I'm having a tough time right now. I'm craving sweets like cookies to go with my decaf coffee. I only drink about 12 oz a night, I work 3rd shift, and I can't stand the protein bars constantly. Im also wanting to eat fast foods as im bored with what i cook. What have you guys dealt with when it comes to this? Btw, I'm 3 months out from my sleeve.

You should experiment with some new recipes, depending on what your doing there are a lot Of really good low carb deserts and recipes.

I just made Moroccan Lamb, Lentils and pumpkin. It was delicious.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12892-moroccan-style-pumpkin-with-lentils

if you haven't done so already, I highly recommend cutting out sugar as much as you possibly can. It creates those cravings and also stimulates your appetite a lot.

I can immediately tell the difference for days after I have something with lots of sugar in it so I try to abstain completely.

This is a great recent thread with a ton of delicious ideas for easy meals and snacks:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/326291-convenience-foods-made-me-fat-these-food-are-keeping-me-thin/?hl=%20convenience%20%20food

Edited December 11, 201411 yr by woo woo

@Elode. I do need to find some that I can just pop in my mouth. I made some oatmeal, applesauce chocolate chip cookie drops. No sugar added. They didn't bake up like I would've wanted, but I'll have to stop being lazy and try again. You have anything you like?

@@woo woo. Thanks . I use splenda in my coffee or hot chocolate or desserts that I make at home. But I have been eating more real sugar recently. I have to be stronger to avoid sugar. My nutritionist said I need about 3 days away from sugar and the body stops craving it. It's so damn hard in the holidays. I picked a bad time to have my surgery. Lol.

@@sweatpants One of my favorite deserts are low carb mini cheesecakes made in cupcake wrappers! I don't use any "crust" I never liked the crust. They have recipes on line when You bake them like that you have little individual servings AND you can use sugar free jello to change the flavors of the cheesecake by adding a little to the mix! Love! And good with coffee!

Edited December 11, 201411 yr by Elode

^^ plus their easy to transport in your lunch just wrap them in foil,

I've never been a "cookie" person, but when I wanted sweets, I like the Russell Stover low carb candy.

What about a sugar free cookie flavored creamer for your coffee? I know now especially around the holidays they have tons of different flavors like snicker doodle or sugar cookie

Wow. That's an idea. I didn't think of those flavors. The sugar free ones just done taste as good. Never tried snicker doodle.

the Russell stover stuff was expressly forbidden to me by the surgeon and nutritionist because the are full of sugar alcohols which is sugar , your body turns them into sugar more slowly so they don't cause a high glucose surge in your blood but the sugar is the same once it does hit the blood. So might as well just have the real one.

Eat sweets = Crave sweets. Rinse and repeat. Gotta stop that cycle, it's horrendous.

I agree bobbyswife. I don't want to fail. I've invested too much with my life change. I know all of this. I guess I needed some reinforcement and encouragement. Plus some good ideas to combat the cravings. Right now all I have is fruit, light and fit greek yogurt, healthy nut crunch and protein bars.

the Russell stover stuff was expressly forbidden to me by the surgeon and nutritionist because the are full of sugar alcohols which is sugar , your body turns them into sugar more slowly so they don't cause a high glucose surge in your blood but the sugar is the same once it does hit the blood. So might as well just have the real one.

Thanks for sharing about the sugar alcohol. I did not know this. There goes my sugar free candies.

Thanks for sharing about the sugar alcohol. I did not know this. There goes my sugar free candies.

The only exception to the sugar alcohol rule is erythritol. 90% is absorbed in the small intestine and excreted, unchanged in the urine. It has no affect on blood sugar levels and therefore none of the sugar addiction affects. It may be hard to find things sweetened only with erythritol, but it is available in powder form, so something to consider using in baked goods or if you want to make your own sweet treats.

Personally I've just stuck with real sugar from the get go. I don't seem to have a carb addiction. Oddly, my ultimate postop craving is for nuts.