Do The Cravings Stop ?

[RachelsREADY 0]

The last 2 days I have been craving and wanting to binge. I am 2 Weeks out..... Does this get better? What are some tips or tricks that you use ?

[christine50 9]

Yes. Like I wanted pizza. i ate the cheese off a slice slow. No crust. I ate pickles without theskins. I dont want pickles anymore. So it depend what your craving is. dont binge, eat it slowly. You dont want to hurt the stomach incision and cause a leak.

[ButterflyGirl 4]

Once you can eat musshies or soft food you don't have that many cravings! I now crave things like fish and chesse as opposed to chips! When I have a really bad craving I go for it and after a bite or two is gone!!!

[Swimmer 199]

I agree with the above I crave healthy things now. It's much better once the limits are lifted. Then I didn't want to eat much of anything.

[mullet head 18]

One of the things I had to "learn" was to understand if I really had cravings (hunger) or was it head hunger or actually dehydration.

I have found out that many times my cravings where actually dehydration and since i ALWAYS had 2-3 drinks of something when i ate, I guess I related the two.

Now I try and satisfy my cravings with plenty-o-Water and see if that helps, if not, try and sub a healthy snack, if not, I just go ahead and satisfy whatever the craving is...heck I can't eat the whole pizza even if I wanted to!!!

surgery date: Oct 12, 2011

[Anamor2011 64]

I do have cravings for sweets, carbs, and crunchy stuff. The cravings don't go away per say, but you now try to make better decisions as to what to eat. I don't always do it, but I try. Is true about the dehydration too, I've noticed that when I don't get enough fluids in, I tend to feel hungry. But then the more fluids I drink the hungrier I feel. NOt sure what the deal is there! anyone have insight on that issue?