SlimJill

Tylenol is probably the best thing over the counter!

My family had chocolate cake with Peanut Butter chocolate icing tonight... they offered me some and I gave them this crazy look like "No way in hell!" Although I appreciate them asking me because I prefer to turn down an invitation rather than being told I can't have something. Makes the rebel in me crazy!
We can all beat this sugar addiction, one "No way in hell!" at a time!

My surgeon said tylenol was fine. Just no ibuprofen or other NSAIDS. I loved my advil before surgery, but the tylenol seems to do fine for me now. Hope this helps.

My PCP gave me a prescription for Tramadol -- basically only enough for about 3 days per month, but that's all I need. You may want to check with your surgeon and see what your restrictions are with respect to drugs (some say it is okay to take NSAIDs) and recommendations are. Tylenol is generally a good option for sleevers. However, you should be getting medical advice from real doctors, not Dr. Google or Dr. Stranger on a Messageboard, so definitely give your surgeon and/or your PCP a call. Good luck, period pain sucks, I know!

I never went to see mine, pre or post-op. I followed the diet the surgeon gave me, which was outlined quite well, and have been successful with my eating.
The reason I never went to see my NUT is because my surgeon's office is 4 hours away! I chose him because he was cheaper than my local guy by about $6,000. But from reading here maybe I did not miss out on much from skipping out on NUT visits.

WANT to be a food addict?? WANT??
*deep breaths*
My entire life I've felt powerless to food, cravings, and impulsive bad decisions... I could never figure out why this was so hard for me. Why could other people put the fork down, but I ate until I puked? How could people turn down dessert and I couldn't? Why did I hide food? Why did I constantly feel guilty for everything I ate?
One day the light bulb went on! This is an addiction like anything else. That is why this was so hard for me... why it is still hard. It's an everyday battle but the surgery has helped tremendously!
I found the article to be a bit... condescending. Of course I recognize my own screw ups, I take responsibility for my actions, I seek solutions to my ADDICTION. That doesn't make me a "wanna-be" addict or some weak person looking for an excuse!
It takes a strong person to admit they have a problem/addiction, it takes an even stronger person to fight their addiction head-on instead of living in what is 'comfortable'. I could have continued the life I was living, eating to replace love, friendship, and hobbies... I could have gained more weight... I could have stayed where I was comfortable, stuck with what I've done my whole life. Instead I confronted my addiction and changed my life! If anyone thinks I or anyone else wants to be a food addict they can kiss my ever shrinking ass!

WANT to be a food addict?? WANT??
*deep breaths*
My entire life I've felt powerless to food, cravings, and impulsive bad decisions... I could never figure out why this was so hard for me. Why could other people put the fork down, but I ate until I puked? How could people turn down dessert and I couldn't? Why did I hide food? Why did I constantly feel guilty for everything I ate?
One day the light bulb went on! This is an addiction like anything else. That is why this was so hard for me... why it is still hard. It's an everyday battle but the surgery has helped tremendously!
I found the article to be a bit... condescending. Of course I recognize my own screw ups, I take responsibility for my actions, I seek solutions to my ADDICTION. That doesn't make me a "wanna-be" addict or some weak person looking for an excuse!
It takes a strong person to admit they have a problem/addiction, it takes an even stronger person to fight their addiction head-on instead of living in what is 'comfortable'. I could have continued the life I was living, eating to replace love, friendship, and hobbies... I could have gained more weight... I could have stayed where I was comfortable, stuck with what I've done my whole life. Instead I confronted my addiction and changed my life! If anyone thinks I or anyone else wants to be a food addict they can kiss my ever shrinking ass!

I wonder if the good doctor has ever been fat. Has he ever struggled to not eat what he knows is not good for him? Sort of like an alcoholic knows a drink is not good for him.
My eyes (and brain) light up like the Empire State Building when I pass a restaurant and think about the wonderful things cooking away in it. I have no issue walking past a liquor store, a casino, or saying no thanks to a friend passing the weed...
Shall I continue?
I take full responsibility for my situation. So much so that I talk to my therapist about it constantly. This does not mean I am not a food addict. Substitute food for any other addiction, and that's me. Eating in secret? Not being able to stop even when you know you are so full that you want to throw up? Eating things that will keep you up at night with GERD and having your throat burn with it? If that's not addiction, I don't know what is.

Well Warren PhD..here I am..a BONIFIED sugar addict! full responsibility & no guilt, just fact. scientific actually. Great Doc I had.
MY PhD and I have worked very hard to come to the finale, the finish line if you will. it will never end, but I know where the line is now.
I had (and still do) trigger foods, and triggered sweets. Long long story short..We, together discovered my triggers, which lead to other triggers, which lead to other triggers. Once established, she left it up to me, to either disregard the Pasta's,breads & chocolates (refined carbs) altogether, or learn discipline and moderation. I chose to not have sugar or process flour products in my life. That's discipline, not willpower.
You are right about the 7 rules. . 6 out of 7 I do religiously, and I am also a case study in my area for a nation wide obesity study. My surgery was 3/1/2010-Gastric. I wanted my sugar/pasta 'addiction' under my control before I had my surgery. If having a 'politically correct' word for food addicts makes you PhD's feel self important for coining a new phrase for the Webster dictionary, by all means, give a prettier name. But I know what I am, I have live it for a very long time. Now I don't, but it will always be there with me, just like an alcoholic or a drug or sex addict.

