BBQ recipe post brought this question to mind

myrori · November 21, 2010

I too love BBQ, but I consider it one of my "trigger" foods. By trigger I mean I just want to eat and eat it if I it is around.

A couple other foods for me like that is tuna salad, egg salad, choc pudding and especially SO good BBQ oh and spaghetti.

So I try to avoid having them all in the house or making them.

My question is does anyone else have this problem too? If so how has the sleeve helped you or not helped you or does that all go to the wayside afterward as there just is not room for too much of your trigger foods?

Dawn · November 21, 2010

I am newly sleeved and still on Clear Liquids so it's not hard right now! LOL BUT, my trigger foods have always been chocolate and Ice Cream! My plan is not to have them in my house PERIOD so that I'm not tempted!!

determined1 · November 21, 2010

Not sure if BBQ is a trigger food for me BUT I LOVE IT! I keep all ice cream out of the house (def. a trigger food). But I have had Sweet baby rays (1 tbsp) BBQ Sauce on my chicken and it satisfies me. I have taken one bite too many over the last couple months and REGRET it so I know how much I can eat and dont go past it-even if I wanted more, when my sleeve gets full -its FULL thats it-game over!! I do have trigger foods and yes the sleeve does stop me from overindulging or I get sick and puke- such an awful feeling.. Then when you start losing wt, you are feeling good about yourself and you WANT to make better choices I love my sleeve!

Tiffykins · November 21, 2010

You must be my twin because I have the same "trigger foods". I could eat tons of spaghetti, barbque, egg, chicken and tuna salad pre-op, and would literally eat until I was miserable on those foods. Now at almost 18 months post sleeve, I have little to no desire to eat large quantities. I eat my small portion, I'm satisfied, and I'm to the rest of my day. It's kind of funny because I usually bring leftovers home, but lately I've been not wanting to eat whatever yummy stuff I bring home. It's like I've satisfied that craving, and have zero desire to eat it again. Of course, there are ways for me to eat around my sleeve, a glass of wine before a meal or a hot tea allows me to fit more in, so if I'm having one of those " I want more moments", I admit I have a glass of wine, or a cup of tea/coffee before my meal. The portions I'm eating now are still so small compared to what I ate pre-op that even when I 'cheat' the sleeve, I'm not eating a lot of food.

I honestly have lost all of my desire to eat large quantities.

myrori · November 22, 2010

You must be my twin because I have the same "trigger foods". I could eat tons of spaghetti, barbque, egg, chicken and tuna salad pre-op, and would literally eat until I was miserable on those foods. Now at almost 18 months post sleeve, I have little to no desire to eat large quantities. I eat my small portion, I'm satisfied, and I'm to the rest of my day. It's kind of funny because I usually bring leftovers home, but lately I've been not wanting to eat whatever yummy stuff I bring home. It's like I've satisfied that craving, and have zero desire to eat it again. Of course, there are ways for me to eat around my sleeve, a glass of wine before a meal or a hot tea allows me to fit more in, so if I'm having one of those " I want more moments", I admit I have a glass of wine, or a cup of tea/coffee before my meal. The portions I'm eating now are still so small compared to what I ate pre-op that even when I 'cheat' the sleeve, I'm not eating a lot of food.

I honestly have lost all of my desire to eat large quantities.

Tiff, if being your twin makes me look as good as you do now when all is said and done I will be happy to accept that title