My stomach is completely healed and I am eating about a cup a meal. Some foods use to hurt, but now everything is tasting good without any discomfort. Now that I can eat anything, I am having a hard time resisting sweets. I am 18 months out and I am really fighting to keep this in check. Anyone else having this head hunger problem? If so any suggestion to overcome it?

I'm all for everything in moderation. I find that with myself if I totally ban all sweets or treats then I just crave them like mad and then binge on them. If I have one bite of something sweet then it holds back that craving for quite a bit of time. I know that not everybody will agree with me on this one but I know how my mind and body work and I am losing weight. During the first few weeks I completely banned carbs and boy did I turn into Cranky Kitty. My husband was very thankful when my NUT told me to get some carbs in.

As for other foods, just make sure to measure them out in appropriate proportions (e.g. 1/2 cup) so that way you don't overeat.

Yes I need to get back to measuring my food. Especially since I can eat more than that now. Thanks for the advice Mews.

I use sweets as a reward for a hard workout. Yesterday, I burned 1,800 calories doing a triathlon so I rewarded myself with chocolate peanut clusters, a first (I still lost a pound for the day). The peanuts were part of my carb replenishment and the chocolate was a bonus. Everything in moderation is a good motto.

Head hunger is the worst I will open the frig. at least 10 times a day and think I'm not even hungry! I found a Nature Valley Protien bar at Costco it a peanut butter dark choclate bar has 10gm protien and 14carbs with peanuts and crunchies tastes too good to be healthy I eat half in afternoon and half after dinner cause of course I always need dessert after dinner!!

I find one good way to deal with this is to have non-addictive sweets in the house, ones that will satisfy the sweet craving, but you won't go nuts for them. For example, I found out the hard way that I CANNOT keep Toblerone in the house. It's my absolute favorite kind of chocolate and I WILL consume inordinate amounts of it if it's in the house. But I don't care that much for, say, dark chocolate, or Turkish delight. Therefore, I keep those in my cupboards and when I feel the urge to have something sweet, I have one or two pieces of either and it takes the edge off without spurning a binge.

I bought some giant Toblerones on sale after Easter and I have to admit that last weekend, I brought the two that survived with me to the gym and gave them to a guy who has a young son (they are just too good to go in the garbage!).