cookies are the enemy..help me jesus

mdgarcia31665 · 10-12-2008, 10:22 AM

Okay, I have a stock pile of sugar free fudgsicles in my freezer. They are 40 calories a pop. When I get a craving for something sweet I have one of those. I also have the sugar free popsicles, these are 15 calories each. Yes I have cookies and chips too. These are for my daughter. The chips are the 100 calorie packs. The cookies, regular. Every once in a while I will have a cookie, yea, they yell at me too. I try to ignore them and most times do a pretty good job. But when they yell really loud, I will have one or two. They are real small so I don't feel too bad. It is hard, but we can do this!

Frustrated · 10-12-2008, 12:11 PM

Cookies are the work of the devil.

They weren't always at the top of my preferred junk food list, but since being banded they shot up there to be equal with ice cream. They became one of my slider foods. Foods that just slip through your band no problem at all.

There are days when my band is tighter than others. Even though I make good food choices, it doesn't mean my band will let them through. It doesn't matter how much I chew, how much I puree the food, if it's not going to go, it's not going to go. But give me a cookie and I could not only eat that, but follow it up with all its friends in the pack!

I'm not going to try to convince myself never to have another cookie. I don't keep them in my house. If I'm that desperate for one I force myself to walk to the nearest Starbucks and buy one of their cookies or some biscotti. The walk helps ease my guilt and the fact that I only buy one helps as well.

smsmithart · 10-12-2008, 12:59 PM

Thx everybody ...glad to know I'm not alone...

Frustrated · 10-12-2008, 04:59 PM

I also forgot to mention that I found something similar to help me out when I have an urge for cookies. I have Fiber One protein bars in my pantry. My favorites are the Oats & Caramel or Oats & Peanut Butter. There are other flavors. They're really nice and would probably be the equivalent of 3 cookies but only have 140 calories. So it might work as an alternative for you as well.

**AthinnerDenise** · 10-12-2008, 11:56 PM

Those fiber one bars are great. They have a lot of fiber in them which is hard for bandsters to get, and they are very satisfying. They even have the mark of Ophras guru diet master Bob Green as being a good food.

aubrie · 10-13-2008, 03:57 PM

I to am a cookie monster. I also love brownies...... But I have forced myself to ONLY have 2 ginger snaps with my skim milk if I must.... They are lower in fat (Not like the dreaded oreo) and are good for dunking. I have given up all the others. HOWEVER....... Since banding, my curse from the Devil is chips. God help me..... Kettle chips, Cheese Nips, Wheat Thins, and Tostitos..... I have no will power. It's awful. why can I control my cookie consumption, and have basically given up all sweets with no problem, but hit the chips with wild abandon???
I'm a mess..... :(

smsmithart · 10-13-2008, 04:12 PM

I have desire for chips or salty snacks just cookies and ice cream...

**AthinnerDenise** · 10-13-2008, 11:33 PM

It's a really bad thing about the band that the junk goes down just fine.
I was never a chip eater either, but now I sometimes crave salty. I feel your pain.

chocolate_snaps · 10-14-2008, 01:34 PM

Consider me the choir! I am a cookie addict. I have never only had one cookie even now. It has been my biggest demon.

smsmithart · 10-14-2008, 02:20 PM

I know that I could have made it to my first goal by now if I could give up cookies and icecream ....

smsmithart · 10-19-2008, 01:36 AM

cookie free for about 3 weeks ...giving up the ice cream this week

**AthinnerDenise** · 10-20-2008, 03:18 PM

I am determined this week to go carb/sweets free. My birthday is sat. and I want to have something on their menu called "big fat chocolate cake" I know I will gain a couple lbs from it, but hopefully by being good all week long, I will have a little wiggle room.