Pizza Day & The Down Side to Eating Carbs

That is exactly what I learned today. Not all carbs do it for me. Oatmeal and brown rice have the opposite effect

I have not posted in well over a year however I am on read these post daily. I can't remember exactly the date but very recently , Keith, you posted about a day that you went over your daily cal. intake by several hundred calories and over 1/3 of that came from pizza. and then it was because you felt like you needed a quick pick-me-up or something like that. There will always be a reason if we look for one.

 

I am not sure how this thread became about a reason or excuse. I CHOSE to eat the pizza a day before the pizza day. I fit it into my plan. This is very different from my incident a few weeks ago where I went off plan. My point about the pizza was more to the effect of even if you CAN fit something into your plan doesn't mean you SHOULD fit it into your plan for any number of reasons.

The first time I tried to eat pizza was in maintenance. I thought it wouldn't hurt. Boy, was I wrong. For the first time since surgery, I was out of control. I ate about 3/4 of a piece of pizza and thought I'd satisfied my craving since it had been a long time since I'd had it. However, an hour later, I noticed the family had left a piece and I proceeded to have another 3/4 piece. It was very eye opening. I had not had an out of control moment like that since before my VSG, and it was one of my first big tests in maintenance. I learned that pizza was a trigger. I have to CHOOSE to either eat ONLY toppings, OR I order some wings instead. Ever since that happened, about 4 months ago, I haven't touched a pizza crust since. The remembrance of my pizza binge is always on my mind whenever I hear the word "PIZZA". I am kind of glad I went through it, because I will never forget how out of control I felt, and I won't go back there.

Yeah. It's off the list.

Its thats carb sensitivity that I spoke of that happens to me when I do "healthy" grains. Sends me on a hunger spiral like no other

I truly understood your post Keith. It appears a lot of people are studying to be shrinks and used you to practice on.

Threadjack alert! I really like you Bob and hope some day to meet you IRL.

  Well Julia I tried to get you to put me up for a night whenever I got to Geneva but you said you would steer me in the right direction to a nice hotel. Us same day sleevers gotta stick together. I don't post much because of all the negativity you get when you say something that isn't within the guidlines of "The Plan" that some people think is the only way this surgery will ever work. Sometimes it actually strikes me as cult like.  But that is  just me and are only my thoughts and perspectives.   

Agree with you. There are many ways to skin a cat. You stick pretty much to The Plan as per your food diary...maybe lacking a bit in veggies...but you are certainly making it work for you. If you ever ro make it to Geneva we will find a solution yo your overnight I am sure.