Has anyone had ice cream yet? It sounds so good. I can resist, but wonder if anyone has eaten any yet? I know it's one of the 'sliders', so I won't even try it.

I am 4 weeks out and yes I have. I either have Skinny Cow or Weight Watchers, but only as a treat.

Not sure if you mean recently after surgery or just at all, but I eat ice cream. For awhile I was eating a lot, and fell off the wagon. Now I eat a Weight Watchers ice cream if I have the calories to spare (usually I try to save some calories for it). If I want regular ice cream, I go to whole foods and get a small gelato. Gelato has far fewer calories and fat than ice cream, and if I get a 2 oz portion, I know I can't go overboard.

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Nope.

I'm staying off refined sugar - I was showing signs of addiction towards it...That and junk food...a little scary, so I'm avoiding it.

It sounds like it would be nice to have after a workout though.

I'd say ice cream is probably one of the worst thing someone with a lap band could eat.

A ton of calories, and provides no feeling of fullness.

No thanks. I'm avoiding that stuff like the plague.

I'm 9 months out, and I still haven't reached the point where I'm comfortable incorporating ice cream. We all have different approaches (and needs), but for me it's a slippery slope. I really do find myself physically satisfied with the foods my body requires, so I'm steering clear of the foods that just don't do anything for me, health-wise, during the weight loss phase.

Ice cream has never done me any favors. And it's one of those foods for which the band offers no constraint whatsoever.

Honestly, if you say you can resist it, keep it up. Ice cream is so tasty and satisfying to our brains for those few seconds, but doesn nothing for our asses!! Don't do it. It's just not worth the wasted calories and sugar. If you have to, take one bite, just one and move on. Don't buy it and bring it home to the freezer. Do it out with someone. Just one bite!!!

I'd say ice cream is probably one of the worst thing someone with a LAP-BAND® could eat.

A ton of calories, and provides no feeling of fullness.

No thanks. I'm avoiding that stuff like the plague.

For me, that kind of extreme thinking (ie Ill NEVER eat ice cream again because its not a band approved food) has gotten me into trouble (both pre-band and post-band). This is a lifestyle change, not a crash diet. So if I want to have some low fat ice cream or gelato or whatever, if I have calories left to spend, I'm not depriving myself. And I almost never go over my calorie goal (I went over one day by 20 calories in the past 2.5 months). For me, this isn't a diet, its a whole new life. The great thing is, whereas before I would eat an entire tub of Ben and Jerrys, now I can have one Weight Watchers ice cream bar, and be okay with that.

This is a lifestyle change

Yep. And my lifestyle change doesn't include ice cream.

It's not extreme thinking, for me. It's what I need to do to be successful.

Your mileage may vary.

Yep. And my lifestyle change doesn't include ice cream.

It's not extreme thinking, for me. It's what I need to do to be successful.

Your mileage may vary.

Well good luck with that! Different strokes for different folks.

Not sure what the mileage comment meant, but I lost 6 pounds this past week (which included my weight watchers ice cream bars!). I lost about 80 pounds initially with my band within the first 5 months (with NO ice cream or anything that was sweet) and then gained 50 back because I went crazy with the food that I was denying myself. Pretty excited to be on a new, balanced track (I've lost over 35 of those 50 pounds in the past 8 weeks with a balanced and healthy diet and lots of exercise, and food logs). That's what works for me!

My son would have a cup or bowl or whatever of ice cream this past summer. I'd get a spoon and have one spoonful and that was enough to satisfy my desire .. all I really needed was a taste.

Then I'd go into another room where I couldn't see him eat it and get busy doing something else.

This strategy might not work for everyone.. works for me.

I have had regular ice cream, but only a VERY small amount. But what is really great where I live there is a local store that makes fat free, sugar free vanilla ice cream and it is to die for, it is such a great guilt-free treat!!!

. This is a lifestyle change, not a crash diet. So if I want to have some low fat ice cream or gelato or whatever, if I have calories left to spend, I'm not depriving myself.

That is true. It is a lifestyle change but I know that ice cream is one of my trigger foods. From experience, one bite leads to two leads to eating a half gallon every day for a week. That carb overload leads to craving potatoes, bread, sweets, etc. and it doesn't matter whether it's healthy choice, WW or some other type of 'good for you' ice cream. Excess is still excess.

If you can control it, more power to you. For someone like me, my 'lifestyle change' means I have to avoid it permanently and remind myself that ice cream is poison to me. One bite takes me on that downward spiral that leads to out of control blood sugars even on insulin and massive overeating.

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I eat ice cream - yes, it's wasted calories....but this is the rest of your life....I say enjoy it. I'm 6 months post op and down about 75 lbs. I do exercise daily - weight training and cardio - so I allow myself a little treat now and then. And when I do, I cut down on other foods for the day.

Good luck to you!!

I think a slider is different for everyone really. Some call cottage cheese a slider and I eat 1/4 cup and i'm DONE.

Don't cheat yourself. Try a little bit? Just portion it out and walk away :thumbup:

I ate ice cream week 2 and 3 after surgery. I was only getting about 300 calories and really couldn't get much else in. Now that I'm eating more regular food, if I need something its either SF Popsicle or FF frozen yogurt. It has the same numbers as regular non-fat yogurt.