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Chubbola · 05-18-2007, 05:34 AM

i've been a ww member on and off since i was about 8 years old and i have that 'diet' mentality that my nutritionist cringes about...but how am i just supposed to stop feeling that way overnight? i was reading another thread regarding sugar and couldn't help but think about 'points' when they were talking about different types of food! i guess i would say that the 'diet' mentality has to be in place no matter what, right? a person always has to be conscious of sugars now instead of 'points'...so why does she shrivel up when i talk about ww? just curious...
thanks!
courtney

TX DEB · 05-18-2007, 07:54 AM

I did WW too. Lost 60 lbs but gained it all back. Points is a good way to count calories so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just post op you will be more conscious of protien, fat and sugar.

Miss Kitty · 05-18-2007, 09:33 AM

A diet is something you start and stop. What follows that? GAIN! Having WLS is a complete makeover! There is no stopping point with this. I have such freedom from food now. I no longer have become obsessed with food, points, calories, fat grams, carb grams, fiber, and all that crap. It's quite simple. Every meal starts with protein, add a few veggies, and fruit. For an afternoon snack there's a protein drink or bar. Or for a special treat I'll have some cheese and wheat thins. In the evening when my family is eating some icecream, I get out my sugar free fudgesicles, hot cocoa, or sugar free yoghurt. I don't feel deprived like when I was "dieting". I guess that's why your nutritionist feels that way. Believe me...Your mind will catch up with all this after surgery. I panicked before surgery and had "my last supper" and pigged out on chocolate. Looking back, I didn't really need to do that. It's a good feeling to have made peace with my food.

LisaBoston · 05-18-2007, 09:57 AM

I did WW for years and many other things. I will tell you honestly...I was a sugaraholic before surgery. I loved my cappuccino and pop. I wasn't a chocolate fan per say, but now reading sugar content in things, I can see where I added in a lot of sugar. I hadn't found starbucks pre-op, so I know if I had, my grams of sugar per day would have been 200+ or more. I am sure some days I had over 200grams. Now I have maybe 20 in a whole day and thats on a bad day. One 250ml juice box is about 25grams to give you a comparison.

Liquid calories in general are bad. Thats not counting our powdered milk cocoa or protein drinks - I am talking cappuccion, pop, fruit juice.

I did this surgery for a healthier life and I knew it would be hard. I wrote about my challenges under my story under personals stories, but what I didn't expect is that I could not stand sweet things out of surgery. I couldn't even do crystal light. My taste buds changed in many ways.

Now at my stage, I can tolerate some sugars, don't mind a little bit, but don't miss it. I still drink my Starbucks 1/2 sweet, no extra sweetners. Its very hard to explain but I really don't want the sugar. (I want other things, but sugar is not one of them!). I don't even want pop - diet or any other kind. I can tolerate a small amount of carboation, but I don't care for it anymore. I do miss being able to have a "drink" with someone ie: and my drink was Rum and Coke....can't do that anymore.

Can't say YOU will be the same as many of us are quite different, but a great deal don't want sugar stuff post-op. Its the luck of the draw.

Chubbola · 05-18-2007, 01:54 PM

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A diet is something you start and stop. What follows that? GAIN! Having WLS is a complete makeover! There is no stopping point with this. I have such freedom from food now. I no longer have become obsessed with food, points, calories, fat grams, carb grams, fiber, and all that crap.

ain't this the truth? this paragraph really sums it up! i can't wait till my new life begins!

TX DEB · 05-19-2007, 08:19 AM

Lisa~

That is so true about the SUGAR. Everything tastes so sweet to me now I can barely stand it. I wasn't big on sweets before except soda, now I could care less. And to me splenda is the worst!

sweetchristiangal · 06-03-2007, 08:33 PM

Late to the convo but.....

The nut probably cringes the same way ww people cringe about atkins people, who cringe about south beach. who all get together and cringe and dis GBS.

Its also very had to deprogram yourself...i still have issues looking at food such as salmon and looking at the calories....