Salt is one of my vomit foods, gross I know, but if the sodium is too high my tummy revolts and there is nothing I can do about it. Pepper also seems to hate me now and I loved a good coarse crack before surgery. Basically we have to careful when I eat out and we go a little light on the seasoning or use herbal alternatives to bring out the flavor.

I have my own food weakness though they were mostly pre-surgery. I loved my soda, I could never control myself around chips and salsa and all things potato. I've overcome the cravings for soda after a cold turkey cut off the day I started the pre-surgery liver shrinking diet, I reintroduced chips and salsa but seem to have the ability to stop at 5-7 chips now, and the potato and I have an understanding that I can eat some mashed about once a week but the fry, the baked, the scalloped, the hash, the chip, and whatever other form is lurking must be saved for special occasions so I don't become a carb junkie again.

DIET COKE! I don't crave it all of the time but when I do, it's so hard to keep my mind off of it. Thankfully I haven't caved yet.

oh and Nutella........I really miss nutella!

At 4 years out, I can pretty much eat anything so I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. If want something, I have it. I just don't have it everyday like I used to. I used to be a huge stress eater but now I exercise instead.

Soda for sure is still my enemy. I still struggle with it being 16 weeks out.

I'm not a huge soda drinker, but sometimes in social situations you want to "look" like you are joining in... pour your soda from up high into the glass, slowly, and once the fizz is gone, it's flat, and seeing as I don't mind flat pop, it works for me! Just make sure you go sugar and caffeine free, and you can have some now and again.

I can have a little of the sweet stuff. If I have too much, I go nuts and eat everything in sight.

Soda - a Diet Coke or Pepsi. Really hard at work as we have free soda. I also miss chocolate. Also have a ton of it all around at work. And I am a major stress eater and used to drain the M&M bowl when tired and stressed. Been soda and choco free for over three months and it keeps reminding myself not to to go there.

I miss pasta dishes. Thought I would miss sodas, but that hasn't been a problem at all. The biggest challenge is not so much which foods, but the timing of eating, then avoiding fluids for an hour.

Ya I do a lot of vegetables and cheese. And I know cauliflower is a good substitute for pasta type dishes. I made cauliflower crust pizza as well a few times. I love looking at all the WLS friendly recipes online. I just don't have a working oven at the moment, so I'm pretty limited as to what I can make

OMG - so many have said CARBS - ME also - every form- from pretzels, crackers, chips, cereals, rice, breads etc.... Can't eat just one and be done... it's psycho crazy effect on my brain depresses me to no end. I don't have any of it at my house - but if I go out.... I'm out of control! why why why!!!! there has to be an answer!!!! :mad: