Egh. So disgusted with myself. At some point I nibbled on some chocolate and that just opened a gate. I've snagged a couple mini Milky Ways from my boss's desk. Had myself a small slice of rice crispy treat I was making for my daughter's Valentine's party. Ate 3 chocolates from a box of Russell Stovers in the lounge. I need to stop! HELP! Any motivation or tips on how to do so welcome!

On 02/17/2019 at 14:24, summerset said:

So if there are no cravings regarding sugar and junk food as long as one doesn't eat it - why start eating it at all? If there is no craving for it, there is no reason for eating it. (Could it be that there are still cravings for it even though being "abstinent"?)

I haven’t tried it again because I craved it, I did so bc it was available, or it looked good, or I thought I deserved it...or any other silly excuse that I told myself

I am lucky that sweets don’t settle well do I hardly crave them. Carbs though... the struggle is real with those.

I'm not saying this is an idea solution, but this is what I've done, in order of best to worst:

• Look up KETO recipes for sweets! You can make your own chocolate (yes, even bars!), use fat alternatives to reduce the fat in the recipes, and eat it pretty much GUILT free. Make it with erithrytol or stevia as your sweetener so you don't have an insulin response. You can also look into Lily's chocolate bars, your local super market may have them and they use stevia.
• Buy Slim Fast fat bomb peanut butter cups and have ONE. They're made with erithrytol so they're good! Or look at Quest protein bars or Atkins candy. Try to avoid Maltitol, which is a sugar alcohol that WILL spike your insulin and can perpetuate further cravings.
• In a pinch, get sugar free chocolate (like Russell Stovers SUGAR FREE) and only have a portion size or less. Definitely don't have more or you'll be married to the porcelain throne all night. Warning: they are dangerously delicious and, much like sugar, won't fully satisfy that craving and will leave you wanting more so exercise extreme caution and willpower here.

Good luck!

On 2/16/2019 at 3:27 PM, summerset said:

Did your treatment team ever talk about rigid vs. flexible control when it comes to eating behavior?

no thats something I should look into to see if it would help out!

On 2/17/2019 at 1:24 PM, summerset said:

So if there are no cravings regarding sugar and junk food as long as one doesn't eat it - why start eating it at all? If there is no craving for it, there is no reason for eating it. (Could it be that there are still cravings for it even though being "abstinent"?)

I think it started out I had a high stress situation and that nasty little voice in my head told me chocolate would make it all better. I'm detoxing right now. No more chocolate for me!

I too face the dreaded take a small taste and if no unpleasant reaction then it’s ok to have a little more. My horrible habit is sucking the seasoning off chips or Doritos the spitting out the soggy chips. It’s disgusting. I also discovered skinny lattes at Starbucks. Big mistake! They are not so skinny. I had to finally just stop altogether as I can’t handle it. I’ve gone back to what I did when I first reached my goal weight. Strict control, tracking and measuring. I can’t let myself go back to where I started. WLS was a gift that I will never receive again.