Sweets

[mimisturn 6]

Two weeks today post op! Feeling so much better! liquids for another week. Just wondering for the future, if I was a sweet craver before surgery, will that change? I hope so because I ate way too much sugar and that was a lot of my problem! So far sweets don't sound appealing at all!

[April4 24]

Hi, I'm 1 wk post op now. Like you I have such a sweet tooth. I have been having serious hunger pangs and cravings for days. I had hoped they would stop post op. Contemplating having a little chocolate today....

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

I too had a sweet tooth, I loved to bake. I don't bake too much anymore because if it were to be in my house I would crave it! Grocery shopping is a chore too and sometimes I wish I could just buy something sweet. I am 12 weeks post op and have not had one bite of anything sweet, not because I didn't want it but because I know if I am going to succeed I cannot have it!

[greeneyedbabe454 26]

I was a major sweet addict before surgery! Now I can have a few bites any more than that and I feel sick! I am so thankful for this because I never was a huge eater I just ate way to many sweets exspecially chocolate And ice cream! I am 3 months out had the sleeve on August 19, 2014! Everyone is different some can still eat it! I'm thankful I can't!

[Comeflywithme 402]

Well, I don't know how to tell you this guys, but I really never had a sweet tooth, however, now almost 7 months post-op I crave sweets ALL the time. Not sure if it's that I didn't have any sweets at all for about 5 months but I crave sweets and chocolate all the time now, I try not to have it but every night at around 8pm I crave and crave, so usually I just take a teaspoonful of Peanut Butter. Good Luck.

[joatsaint 2,814]

My cravings for sweets when away the week after surgery. I rarely feel the need to eat sweets. But I do get a craving for bananas and apples, but only if I walk by and see them. It seems as long as I don't see the temptation, I don't get a craving. I can only remember walking by a bowl of bananas at my mon's house (about 4 months post-op) and suddenly had a craving flung on me. I HAD TO HAVE A BANANA! Up until that, I hadn't even thought about bananas. So I don't keep any temptations in the house.

[joatsaint 2,814]

When I'm feeling tired and weak, (and sometimes after a high protein/low carb meal) my brain starts coaxing me to eat carbs - because it knows I get a temporary energy boost from sugar. But I can satisfy that feeling with good carbs, like Beans, lentils, squash. You might carefully examine that craving next time it happens - note your energy level or mood and try to figure out if you're really craving a certain flavor or just carbs in general.

Well, I don't know how to tell you this guys, but I really never had a sweet tooth, however, now almost 7 months post-op I crave sweets ALL the time. Not sure if it's that I didn't have any sweets at all for about 5 months but I crave sweets and chocolate all the time now, I try not to have it but every night at around 8pm I crave and crave, so usually I just take a teaspoonful of Peanut Butter. Good Luck.

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

ate way much sugar

@@mimisturn

glad things are going well

"some" peoples taste buds, cravings disappear PO

maybe your chocolate "situation" will lessen or disappear

that would be great!!!

I can see in your pretty eyes that your determination will go a long way

good luck

@@Thinkingthinner1109

good for you on not giving into the green eyed sweet monster!!

@@greeneyedbabe454

I envy you that you can't tolerate sweets/chocolate

wish i had that problem

@@Comeflywithme

substituting a "teeny" bit of Peanut Butter - you've learned how to deal with your prob - good for you

67 lbs down

woo hoo

@@April4

one week out, thats great

thinking/dreaming about candy is allowed

no calories or carbs

way toooo early to have any candy

in the future little bit here and there will be ok

@@joatsaint

158 lbs down

as far as the bananas

GET OVER IT

BTW - I am starting a movement against any and all sugar!!!!

meetings will be held at my house first tuesday of the month

drinks and food served

Water and yogurt of course

continued good luck to all

kathy

Edited November 18, 2014 by proudgrammy

[Pattylicious 5]

I have sweet tooth as well,tomorrow will be 3 weeks post surgery and I had a big craving today, I ate the top of a chocolate donut and my stomach startrd to hurt for all the sugar, ut was not even the whole thing its was like the size of a dime

Thank God that happened so finally I quit my sweets

[joatsaint 2,814]

Attention proudgrammy!! Please put on your hard hat and clear out below. I'm coming down off the cross. I was informed that they needed the wood for other uses.

@@joatsaint

158 lbs down

as far as the bananas

GET OVER IT

[AlanaRN 419]

I'm allowed to have a 1/2 banana if I want. What's wrong with that?

[Forsythia 882]

I had to be physically broken of my sugar addiction. I was CRABBY for a good week. I still want sweets, but that is in my head. And for the most part I can satiate it with yogurt or fruit or a lighter version of something I used to eat. But every once in awhile, the old me comes out and demands I eat chocolate. So I have a little chocolate. But only a little. Not all the chocolates evar. LOL.

Some people dump from sweets. I do not. The game is always mental with me. Ultimately it is up to me at almost 7 months out to say no to the sugary stuff.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I'm mostly okay. The first few weeks I didn't crave sweets because all those Protein drink are kinda on the sweet side. That's when I started getting creative with Soup. I needed something savory.

Now my sweet tooth is mostly satisfied with fruit. I had one mini Reese's Peanut Butter cup a few weeks ago and that satisfied me. I've been down this road before though. When I am eating correctly my craving for sweets decreases and I can exercise restraint. The minute I go off the correct path I end up overdoing it. Since my tummy no longer has the real estate for overdoing it, I'm hoping to stay on the right course.