The Sugar Theory

Maybe this is just me. I'm almost a year out and 135 pounds gone but I find myself disappointed that I can still eat the sweets. They were my downfall before the surgery and so much talk was about how you can't eat sugar or you will DUMP but I find that I CAN eat the sweets and I HAVE dumped but most of the time I don't. I am disappointed because once I realized that they won't make me sick, I am still tempted. I guess I was hoping the SIGHT of sugary things would make me dump. My other comment, hoping for replies is, does anyone not like chocolate now, when before chocolate was a favorite? Chocolate tastes like DIRT to me now (not that I eat much dirt ...) Just curious. Congrats to everyone, cuz if you are here you have had it done, are considering having it done or are waiting to have it done. I say GO FOR IT! ~ Jan, Iowa

Hi Jan, Congrats on your success so far! I wish chocolate tasted like dirt - but it still tastes good to me. Yes, I have indulged now & then. What seems to work for me with sugar is if I crave something I go ahead a have a very small portion & it satisfies me. It isn't like pre-op when I couldn't stop, thank God! Take care. Judy 251/150/?

I still eat sweets too. The difference is I don't eat near as many, and I am exercising now. I dump once in a while too. That fear is over my head, so I take it easy. Especially if I am in public. I only eat things I am sure of. Since sweets make me dump sometimes, I don't know when that will be. Therefore, I don't eat them in public. That has helped me too. Karen

Hi Jan! Congratulations on your 135lb. loss. That's awesome. I know that you're feeling great! As for chocolate, I never cared for chocolate, so I don't have a problem with it. I love Spicedrops! You have tp remember, whatever we could eat before the surgery, is a microchip, compared to what we eat now. I just have a couple Spicedrops or bite of cake or ice-cream, and I'm satisfied. Sometimes I over do it and I "dump", but for the most part I can handle a small portion of sugars. Take care. Your Wl Buddy, Jane 362/210

CONGRATS TO ALL. YOU KNOW I WAS 8 MONTHS POST-OP AND NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN MY MOUTH THAT THEY SAID NOT TOO. I THOUGHT OF IT AS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. ODDLY ENOUGH AT 8 MONTHS I JOINED A SUPPORT GROUP IN MY TOWN, NOW I WAS AT MY IDEAL BODY WEIGHT, WELL ANY WAY AT THAT MEETING I HEARD PEOPLE EATING CANDY, RED MEAT, BREAD, ALCOHOL, ALL THE STUFF THEY WERNT SUPPOSE TO BE HAVING YET AND SOME THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE. I CAME HOME THINKING AND THIS IS SUPPOSE TO HELP ME? I TOLD MY HUSBAND AND HE SAID NOT TO GO BACK. AT THE MEETING I WAS THE THINEST AND I SAID WHY WOULD U EAT THINGS THAT U R NOT SUPPOSED TO, I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT OF MY SELF AS A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC AND U CERTAINLY WOULDNT TELL THEM THEY COULD HAVE A BEER. THEY WERE LIKE U HAVE ALL YOUR WEIGHT OFF AND YOUR EVEN HAVING A HARD TIME NOT LOOSING ANY MORE WHY WOULD U NOT TRY IT. I FELT LIKE I DIDNT BELONG THERE. I HADNT EVEN BEEN IN A RESTARAUNT SINCE MY SURGERY. BUT THEY WERE STRUGGLING, I HAD SUCCEEDED I HADNT EVEN EXCERCISED TO DO IT. I NEVER CARED FOR SWEETS IM A MEAT AND TATERS GIRL. ANY WAY A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THAT I DID TRY A SWEET AND I DIDNT GET SICK EITHER EXCEPT MENTALLY I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED IN MY SELF, I HAD TO GO TO BED I WAS SO DEPRESSED. MY FAVORITE FOODS BEFORE SURGERY,THE FOODS THAT GOT ME TO 236 I WILL NEVER EAT AGAIN. I DONT WANT THOSE CRAVINGS TO COME BACK. AND IF SOMETHING TAISTES REALLY GOOD U DONT WANT TO STOP. U EVENTUALLY AQUIRE A TAISTE FOR HEALTHY FOOD THEY ARE EASY TO STOP EATING WHEN YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH BECAUSE NO THEY ARE NOT YOUR FAVORITES. IM JUST SAYING BECAREFUL GIRLS. WHEN PEOPLE START SMOKING THEY START OUT SMOKING A FEW A DAY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THEY ARE UP TO 3 PACKS. OUR BODIES BECOME USE TO WHAT WE PUT IN THEM AND THEN THEY WANT MORE OF IT. IT MAY BE O.K NOW BUT LOOK AT HOW MANY ARE HAVING HUNGER 2 YEARS OUT. THEY REPORT 5 YEARS POST-OP U R EXPECTED TO PUT 10% OF YOUR WT. BACK ON. SOME ARE PUTTING ON A GREAT DEAL MORE. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A DIET. EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE WE CHOOSE TO GAIN OR MAINTAIN OUR WT. 4/EVER. ANGEL