Cravings

carolia
on 3/29/09 7:02 am - IA
I am almost seven weeks post-op now and having the worst craving for toast with peanutbutter.  This is the first real craving I've experienced and it is so wierd!  Anyone else out there experiencing the same thing about this time post-op?  Just wondering.

Carol

Jack B.
on 3/29/09 11:02 am - Albia, IA
I'm about 14 weeks or so post-op (Dec 15) believe you will always get those "cravings" for different foods and always will, and they're different for all of us. I believe having anything in small "moderation" isn't bad. In fact I'd read that somewhere. just my .02 and hope that helps.
carolia
on 3/31/09 11:34 am - IA
Thanks, Jack.  I appreciate your two cents worth!  :-)  This is a journey and when I feel, think, experience things I like to check with others who might be going through the same thing I am.

Thanks again for your help and input.

Carol

iCANdothis28
on 3/29/09 1:01 pm - Keota, IA

Hi Carol!!

I believe i was 7 weeks and on "Soft Foods" when Amy emailed me and told me I could have toast, soft tacos, and pita bread.  I havent tried the pita bread because it looks thick to me.  I like the Sara Lee 45 and Delightful Wheat with Honey bread and I eat peanut butter on it (ive used regular or PB2 for less calories) or cinnamon and splenda and for tortillas I like the La Tortilla Factory Low Carb small tortillas they are wheat.  They are 50 calories and 5 gr of protein.  Ive used them for turkey tacos, chicken wraps and tuna salad wraps. 

I hope this helps!! If you have any questions email or call Amy, but im positive that its ok for you now!!

~Jenn

 

 

 

heaviest/pre-op/current/goal

262/237/138/130

1st Goal: Get to ONEderland  Accomplished 3/28/09
2nd Goal: 175lbs  Accomplished 5/29/09
3rd Goal: Lose 100 lbs Acomplished 7/13/09
4th Goal: 150lbs  Accomplished 8/22/09
5th Goal: Lose 100 lbs SINCE surgery
6th Goal: 130 lbs
7th Goal: to wear a size 8 pants/jeans  Accomplished 9/4/09
Final Goal: to weigh in the 120's

~Jenn

carolia
on 3/31/09 11:32 am - IA
Thanks for your help and suggestions.  I think I'll check with Amy, like you mentioned, Jenn.  If I can have toast with peanutbutter, I think I'll be okay and this stinking craving will hopefully go away.

This is the place to come when one has questions so thank you, thank you, thank you for being here for me!

Carol

Jody H.
on 3/31/09 12:54 pm - Des Moines, IA
Carol -

Cravings are normal - usually it's head hunger.    Lately - my little craving has been bacon.. someone walked by my cubicle with a warm sandwich with bacon and I swear the smell made me feel like the puppy in the "beggan strips" commercial!!!      They were lucky I didn't leap over the wall and drool.  ;-) 

As you get further out you'll find you can 'taste' many of those things you crave (once you discover you likeliness to dump - so start small just in case).     When the PB craving**** me I was able to satisfy it with a PB flavored shake.    Someone on the message boards recommended the PB2 powder that is essentially a peanut butter powder.   You can mix with water and spread, or add into foods.

Breads STILL don't sit well with me - so test the waters very carefully.  

Jody
  
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