PIZZA?

You guys eat pizza? How much in one sitting? Have any problems with it? Anyone who used to eat pizza A LOT have any cravings or other issues since re-introducing it? They're having it at a lunch meeting here on Thursday and I'm trying to decide whether or not I will eat any. Lisa

We used to eat Pizza probably 3 times a week ( I didnt get my OMG figure from eating carrots HAHAHA). Oh and not just a couple slices. More like a couple WHOLE pizzas!! Since surgery we eat it maybe once every couple months. (It was amazing now much I was dictating our foods *sigh*). Anyways I can eat 1 peice like 3 inches across at the widest part. Have not had a problem with it nor do I crave it. I say eat it! Many will say "just eat the toppings" but A C K thats not pizza lol. Small bites. Chew completely and breath in between bites and you should be just fine. If you are totally freaked about eating it then of course just go for the toppings but for me I would rather have 1 or 2 bites of the whole thing then a whole slice of toppings ( my opinion of course). My 2 cents on cravings are that cravings are in our head. If we don't entertain the thought of the craving then it has no power. Remember we are not dieting we are living! It cant control you unless you allow it to control you. Look how far you have come and what you have done. There is no way you are going to now let a piece of pizza control you. Eat it. Enjoy it. Move on! Enjoy your lunch meeting!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

I have had pizza a few times since my WLS. There is a local joint that hubby LOVES their pizza...I have had a craving or two for it since my surgery and I didn't used to like it much. We get it and get the taste of it and then don't have it again for a couple of months. We just had it on Saturday. I had two 3X3 slices and was COMPLETELY satisfied. I don't eat 5-7 slices of it, like I used to. I may tell him to order me 4 slices to have 2 one night and 2 the following night to get it out of my mind. I agree with Felicia that we are living, not dieting. Do what you are comfortable with. One or two slices of pizza is not going to undo all that you have done in the past year. Enjoy the lunch. Hugs, Tabby

One slice and mainly the topping. I may nibble at the crust afterwards.

I eat like a normal person. A normal serving of pizza is approximately the size of your hand. Enjoy a NORMAL serving of pizza. Focus on the meeting and not on the lunch. Annette

Hey lisa, pizza? Every once in awhile either my sister or myself will decide we want pizza for dinner. What do we do? We eat it, very slowly, and enjoy it to the hilt. Once in awhile I'll want it for lunch on one of my days off, so, I'll get one of degirono's (sp) thin crust pizza, I usually eat half of it and save the rest for another day or my sister. If it's something you really want I say go for it. Other wise it will always be in the back of your mind, pizza, pizza, pizza, get the picture? So eat a piece, don't feel quilty and enjoy. I bet after one small piece you won't want another, you'll be so full, but satisfied. Donna, sfy

Hi!! Well, it's Thursday afternoon now so I'm seeing this a little late, but I thought I'd throw my 2 cents worth in on this one too. I eat pizza. Not often and not a lot, but I do eat it. Sometimes I eat a slice of pizza. Sometimes I eat the toppings off of a couple of (small) slices and maybe take a bite or two of the point - after all, that's the BEST part of the pizza anyway! lol So, my take on it is....eat what you are comfortable with. If carbs bother you, then just eat the toppings. But, if you can handle carbs - or if you really enjoy the crust, eat it or a portion of it. Hope you had a great luncheon meeting! Susan

Thank you all for the good advice! And they didn't have pizza today after all! Oh, well... But I'll look forward to trying a slice and feel better about that now. Lisa

i can only eat the toppings off. I did eat one slice and it made me feel full so that's why i only eat the toppings.