Birthday cake?
I am getting closer and closer to completing all of my testing for my revision from band to bypass. I have found myself wondering something. Will I ever be able to eat a small piece of cake at a birthday party ever again? Or a small ice cream cone on a hot summer day? Of COURSE not all time! I am just curious if after having the bypass if that will be the end of a little treat on a special occasion forever. I just want to know so I can say my farewells!
Also wondering how people cope with that. Is there something else that you eat as a substitution? Or do you just feel fine without it?
on 7/29/14 3:06 am - Canada
Yes. I have done both. I can eat a little....not a lot or the sugar will make me sick. Frozen bananas in a food processor make a great ice cream replacement and you can add flavored protein powder to give it a boost. Or mini sugar free cupcakes with a low fat cream cheese icing. There are alternatives =) But as far as the regular stuff.....yes you can eat small amounts.
I didn't realize we could eat sugar substitutes. So eating sugar free items won't cause us to dump as regular sugar will? Frozen bananas sounds like a really great idea! Does the sugar in fruit make you dump?
Thanks
Everyone's experience is going to be different - but here's my experience.
I steered totally clear of anything like this at first, but recently I have indulged in a little bit of sweets here and there (I'm only 4 months out, so I'm not a vet by any means). I've discovered that (a) I don't dump and (b) so far I've been able to indulge in (major) moderation. The caveat to this is that I have PLANNED all my indulgences and stuck to what I had planned. I religiously log what I eat and almost always plan my day in advance. I think that the planning is key. My goal is 850 calories for the day, so the few times I've indulged in a sweet I've planned that in my daily goal and made sure my other choices accounted for it.
But this can be a slippery slope for many and I'm monitoring carefully to make sure I don't find myself on that slope (for instance I had froyo this week AND some bites of ice cream last night - which is more indulgence in a week than I want to do in the future, so I need to be more mindful).
You might find that you dump if you have too much sugar. You also might find that your sweet tooth disappears. But like me, you might find a happy medium somewhere that allows for a little bit of indulgence occasionally especially for celebration! OR, maybe I'm super new and will find myself on that slope soon - so keep your fingers crossed for me!
RNY @ Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia with Dr. Tatyan Clark 3/18/2014
Please don't take this the wrong way or think I am judging you... because we are all in the same boat of course... but at just 4 months out you shouldn't be indulging or eating anything like ice cream. Now is not the time to be testing your pouch... now is the time to be taking full advantage of your body's malabsorbtion properties before it is gone. And it will be gone, eventually.
And if your doctor or nutritionist says that it's OK to eat ice cream this early, I honestly think you need a new doctor or nutritionist.
Again, I am sorry if I am being too blunt, but I had to speak out when I read your post.
Audrey
Highest weight: 340
Surgery weight: 313
Surgery date: 10/24/11
Current weight 170... 170 pounds lost!!!!
I am not a doctor, but I play one at work.
I really wish you the best. You are only a few months out and it seems like you have learned a lot so far. I hope it all works out for you!
The question I have is why is it important to you that you can have cake and ice cream? If I was told I could never eat carrots again I would not be in mourning. If the thought of giving up treats for the rest of your life sends you into a tizzy then maybe it's time to explore your relationship with food.
What you eat or don't eat after surgery is completely up to you, and your body and what it agrees with.
You can eat anything you want. There are no food police who are going to report you or send you to jail. You can do what you want but there are price tags for all our choices, good and bad. It is up to us to decide whether or not we want to pay those price tags.
When I think about eating certain foods, like, for me, sourdough bread, I know I can eat it any time I want. I also know that if I do I am likely to get sick and if I eat enough of it often enough I will probably gain weight. And I also know that if I start eating it I will probably trigger my food addiction and crave and want it more and more until I am no longer making the choice to have it, my addiction is.
When I weigh those price tags and decide whether or not I want to pay them I usually make the rational decision that a slice of bread is not worth all the trouble it is likely to cause. Not because the bread is bad but because my reaction to it is unpredictable but the one thing I can be sure of, based on years of experience, is that I won't be able to have it in moderation.
In fact, I wouldn't even want just one slice of bread. If I were told, hey, you can have this slice of bread and then you won't be able to have another one for a week or month I would say why bother? It isn't the slice of bread I want, it's the loaf.
If you can say honestly to yourself that all you want is a little taste of the cake and ice cream and then be perfectly fine not having it again for another month then go for it. For me, even if I did stop at the taste my mind wouldn't stop and I would probably be thinking about that taste for far longer then whatever pleasure I might have gotten out of eating that bite.
But that's me. I am a food addict.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
Thank you for your response. I was talking about maybe once or twice a year. I don't go to a birthday party every month. I just was wondering if I needed to make my peace with them for good, or if there might be an occasion where I could have a tiny piece. I am not in a tizzy, I was just curious. Thanks for sharing your situation. Thanks
Thank you for your response. I was talking about maybe once or twice a year. I don't go to a birthday party every month. I just was wondering if I needed to make my peace with them for good, or if there might be an occasion where I could have a tiny piece. I am not in a tizzy, I was just curious. Thanks for sharing your situation. Thanks
I have to ask. Where you truely 100% compliant with the band?
Why would you even care if you could have cake or ice cream? Those two things along with a ton of other stuff are the reason people look into WLS.