Has anyone who has had the sleeve found that they had an increased desire for sweets after several years of maintaining? This was my problem with the lap band. I was always a more savory food lover but when I was at my goal weight with the band I had huge sugar/sweets cravings. As soon as my band was removed I lost interest in sweets again.

Edited July 15, 201511 yr by Bndtoslv

The first couple weeks I did. I was dying for something and nothing helped. I caved one night and had a chocolate covered pretzel. After that the next couple weeks was salt. I wanted crunchy salty things. I started eating wheat thins with laughing cow cheese and it was divine. I could tell though that I was getting addicted and tempted to eat too many and made my husband hide them. Now I am fine. Its weird but try to ride out the craving if you can. Or have just a little of something and then get rid of it

Not at all - in fact I have the opposite. I've tried bites of a few sweet things and yuck! I used to eat chocolate candy for lunch. Not any longer. And it makes my stomach upset.

If I get a real craving I have some of a Qwest Protein bar. The chocolate chip cookie dough or the brownie one is good for chocolate cravings.

And I bought the Qwest protein chips. I put Laughing Cow cheese on those and salt them.

Or what's really yummy is take some cheese slices and break into 4 pieces. Put them on parchment paper, salt them and bake in a 250 degree oven for 35 minutes. You get "cheese" crackers that are delicious. I used cheddar, colby jack, baby swiss and havarti.

The more you stay away from carbs and processed sugar, the less you will crave them. That's how I deal with the cravings. If I do indulge, it takes me days to detox again and get rid of the cravings. It's just easier for me to limit or stay away completely!

Good tips!! Thanks

I'm not a year yet but was a huge sugar junkie prior to surgery. My tastes have changed a great deal. I do not crave sugar at all and the few times I have had something sugary it did not taste that great so never felt like I needed it again. Good luck

I had a major sweet tooth before surgery but know I'm the other way I'm more of a savoury person now and constantly crave meat!

I stayed away from sugar during the first 6 months post op. Now at nine months, I do suck on hard candy about every other day. It's usually a tootsie roll pop or a few pieces of hard candy. It's important to note here that I didn't start doing this until I hit goal. While in my weight loss phase, I was even too paranoid to suck on sugar free candy. If I find myself craving more than a few pieces, then I will abstain for a few days.

My latest sugar crave is marshmallows. I like to roast them over my oven and eat a few. If I have a whole bag of marshmallows in my cabinet, then I will do this almost every night. So, I've tried very hard not to buy a bag. In fact, while grocery shopping yesterday, I put them in my cart and back on the shelf THREE TIMES. If that's not an addiction, then I don't know what is.

I've told myself that I'll stop sugar completely if I gain any weight. Thank goodness that hasn't happened yet.