to happen after a few weeks.

Cassy, I can't believe that you would tempt yourself in this way.  Believe me, the program that I had to go through in order to have my surgery (RNY), taught me that I needed to eat slow, smaller bites, no water while eating and to stop 1/2 hour before and start back up 1/2 hour after eating.  I literally went through a lot of new learning and started new habits before surgery.  I studied up on what this surgery meant like no more sugar, eating protein first, etc, so that I was absolutely sure of what I was getting into before I had the surgery.  I know for myself, that I am a compulsive overeater and just because I had the surgery, I didn't stop being a compulsive overeater.  I still have to watch what I'm eating in order not to set up the cravings for sugar or carbohydrates.  I wanted a new lease on life and that's exactly what this new tool has given me.  I don't ever want to blow this new chance at a new life that this surgery has given me.  Don't play with the rules and if you weren't given any, please call your surgeon and ask what they are.  I was told at my last appointment which was 4 weeks out that bread can form a lump in my new pouch that could be a cause for immediate surgery to unplug the obstruction.  Good luck and please listen to the doctors' advise and those who have gone before you.  Sue

Thank you so much guys for ur words of wisdom... NO MORE BREAD FOR  ME.... evrytime i feel a bit tempted i will come back and read ur wonderful advice... gosh i love this website! and i loveyou guys! i know that any concerns i have my OH siblings will be there! I love you guys to much Cassy

Hey sweetie,

Stick to the post-op plan your nut or doc established for ya.  No trying things to see if ya get sick.  I wouldn't tempt fate.  If you stick to it, you'll do fine and have a successful experience!!!  Let it be known that you have loads of loving and supportive folks here that will support you through this!

xo