Admitting an addiction doesn't absolve you of responsibility, it simply means that you have greater self awareness. I personally don't have a problem with "Certain Foods", I have a problem with ALL foods. Did it occur to you that those "7 Habits" were simply the tools they used to battle their addiction, much as an alcoholic will use a 12 step program to battle their addiction?
Besides, if having to have WLS and and your GE system altered (band, sleeve, GB) to finally gain some control over my excess weight doesn't classify me as a "food addict" then I don't know what does.

I can only speak for myself, but I am most certainly a food addict. I don't think or see why anyone would "want" to be a food addict. I think it takes a lot of guts and courage to admit any kind of addiction.
In the simplest form, the reason I know that I am food addict is that here I am, I'm intelligant, I know exactly what causes me to be morbidly obese, I know exactly what ill effects this weight causes my body, intellectually I know what I can/should do to correct it (and have done it to the tune of 1,000 (yes, one thousand) pounds over 50 years (my parents took me to a diet dr. when I was 7), and yet here I am....powerless over food....and still morbidly obese.
I was very beautiful, and all this weight distorted my looks and robbed my self esteem. It has caused isolation and insecurity that I cannot even describe. I am invisible to most of the world. It is no fun not to be comfortable in your very own skin.
Yet, I'm am SO extremely scared to have any kind of weight loss surgery, I'm on the fence about having any at all. Close friends and relatives are scared for me have surgery, due to the inherent risks and complications. It is a HUGE decision. I am not overexagerating when I say it is the biggest decision I'll ever make and I am not making it or taking it lightly.
If other types of behaviors are addictive - such as illegal and prescription drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, sex, just to name a few - why not food?? It doesn't surprise me one iota. I live it everyday and so do lots and lots of others. It is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. It has basically ruined my life.

I never went to see mine, pre or post-op. I followed the diet the surgeon gave me, which was outlined quite well, and have been successful with my eating.
The reason I never went to see my NUT is because my surgeon's office is 4 hours away! I chose him because he was cheaper than my local guy by about $6,000. But from reading here maybe I did not miss out on much from skipping out on NUT visits.

My Rockin Refuel Protein shakes are #1
Low fat string cheese
Cashew nuts
tuna fish
everything else I switch up, but these are must-haves

Pictures. This thread needs pictures!

I DO judge you! I judge you to be a gorgeous winner of discipline, humor, compassion and a heck of alot of fun!

When the pants you couldn't button before get loose!

When the pants you couldn't button before get loose!

When the pants you couldn't button before get loose!

My family had chocolate cake with Peanut Butter chocolate icing tonight... they offered me some and I gave them this crazy look like "No way in hell!" Although I appreciate them asking me because I prefer to turn down an invitation rather than being told I can't have something. Makes the rebel in me crazy!
We can all beat this sugar addiction, one "No way in hell!" at a time!

My family had chocolate cake with Peanut Butter chocolate icing tonight... they offered me some and I gave them this crazy look like "No way in hell!" Although I appreciate them asking me because I prefer to turn down an invitation rather than being told I can't have something. Makes the rebel in me crazy!
We can all beat this sugar addiction, one "No way in hell!" at a time!

When the pants you couldn't button before get loose!

My family had chocolate cake with Peanut Butter chocolate icing tonight... they offered me some and I gave them this crazy look like "No way in hell!" Although I appreciate them asking me because I prefer to turn down an invitation rather than being told I can't have something. Makes the rebel in me crazy!
We can all beat this sugar addiction, one "No way in hell!" at a time!

My family had chocolate cake with Peanut Butter chocolate icing tonight... they offered me some and I gave them this crazy look like "No way in hell!" Although I appreciate them asking me because I prefer to turn down an invitation rather than being told I can't have something. Makes the rebel in me crazy!
We can all beat this sugar addiction, one "No way in hell!" at a time!

I wouldn't say sugar played a huge role in which surgery I got... I knew I didn't want the lap-band because the foreign object. Gastric bypass was too expensive and can create new problems for you (or so my surgeon told me at our first consultation). He did say the bypass was the gold standard in WLS but can give you new problems to deal with... So I went with the sleeve ultimately. At my support meetings the nurse has said that people who get bypass experience dumping a lot more, especially with sugar! So chances are you will not be able to tolerate anymore sugar than what naturally occurs in foods like fruits.
Also one thing I forgot to mention was... I think a lot of things are mind over matter. I believed the surgery would save me from my addiction, I believed it would make my cravings go away, I believed it would give me will power. And so it did. So I think your outlook on how things will change is just as powerful as what will actually change!

1oz portions
Cashews
Beef Jerky
cheese
Sorbet
chocolate Protein
7-10 flavors of Mio type drinks
Shrimp