Re: Having sweet tooth issues

[Guest guest]

Kem, friend, so sorry you are struggling! With all this horrible hot

weather, be sure to get in the fluids - at least 100 cc a day. If you

are dehydrated at all, you'll have some water retention and this will

add " weight. " Being tight in the morning is a clue that you are

perhaps dehydrated. Have a couple of glasses of water 1 hr before

bedtime to stay hydrated during the night, and a cip of tea first

thing in the morning, before eating.

How is your exerecise? Have you been able to do some varied and

regular exercises and weight trining, so that you have built some

good muscle ny now to turn your body into a more efficient fat-

burner? After 6-12 months of banding, many people start to stall out

if they have not built muscle. Never too late to get goping again, if

you need to.

I'd really advise against lower than 1200 cal. You're trying to

nortmalize your metabolism, and this takes a good calorie intake that

will not threaten your body. TRying to stay lower will only cause it

more stress, and it will refuse to lose. This may be what is going

on. you may need a few weeks or more of more calories to get your

body feeling safe again. Also, people who are consistently lower than

1200 DO regain later when they increase it a bit (no one can stay at

1200 or less forever). You may need a larger intake for a month or so

before your body relaxes and is not afraid of you!

As far as the cravings, they can be worse if you are protein

defificnet at all. Be sure you're getting enough. Also, plan your

eating for the whole day, and include heathy snacks. If you're eating

regular meals with a good, planned small snack between, you will not

have time to be tempted. Like: breakfast, protein snaack like nonfat,

light yogurt at 10-11, lunch, snack at 3-ish, dinner, snack at 8-

ish. Lots of fluids betwwen.

Hope this helps! Sure wish we dodn't all have these periods of

stalls! Sandy R

> Good morning,

>

> I'm having trouble staying at or under 1200 calories a day and my

body

> refuses to loose unless I go lower on a consistent basis. I do

have

> some restriction after the 2.0cc refill last week but seems no

matter

> what I put on a plate, at the end of the day it's over the calorie

> limit of what I need. I'm getting 13 - 1500 cals a day and it's

just

> too much. I've no problems getting in the required amounts of lean

> proteins and veggies, not having any liquid calories outside of

skim -

> 2% milk or Crystal Lite tea. I'm REALLY having issues with a sweet

> tooth and try to eat no fat yogurt with a handful of cereal or

oatmeal

> with a spoonful of honey when those cravings hit. Does anyone have

any

> low calorie suggestions to help with the sweet tooth? I like these

> yogurg and oatmeal but..it can get old. I know if I constantly

deprive

> myself I'll binge too. My darling daughter brought some chocolate

> covered banana chips home the other day and offered me one. After

> eating just one I quickly realized I was into trouble.. the taste

> triggered the cravings for chocolate and SWEET! I demanded she

keep

> this kind of stuff away from me..matter of fact I don't even want

to

> know it's in the house. Unfortunately I feel like my cravings for

> sweets is imprisoning the rest of my family but outside of telling

them

> to eat that kind of stuff elsewhere I'm not sure what to do about

it.

>

> I'm really having issues being consistent about the amount of good

> calories already and could use some suggestions to lower my

calories

> and cut the cravings. I know I need to give this new refill

another

> few weeks, I'm tight in the morning but as the day wears on I open

up,

> having no issues with reflux, etc... Weighed myself for the first

time

> since Monday..still at 233 ;-( I don't know how much of this has

to do

> with going through the change but I sure do need a scale victory!

>

>

> Kem in Eugene

> 286/233/170

> Dr. Neal 8.6.04

> <º)))><

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there, you should try jello sugar free pudding with real whipped

cream on top (I HATE cool whip). It's delicious.

Lacey

> Good morning,

>

> I'm having trouble staying at or under 1200 calories a day and my

body

> refuses to loose unless I go lower on a consistent basis. I do

have

> some restriction after the 2.0cc refill last week but seems no

matter

> what I put on a plate, at the end of the day it's over the calorie

> limit of what I need. I'm getting 13 - 1500 cals a day and it's

just

> too much. I've no problems getting in the required amounts of

lean

> proteins and veggies, not having any liquid calories outside of

skim -

> 2% milk or Crystal Lite tea. I'm REALLY having issues with a

sweet

> tooth and try to eat no fat yogurt with a handful of cereal or

oatmeal

> with a spoonful of honey when those cravings hit. Does anyone

have any

> low calorie suggestions to help with the sweet tooth? I like

these

> yogurg and oatmeal but..it can get old. I know if I constantly

deprive

> myself I'll binge too. My darling daughter brought some chocolate

> covered banana chips home the other day and offered me one. After

> eating just one I quickly realized I was into trouble.. the taste

> triggered the cravings for chocolate and SWEET! I demanded she

keep

> this kind of stuff away from me..matter of fact I don't even want

to

> know it's in the house. Unfortunately I feel like my cravings for

> sweets is imprisoning the rest of my family but outside of telling

them

> to eat that kind of stuff elsewhere I'm not sure what to do about

it.

