Ok, ok. I just posted in another forum that I miss Mexican food. Well, the craving today was McDonalds. I can't help it. I especially love the fries.

I had my surgery Nov. 3, and things have been going well. The liquids thing is pretty hard. I am losing, though, and that feels good.

I told my husband how badly I wanted some fries and he urged me to come straight here and post it. He knows that I read this site faithfully and that everybody here is just so supportive.

Anyway, just looking for a few words of encouragement.

Cheers !

I agree with Jack completely! I had a craving for McD's FFs a few weeks ago. Gave in and bought them, ate one, chewed it to goo and it was the most revolting thing I've ever eaten.

By chewing it that much the texture was awful and all I could taste was the grease. It left a film in my mouth for hours....needless to say, my french fry craving is forever gone!! :clap2:

Once you're to the "normal" food stage, what I've found that stops a salty craving is to buy a small single serving bag of baked lays potato chips. By doing a small bag "in the moment" they aren't in the house to cause temptation.

Oh I had such a craving for McD's back in April. A qtr pounder with cheese and the fries...YUMMY so DH and I went there we were driving home from somewhere. I felt that it was ok to go there I hadn't in months and why not.

So we ordered and were sitting in the car. DH had a bite and said the bread was stale I said give it back and brought both of our burgers back in to get then replaced. He is much faster at eating than me even before banding. He had a bite said the roll was fine. My mouth was not watering. I opend my container and it looked and smelled yummy. I then picked the lusious burger up and there was a puddle of grease in the box and grease dripping off the burger. I looked at that grease fat mixure and felt sick. Said to DH I can't eat this crap and gave it to him. By this point the fries were cold so why bother eating them. I went inside and ordered a sundea with peanuts and hot fudge. I forgot the calories but it wasn't bad. Ate that and enjoyed every bite.

I wish I could remember the date because that was a major turning point in my life for McD's. Whenever I think about how good one of those burgers and fries would be I visulize that box of grease and fat and it quickly goes away.

Hope this helps it helped me all over again just writting it down..lol..

You will have little stories like this before no time. French fries are not worth it. Most likely you will shortly have a FF experience. And most likely you will have it more than once and then decide to hold off until the end of the meal. Then you'll discover that they are cold and really not good.

Losing is awesome! Your going to love it. Good luck sounds like you are already making the right choices by coming here to say HELP!!

Hi Fitzgerald: This Soup may help with the mexican food craving - it did for me.

Taco Soup:

1 onion diced

2 tbsp Olive Oil

2lbs ground beef

2 envelopes of Fajita Seasoning

1 can Rotel

1 can Cream of Celery or Cream of chicken Soup

1 can Beans (black, pinto, or refried)

1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

8 oz Light Cream Cheese

1 cup Water

1 cup skim milk

2-3 drops of tabasco sauce

Crushed tortilla chips any kind (1/2 cup)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Dash of Cinnamon

Saute onion in olive oil. Brown Lean Ground Beef. Add fajita seasoning and rest of ingredients till comes to a boil, then simmer. Enjoy.

Lap Banders portion on lliquid phase will need to run through the blender! I served my husbands soup with crushed tortilla chips and a little sour cream on top. __________________

Stats:

Banded 10/31/06 Halloween

10 day liquid preop diet/ Self Pay $13,500

PreOp 292

Day of Surgery 285

Now 279

Goal 150ish

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In the search bar just type in soup or smoothie for a plethora of recipe ideas to use and/or modify! Have fun!

I am really glad to read this post right now. I am on my third day of the liquid diet with NO cheating whatsoever and I want the Dorritos so bad that I know my boyfriend has in our pantry downstairs!! Just a taste I tell myself, and then I have to be honest like Jack mentioned, first of all it wont be worth it and second of all, i cant have just a taste, I truly want them ALL! My BF has offered to take his beloved dorritos to work, i may take him up on the offer!

You guys are great. And thanks for the recipe ! It looks delicious.

It's funny. I can't ever imagine not wanting McDonalds. My parents used it as positive reinforcement when I was a kid, so I have all these good memories tied to the place. I'm working that out in the therapy.

Reading these posts has really helped. It just makes me feel like I'm not alone. I don't know what I would do without this site !

Funny, if you ordered a big mac and fries you would probably only get 2-3 bites in! Good luck.

Hi,

I am enjoying this thread. I am pre-op (going to surgeon tomorrow to hopefully get my date) and I have been thinking about the McD's thing. I have not had it for probably 2 months and had really cut down over the last 6 months or so. I was having that sick thought of :"what if I never have another burger again?" and wondering if I should try to dqueeze one in before surgery. I think I will pass but it is definitely something I considered. I have been following WW and trying to cut down onthe eating before the surgery so I will not have such a huge shock but it is tough! Anyone else have those pre-surgery cravings and did you give in??? I have 2 restaurant gift cards that I feel like I have to use up now since they will be such a waste after (is that nuts?).

~Kay

Check this out and you will see why you DO NOT WANT McD's!!

http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.index1.html

Wow! Thanks for the link!!! Have any of you seen Supersized...the documentary??? That is very very insightful and even has a bit on WLS!!!

Sorry to say I gave into my dorrito temptation this past weekend, but I have not cheated since, I promise! It so wasnt worth it, let me tell ya!

Vegge,

I have seen the documentary on Supersize Me. I saw it in school (college) a couple of weeks ago. What an eye opener!! I knew McD's was bad, but my oh my, I didn't know it was that bad.

Congrats on your upcoming surgery. You won't regret the preop diet. It will help you so much.

Take care.

On whether to eat before the surgery ..... I confess - I pigged out. I was supposed to be on liquids the whole week before surgery. To hell with that, I thought.

But I think my overeating that week contributed to the gas pain I felt after the surgery, so if I had to do it over again, I would stick to liquids.

You're on the right road ! Good luck.

Thank you for the encouraging words! I am on my eighth day of the liquid diet now and have lost nearly 15 lbs and only cheated that one time! Whew, did it feel good to confess! I really have heard that people who eat a few days before the surgery (especially the yummy junk stuff :nervous ) tend to have more gas pains... I am only three days away now and I cant wait!

I was addicted to McDonalds when I was in my late teens... never thought I'd break away but now, if DH says lets go to McD's I get PO'd b/c it just doesn't taste good to me anymore. All I can think about is that tiny burger and all those calories

You can do it, you can break away. Think about all the harm that frankenfood has done to your life and think about this new chance you have to break free.

:hug:

I was craving a Big Mac a month ago, went for it and was totally disappointed. It just wasn't worth it. I had to eat such small bites and still ended up PBing...with the PB I would have only been able to eat 1/4 of it.....I'll never go back.

Carol

I DID IT !!! I just passed McDonald's on the way home for lunch and didn't STOP. But I was tempted !

I came home and had a nice mushy lunch. I'm so proud of myself !!!