Three cartons of ice cream

Aloha everyone and HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!! It is early in Hawaii (6:20 a.m.) and I'm waiting for the sun to come up as I contemplate what I'm grateful for on this beautiful Thanksgiving day. There is so much. I'm also contemplating the changes that are happening to my body and to my mind after this amazing surgery. I was so excited when I could finally eat sugarfree ice cream because ice cream used to be one of my favorite foods in the whole world.....and one of the things that made me fat! The first few times I tried the sugarfree Dreyers I LOVED it. Then I realized that I wasn't finishing the small bowl I prepared, and then I ate only one bite and let the rest melt. I now have three 1/2 gallon containers....chocolate chip mint, butter pecan and vanilla, in my freezer that have been there for a month. In the past, those would have been gone in a few days!! This might seem like a small thing to be grateful for on this day of gratitude, but to me it is HUGE! Ice cream no longer secudes me, no longer tempts me, no longer carries me into helpless surrender. I'm wondering if any of you have found changes in your eating that are drastically different from pre-surgery. I'll bet you have! Please tell me about it. HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING! Aloha nui loa, KarenS

I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!! Thanks for sharing that wonderful story! I can totally relate to this story & the awesome feeling of being released from a very strong & powerful enemy that had ahold of me GOOD! For me it was pasta & bread. I craved it constantly & ate it till I hurt, now... it can sit in the cubboard or the fridge (when I make it or buy it for my daughter) & I end up throwing it away!!! It totally amazes me & for that I am tremendously grateful! I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. Hugs, Heather

Wow, I can't even imagine trying s/f ice cream--and Karen, I too, was an addict. At two days shy of four months, I am amazed I only eat the three daily meals (up to one cup each), and I am so grateful for not having cravings at all. Am hoping everyone fared well today; I'd signed up to work (part-time receptionist at an assisted-living complex for elderly, and took 1/3 cup broasted chicken to which I'd added poultry seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, and celery seed (tasted like Thanksgiving!) and had made pumpkin custard from the recipe on the Festal can, with evaporated skim milk and Splenda. Recipe calls for one cup sugar, though I only added 1/3 cup Splenda, and was generous with all spices. Put it into 1/2 cup containers, only filling each one half full, then nuked them. For dinner tonight, I had 1/4 cup of the chicken, three fresh (long) green beans, and less than half of a pumpkin custard--at each meal I ate all the chicken first (having not had any sweets since surgery) and could only eat half of the custards.

My weakness used to be Coca-Cola. I have been a cokeaholic for as long as I can remember. Coke was breakfast food for me. Coke was my nightcap. The drink of choice all during the day. Tasty empty calories and lots of them. NO MORE. I couldn't care less if I ever have another coke or any other carbonated beverage. FREEDOM. People who have known me can't believe I would rather have ice cold WATER. Sometimes its the little thing that make you really see the big picture. I hopw your Thanksgiving was awesome. Bejai!

I couldn't even imagine trying it. It maybe sugarfree but I am sure it is not calorie free. according to their website it still has 20 carbs, for liquid calories

I hear ya, Karen. Ice cream has always been my favorite dessert. I eat the No Sugar Added Edy's icecream. I put it in a little tupperware bowl, probably 3oz size, that way I can make sure I don't go over my sugar grams. Besides, when its full it looks like I'm eating a lot, rather than putting it in my regular bowl looking like I don't have enough! Aloha! Amber

Congratulations Karen, news like that is always exciting to hear! I still have no desire for sweets, and that was what I lived for before surgery. I do induldge in a single SF creamcicle at least every other day. That's the sweetest thing I eat. Isn't it nice to live life not thinking about what your going to eat next? We haven't heard from you since you we're being a Grandma, I was afraid the kids got the best of you! Glad all went well and your doing fine! Jan

That's awesome. FOr me... the way I look at food has changed drastically. It doesn't comfort me and I don't want it unless I need it. I look at food from strictly a nutritional standpoint. I think, "wow, I'm excited to eat that because of all the protein in it," rather than overeating. I don't think about food hardly at all, other than as a necessary part of life. I find comfort in other things now, healthier. When I'm bored, I pick up a book or go for a jog rather than eat something I shouldn't. I only eat my three meals a day and am not tempted to eat stuff I shouldn't. It's awesome. No diet ever did this for me. Diets made me force myself not to do what I wanted. This tool has actually CHANGED what I wanted. Unbelieveable....