Sugar--making bad choices again.

I have been bad...I'm really disapointed in myself. I had not had any sugar after my surgery, and was committed to staying away from it. I really hadn't missed it that much, so I thought why even go there. The other day my mother made home made peanut butter cookies with a chocolate kiss on top....they looked SOOOO good and I felt so hungary, and I ate 3 of them..and the chocolate. Nothing happened I didn't get sick, they went down just fine, no dumping. Now, I know I can eat sugar and it won't make me sick. I just ate 3 more chocolate kisses. I feel as if I am out of control. I don't want to go down the road I was on. Has anyone else experienced this? I am really scared right now, scared I'm going to go in the wrong direction and wont' have the strength it takes to make the right choices.

First of all dont beat yourself up. It happened it is over with just get dont eat anymore. One morning I woke up and was thinking about my dream. I had a dream I ate chocolate covered mint candy. The kids halleween. I woke up and was thinking about it all day. I pulled out the trash and the wrappers was there. It wasnt a dream. It was real. you need to pick yourself up and start again. Like a addict you will fall. But you need to keep getting up. You will be fine. Im like you I can eat anything. Happy Holidays Barb

Hi Tanna, Don't beat on yourself. You had a couple of bad food choices and it's over. I think we're entitled now and again to treat ourselves and then to get back on track. I went to a holiday party on Saturday and I nibbled on a little bit of all the food there and even the sweets. As I was driving the hour long drive home, my intestines could feel the foreign matter inside that hasn't been there in several months and I didn't feel so great. By the time I got home, I did feel better (don't think it was a full out dump) and my intestines had calmed down. It takes trial and error and good judgement calls to make these decisions for ourselves. It's that time of year where we've been tempted for years...it's going to take some time to change our behaviors. I know for Christmas Eve, at our family celebration, to take it easy and stick with good food choices. BTW...I felt like CRAP the next day because of the sugar and carbs...another reason not to do it too often. Paula

thank you for your encouraging words and your support. It's so great to be able to have someone place to go to, and people that understand you and where you are!!! Love you guys!!

Hi Tanna, so just think to last year and how many of those little suckers you put away!! You are doing so much better. If you're anything like me, you probably would have had a dozen in one sit down!! Some of the choices that we make may not be the best, but we are in more control than we were. So you know you can eat three - just think that the forth one may be what causes you to dump!! Be nicer to yourself - we're still learning this game!! love donna