Question:
FOR WOMEN ONLY

I AM 2 WEEKS POST OP AND JUST GOT MY PERIOD.. I BEEN CRAVING SWEETS AND JUNK FOOD???? HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPIERENCED THIS ALSO...I HAVE HAD NO SWEETS AND BEEN GOOD BUT WILL I GO THROUGH THIS EVERY MONTH?? HELP?    — YVETTE121 (posted on April 19, 2007)

April 19, 2007
Hi Yvette... I usually have one day that I think about chocolate all day long a day before I am due to start. All I can say, is all it will take is once for you to slip, eat and dump and that will be your cure for that.... I have had it every month.. thank goodness it is only for one day. But I look at the old pix and think you don't even want to get onto that slippery slope and I abstain... hope this helps... congrats on your surgery and good luck.
   — Kari_K

April 19, 2007
I was lucky enough to get my period 3 days after surgery (I meant that sarchastically) and I not only craved everything under the sun, but I could tell most of it was head hunger. It was the HARDEST thing I had to go through, but I had heard so many horror stories about dumping etc, and I didn't want to hurt my new stomach. My "booklet" says "if you still feel hungry, you need more protein" I've only had one period since surgery so I couldn't tell you if this happens every month. But thought I'd share about my head hunger during my period. I also noticed I was super tired, so had to increase my iron. Good luck and welcome to the losing side!
   — crystalsno

April 19, 2007
Chocolate protein drinks and as you progress and want the salt -- peanuts. I'm 2 mths out today and just ended my period and didn't get have any cravings
   — the7thdean

April 19, 2007
Unfortunately, yes. The surgery changed the amount of food we can eat and the way in which it's processed, it didn't change our cravings or the deep down reasons WHY we want to eat. That still needs to be dealt with. Surgery FORCED me to deal with many issues because I just couldn't eat to sedate anymore.
   — Debra R.

April 19, 2007
I hate it when only the good people respond, lol (just kidding). You should have seen me when I was pregnant! All I wanted was SWEETS (I was having a girl). And yes I ate them. I gained 36 pounds, then lost it, now I am pregnant again! So don't think because you give in to cravings 1 time you are doomed. You can get back on track when the cravings aren't consuming you! I had insulin resistance before surgery (weighted 370 and was on medicine for it) and sugar+carbs was my worst enemy, and I still indulge (I just can't eat a whole lot of it at one time). People should understand that you can not spend your life saying no--even normal people eat sugar moderately. We don't have to deprive ourselves. Right after surgery I tried being that way--I didn't eat one bad thing for 10 months. But now that I know I can still maintain my weight and eat a variety--why not?
   — GAYLE CARMACK-LYONS