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No damage to your surgery but possible red flag for your long term success. After surgery weight loss is easy but you will still have head hunger triggered by things like the smell of movie popcorn. Dealing with head hunger is the only way to long term success.
Had you done this after surgery there would be a chance of the sharp kernels tearing open stitches or getting caught in healing portions of your stomach or intestines and causing infection or internal bleeding. That can result in more surgery or death.
You need to be serious about following the diet you will be given.
A lady who had surgery in October was a school principal. At her school Christmas party she decided to indulge in some treats. Then she went to the second floor to use the private restroom next tp her office. When she did not return someone went to check om her. They found her passed out and lying in a pool of blood that was pouring from her rectum.
At the hospital her family was called to say their final goodbyes. She survived emergency surgery. She recovered and was successful in her weight loss. She shares her story with others who are preparing for weight loss surgery.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Here are a few suggestions.
Make a regular habit (not just when you're bored) of stimulating other senses: herbal tea, candles, massage oil, petting an animal, brushing your hair, give yourself a facial, luxurious bedding, walking in nature, flowers, etc. Even if some of these aren't "your thing", I think it's a good idea to push your boundaries. And as you're going about your daily activities, pay attention to your other senses.
Realise that it's normal to sometimes want to eat when you're not hungry -- even thin people do it. So be prepared. Keep food on hand that is fun to eat (chewy, crunchy, etc.), but which you're not likely to overeat. Carrot sticks and other raw veggies, of course. But there are probably lots of foods that might tempt others, but you aren't overly tempted by. My list includes pumpkin seeds, raisins, and pomegranate seeds.
Before WLS, if I had a day when I ate more, I felt that I had "blown my diet" and might as well give up and try again tomorrow. But now I realise that it's normal for your desire to eat (whether from general hunger, or just boredom) varies greatly from one day to the next. In round numbers, suppose I normally eat 1200 calories per day. I might have a day or two where I eat 2000 calories, and other days when I only eat 600. My cats do exactly the same thing! So now when I find myself eating more, I accept that it's a "hungry" day, and that's OK. I haven't "blown my diet"; I only need to worry if I start having a lot of hungry days in a row.
since some surgeons don't require a pre-op diet (other than a day of clear liquids only), probably none (as in no damage), but you really need to watch this. Pushing the envelope after surgery can start to avalanche if it becomes a habit and can really sabotage your results.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
Hello all! I'm new here! I have my surgery date scheduled for 9/14 (just 9 days away, my goodness!) and I've been on my pre op diet since 8/28. Last night I slipped up at the movies and had a small popcorn. It's the only time I've ever strayed from the plan. I've been protein shaking, kale snacking, Greek yogurt-ing for the last week and a half (pretending all of that was fried chicken wings, by the way!) and I truly just had a somber moment eating that small popcorn. I've been thinking about this all morning. How much damage did I do?
Since they've been moved to the front and center aisles of most vitamin stores .... CBD products must be prone to shoplifting-which means , to me that one , they're effective and two, they're expensive.
anything that works to relieve chronic pain will make desperate sufferers act desperately- just look at how intensively the OTC pain reliever aisle is monitored in any drug store .
They say innocent and long suffering seniors on fixed incomes are the ones store security most often catches ( and I pray releases too) . What a hairball - especially after we took most prescription pain meds away without substituting anything else 
I'm the same. I had a Sadi DS in 2014 which people on this forum routinely bash as a fake DS, but has been an amazing tool that has kept me thin for 8 years. I can eat 10k calories a day and I would not gain weight. My only repercussion for overeating is gas and bloating. I mostly try to eat healthy and always get in some exercise now that I'm an old timer in my sixties.
Usually I'm Way too busy to be bored - I just run from pillar to post until I drop basically but now that I'm stuck in this hotel room for a week I'm realizing I don't deal well with boredom.
Honestly my first ( old ) impulse is to put something in my mouth though I'm not remotely hungry 
and it's definitely not mealtime 
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My second impulse is to fix something fancy involving food and then eat three bites - for instance last night when I felt this way I walked about an hour there and back to the local supermarket bought rotisserie chicken salad greens fat free dressings various types of artisanal cheeses and fresh rolls and then made a lovely salad of which I ate ... well , very little.
I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it nor that it wasn't healthy I just wish I could enjoy other things like reading ... like taking a nice shower with scented body wash - maybe treating myself to a pedicure.
These things somehow don't occur to me ... the feeling of emotional comfort is always somehow food related - and if you saw how much good food I've accumulated in my hotel room - a bag of popcorn , fruit, cereal, herbal tea ...
I'm not complaining I'm just wondering how you persuaded yourselves to focus your comfort- attention away from food and what you actually do for yourselves that's not food related and feels good . Thanks ((())))
My personal experience is that I no longer struggle with overeating 12 years post RNY . As a result my weight is amazingly stable and remains at a very low but healthy number for my height.
To my own great surprise 
I find I no longer need nor turn to my ? comfortable ? or slightly bigger clothes because my weight literally doesn?t fluctuate ( and even the doctors scale repeatedly confirmed it )
But I continue to hoard food and am still quite food obsessed in the sense that I must eat exactly only what I desire at any given meal.
I do notice that some veterans still struggle and of course aging makes all our metabolisms slow down .
What has been YOUR experience after the honeymoon period is over ?
The Grrrl with me in my hotel who got a minor body contouring procedure also had a VSG ( sleeve ) and wow !! She lost and kept off 150 lbs !!!
She looks absolutely Gorgeous by the way - 5'10" beautiful young face ramrod straight posture long legged small waisted figure to die for and really no excess skin .... and she's not a teenager either.
As far as health complications she doesn't know what they are Thank God.
I honestly didn't think you could keep off big numbers successfully with just sleeve but guess what I'm totally happy to be wrong and this young lady ( and new friend I hope ) is just a walking, talking example of an amazing success. 
How much am I supposed to drink at a time of a protein shake? Can I sip on it at one time or do I need to spread it out throughout the day? I'm supposed to have 2 30g ones a day plus clear liquids a day. Is the protein shake a meal or do you have it with a meal or separate? I feel like I'm blowing it. I can only eat 2 to 3 oz of soup at a time. Do you ever get to eat more than that amount? I don't know what I'm doing. 2 weeks out Post Sleeve surgery.
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