Addicted to TWIX & I can't stop!

OK - I have not been on the site in almost a year. I had RNY on 5/5/2008 - Had a second surgery for complications on 6/16/2008 - I have been great since. I started at 227.5 lbs & got as low as 139. I have never been very good at taking my vitamins & hate the way my pouch feels when I do take them all in a day. 

 

I have been addicted to TWIX candy bars for the pat year. I do not know why! I am very frustrated with myself. I have never been a chocoholic before. I have always liked chocolate but since WLS I am addicted to it. HELP - I really want to get back down to the 139 before summer. I am at 155 which I am still happy at. I would be much happier at a lower number. I know that the TWIX bars are my down fall and the cause of the weight gain. I eat approx. 1 - 5 a day!  Some days I also eat other chocolate. I still don't drink Soda, take anything with Caffeine or overeat. I still get very full after a few bites. My average meal is about 3/4 cup of food. Sometimes 1 cup if I am really hungry. I find myself wanting to skip breakfast & lunch. I don't like the way most foods feel in my pouch.

 

I am scared that I am going to backslide past the point of no return. You know - Stretch my pouch or gain all the lost weight back. I am cold ALL THE TIME & often Very tired. I suffer from EXTREME Insomnia. Very bad... I would like all advise you can give. I work M-F. I am married & have a 7.5 year old daughter. I find hardly anytime to relax. Let alone exercise. However, I am slowly starting to get back on my eliptical & take walks with my dog Charlie, who is a Pug & my daughter who rides her Razor Scooter while we walk. 

 

Thanks for all your help!!! 

Hi...I am sorry for your cross addiction...maybe this will help.  See if you can find a high protein chewy, nutty bar to take the Twix's place.  I can recomend....an Adkins High Protein bar...it is chewy and nutty and has 15 grms. protein and 1 gr. sugar.  I don't have any on hand right now to get more info from, but you can find thm at your grocers.  I also LOVE the Oh YEAH Sustained Energy-High Protein Bar...Yummmo!!  It has 15 gr. protein and 4 sugars, 17 carbs.  It is meant to give  energy, therefore offering a few more carbs, but 1 bar (1 1/2 0z) will fill you up and keep you focused.  It has 190 cal.  How many calories does your Twix bar have ...better yet, how many empty calories and useless carbs does it add up to in a day/week?  Go at it slowly, substiuting 1-2 bars a day inplace of the Twix..I betcha' in a week, you'll be free from your cross addiction and finding you need less chocolate to satisfy you because the protein will sustain your needs!!
Best Wishes and Good Luck to you!!
Kim in Fontana

Kim-

 

You are so right when you call it gross... I never even liked these candy bars before surgery. I will have to try exactly what you said. Start slow with substitution & change over. I know that each TWIX Cancy bar is at least 220 calories not to mention the sugar & fat & lack of protein.

 

Thank you for your reply - I am going to give it a go!

 

lol..I said CROSS addiction,  not GROSS addiction..lol  I personally LOVE candy bars too...that is why I use the marketed chocolate/nutty/chewy protein bars.  If I'm gonna have that "candy need", this is what I choose.  However, Halloween and Christmas are my weakness...I still do love P-nutt butter cups and unfortunately I do not dump...you must not either...its a sad factor to not be able to rely on..if I did dump, I'd have lost more weight...each day is still a struggle, but I have to rely on my physical feelings of fullness, rather than what I can and easily tolerate...ssiiiighhhhhhhhh.
Best wishes again!!
Kim

Cross or Gross - Both work here. I agree with you. I don't dump but I wish I did. Then I would not put the candy in mouth! LOL

 Thanks again for the help. I can at least try!

 

Sara

Sounds to me like you are a path of self destruction.  First of all, you cannot complain about feeling bad, you don't take vitamins.  More than likely you are lacking some essential vitamins and quite possible are malnuriohed.  Sry for that spelling.  Taking your vitamins are very important, the most important thing you can do.  You obviously have no idea how much you are harming yourself by not taking them.

