Hi everyone, I had surgery in Nov. of 2007 and have lost 41 lbs. However I haven't hit restriction yet. I've developed quite the sweet tooth since about a month ago. I never had a sweet tooth before and didn't do a lot of snacking.

Has anyone else experienced this?

In a similar situation. The pastries are simply easier to get down. Less work to eat! The sugar, flour, and fat melt in my mouth and are familiar to me. BUT, when I am in this pattern I have to deconstruct it bit by bit. "I'll (self talk)avoid the convenience store (drive/walk the other way) today, replace the cookies with a fruit cup and prepare myself to be humbled by the need to keep this at the front of my mind. This is not second nature stuff for me. I hope that was helpful. Coming off the sweets makes me moody, even shaky. The slow metabolizing fruit sugars do help. The science is plain, eat less,exercise, lose weight. The mind really needs to be an advocate for your goals. I am going to try saying mine out loud and writing them down just to create a positive memory. It's going to happen! Peace

My solution for when I really need something sweet is: A glass of fat free skim milk with hershey's sugar free chocolate syrup and I have a spoonful of reduced fat peanut butter. That usually hits the spot for me, plus you're getting in quite a bit of protein for that little bit. I figure it's the closest I'm going to get to a Reese cup for a very long time!

I can not rave about it enough - Eddy's sugar free fruit bars - If it can satisfy my sweet tooth .. it can satisfy anyone's . i messed around today and at a handful of m&m's - tasted good going down.. but the pain afterwards will make me think twice in the future..

yoplait also makes good fat free yogurt.

Thanks everyone for your reply. The battle that goes on in the mind gets overwhelming, so I know I must use willpower to get through. It gets tough.

I will try the advice of positive thinking and speaking aloud to myself. Thanks again

HI, you are not alone. It seems that the more fattening it is the easier it will probably go down. I fight with this all the time. It's very hard. I make sure nothing is around the house for me to cheat. I get chocolate sugar free pudding and sugar free popsicles and that seems to do the trick for me. Oh but how I miss 3 musketeers...... and DQ Blasts.......... I have to stay focused and I have to just stay strong....as hard as it is. You can do this, we all can, one day at a rime.