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:biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: What were your favorite pigout foods before surgery?

VS. What your favorite foods are after surgery? Just thought it would be gas to know.

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Carbs - cakes, muffins, Cookies. Once I started on those foods I couldnt stop. The sugar rush was addictive.

I've discovered since banding that if I dont eat them I can avoid them quite easily. But if I were going to break out those are still the foods I'd head to.

But overall I was a healthy eater, just too big an eater. So I dont have a ton of problem foods I need to avoid or that I think about all the time.

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SHrimp Fried RIce with RIbs!!!! Hot wings, Hot wings, Hot wings

NOW-- hot wings, chips and dip oh my gosh Paula I do this too. LOL sometimes it is my meal. How weird is that, lol and yep it is bad:faint:

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Pre-banding: Cereal! I would eat 3 big bowls of it at a time. Ice cream. Diet Cokes

Post-banding: I never eat Cereal. I still eat ice cream. This is weird, but I pig out on Zone Perfect bars...that means I eat two instead of one, but only sometimes. I figure it cures the chocolate craving, and at least I get a lot of Protein. How's that for a rationalization? LOL! I like pita chips and hummas...why do all the "empty" foods go down so easy?

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Dee Dee, chips and dip for me are like krypton for Superman. My mouth is watering just talking about'em.

mousecrazy, I *thought* I was the only one that gorged on cerel in pre-banding days. I was going to put that on my original reply, but thought others wouldnt understand.... *sigh* thank God I cant do that anymore.

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I could eat almost a whole bag of Captain Crunch at one sitting... I used to do it all of the time!

Haven't even tried that now, Thank God!

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I found that I ate out a lot. I ate alot of Olive Garden and On The Border. I ate a lot of sweets, breads, and anything with carbs. I had a bunch of "last meals" Everyday was a last meal for me!

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Pre-banding: Any thing that was not too stale or green and fuzzy!!!

Post-band: I LOVE GUALMOLE (spelling?).....actually any Mexican food....this tastes that best to me now!!!

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