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Topic: RE: Three cartons of ice cream
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
Topic: RE: Home from hospital
YEAH! So glad you are home and doing well 
Continue to be a good patient ;)
Continue to be a good patient ;) 
Topic: RE: Three cartons of ice cream
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!
Topic: 4 months today!
Well, today makes officially 4 months since I made a change for the better. Just about 80lbs down for the first time I saw my surgeon. 
I feel soooo much better and while it hasn't been easy it has been as hard as it has for others. A few dips here and there but otherwise a fun and wild ride. Ive made some new friends and learned lots of new things. I look forward to seeing what the next 4 will bring. Be happy and be Blessed! Bejai! 
I feel soooo much better and while it hasn't been easy it has been as hard as it has for others. A few dips here and there but otherwise a fun and wild ride. Ive made some new friends and learned lots of new things. I look forward to seeing what the next 4 will bring. Be happy and be Blessed! Bejai! Topic: On the road to trouble...
Now let me start out by saying that my weight loss is good right now, I'm lifting weights twice a week and living a much more active life. All that being said... I am using food as a comfort even tho it is not comforting like it used to be before surgery. I think I've fallen into a funk and am trying to eat out of it. I'm also home alone with a preschooler and, when he's not in school, a 7 yr old. Tho they are a joy to me it is stressful. Like many of us I have self esteem issues and there is a lot of family "stuff" from growing up that I'm sure affects my behavior today. So you can see it's not so simple.
Have any of you had this kind of food addiction and how are you doing now? What tools (besides the surgery) do you use to get you through the day, hour or even minute? Any suggestions at all?
I am seeing a counselor and taking meds for depression. I would really love to hear of anything that has helped you.
Thanks in advance,
Sue 
Topic: Has your appetite returned? Do you have cravings?
At two days shy of four months out, I am grateful I still have neither appetite nor cravings. For the first time in my life, I appreciate having no hunger, merely eating because I have to, not because I want to. Am eating one cup of food for three meals daily,(with one cup of soy milk mid morning or mid afternoon as I'm able). I'm curious how everyone is progressing at this point. Am I an odd duck? At my three-month follow-up, I was told my appetite may not return at all, although I'm totally aware it could reappear anytime. Please let us all know where you're at with appetite/cravings resurfacing. Thanks much and make it a great day! Patti
Topic: RE: Three cartons of ice cream
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.
Topic: RE: Three cartons of ice cream
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
Topic: 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
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