Hi everyone, I need ideas for christmas cookies. My family really enjoys my cookies but this year it will be hard for me to bake when I can't eat them. Anyone have recipes for sugar free cookies? I was banded Oct 3 and have lost 48 lbs. I don't want to mess things up by eating cookies. I appreciate your input.:clap2:

Really, this sounds blunt but its simple. Dont eat them.

When you have a family to feed or kids around, it is really important to learn the skill of being able to feed kids without eating their food yourself. Kids do want ice cream and chips and the like, and sometimes, its OK for them to have them. Its OK sometimes for you too, but when you dont want to slow your progress by giving in, its a simple answer. Dont.

It really does come with practice. Start now. I bake weekly for my kids becuase I dont like the additives in commercial snack foods. I used to make a cake for school that week and eat the mixture, eat several bits of the cake etc, now I just dont touch it. Its just a NO thing to me, one taste and I'll be back for more, but I just vow not to touch it at all and it comes easier each time.

Marcy, I agree with Jacqui just because I know in my experience with myself, if I try even the sugar-free version of something, I either get bitter that I can't have the real thing, or I eat more of the SF thinking that I'm okay because it's not as bad.

But, if you are set on making Cookies for yourself, you could try LowCarbFriends.com - Weight Loss Support . Look in the recipe room. You can find pretty nearly any kind of food in a sugar-free version.

i say...have a cookie....myself if i fight that hard i'd end up eating 10 cookies when everyone was sleeping!!... and before banding how many would you eat? deprivation isnt a good thing.... enjoy.... enjoy...lil bits lil bits!