OMG...I can NOT believe what I have just allowed myself to do! This morning I was in a rush so I didn't have time to pack a good lunch. I looked in the pantry and grabbed a can of Campbells vegetable soup 100 calories per serving. I thought, well it's healthier than eating out of the snack machine or grabbing a burger, etc. Lunch time came around and I ate one serving. I guess it was not solid enough because it slipped right through. 1 hour later I am famished and there is NOTHING healthy to reach for. Right about that time we had a very stressful meeting. By the time we got out, I was shakey and weak and feeling some shoulder pain. I knew my blood sugar was low and I needed a pick-me-up. Before I knew it, I had a Hershey's candy bar in my hand, tearing it open and almost scarfing it down. It's like something took over, I totally forgot about the band and lost all reasoning. Hunger won out and my chocolate demon took over. I feel horrible and stupid! How could I have let this happen? I'm totally serious...I did this without a second thought...it was like a dream. I've learned my lesson. From now on, there will be healthy snacks available AND I will make sure I eat something more 'solid'. :biggrin:

One slip does not a failure make!!! Be kind to yourself, you learned a valuable lesson.

Mimi

so you thought the rest of your entire life, you would never ever eat a candy bar ? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Wake up girl! You still can have an occasional treat, just not on a daily basis.

Don't beat yourself up for one candy bar! :confused:You are allowed to have that sort of thing every once in a while.:biggrin: You just don't want to make it a habit. Just let that go and start over with your next meal.

Thank you all for your encouraging words of wisdom. LOL...I guess I should have explained better...

1. I am an honorary member of the chocolate Lover's Association...in other words, I am a chocoholic.

2. Chocolate, sweets, etc. are the things I binged on for years, causing the weight gain, leading to the Lap Band, etc.

3. I've had 3 fills and I'm still losing very slowly (banded June 24)

Also, the way I just mindlessly reached for the candy bar, like a zombie and had it eaten before I realized what I was doing, scares me crazy and I can't explain why. It's like...what is it going to take to get me to lay off that junk once and for all?

However, you are right, I should not beat myself up over one candy bar. It's just now I want to go home and eat a whole bag. But I won't...I won't...I won't...:biggrin:

...in other words, I am a chocoholic.

That does explain it a lot better. You still shouldn't beat yourself up. You did it mindlessly that time, but you recognized it for what it was. You didn't go and grab more. I think that is a step in the right direction. I think you did yourself proud!:biggrin: You stopped at one!:thumbup:

We will all do that at some point. As long as you see it for what it is (something you shouldn't eat everyday), then you are ok.

u can eat candy

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Oh My!!! If I NEVER ate chocolate again....the world would be in serious trouble. That fact that you ONLY ate ONE chocolate bar is great considering you were in a blood sugar drop and not thinking clearly. Let it go sistah ..... let it go....!!!! Peace!