>

> I'm really having issues being consistent about the amount of good

> calories already and could use some suggestions to lower my

calories

> and cut the cravings. I know I need to give this new refill

another

> few weeks, I'm tight in the morning but as the day wears on I open

up,

> having no issues with reflux, etc... Weighed myself for the first

time

> since Monday..still at 233 ;-( I don't know how much of this has

to do

> with going through the change but I sure do need a scale victory!

>

>

> Kem in Eugene

> 286/233/170

> Dr. Neal 8.6.04

> <º)))><

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kem, here's my favorite: (I think I posted this before, but it was a

while ago) pop 4-5 peanuts in your mouth along with one Viactiv

chocolate calcium " chew " and you will swear you are eating a Snickers

bar, but without the guilt! It takes a minute or two to chew this up

thoroughly and by then my sweet tooth shuts up.

Good luck!

Does anyone have any

> low calorie suggestions to help with the sweet tooth?

[Guest guest]

Oh - big sweet tooth problem here - I love those italian tri-color

cookies... I let myself have one or two once a week - doesn't screw up

my 2lb/week loss and doesn't make me feel like I can't have them at

all. It's a little reward. I weigh in on thursdays and if I lost that

week, I have a cookie with my coffee that day - so I can be bad once a

week - like they say " so long as you're good 90% of the time, you're

ok " . Everyone if different - that's just my way of dealing with the

cravings.

Another thing - those 40cal fudgsicles - liquid calories - but only 40

of them - keeps your chocolate cravings under control. Just don't

overdo it. But they are a good alternative to ice-cream and chocolate,

they are pretty rich in taste too. Also, you can try weight watchers

mocha bars - also ice-cream, also full of flavor, with not as much guilt.

Mariya

> Does anyone have any

> > low calorie suggestions to help with the sweet tooth?

[Guest guest]

Don't be fooled by " SUGAR FREE " ! " Sugar free " things are made for

diabetics, who cannot have SUGAR. these products are sweetened with

things other than sugar, and these things often have even more calories

than sugar itself, which is only 15 cal per tsp.

For instance, the Jello sugar-free chocolate pudding has 200 cal per

cup (with lofat milk), and adding real whipped cream adds even more

calories. Sorry to be a party-pooper!!

We have to read labels very carefully, and calories will always count

for us, sadly. Sandy R

> Hi there, you should try jello sugar free pudding with real whipped

> cream on top (I HATE cool whip). It's delicious.

>

> Lacey

[Guest guest]

Thursday, July 21, 2005, 11:45:21 PM, you wrote:

S> We have to read labels very carefully, and calories will always count

S> for us, sadly. Sandy R

The other thing to watch carefully for is " portion size " . One of

those 79 cent bags of chips is TWO servings. Yeah, right. A package

to two Twinkies, or Hostess Cupcakes, or Snowballs, etc, is TWO

servings. Who the heck ever ate just ONE twinkie...unless mom MADE

you give one to your little sister?

Yeah, I'll just have ONE twinkie and put the other away for later.

Sure. We all did that ALL the time.

dan

Dan Lester, Boise, ID honu@... www.mylapband.tk

Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana, 4/28/03

323/209/199 Age 62 Fair is whatever God decides to do.

[Guest guest]

I was referring to the Jello brand sugar free pudding in the cup

that's already preportioned for you. I believe it has approx. 60

calories. And the real whipped cream on top of that little cup is

just an nth of your daily intake of calories, fat, sugar, whatever.

Land O'Lakes even makes a whipped cream sweetened with splenda. I've

done extremely well with it and I highly recommend it to satiate a

sweet tooth. And the low-fat milk you speak of, are you talking of

1%, 2% or skim? If you're speaking of the 1 or 2%, you can always

use skim and it'll cut the calories. Much better than a candy bar,

ice cream, or the like.

Lacey

> > Hi there, you should try jello sugar free pudding with real

whipped

> > cream on top (I HATE cool whip). It's delicious.

> >

> > Lacey

[Guest guest]

thanks for posting this because I missed it before. This is perfect

for me!!! diane in NH

-- In , " nsand208 " <nsand208@h...>

wrote:

> Kem, here's my favorite: (I think I posted this before, but it was

a

> while ago) pop 4-5 peanuts in your mouth along with one Viactiv

> chocolate calcium " chew " and you will swear you are eating a

Snickers

[Guest guest]

Kem,

Popsicle brands make a sugar-free popsicle (5 cals) as well as creme

sicle (25 cal - I think) and fudgesicle (another 25 cal - I

think).... and they package them in the variety box so you can get

all 3!!! I generally buy the large boxes of the regular s/f

popsicles, but I saw this one the other day and decided the variety

is nice!

Since banding, the s/f popsicles have become my treat of choice!!!

They're cheap (calorie wise and about $4 box money wise), and if I

want 2 or 3 because it's really hot outside or I'm particulary

stressed and have the emotional " need " to eat, I can eat them. I

have never been able to eat more than 2, maybe 3, in about a 30

minute period and since they are about 2 oz each of basically frozen

liquid, it helps my fluid intake for the day.

Tamster

4/1/05, Dr. Ren, NYU

278/253/226/155

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