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04-13-2007, 05:05 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Snowy Colorado
Posts: 177
Weight Statistics 11/13/06 Start Date:
3/27/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
227 lb Start Weight:
132 lb Current Weight:
127 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.8502202643 % % Lost:
before I am 60 (3 1/2 yrs) Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.8865896264 BMI Start:
24.9384574039 BMI Current:
23.9938188659 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  How do get over cravings?
 Ok, I am 16 days out and lost 16 lbs. (why am I disappointed?) am drinking my water and eating breakfast and lunch well within reason...BUT...from dinner on, I am wanting to eat more. I generally don't but have had a tablespoon or 2 more than I should some eveings. I haven't got sick but I do feel like I swallowed a tennis ball and it got stuck mid-chest. Before WLS, my worse time was after work and into the evening. I just graze...please help me with suggestions. I want this to work, I want to lose weight and I want to get my eating NOW and in the FUTURE well under control. I am even going back to work one week earlier(next Monday) because I am so bored at home. Thanks in advance for all your help. You guys are terrific.
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04-13-2007, 05:11 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,848
Weight Statistics 12/28/06 Start Date:
May 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
253 lb Start Weight:
191 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
62 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.5059288538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.0968047337 BMI Start:
31.780591716 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Cut down the carbs. They always make you crave. When I keep mine low I don't crave anything.
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04-13-2007, 07:35 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 21
Weight Statistics 4-1-2005 Start Date:
11-29-2005 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
458 lb Start Weight:
294 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
164 lb Weight Loss:
114 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.807860262 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index92.4946854352 BMI Start:
59.3743177248 BMI Current:
36.3516230968 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hey Col
TIME.....I am 16 months out and have no cravings at all. I just know i have to eat. Most of the time i have to make myself eat. Things will get better......Ann
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04-13-2007, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,809
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
5' 5"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I agree with JEANE 100 percent ...
i have learned alot about my PERSONAL cravings
and the only thing that helps is a DIET HIGH PROTEIN
and VERY lo in carb.
THATs what rids that out of control cravings/grazings for me
as well!
EAT more protein that will keep you fuller longer!
BE sure not to drink to soon after your meals so that
your water isnt pushing the food thru your pouch causeing the need to eat!
YOU CAN do it!
AND your doing simply fabulous! THIS surgery doesnt
repair our brains and we do have to work on that part.
FOR me councling helped me at 10 months out.
lisa
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04-14-2007, 05:33 AM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: WI
Posts: 606
Weight Statistics May, 2006 Start Date:
August 1st, 2006 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
247 lb Start Weight:
144 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
-36 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.7004048583 % % Lost:
May, 2007 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.0984615385 BMI Start:
23.9602366864 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodControlled Eating & Exercise
|  All is true!
All are right colo. I found that out the hard way. I started eating higher carb foods recently due to stress, and I craved them more and more. Almost to the point of feeling like I was going to go crazy if I didn't have something. I felt it to be a real addiction. Honest! It sounds weird, but now I know how people with drinking probs must be like. NO weight gain, thank God, but stopped myself dead in my tracks. That is where I had to find my inner strength, and I did. I asked myself......no, told myself....mike, you stupid fool, do you want to end up right back where you were? I asked myself that literally right out loud. Something really clicked with me, and I am on the straight and narrow again.
As the girls have said, I, to, get few cravings now....very few. The lower the carbs, the fewer the cravings. VERY TRUE, INDEED! Hang in there kiddo. 
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04-14-2007, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC the best place in the world to live!
Posts: 3,453
Weight Statistics Halloween 2005 Start Date:
4' 11"
Height:
212 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
-3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.0943396226 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.8141338696 BMI Start:
25.6480896294 BMI Current:
26.2539500144 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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HI there....Mrs Strawberry here....I always keep a pound of strawberries handy for emergenices. I also keep lite microwave popcorn around{ i know this is carbs but works for me} These two are a must in my house at all times. Also try to keep cucumbers. Now when i get a salty craving i grab the cucumbers and cut up and add a little salt. When i get the carb like craving i pop the popcorn and that works for me, and when i get the sweet cravings i throw a little equal or splenda on some strawberries and im good to go.....If you prepare yourself ahead of time for these situitaions then you are better apt to dealing with them. Am i perfect, far from it...however having the rigth amo around helps me alot. I do graze alot but i also keep nuts around so i can grab a handful if i need to, i try to keep fresh fruit....i find that if i eat smaller meals through the day, it helps me alot also , although i find that hard with the job and kids ...but it really helped alot early out. No need to have the 3 big meals a day like we are so conditioned to. Your supposed to eat when your hungry...so ifyour hungry before that dinner table is to be set, just have the right food to pop in your mouth! This is just what works best for me. As much as i would love to totally avoid carbs, well no wait i wouldnt want to totally not have them, i do enjoy them and dont want to deprive myself of that....i just try to make sure i have the right carbs around....anyway, seems to be working for me...good luck to you.
LittleLisaMarie 
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04-14-2007, 08:56 AM
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Everyone's given good advice about food itself, so here's mine.
Find something physical to do. Exercise, knitting, sewing, quilting, embroidery, painting, going out for a walk with the dog, working out at the gym(after your surgeon gives you the go ahead), house cleaning, gardening etc etc. Start that hobby that you always wanted to take up. Something that you have to concentrate your mind and hands, and make you sweat. Right at the point you are, you know that the craving is just in your head, not your pouch. So, as well as having emergency food on hand, develop a physical routine that will keep you busy, and help keep your mind off food. Whatever you choose to do, don't forget to have that bottle of water right by you.
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04-14-2007, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC the best place in the world to live!
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Weight Statistics Halloween 2005 Start Date:
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212 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
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40.0943396226 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.8141338696 BMI Start:
25.6480896294 BMI Current:
26.2539500144 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Yes Doc you are so right, exercise is such an important part of the success of this surgery.
LittleLisaMarie
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04-14-2007, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,809
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
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167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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and ill chime in what DOCSANE is saying is to replace the habit with another actiivty was what i was taght in my weight managment
councling!!!
thanks for the reminder DOC!!!!
HEY just for laughs can anyone guess what i do to fill that time when my head wants to graze and i know I am not hungry??????
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04-14-2007, 09:08 AM
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