Scared!!!!

[Babydoll 0]

Since my surgery, I've been craving ice cream so I was bad today and had some vanilla ice cream!! but now im scared out of my mind, what are the consequences of eating ice cream? Can my band slip? :tongue_smilie:

[MissyL 0]

No not at all, ice cream is some part of peoples liquid diet the first 2 weeks after surgery i've been only 6 days since i had my surgery and been having icecream with it, you will be fine ice cream is too soft to make harm the band.

[tarrn13 1]

your only issue with ice cream (once your back on a regular diet) is the calories and fat and the fact that it will "slide" right through the band, I still eat it OCC but 1/2 cup serving that I factor into the calories for the day, normal people eat ice cream and I am a normal person just eating a serving instead of the whole pint of B&J's.

[LiseSeattle 0]

Just walk away from the ben and jerry's!!!! I was an icecream junkie prior to surgery - i would have at least a pint every night. but - i've come up with an alternative. I've come up with a recipe to create a slimfast shake that tastes like a frappuccino but i thicken it up so it's like a chocolate shake that i scoop out of a glass and i still (5 weeks post op) have one a day whenever i have that icecream craving! here's my recipe (see link): Just like a Frappuccino! Lise The Loser’s Weblog

[kbinaz 0]

Physically ice cream isn't going to harm you. It is no different from a Protein Shake. Nutritionally it probably isn't such a good choice, but I can assure you we all make bad choices occasionally. The band doesn't make us perfect! We are the same people we are before surgery and ice cream tastes good! I don't know when you had surgery, but it sounds like you are not far out from it. Eating the right things gets much easier once you get restriction from being filled. Right now just concentrate on healing. And try not to eat ice cream all the time as it is not a great weight loss tool!

[Sidd 0]

I have been having very occasional icecream since a few days after my surgery. No harm will come to your band from it, but as some have said above, the calories is what you want to look out for.

Personally, in the weeks while I am recovering from the surgery I couldn't care less about losing weight, I just want to heal, and recover and worry about the diet after I go onto solid foods. Not damaging my stomach, or my surgery wounds is more important to me for long term weight loss than worrying about eating a bit of icecream.

Anyway, this band is supposed to let me have a normal diet, of small sized portions. And normal people eat icecream occasionally. The worst thing to do with a craving is deny and deny it, because that will inevitably lead to a binge, which is something I've battled. It's better to have one bite of what you are craving than to deprive yourself and then binge when you can't stand it any longer.

Perhaps you could try low fat frozen yoghurt instead of icecream if you are really worried about it.

Edited April 21, 2008 by Sidd

[FinallyFree 1]

I've noticed I crave ice cream after all my surgeries I've had over the years. Affects from the anethesia? I'm not sure, but it does pass.

[donnabarney 0]

its ok, I if I may suggest, what I do.

the diet icecream frozzen fuducles (spelling wrong)

I buy the 40 cal, ones and there are great. don't cut it out but replace with a low cal icecream.

good luck

p.s. before sugery I never ate icecream, but since for a treat I do have one daily.

[Babydoll 0]

Thank you all for the replies! You've all reassured me greatly! I've decided I'll go for popsicles or a small fat free scoop.

Kbinaz, I've had surgery a bit more than 3 weeks ago and am going thru emotional problems :S which is why I crave the ice cream