I hope this is not a too crazy question, is it normal to crave sweets???? I never ate a lot of sweets but since the band I do.

So please tell me that someone any one has this problem.... lol

No but for real.

No it's normal to crave! My doc says that if its really a craving a small taste will satisfy! After you take a bite walk away and forget about it!

I, unfortunately take meds that make me crave sweets and have a very difficult time with it. I love Walgreen's brand "Nice" sugar free hard fruit flavor candy and also crystal light sugar free hard fruit flavor candy but do indulge in skinny cow twice a week.

Plenty of sugar free sweets around both in shops and googled on the internet, I always suck sugar free ones when I am cycling, I think they do their job well, as if u try to eat to many u would start noticing the sugar substitutes more and then they don't taste as good .. sugar free gum is ok too.

No it's normal to crave! My doc says that if its really a craving a small taste will satisfy! After you take a bite walk away and forget about it!

That's how it was for me in the beginning...I would crave something, say a dough-nut, buy one, take one bite, and thanks to the band realize I really did not want it...it was just something in my head telling me I needed it....after about a year of this...throwing food away I thought I wanted but didn't, the cravings went away altogether....

I'm one of the lucky ones. Pre op I craved sweets all day long, but post op, I have no cravings. I hope & pray it stays that way!

They should offer a warning label on the band that warns about increased sweets craving. I never used to crave sweets like I do now. The largest drawback to the band in my opinion. Lol.

Actually, my sweet cravings have decreased and I actually crave savory or salty things now but have to watch because I retain fluid. Before surgery I craved Good and Plenty licorice candy everyday. I have not had that craving at all post op. I also would crave chocolate and now I have not touched it because I have no craving for it.

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I've always liked sweets and did not find the band increased that. What I have found, however, is that if I don't start on the sugar, the desire for it goes away. Post surgery I was weeks without sugar and didn't think about it. Now that I can have a small treat from time to time, I think about sugar. Which means I really have to cut it out altogether, because it "calls" to me and can hinder my weight loss efforts.

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I'm looking foreword to the cravings going away

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I am the same the same way....love it!!!

My cravings never went away. But as said try a small chocolate or whatever you crave and then get rid of the thing you had. Karen

When I crave something sweet I have either a chocolate Calcium chew or a mini Cliff mint chocolate Protein bar. Most of the time, I don't even have a full mini bar...just a bite is enough to satisfy me!

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Sf choc pudding. With sf dairy topping. Or if its late I will brush my teeth to get that strong minty flavor that stops my cravings.

This is my biggest downfall!! I'm restricted when I eat and my meals are healthy and full of protein but then come 6pm I'm wanting sweets! Sweets always go right down with no problem too!

Sweets are my down fall too. And they go down so easy and I don't feel that full feeling but the next day I don't feel so great..... Like a sweet hang-over. I hope I can get rid of this habit I am forming.