I was banded on 5/21 and my dr started me off with 3 cc and I've lost 26 lb I had my first fill this Monday and I'm starting to crave foods I've never enjoyed before like cake and candy how do I stop the craving?

Unfortunately you just have to struggle through it. You may want to decrease your carbs and stay away from sugar until it passes.

When you crave drink water. It will fill you up so you'll be too full to want it. Also, if you keep some good fruit on hand you can eat a snack of fruit and it will help. I have always been told I eliminate it for 2 weeks and you will not want it again. Just hang in there and find somethig to keep your mind off the craving. Good luck on your journey.

Sounds like your mind is just now figuring out that these types of food will no longer be tolerated? When you get that urge, come to this site and read how all the people who fell off the wagon and ate brownies are still fatso's. Don't be a fatso. Eat good food. When you get to your goal weight, splurge and eat a cake. It won't be the end of the world. Some people even give themselves a reward once a year by eating ice cream.

I'm not recommending it, I'm just telling your mind that yes, Yovanca can still eat cake and ice cream but she chooses not to at this time.

tmf

I wish! its not that simple for me. I can be stuffed full and still "want" sugar. I have regularly gone without it for long periods of time and it does not reduce the craving. Every day, 3, 4pm it sets in, soooooo strong. It does not matter what I eat for Breakfast and lunch, more Protein, less protein, carbs, no carbs, it is so firmly entrenched in my psyche - relaxation in that tired part of the aftrnoon = coffee, sugar and putting my feet up.

Nothing cuts the craving for me.

I also find that when I undereat now - like the 1200, 1300 it takes to satisfy physical hunger with the band, the cravings kick in till I'm up to 1700 - 1800 calories which seems to be what my body likes to maintain itself on. Then they cut out, like that! The trouble is a 1700 or 1800 calorie a day level tends to equal about 154lb for me, and I like to be closer to 140, sigh.

I was banded on 5/21 and my dr started me off with 3 cc and I've lost 26 lb I had my first fill this Monday and I'm starting to crave foods I've never enjoyed before like cake and candy how do I stop the craving?

I am in the exact same boat. I am two weeks out and I have already cheated some. I did a three week liquid diet and did not cheat but as soon as I started my soft food stage I have had some very intense cravings. I will be in the store and even though I am telling myself no, and pretty much begging myself not to I still get that thing that I want and then I want more. I decided not to beat myself up about it and I am working with a counselor to help with the food addiction but it is hard and I don't know if I believe in completely denying myself what I want all the time. I don't think it is healthy. I just want to be where I can have a treat periodically and then continue on with my healthy eating.

Sounds like your mind is just now figuring out that these types of food will no longer be tolerated? When you get that urge, come to this site and read how all the people who fell off the wagon and ate brownies are still fatso's. Don't be a fatso. Eat good food. When you get to your goal weight, splurge and eat a cake. It won't be the end of the world. Some people even give themselves a reward once a year by eating ice cream.

I'm not recommending it, I'm just telling your mind that yes, Yovanca can still eat cake and ice cream but she chooses not to at this time.

tmf

I really don't think it's helpful to refer to people who are working really hard to loose weight and break down and have a brownie fatso's. What is this high school?

I really don't think it's helpful to refer to people who are working really hard to loose weight and break down and have a brownie fatso's. What is this high school?

No, it's a forum for people to come to and get ideas. Aren't you paying attention? Lighten up! You take yourself far too seriously.

tmf

Thanks everyone I did water today and it really helped ! I haven't cheated at all cause I'm an all or nothing kind of girl and I choose to be sexy ! Nothing tastes as good as skinny !

I am going through that. I go to the store and bypass the things I knw I can't have, but there are so many things that are not healthy that I could eat...cheesecake, candy etc, stuff I never ate before. There will always be temptations