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Recently, I've realized that when I do get a craving for something, its generally something healthier .. ie, instead of craving chips or pizza, I might crave a bit of tuna, or a salad, or two crackers with cheese. Where I used to would crave chocolate, now I crave grapes or watermelon or the like.

I've also found it alot easier lately, when order at a restuarant, to order the grilled salmon or the salad. Used to I would struggle, wanting instead the chicken parma, laden with cheese and a mound of fries .. or the fish in chips, still dripping with grease from the vat lol. Now those don't even sound good to me for some reason.

Oh, I still have the very occassional day where I include chips or something if they're around .. but I don't enjoy them like I used to.

Just wondering if anyone else had noticed something like this?

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Jess,

Unfortunately I have not been that lucky yet. I still crave most of the bad foods I've been addicted to for years. The only difference is that now my body tells me with very uncomfortable pains in my chest when I eat some thing I shouldn't. I'm calling my Dr. for my 2nd fill this week because I still feel like I am always hungry.:help:

Suzi

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I am the same when I was at a restaurant, I would look for what looked like the hugest most fattening meal. Now I look for fish ro chicken. As for cravings, I dont crave most of the junk I use to...I still crave chocolate a bit. Before banding I really was never into crackers or cheese, now I seem to have a thing for them, I was never into ice cream, now I love it.

I know that at least twice a week or so we had takeaway, alternating between KFC, pizza and chinese, now we are lucky to have it twice a month....and I dont crave it all. I wish I craved fruit, I dont like many fruits. I love all vegies though.

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i still crave the wrong foods but i must admit im getting betta at making a healthier choice

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I don't know if "crave" is the right word for me. When I was preggers I craved green salad olives, I would eat a cup at a sitting. I would crave the brine they come in, so I'd drink it. Lucky for me I never had a problem with high blood pressure!

But I still long for the same foods I've always wanted. I want a sandwich. I want a sub with ham and roast beef and turky, and cheese and walk that sucker through the garden! I want a pepper turkey sandwith with pepperjack cheese, and walk that sucker through the garden. I still want pizza and cheese burgers. I want salty things occasionally and I want chocolate occasionally.

None of these foods are "bad" I think the only bad food is one that has spoilded and will give someone food poisoning. Food is not my enemy.

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:) :) :eek: I think the only bad food is one that has spoilded and will give someone food poisoning. :o :lolB: :lolB: Oh that is a good one. I have to remember that. Heck, right now I am on all liquids and will probably be on them for another week. I am craving EVERYTHING :angry Actually I don't think it is a craving as it is wanting to chew something. I will say if I could eat right now it would not be junk food. I would be eating something like grilled chicken, fish or lean meat.:hungry:

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Definitely - I find I want flavour more than anything - so I might eat something like a Ryvita with hommous, Tomato and a bit of tasty cheese, with salt and pepper.

I'm still just so suprised that I've walked past Muffin Break so many times and not even thought about stopping. Previously I never went to the shops, no matter how small an errand, without stopping for a big coffee and a huge muffin. I havent craved bread, biscuits or any of the stuff I was previously bad with.

When we've had fish and chips for dinner, Doug and I just get a bit of grilled flake with no batter and make ourselves a salad while the kids have battered flake, potato cakes and chips.< /p>

I think it's just because I tell myself this isnt a diet, I can have any of that stuff if I really want it, so it's been easy to say each time "not this time, I'll save it for when I really want it".

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To Wendiss - when I was on liquids (only a week ago) I was craving meats too. I wanted steak or meatloaf so much I could hardly stand it. Then I realized that was my body screaming at me - Give me protein!! And I realized I was supposed to be getting 60 grams a day, not the 30 I was mistakenly so proud of hitting every day. Ugh. Once I got the Protein up, the cravings stopped.

Something very odd that has changed for my tastes is coffee. I was a coffee addict in every sense of the word. Always had my cup of coffee with hazelnut Creamer and splenda in my hand. But since the band, the taste has changed so drastically that it seems foul. I can't stand it! Isn't that odd?

I had one small pat of butter on some green Beans the other day and the butter tasted so odd. Sweet and not so appealing. What?? Me not like butter?? *laughs* I think this is a good thing, no?

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I have an odd one, baked Beans. What makes it odd is the fact that before surgery I could not stand baked beans, I detest all beans really, except since surgery Im craving baked beans. I even buy them all on my own without my husband begging for them (he has always loved them). He even comments on how odd it is since for the last 22 years I could not stand them and look at me now! Im a bean eater!

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The only reason It's easier for me to order fish is because it goes down easier than Pasta and steak LOL!

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Use to crave pizza all the time pre-band, now it's O.K., but unless my daughter begs for it, we don't eat it. However, I could live on Mexican food...always liked it, but since being banded...crave it, especially gualamole!!! Bring on the refried Beans, j.s.!!!!

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I like my coffee unadulterated. There's no such thing as Creamers here anyway. It's milk or nothing. I think coffeemate had a little surge back in the 80's and you can get it but it's on the bottom shelf behind something else.

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I agree with Jack....I don't really crave anything anymore...which isn;t to say that I don't have a handful of chips or a piece of chocolate once in a while, but food has become more of a neccessity rather than a desire. Maybe it is because I can't eat most of what I really used to enjoy (pasta, red meat, fried rice) but I am ok with that.

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