Of course your pouch doesn't feel good, it's not getting the foods it needs.  You are eating chocolate, which by the way is full of caffeine.  Funny you say you don't take any, when you are full of it from the chocolate.  You might need to make an appt with your surgeon, have him run blood work on you and get you started on a vitamin regiment.  Yeah I know what you mean about them not making you feel good, but that isn't really something that should be happening, so you may need to see him to council you on what you need to do to make them agreeable for you.  There are many different kinds, so there must be something out there. 

I can't make you stop eating chocolate, only you can.  You are responsible for what you put in your mouth.  If I gain weight, and at times I do, I don't blame anything, just myself.  I make the choices on what to eat, and I pay the price for it.  Try and go back to some kind of basics, protein shakes, proteins first, very low carbs, no breads, little veggies and salads.  But you need to stop what you are doing and get back on track.

Good luck,

Thank you for the reply - I guess... 

I have actually had problems with the vitamins since the get go. I got so sick after surgery I was hospitalized for 2 weeks. I do not see my surgeon for vitamin issues I see the nutritionist. I have spoken with her several times. We have tried over 5 types of calcium and I finally have 1 that does not upset my pouch. I have had 3 types of Iron & the last 1 she put me on still makes me sick. If I take my Iron I feel like I am overly full to the point that I don't eat anything for the rest of the day. The multi vitamin I am taking now is an adult gummy vitamin. I am not sure which brand. It meets the guidelines I was given & does not upset my pouch. The B-12 makes me nauseated. I take it & within 30 minutes I am sick... If I am driving I have to pull over.... 

I am not blaming anyone but myself. I am the person who decided to put the TWIX bar in my mouth in the first place. I think you are misunderstanding the reason for my post. I am not asking for PITTY - GOD NO!!! In fact I am asking for ADVISE - I am hoping that there are people out there who are willing to offer ADVISE on what they would do or advise a friend to do. If someone was had the same type of situation - how they overcame it...

And as for the self destruction.... I have actually been doing just the opposite. I have cut a medication dose in half - I am seeing a chiropractor & a massage therapist. If I was being self destructive I would not be asking for advise I would be eating everything in my sight & then post a PITTY ME post... This is not what I am doing.

I thank you for your post. It has made me realize why I stopped posting my questions on this site. People like you are only on here to judge others. You have not offered any real help or even support - put Downs... That's what I heard... I am here to get help.... If you are not a person who can offer that - Then there is no need for you to post a response.

On a side note: I have no more TWIX bars & I am not buying anymore either. I am taking the advise I was given & going to get some Protein bars that offer more nutrition. I am also getting on my Elliptical tonight after my daughter has read to me & I to her.

Thank you all for your suggestions & kind/unkind words of encouragement/discouragment. 

OMG!!!!!  Honest, I am not one to sugar coat things.  What the hell do you want.  I told you like it is, can't take the heat, then don't post.  For heavens sake!  You come on this site complaining because you are addicted to a candy bar, and you want me to sugar coat things for you?  Not happening from me.  Sorry you took offence to some tough love! Sometimes that is the ONLY way people can get the point.  Next time I will treat you like a princess with kid gloves....Geesh!

I haven't posted in a long time but just felt the need to put my word in here....You obviously don't know Diane...she is the most honest and caring person I have ever met in my life.....and like she said...she pulls no punches...she is all about tough love....and she has kicked my ass back into gear more than once.  I feel you were over sensitive to her reply to you and took what she said totally out of context.  She WAS giving  you support - but without any sugar coating.  I think thats what we need when we fall off tract.  I would rather have someone kick me in the butt than have then patt me on the head and say oh its ok.....

So with that said...good for you that you are off the candy bars.  I am 2 1/2 years out and down almost 180lbs....I too play with 5 or 6 lbs up and down...,right now its up because of some of MY bad habits but I know what I have to do and it someone wants to slap me upside of my head to get me back on tract then thats what I need.,

hang in there....you can do it...but please DO talk again with your Dr or nutritionist...you body really really does need the vitamins....malnutrition is not a good thing....Think of your family and try to get those much needed nutritions into your body

And.....please know that Diane was in NO WAY slamming you but just trying to help with tough love.....

Have a great day

Please don't stop posting I am a Kaiser Richmond girl too. You are right to be upset with the reply you just got. Please look for my PM. Kristi