Ok, I had decided to stick to the plan wholeheartedly until I reached my goal. I am twelve weeks out. It has been going great until I have had a tremendous craving for a kids soft serve ice cream cone. It is 180 cal, 28 carbs, 5 fat, 5 Protein. I will still come in under 700 cal and under 40 carbs an meet my protein goal.

But just because I so desperately want it - should I?

I am not craving protein ice cream, believe me. The real thing.

Do you have some other treat suggestion if you think this is a bad idea?

My family went out for soft serve while I was visiting, one of those places where you get the gigantic cup and fill it yourself. I figured a little wouldn't hurt, and I should say I was still trying to seem normal since they don't know about my surgery. (Bad idea, I know...but I'd rather not go there). Well, I got all of 1oz of yogurt and a few nut toppings. It tasted good, but I hated how I felt afterward. I didn't get any of the nausea, cramping, or diarrhea - but man did that sugar go straight into my system! I felt like a bumble bee in my skin for about 20-30 minutes, and it was not fun. It was like a bad, allergic reaction. I thought it might be a fluke, then later I had two licks off my husband's ice cream and had the same reaction. Two licks!

Needless to say, that killed it for me. Now just the thought of feeling that way again is not worth it for me.

McDonalds soft serve is low fat plus it's good tasting... How about frozen yogurt?? That couldn't be too bad..

Skinny Cow fudge bar!

life is a journey, not a destination; so, stop running -H.D. THEROUX

Ooooh I have a frozen yogurt place by me. We went there today, it's called 'yo luv it' it's totally non fat and about 13 grams of sugar for small cup. I got a small cup, no toppings ( that's where u go from good to bad!) and I only ate half. So half for tomorrow. It's my go to treat every few weeks or so. Only eating half at a time at only 6-7 grams of sugar is good

I didn't eat any treats until I was at goal. For me, I knew they were a slippery slope and if I could justify it once, I could justify it repeatedly. I told myself that I had eaten more than my fair share of the world's ice cream before surgery, that it was nothing special and nothing that I couldn't have when I was at goal. When I finally ate some, it didn't taste as good as I remembered.

Now I want a soft-serve cone. Curses! :-)

ive had a dq blizzard... i got a mini blizzard and shared it

oops.. hit send. about 5 bites was satisfying to me...

Should you? No.

Would I? Possibly

Can you have a little & not derail yourself? I think so.

If your lucky you'll try it and your stomach won't like it. I had it when I was 4 months out and my stomach revolted! I then processed to try 3 more different kinds, same result, so that's one thing I didn't have to worry about tempting me :-)

Ok, I did it. I gave in. I got some frozen yogurt, about three ounces. It was satisfying and tasty, no ill effects. In the future maybe a sugar free fudge Popsicle would work- it really wasn't that much better! But I had built it up in my mind... And nothing else would do. Thanks for your thoughts!