cheat before surgery :(

I have surgery this Thursday!!  Work Xmas party was this past weekend...  everything was preordered (mine was suppose to be soup).  That didn't happen.  So I ended up with Chicken breast, sweet potatoes and water to drink.  I chose not to eat any other thing that was offered including the beautifully prepared desserts everywhere.  I have been on my 2 week pre op liquid diet (strictly shakes and liquid only) and now I feel bad.  Also, worried this might affect my surgery.  Any thoughts or comments (good or bad) would be appreciated... 

I think you will be fine if you stick to the plan from here on out.

THanks, I plan to. :)

The 2 week diet is to shrink your liver it's not a diet. One meal like you ate will not effect your liver. I was allowed to eat a small meal on thanksgiving and my surgery was on the 30th. I am one week post op and have lost 20 lbs. 

Great job on your surgery, and #20 down!!  I just hope that I will be just as successful as you and everyone on here.  Glad I joined.

Just a thought: Discard terms like "cheating" and "feeling bad." Use terms like "decisions" and "resolve." You (and I) need to discard our old ways of looking at food. We are in a battle for our health and our quality of life, and for me, life itself. We need to adopt more deliberate and resolute methods of dealing with bad foods and bad habits.

Preplanning is good -- you did that with the party -- but what is also needed is alternate strategies when, despite our best efforts, the food we don't want to eat is sometimes literally shoved under our noses. The surgery will help with the physical aspects of food restriction, but our minds must do the rest. This kind of situation will happen after surgery too, more often than we would like.

It's not too early to start planning our strategies to keep unwanted food away from us.

Best of luck with your surgery!

psychoticparrot

I just have to say that I love reading your posts on various topics. You seem to have such great insight and wisdom.

Thank you so much for the encouragement and wisdom.  I have been on track ever since the party and tomorrow is my last day of the old me!!  I am super excited for surgery Thursday.  Love this group.