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but how? :confused:

i had my surgery july 27 and have had 2 fills - i think i'm at 5 cc now (in a 10 cc band). the weight i'm losing is going very slow (but my surgeon says that is good, 1-2 lbs a week). i've learned to avoid bread for the most part by trial and error so that's good, i just...

argh.

it's sugar.

everything with sugar.

juices, yogurt, sweets, etc

i can't have artificial sweeteners because they cause me Migraines, and the program doesn't recommend them because they tend to increase cravings for sweets.

i want to be better at choices. i'm not eating huge portions but not much has changed about what i ate from before the surgery. and i can't not drink juices. my brain wont shut up and i don't know how to make it do so!

before being banded, i never really was on a diet - ever. it seems a lot of you have been, have had some success with restricting yourselves for a while, losing some weight (not that it lasted). but i've never been able to do that. i've always been of the "all things in moderation" camp, which of course i still try and stick to. i learned that keeping a food journal made me think about food ALL THE TIME, making me crave more. i didn't eat huge portions but still gained weight (thanks in part to PCOS).

i just...i don't know how to do it, how to have the strength...how to shut my head up when my body isn't actually hungry.

i want this to be a successful investment in myself and it has been, i think, but i could be doing much better than i am. MUCH better. if only the head hunger would subside. :)

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I am in the beginning also. What I do is I take a walk when it happens. I am trying to break the habit of eating and replace it with exercising.

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Or why dont you just eat what you want? Have whatever it is that you are craving in a small portion and see if that makes you feel better. As long as you dont eat the whole cake......eat a piece!

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