Am I crossing over the line?

Ok my surgery was 10.12.15 so I am just short of 3 months post op. I have not eaten anything sweet since before my surgery. In fact I could not even eat the sugar free jello or sugar free pudding after surgery because they were to sweet.

So when I was looking through a guide that my dr and nutritionist gave me it suggest that if you have a sweet tooth try mixing sugar free pudding powder with greek yogurt for a cheesecake like treat. I have tried it an it is wonderful. I only mix about a tablespoon of powder with a little fatfree milk (to thin it out) and about 1/4 cup greek yogurt. I have been eating it with egg custard (sugar free) for breakfast. I have also mixed a tbs of unflavored protein powder.

Now today I read the article about protein powder and it talked about mixing peanut butter with protein powder and make into "candy" like balls. So I jumped up and mixed some together and dusted with cocoa powder.

So what do you think am I crossing a line? I don't think I have gone over board on either thing but I don't want to get on a slippery slope to distruction. I know that I am not going to eat regular cake cookies or candy type things but am I cheating and trying to justify myself with a sugar free lie?

I really value the insight I get from all of you who have been on this journey. I do not want to allow myself to be foolish and fall into some old lie.

If you can limit yourself to one small piece daily, it might work for you.  I do not have that kind of will power.  It would be a slippery slope for me.  I would eat one every hour.  Remember that peanut butter is VERY high in calories.  You can make something sugar free that is still high calorie and will slow or stop your weight loss.  

I think you already know that this is a dangerous place for you to go.  Use your honeymoon period to get as much of your excess weight off as you can.  Stick to your plan and don't add in too many extras.  You will have a little more "wiggle room" for few extra calories once you have reached maintenance. 

I watched the 600 pound life show and listened to what Dr. Now had to say.  I think he would say No, for pretty much the same reasons as Rocky, above. 

IMHO - From one -year out, 122 pounds down, at goal weight, (and 2 days back on track after 1 1/2 days of iditotic eating) that staying to the straight and narrow and focusing on the making the long term changes needed while you are still in the honeymoon phase will serve you best long term, and that is the name of the game.  Nuts are better than peanut butter because nuts take longer to digest (I may actually not digest them at all, based on visual inspection, if you know what I mean). Long term changes are usually Low carb, Low fat, low sodium and much less processed food that most of us had before WLS.  Focus on lean protein, beans, veggies is the current best approach.

If you have a once a week treat and this is it, you may be able to handle it. Personally, I did not have once a week treat until I was 9 months out and at my goal weight, which was 20 heavier than I am now.  I did not endulge once for the first 6 months - no fat no carbs. Then I indulged at a wedding and went back on the wagon for 2 months.  Indulged when I reached my 'goal' weight and the decided I had more weight to lose and lost that last 20.  I know have a little flexibilty, which I abused and am back on the track (the 600 pound marathon came at the right time for me).

I also signed up for a course called Mindful Eating to help me be more conscious. 

I think everyone is different and may be able to tolerate different things. It depends on the reasons for the excess weight, mine is carb addiction. Someone else may have a food addiction or weight gain based on something else. That being said, it sounds like your intuition is already letting you know the answer to your question. If it wasn't bothering you then you wouldn't be questioning it. I truly regret traveling down my slippery slope when I still could have lost weight effortlessly. I'd hate to see you go there. 

I was/am a huge carb addict (once an addict always an addict).  There is no way I can allow myself to head towards the road of sweets.  I would end up right back in the dark hole of sweets...I don't ever want to go there again.  For me, what you are playing with would end up in a disaster.

I think if you are questioning yourself with this then maybe you are crossing the line. 

I went to Weigh****chers with a girl who could make the most wonderful cookies, cakes, and candies using only her Weigh****cher foods.  Her recipes were wonderful but she never lost any weight and is still very overweight.

It all depends on what you're able to control yourself with. I like to draw a line between "soft line" and "hard line" foods. Sweet things, like sugar free stuff and my favorite high-protein/low-sugar ice cream, are "soft line" foods for me because I can enjoy them in moderation and know I won't gorge on them, but I know I still need to be vigilant about my intake and change course if I start going down the road to addiction. My "hard line" foods are bread and chips because once I start eating them, I can't stop, so I don't even open that door. My VSG'er husband eats bread with sandwiches occasionally and has no problem but has to be really careful with ice cream because even the "healthier" kind makes him crave the good stuff. Our fridge actually looks more like we're roommates than spouses -- his shelf vs. my shelf, etc.

yes,you are crossing a line. You had the cheese cake thing for breakfast. It still has calories,sugar(from the milk) and calories from the protein powder. 

Now,same day you had the pnut butter protein powder thing. There are calories from that and I bet you didn't eat just one. 

Protein powder and Greek yogurt and thins that are on our plans still have calories. Are you tracking yours?

Thanks for your opinion, but to clarify they were not the same day. I did only have one peanut butter ball and I do track my calories and have not gone over at all. I am just concerned that If I start allowing anything sweet into my diet if it will sabotage all my efforts. I guess my questions come from the thought why would it be in my nutrition book if it was off limits? However I must agree that sweets always were my biggest downfall and probably still are. Thanks again for you thoughts.