I'm three months out (and 50 pounds lighter), but just this week, I've had a major sweet tooth. If ice cream were in my freezer, I'd have eaten a ton! This is the first time since surgery that I've had a craving, so I'm a bit baffled by it.

Any suggestions for what I can do to battle the craving, indulge the craving in an appropriate way, or rewire my mind to forget about the craving?

Thanks--and SF pudding no longer does the trick.

Try chewing sugarfree gum or mints. Or just have one or two bites every couple of weeks of something you love, unless it will become a trigger for you to continue. I have heard of someone buying Semi-sweet chocolate chips and keeping them in the freezer and only eating two or three a day. Frozen grapes or watermelon might help with the sweetness factor.

you have to buy it in sigle serving sizes to keep from going overboard.

i love making my own sorbet with frozen fruit, a little diet sprite or 7 up, lemon juice ice and a little cool whip. always hits the spot. graham crakcer with Peanut Butter and banana. frozen grapes.

I have had a major sweet tooth as well as urges for carbs. I'm perimenopausal so I suffer with Water retention. I'm losing my mind. I'm 5 months post-op, 4 fills and just can't seem to get a handle on this thing. I have felt restriction for the first week after the 4th fill. I've tried going back to the liquids but again the weight is up down then up again. Monday, I couldn't take it anymore, I re-joined WW. Walking on the treadmill when I get home is the only exercise that my crazy life allows me to do right now. I have read the post where people have had to have unfills. At this point I would welcome the over fill (except throwing up). I have to keep praying and believing that the restriction will remain. Is there anyone out there who has had the LAP-BAND® surgery while going thru menopause? If so, what are you doing to handle the cravings.:bored:

DOS: 285

Current: 260

1st Goal: 250