I've done something stupid

My surgeon advanced to pureed and then soft foods quickly also, and I believe that helped. I did find that early restriction comforting. Do you have that? I was really excited that a tablespoon of food would make me content and full.  Maybe you can see if you can advance a little to pureed and see if that helps you.  But, be aware that this is probably all in your head.  Good luck!!

I didn't cheat post op but I did cheat pre op.  However if I was going to cheat post op I probably would have gone with something like yogurt or cottage cheese not straight to something crunchy and sharp. I was on a liquid only diet pre op and it was Thanksgiving so I cheated and had some turkey.  I think my post op liquid phase was 2 weeks and I drank shakes, had jello and popsicles.  Hope you get the ok to progress to soft foods soon.

Drink more water

Don't feel stupid. Beating yourself up will do no good for you. Try to find a therapist who can help you. 

Get a notebook near you so you can write stuff down why you had the surgery. I would also recommend that you write a list of things you want to do after you lose the weight. 

See the big picture. Realize you were lucky to have had this surgery. You are worth it to be healthy and enjoy life. 

The surgery was on our stomachs not our heads. I still have food issues and I know I will always. But knowing what triggers the bad eating and get rid of any crap in your house. 

It's okay to throw food away. You are not a trash can. This is not being mean. This was something that I told myself. I grew up in a house where you ate what was on your plate no matter what. 

So now I tell myself that I am not a garbage can

What saved me post-op on the liquid diet was strained cream of mushroom soup. It satisfied my hunger and and I had no cravings. After a week, I started on pureed foods and after about 10 days started eating soft foods. Don't cheat. You've just gone through a major operation at major expense. Don't blow it in the first week. Stick to the plan and you'll have success. Guaranteed!

Rainbow-

I am one month out from bypass.  I didn't eat anything solid the first week because I felt like total crap, and honestly i don't feel that great now but it gets better every day that passes. I was depressed and weak and couldn't think of anything except food.  I tried to find something to keep myself busy while i was home recovering.  It is better since I returned to work this week.   Try to drink as much broth as you can to fill your stomach and GOODLUCK!   

I did not cheat because I was still in the hospital! Because of my complications following surgery, I was in the hospital for 24 days and only one day before release I was moved to pureed foods.

However, I get the head hunger thing. You can't actually be feeling hunger pangs because the nerve in your stomach that signals hunger to the brain was cut. It's part of the surgical process. So, since it is head hunger, it's time to feed your head.

Watching TV had to go for a while. I could not stand seeing the juicy hamburgers and such. Certainly do no****ch the Food channels.

Instead, do some walking, or do a some other kind of physical activity. I took up gardening again. At first that was really hard because I was still really heavy, but by mid summer I was able to get down on my knees and weed with the best of 'em. But what I could do standing up, I did. Pruned fruit trees and bushes, racked leaves, did some hoeing and digging. 

I also took up painting again and started out using a stool at the easel instead of a chair until I could graduate to just standing for a few hours at the easel.

I went places where there was no food. I took my laptop to the library rather than sit at home on the computer. I joined a local art organization and started volunteering. I got back to weaving again. There are some interesting physical therapy benefits to weaving. You are sitting, but still moving arms and legs. It just doesn't do much for your backside. I started taking my camera out on my walks so I could get reference photos for my painting and got those, but also captured some really nice photos of birds and wildlife.

Go swimming. Go out on the water in some sort of boat.

AND most important. When you think you are hungry, drink water. Most likely you are needing water more than you need food right now. When I look back on days I over ate in the last year, it was on days I was short on water. On days I did not lose weight, I did not drink enough water.

I remember finally getting home and eating 5 tablespoons of chicken broth upon getting home and feeling like I had just eaten at a buffet for 2 days straight!!!  It was baffling at how little volume I could handle.  Well, two days later, I had my moment of weakness and devoured an entire Smart Ones quesadilla as if surgery had never happened!  I felt so lost, so let down and then I started to question if the surgery had even happened!!!  How on earth was I able to even eat that much when I'm being told my stomach was the size of my thumb!!!!???  I was so lost.  However, that was the ONE and ONLY time I "cheated" myself post op!  I began mourning the loss of my best friend...food!  I was miserable and depressed and started to question what I had done to myself.  But, I remembered I underwent surgery for a reason!  I knew ultimately this was what I needed to take the positive steps forward in creating my transformation.  So all that to say, remember stumbling blocks or speedbumps are just that...they're slight setbacks, NOT brick walls!  You can adapt and overcome anything!  So don't lose hope.  Focus on remembering why you're in the current situation you're in and look forward to a better, healthier future!  I thought for SURE I was going to fail, just like all other diet attempts, after I cheated so early on.  But again, I used that as FUEL, and progressed to an eventual national level bodybuilder (52% body fat to 5%!), proving EVERY SINGLE PERSON I knew in my life wrong.  Eventually, hearing YOU CAN'T so often, you'll either cave and fall victim to their lies, or you'll use it as motivation to KEEP GOING!  I urge to you keep going on!  Don't dwell on it.  You can't live on the mistakes.  Learn from them and move on.  Just keep going forward, one day at a time, one meal at a time!

Best of luck!