Hello all,

I was sleeved on 3/24/15 and what a journey it has been in just two short months. I went from the early stages of thinking "What the hell have I done to myself" to the dreaded three week stall, to testing out my pouch, finding out it is made of steel then falling off the wagon with sweets a few times. Another stall and now I am in kick ass mode and dropping weight like crazy!

I read these pages like they are my bible and have only posted a couple of times. I wanted to post about sweets and sugar because they are DEFINITELY my weakness and I apparently have no aversion to them post surgery. Also, being sleeved in March, I hit my 6 week sold food phase right when my daughter's birthday came, Mother's Day, my wedding anniversary, hubby's birthday and now coming up....my birthday.

So what have these events taught me....

1) I am a full blown sugar/sweets addict. This is an important realization because pre surgery, I was insulin resistant and on diabetes medication. My blood sugar would drop all the time so I had sweets around when this happened. Post surgery, I'm no longer on medication and my hypoglycemia is gone. So all that's left is my head addiction to sugar!

2) I can "fall off the wagon" but also get back on as often as I want. It is in my control. I prefer to be on the wagon in terms of carbs ad sweets!

3) I have to come up with a plan for celebrations because having left over cake in my house is a DISASTER!!!!

I did some research and found a bakery that makes gluten free AND sugar free cakes and the best part, they make bite size samplers (about 4-5 ounces). I went in and had a sample and it is really good! So for my upcoming birthday, everyone is getting a bite sized cake and the best thing, NO LEFT OVERS!!!!!

Just thought I would share some of my experiences as I know reading others' posts helps me out tremendously!

Edited June 2, 201511 yr by akreese02

I am exactly the same. I love sweets. I have found that I usually let myself have one day a week to have whatever I want. I still make sure I have my Protein. My day is usually on the weekend and I always make sure that when Monday comes I am back on the wagon. Last Monday I threw out half a coffee cake just so I wouldn't be tempted. I warn my kids/husband if it's something I am tempted with so they can eat it up. A few weeks ago I made chocolate chip Cookies and on that Monday I sent all of them to school with my youngest son.

During the week if I feel like I need a yummy fix I really like those Power Crunch Protein Bars. They taste like a cookie. I like the Mint Choc and Peanut Butter fudge. I keep them in the freezer. And they have a new salted carmel that is pretty tasty as well. I heard about these on this board. I buy the individual one's at Walmart for $1.48 to taste the one's I like and then buy a box on Amazon Prime. My friend Dave loves the cookies and crème and he didn't even have WLS.

Would this bakery cake place be in Washington state by any chance?

I'm in Colorado but I would imagine as progressive as the NorthWest is with gluten free (like Colorado), you could find a similar bakery near you.

I used to love sweet i will go to parties just to eat the cake lol ... but now after surgery my taste buds changed to not liking sweets in a way is good so i can stay away but i do miss having a good tasting cake or candy now even the Protein is too sweet for me and thats why I'm still having an issue with it but is getting better everyday!! i was sleeved a day before you 3/23/15

great tips btw!!

I LOVE sweets. My sleeve hates them, lol. I love the bite size options because there is just enough that I can get the taste and enjoy it without being enough where my sleeve starts the puking process. I like cake pops at Starbucks, half a cookie from Panera, and sometimes the bakery at my grocery store has these little petite fours, and I will get two...which I'm sure the person in the bakery thinks is ridiculous, lol.

I would agree that we can still enjoy sweets and continue to lose weight.

Have u tried vegan cookies from whole foods? I'm wondering if they good for our sleeve I've heard they taste amazing better than real cookies I might give them a try!

Just found these at Natural Grocers. Only 9 carbs per cookie!