I'm 10 days out of surgery and every time I watch TV the food commercials drive me nuts, of course I won't stray but they're really bothersome. My parents are morbidly obese and constantly ordering fast food and eating junk in front of me so all I smell is the food that got me to 276 lbs. It's killing me. Will this go away? I don't want to crave junk anymore :[

- Kaylee Ann

It's not easy, as I still at two months post op crave just about everything I did before surgery. I watch food network like its an xxx movie and drool. Lol. But it gets a little easier. I have five children who are thin as rails and because their father and I were tiny kids and he still is, they are much smaller than most kids. They eat healthy and I do get them junk here and there because it's part of being a kid. It is really hard when they are eati g KFC and I'm wondering how long it would take me to take a bite before flying to the bathroom. It's all one big test. I've lost 50 lbs in the last seven weeks and it feels great. I tell people who like to say its the easy way out. You are forced to remain on the strictest diet for the rest of your life. Never a chance to stray because it will make you very sick. Just keep your head up. It will get easier in time, but right now your body is pouting like a two year old because it's being forced to burn its own stores. In time you'll find that if you take a bite of something you once craved, it just is not the same.

One thing that really scares me is when the time comes that I will be able to eat something junky and not dump. I have never dumped yet due to only being 10 days out and being strict but my brother is 5 years out (rny) and I've seen him eat chips, Pasta, mac n cheese, you name it! He never seems to dump unless he actually eats a big piece of ice cream cake or something ridiculously unhealthy. Just terrified of re-gaining

- Kaylee Ann

I'm 10 days out of surgery and every time I watch TV the food commercials drive me nuts' date=' of course I won't stray but they're really bothersome. My parents are morbidly obese and constantly ordering fast food and eating junk in front of me so all I smell is the food that got me to 276 lbs. It's killing me. Will this go away? I don't want to crave junk anymore :[

- Kaylee Ann[/quote']

Right now your probably having head hunger I dealt with that for the 1st month after surgery! It's really hard to deal with just keep telling yourself why you had the surgery and don't give up you can do it!!

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One thing that really scares me is when the time comes that I will be able to eat something junky and not dump. I have never dumped yet due to only being 10 days out and being strict but my brother is 5 years out (rny) and I've seen him eat chips' date=' Pasta, mac n cheese, you name it! He never seems to dump unless he actually eats a big piece of ice cream cake or something ridiculously unhealthy. Just terrified of re-gaining

- Kaylee Ann[/quote']

I used to be able to eat the junk but now I'm not able to and I've lost more weight not eating the junk than I would if all I ate was junk!! The key is moderation if you feel you want something that is considered junk tell yourself I will only eat 5 potatoe chips pick 5 out of the bag and go put the bag up go into another room and eat those 5 chips then 30 minutes later drink a glass of water! The desire to eat them is gone!

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me im different..i keep cooking everything for my kids and i will watch them eat..its funny but its true..i watch them eat and i get full..but they complain bec they said i cooked a lot..lol

I used to be able to eat the junk but now I'm not able to and I've lost more weight not eating the junk than I would if all I ate was junk!! The key is moderation if you feel you want something that is considered junk tell yourself I will only eat 5 potatoe chips pick 5 out of the bag and go put the bag up go into another room and eat those 5 chips then 30 minutes later drink a glass of water! The desire to eat them is gone!

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Good idea' date=' thanks for that advice :']

- Kaylee Ann

I'm not sure that I can put a time line on it but the cravings absolutely disappeared for me. I lived on junk food for years and other than an occasional turkey breast and black forest ham on flatbread from Subway, I haven't had any junkfood in over a year. I'm 35 weeks out and have lost 114 lbs and I truly have no desire for burgers and pizza and the mexican food I used to eat all the time. I think it has something to do with tracking calories and protein and carbs and fat every single day for the last seven months. I just hate the idea of logging the calories and fat in double quarter pounder! LOL!!

I used to be able to eat the junk but now I'm not able to and I've lost more weight not eating the junk than I would if all I ate was junk!! The key is moderation if you feel you want something that is considered junk tell yourself I will only eat 5 potatoe chips pick 5 out of the bag and go put the bag up go into another room and eat those 5 chips then 30 minutes later drink a glass of water! The desire to eat them is gone!

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For chip fans, try Kellogg Special K Cracker Chips. They taste great, 110 calories in a 27 chip serving, 2.5 g of fat and 2 g of Protein. A number of flavors including sea salt, sour cream and onion, cheddar, and southwest ranch. You can get them at Vons or even on Amazon. Great substitute for potato chips and I eat them instead of french fries!

For chip fans' date=' try Kellogg Special K Cracker chips. They taste great, 110 calories in a 27 chip serving, 2.5 g of fat and 2 g of Protein. A number of flavors including sea salt, sour cream and onion, cheddar, and southwest ranch. You can get them at Vons or even on Amazon. Great substitute for potato chips and I eat them instead of french fries![/quote']

Omg that's awesome. thank you for sharing that, I'll definitely write that one down. I think it'll be awhile until I can eat carbs though

- Kaylee Ann

You're certainly welcome. They really are quite good.

I bought some of those cracker chips and they are good!

I have in my mind I got fat from eating fast food so I don't want to go that round again. I want to have self control. Once every 6 months to have a slice wont kill me but I want to be in control so I don't get fat again well I'm not skinny but regain what I lost.

me no more chips at all...

I am a month out . I ate 1 chip today and chewed the heck out of it, once I ate it , it was like ok I can eat it, but now I dont want to. I have a hard to

E being told NOT to do something. This is one of the reasons I had surgery. I needed a tool that keeps me in check !!!

Something that made me feel better, it might help all of you that have had or might run into this problem. I for a long time and still to this day have a real hard time eating. I have tried a ton of stuff and gone a day or two without eating at all. There was a day when it was going on day three and everything but the bathtub cam back. I was hungry and weak. So I grabbed a few chips. I know it was wrong, but I was really honestly getting so sick I had to try something. Low and behold they stayed down! I only needed a few. I of course had to stop myself from making myself get rid of it. Not because it hurt, but because I didnt want to risk my weightloss. Seems I'm paranoid about gaining anything back. I force myself to eat now, because I found myself at one point being proud of not having to eat for two days. Sounds stupid, but it's honesty and I am a straight shooter with people. So I go to the doc and tell him about this little problem with the chips. Ready to sink into my seat, he looks at me and says " you know Erin, I have heard that many times!" he then looks at my eating habits and goes on to tell me, if I am not getting at least 600 cals a day, then he wants me to eat anything that will stay down. They really push the 600 rule. So there are days when I can't eat, because I feel so sick, I'll grab a handful and eat three to five. Still brings me nowhere near the target, but it helps. I don't really crave them anymore, but I can't let myself starve until the little a**hole that my new pouch can be says okay you can eat now. I know I'll never let myself go back to bad habits because I just don't want those things like that anymore.