Well hello fellow sleevers.. and sleevers to be :smile1:

I took a long while off and decided to come back around, hoping for some good advice!

Is anyone else having trouble controlling sweets? I have slowly become TERRIBLE at it, thus my weight loss has been at a LONG stall. I have not gained back at all thank god, but not losing anything in a LONG time is just as bad in my opinion.

Also, I think I may be dehydrated often and that is causing me to think that I am hungry which I am probably not. Could this be true?

I hope everyone has been well. I am going to try to post some pictures if I can figure out how to do it :/ I have updated my profile pic though :smile1:

I don't have a lot of full body pix prior to surgery, as I hated how I looked,but I will try to post some progress pictures. - the 2 attached.. clearly the blue one is today Thanks guys!

- Tam

I am a month out and I am going to do my best to just not get back to refined sugars at all.

Hi Tamz,

Good to see you back, you look awesome!! Congrats on your success. The sweets or carbs can get out of control very easily. Once it happens, about the only way I have found to get it under control is to go back to basics, making sure you have plenty of hi protein snacks around for when the cravings kick in. I use protein bars and Atkins shakes for sweet treats, and keep plenty of grab quick foods available like almonds, pecans, pistachios, popsicles, pork skins, etc. And yes, I too sometimes am probably thirsty but think I'm hungry, so I have to make sure I drink so many oz of fluid before i allow a snack or have my meal. After the initial first couple of days it's not really hard anymore, you'll soon stop craving them again. Dehydration alone will also slow weight loss or even cause a stall. Good luck on getting back on track, and keep posting, it helps!

Sweets are the devil! My family is leaving all kinds of sweets laying around. I am going to throw them away tomorrow.

I'm back to basics and cutting out carbs. Yayyyyyy! I have also decided to up my Fluid intake so that I can wash the **** out of my body.

Get back on track and let's kick our exercise routine up! LOL

Hi Tamz,

Good to see you back, you look awesome!! Congrats on your success. The sweets or carbs can get out of control very easily. Once it happens, about the only way I have found to get it under control is to go back to basics, making sure you have plenty of hi Protein Snacks around for when the cravings kick in. I use protein bars and Atkins shakes for sweet treats, and keep plenty of grab quick foods available like almonds, pecans, pistachios, popsicles, pork skins, etc. And yes, I too sometimes am probably thirsty but think I'm hungry, so I have to make sure I drink so many oz of Fluid before i allow a snack or have my meal. After the initial first couple of days it's not really hard anymore, you'll soon stop craving them again. Dehydration alone will also slow weight loss or even cause a stall. Good luck on getting back on track, and keep posting, it helps!

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Thank you!! What protein bars do you get? I always get worried about them because of the sugar/carb amounts in a lot of them.

Thank you!! What Protein bars do you get? I always get worried about them because of the sugar/carb amounts in a lot of them.

I am using the Pure Protein chocolate Peanut Butter right now, and they are ok, sometimes I will spread a little almond or peanut butter on them. But I really want to try the Quest ones I keep reading about, they don't have as many net carbs or sugar alcohol. I just don't know which flavor I want to order.

I am using the Pure Protein chocolate Peanut Butter right now, and they are ok, sometimes I will spread a little almond or peanut butter on them. But I really want to try the Quest ones I keep reading about, they don't have as many net carbs or sugar alcohol. I just don't know which flavor I want to order.

wow.. i just googles the Quest bars.. too many choices, most all of them look good!! I think im going to order these.. chocolate brownie

wow.. i just googles the Quest bars.. too many choices, most all of them look good!! I think im going to order these.. chocolate brownie :smile1:

I know they sound so good! That's one I want to try to. Someone posted if you microwave for a few seconds it makes them even better so if you taste and it's just so so, try the microwave. Oh, and let me know what you think about them please.

You look great! Congrats!!!!!!!