Vicki sorry to be so blunt but the reason you ate was because you didn't want your friends to know your secret? simple you just make up some lie like your on a liquid diet or my stomach hasn't been feeling to well those are the excuses I use. Plus I'm going trough the same problems with my sister we both had our sugeries done on May 31, 2006 by Dr. Ortiz & Dr. Martinez wonderful Men and their staff is great my sister has been eating regular food she says "As long as I smush it or chew it very very well it's ok it goes trough fine and it's not bad" Sweetie just cause food goes trough and it doesn't get stuck doesn't mean its ok to eat it. The doctors gave us a special diet for a reason your stomach is still swollen from surgery and your band hasn't properly adjusted. You might think your not doing wrong because nothing happened when you ate the solids but it doesn't work that way by eating solids sooner than you are suppose to you run higher risk of having complications later on. You know that some of the risk are slippage or erosion right? Well, think about it this way right now your not hungry you ate cause you wanted to keep your surgery a secret. Whats going to happen when you get your first fill and then you eat because you dont want others to know? are you gonna start eating like you use to just cause you can? Like I said I dont want to sound all blunt and rude about it but it just worries me when I hear this sort of stuff because that just shows that some of us that get banded just jump into it without thinking about how your life just drastically changes all over night. Some of us are not mentaly ready for this surgery and that worries me as well because then when something bad happens they never realize that they were the cause for not doing what your suppose to. If I were you I would just go back to the diet the Dr. & Nutritionist gave you is for your own good I know you'll start or probably already feel hungry but remeber on the 8th day add low fat yougurt with no fruit pieces and on day 10 start drinking your protein shakes it works trust me. I personaly feel full with just the broths and liquids and sometime the yogurt feels like it get stuck and I haven't even started the solid phase yet. But I dont get hungry at all trough out the day but I eat and drink because I'm suppose to and remember just because you can eat doesn't mean you should. Think about your health and the consequences there may be later on in your life if you dont fallow the diet like you are suppose to right now. Good luck with everything and please take care of yourself I dont know you but your health still worries me.