I was sleeved on Jan 4th. For a while my cravings went away. I lost 29 pounds. But now I seem stuck. And all I can think about is sugar cookies....seriously. What happened to the ghrelin and the no more cravings! I'm so sad I even feel this way. I don't want to have wasted my surgery...

Help!

Stacey:huh0:

My surgery was January 25th, and just over the last week or so, I'm starting to get that want for something sweet in the evening, after dinner. Sometimes my last B12 and chocolate calcium chew do the job--sometimes not. What I've done a couple of times is pour out about 1/3 cup of Special K blueberry flakes and eat them dry, like chips. It's just enough to satisfy that want, but little enough not to be real destructive (used to be I'd have a huge full bowl of cereal with milk almost every night).

Stacey, I am starting to crave food and think about it like old times. I found a terrific tea by Biglow it's Vanilla Hazelnut and it is sooooooooo yummy. I add Stevia to sweeten it I find I don't even need to add milk but a little milk wouldn't hurt. I love it and feel as if I'm having a warm fattening sweet desert.

Cravings are normal for even naturally thin people. The great thing about the sleeve is that you can control of the choice. It's head hunger, not hunger from your stomach that's giving you the craving so don't think of it as wasting your surgery. They operate on our stomachs, not our brains. You just have to either fight the craving, or allow yourself to have a cookie, don't get guilty over it, and then tomorrow is a new day.

I'm a little over 9 months out, and cravings are a weekly occurrence. Luckily, the sleeve helps me make better choices. Eating Protein first, then leaving little room for sweets.

For a sweet craving early out during my losing stage, I bought high protein/low carb Protein Bars. I could only eat 1/4-1/2 of the bar, and that helped tremendously. Stayed in my carb limit, and fixed the craving.