Ok, I know that this time is about healing...blah blah. I was banded on October 18 and this week is the week of the month that i have sweets cravings. Well, this weekend, over the course of the whole weekend, i ate 4 100 calorie brownies. Ugh, then I have wanted a shortbread cookie for 4 days now. I just wanted one. Well, who knew that they sold shortbread in 100 calorie packs. So i bought some today. I should not have purchased them. Then, i ate 2 packs..not 1 but 2. Then i have a terrible cold, so i had orange juice also.

With that said, it is on 10:00 a.m. and i have already consumed 300 calories. I'm only supposed to have between 500 and 800. I will have 200 hundred for lunch, and i know that i can do this...but.... i feel like a failure already.

Did any one else go through this. I think the fact that I am glucose intolerant creates more cravings...i'm not sure about that though.

please help, i need some encouragement.

thanks wasa...i guess i just needed a good stern typing to...

i kind of wish i hadn't been cleared for mushies early because now i realize how easy everything goes down. i eat the healthy choice soups with the chicken, rice, etc...it goes down fine. so then i know that i am able to eat the other stuff that i don't need. my doctor has not made any mention of the possibility of messing up my sutures, or harming the adhesion process..i wish he would have.

i will go back to my chili for lunch and meatloaf for dinner..i have a whole new day tomorrow.

i have a question though, what is the defining factor between mushy food (i.e. chili, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, ravioli, lettuce, etc. and mushed up shortbread cookies. i know, obviously, that the latter containes processed sugar, etc., but the consistency is the same before it leaves my mouth. why does the body work harder on it, compared to something that has much harder foods in like meatloaf, that contains green onions and onions, and chili with the beans and all? i'm not a doctor and i'm not in the medical field at all, but the logic isn't there for me. why does my stomach squirm more for something that is softer?

well..i don't understand the human body and that is why i should stick with the dr.'s orders. i just need a swift kick in the a**, and if dh knew that i had cookies, it would be coming.... swift and hard.

thanks to all of you who have replied, i'm already having a renewed since of committment.

I would not consider many of the foods you eat as mushies. Certainly not brownies, whole beans in chili (refried are ok). ravioli or lettuce. I would even hesitate over meatloaf. Did you get to see a nutritonist? That might be helpful! Hope things get easier for you.

the meatloaf and the chili are both the recommendations of my doctor. i can also eat lunchmeat like turkey and ham. all of these foods are considered mushies by my doc and i sure couldn't eat them without any teeth. LoL.

my doc has had one death, one slip, and zero erosion. he has done over 1000 lap band surgeries...he was one of the 1st 50 doc's in the U.S. to be trained and has been doing it for several years....

i didn't see a nutritionist because she was sick on the day of our appointment and my surgery was 2 days later. there wasn't a mention of a reschedule.