John

Welcome to the Long-Term Post-op category!

This discussion category is for gastric bypass patients more than one year after surgery.

Lisa_k1963

Hi All,
Well its been 15 months since surgey.I m having the same issue I always have from when I was heavy.I crave sweets at my monthly time.And to be honest lol all the time.I have a sweeet tooth that wont seem to go away.I have lost 195 pounds in this 15 month period so i m not complaining just frustrated.I have gluton tendencies when it comes to chocholate.I swear I 'm possessed.I really dont want to hear JUST DONT EAT IT ok.lol I know I shouldent but I cant seem to resist.I v try the low card stuff the sugar free stuff they make me sick the regular stuff doest at all go fiqure.I stayed away from the sugar for over YEAR.But old habits die hard.So I m guessing i m here to vent .Thanks for reading
Lisa Lisa

bridgetgirl

Why cant you eat it? I eat things that contain sugar often. The question is, how often and how much are you eating. What is your vice... which treat beckons you the most? What time of the day do find yourself snacking?

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J.Bridget Fisher aka koi-pea
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/170-trying to lose another 10

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
What Sawyer would call me on LOST: ladybug

"People will argue with you that getting what you want in life isn’t something you can learn, if you’re destined to be one of the worlds winners as opposed to one of its perpetual whiners, its because you have been born with the right talents and temperament and have a big dose of self-esteem, ambition, and good judgment." Kate White

Lisa_k1963

Bridge,
Well what I am saying is I m craving it all the time.I love reeces and peanut M&M s.I fien for the damm xcandy thats whatI am sayin lol.
Lisa

JohnsWife4Life

Lisa, don't beat yourself up for it. I also have to have it! Every day, and I just dont bring it home, but I do this, instead of buying a whole cake, I buy a slice, and then it is gone. I did buy a small cake last Friday and I have eaten 3 small pieces, and they were not every day, in fact one of the days I ate two thin slices but the cake is still there, 3/4 of that cake is right in front of my face, but since this is probably the last day of my cycle, (I hit 121) I know I will climb back up to 131 during the next month, and I am okay with that now, because it is a pattern that has established itself since I was 7 months post op. I haven't hit 121 since Feb though, 122 been low. I also like candy, but I don't buy and bring home. If I can't say no I get one lil fun size and by the time that is gone, I am far from the store, and cannot reach for another one. I cannot say NO all the time, but I do say No 80% of the time. Why couldn't I say No before surgery? Because by the time I realized I was so fat it was too late, no reason to say no. I say No now, because I know where not saying No will lead me. Straight to Heaven on a one way ticket. I don't mind Heaven, that is where I am going, and that is where I want to go, when He calls me home, not because I have eaten myself into respiratory arrest or a diabetic coma. I bring up images of me trying to have an orgasm without inducing cardiac arrest. At work when there is soooo much sweets, I remember that my belly used to be a big problem in my work, knocking over things off the bedside tables, having to move everything in my path to get to the oxygen. Then having to move it all back and then again when I have to hang an IV. I try to just remember it vividly when I start to take that "extra", but only the extra, because as far as I am concerned, everyone needs sweets now and then, just like we need carbs, fats, proteins, we need a balance though. My motto is this, balance at 80% good 20% anything I want! It works for me!

This is probably too much information, but it is reality so I will say it anyway. I need those cake calories (in my mind) when I am losing so much blood, I am weak (physically) always have, I go an entire 7 days at the minimum, and when cancer of the cervix is present for me, (not for 12 years) I can flow for 45 days or more, stop a week or two and go again for another 45 days.

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Hugs,


Traci

Open RNY March 16, 2004
At goal

bridgetgirl

Okay so you want it all the time? Do you eat it often? Girlfriend I want an Acura SUV so dang bad I cant see staraight, but I havent went out and bought one! See my point?! Craving it and doing it are two different things!

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J.Bridget Fisher aka koi-pea
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/170-trying to lose another 10

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
What Sawyer would call me on LOST: ladybug

"People will argue with you that getting what you want in life isn’t something you can learn, if you’re destined to be one of the worlds winners as opposed to one of its perpetual whiners, its because you have been born with the right talents and temperament and have a big dose of self-esteem, ambition, and good judgment." Kate White

Karen Wright

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~Karen
Open RNY 04/13/04
313/230/158 (still pushing for that goal!)

"Don't take yourself so darn seriously!" Rule # 62

sandra

HI I AM NEW TO THIS I HAD MY SURGERY APRIL 2002 I HAVE LOST 125 FROM 250 MY THING IS I GAIN 5 TO 10LBS THEN IT FALLS OFF LIKE OVER NIGHT IS THIS GOOD OR NOT AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SEND E MAILS I NERVER WORKED ON A PC BEFOUR THANKS SANDRA

SondraG

I am 19 mos. out of surgery and seem to be doing great except for one small problem. I seem to have the runs every now and again. This I would not worry about but they come on instantly and I have had several accidents and not been able to get to the bathroom. Any one else having this problem? Ideas on what might be causing it? Dr. don't seem to know.

sUzYzPLaCe

I am not a doctor, but if one doesn't know what is causing this, then see another one. My grandmother had a problem like the one you are describing, and she had something wrong with her bowel. I highly doubt it's related to gastric bypass, hence the reason to see another doc. Suzy