So, I'll admit, I've found the post-op diet still a bit difficult, but I've just spaced it out by taking my list of ten or so items and introducing a new one to mix it up a bit whenever I feel limited, well, yesterday I introduced sugar free cocoa!

Ms. Betty, my dietician, said I could have sugar free cocoa if I used the 25 cal. Sugar free kind, but I decided to make my own 25 cal. Sugar free kind!' <3

I use Promised Land, organic, fat free milk (which tastes more like real milk than it does water! A really welcome surprise! It's also still creamy!)

Hershey's cocoa, the baking kind. Unsweetened and all that good stuff. (1tbsp is 9 cal., but you don't need that much for one cup)

2-3 tsp of Xylitol (it's about 10 cal. A tsp, but it tastes like real sugar, doesn't have one of those bitter aftertastes of most alternatives, and is (mostly) not harmful, apart from causing a bit of bathroom trouble if you eat too much! It's my go-to artificial sweetener!)

It legit tastes like actual, regular hot chocolate, you guys. It has become my favorite part of the full liquids diet. <3 You guys should try it!

I think your trick was in the organic milk. I can instantly tell the difference between organic and regular. Organic has a much richer taste when it comes to milk.

Once you get to eggs you should try organic free-range local eggs. I love mine to the extent I won't even eat a store egg anymore.

It's that and the Xylitol. Xylitol doesn't have a bitter after taste like most sugar free sweeteners.