NSV - I had JUST one

My grandmother brought me some cookies she had baked special for me. I had been staying away from sweets like that since surgery. I decided to eat one. I worried about it haunting me, but one was enough. Not two, or four, or the whole plate. I was able to be content with just ONE cookie and a glass of milk. First time in my life pretty much.

Alright I guess this isn't a nsv. It seems to clearly be a failure of control on my part judging from the responses. Thanks for all of your guy's advice. Also to add yes some of the comments sting BUT I am grateful. I have no one in my life in my situation and am mostly on my own I am grateful to have somewhere I can post and even if I post something I think is good there are people able to show me the downsides of it. It will and has been taking me some time to adjust to a new way of thinking but I will get there even if I error along the way!

Great job, Mersh! Learning to overcome our old bad habits is the greatest part of this journey. I'm sure your grandmother was pleased you ate one since she made them just for you, but you scored by not giving in and eating more. Way to go!!

It's always such a great feeling isn't it? I had a similar experience with movie theater popcorn....I used to eat the whole friggin' bucket complete with buttery flavored goo AND a small vat of coke. Last time I had theater popcorn I ate a super small portion with no goo and no coke, and I then I was done. I simply didn't want anymore even though it was available.

p.s. I like your name!

Not to be a buzzkill, but at two months post op, one cookie and milk would be plenty for most of us. The problem is two, four, years from now when you're all healed up...and one cookie isn't enough. It's a slippery slope -- be careful!

I am not sure what you mean by enough. Do you mean full? Because I wasn't full I was content with my craving or lack there of.

Being content at two months is effortless. By the end of the first year -- and with absolute certainty by year two -- you will finish all the cookies, and then threaten your grandmother with bodily harm if she doesn't make you more. And on the way home, you'll rob gas stations to get more money for cookies.

I don't want to be a buzzkill either but for me eating a cookie & a glass of milf that wasn't planned while in wl mode was a slip up rather than a nsv.

I'm not saying that you'll never give in to the occasional sweet every now & then but you'll need to adjust what you're eating through out the day so that it won't derail your progress.

Head hunger is something that doesn't go away with surgery. Kudos to you for keeping yourself in check. Eventually you'll figure out what are "trigger foods" for you & hopefully find ways to overcome those pitfalls.

Good Luck to you

I really, really do hate being pedantic. But glass of milf -- that's funny right there.

Oh goodness, I didn't even notice that lol, need more coffee.

So your phone autocorrects milk to milf, eh? Hahaha.