Post Op cravings...... - ThinnerTimes

sweetchristiangal · 03-11-2007, 08:55 PM

Just wondering if anyone has cravings post op??? I am craving things like salads, veggies, fruits, and WATER!!!!!

So far I am keeping an eye on my eating and protein.

Today I have had:

Coffee and one pancake

1/2 cup broccoli and cheese
slice of turkey meat

1/4 of a supermarket chef salad.

I was literally salavating over the fresh fruit cups at the grocery store.

Does anyone else have cravings like this....I am thinking it has to do w/ a vit def.

Bypassingme619 · 03-12-2007, 08:59 AM

The biggest thing I craved was salads and sunflower seeds. At least you are craving healthy things. If you are getting all your protein I say go for it. Well that depends on how far out you are. Be careful with the fruits though. They may cause you to dump.

Bella · 03-12-2007, 09:11 AM

I think your protein intake is waaaay low. Maybe if you ate more protein, your cravings would subside?

Oddly the only thing I crave is fresh water over crushed ice.

Deb2 · 03-12-2007, 10:23 AM

I crave salads too. Another craving is yams! Yep, you heard it here first. I've never previously liked yams. I get the canned yams, smash them like mashed potatoes, a little salt and pepper, heat in the microwave, spray with fake butter and I feel like I've died and gone to heaven...

monkeygrly · 03-12-2007, 12:04 PM

I have cravings for fruits & veggies all the time. I think it's my body's way of letting me know I'm missing some sort of vitamin. I don't dump on natural sugars so I can eat as much fruit as I want. If I'm having a fruit or veggie day I just give in to the cravings. Not hitting my protein mark for one day isn't going to kill me. If it was an ongoing thing there would be a problem.

P.S. I love yams...I get the fresh ones and bake it in the microwave then I put the spray butter, a little pumpkin pie spice, and splenda on top...yum yum yum

MILA · 03-12-2007, 02:09 PM

for some damn reason: Watermelon!

even right after my return from the hospital - I used to chew it up, swallow the liquid, and spit out the pulp ... now I eat a little evey week

in fact I incorporate lots of fruit in my diet: bananas, melons, oranges, berries

my other favorite snack: Almonds

Deb2 · 03-12-2007, 05:01 PM

P.S. I love yams...I get the fresh ones and bake it in the microwave then I put the spray butter, a little pumpkin pie spice, and splenda on top...yum yum yum
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What a great idea--pumpkin pie spice!! Dang, now I'm hungry...going to the store to buy some fresh sweet taters as we speak!

bloomer001 · 03-12-2007, 07:10 PM

Ok, I feel like I could live on salads now, I have to limit myself to 1 small salad from Au Bon Pain a week (it has about 1 cup of lettuce, takes me about an hour to eat, but I'm in heaven for an hour)

As for other cravings:
Yams, canned or fresh heated in microwave with a little splenda and some cinammon
Any fruit, sadly 'Fred' hates all fruit, so only once a blue moon can I eat them
Beef, I can eat ground beef, so I make a lot of meatloaf with lean ground beef, a little ground turkey and 4 scoops Soy protien powder
Hormel Canned Chili no beans
Pudding

Man I'm weird

jsomeonel · 03-13-2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeygrly

I have cravings for fruits & veggies all the time. I think it's my body's way of letting me know I'm missing some sort of vitamin. I don't dump on natural sugars so I can eat as much fruit as I want. If I'm having a fruit or veggie day I just give in to the cravings. Not hitting my protein mark for one day isn't going to kill me. If it was an ongoing thing there would be a problem.

P.S. I love yams...I get the fresh ones and bake it in the microwave then I put the spray butter, a little pumpkin pie spice, and splenda on top...yum yum yum

I have to agree with you. I tend to experience the same thing when it comes to natural sugars. I can eat fruits and veggies when i crave them all day and i feel fine.

sweetchristiangal · 03-13-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bloomer001

Yams, canned or fresh heated in microwave with a little splenda and some cinammon

Mmmmmm....YAMS that is another thing I have been craving. I miss NC where they had "loaded sweet potatoes" much like loaded baked potatoes.

I can make my own now and cheaper too