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We all know what we are allowed to eat & what we should stay away from - this is supposed to be a fun thread! Some of us have to stay away from certain foods because you have visions of it in your sleep & if you start eating it you know you just couldn't stop (lol) - so, is there any food that you miss?

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i miss drinking coors light......

(i eat what i want in small amounts if i truly want it so i dont miss eating any foods in particular)

Edited by ☠carolinagirl☠

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I love love love food - hence why I was the chubby girl. But this is a list of food that I love and can't eat because I just know I couldn't stop: Lasagna; Hot bread; Spaghetti; pizza - New York style oozing with cheese (lol); Mac n cheese; Cheese doodles; Juicy cheeseburger with a bun; Baked ziti; Shortbread cookies; Girl Scout Cookies

Edited by jamilyne 102668

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I miss cheap white sheet cake--birthday, or wedding variety. My nemesis!

(And to think I live in a land of the best pastries available...and still, my favorite sweet is that cheap cake from Safeway.)

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Yea - I forgot about birthday cake (as I am slowly sipping my Protein shake) lol

Birthday cake is the BEST!

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I miss my favorite...Hot wings dripping with hot sauce! Now I know that I can still have them BUT I'm so cheap that I refuse to buy six wings when I can only eat one, two at the most. I'm thinking about going to my favorite place and telling them my story and asking if I can buy a child's portion. I also miss the occasional Five Guys burger but I would only buy that about once every six months anyway but that was usually when I was treating myself. Luckily I was never a "sweets" person. I can truely say that being a recovering "sodaholic", I'm really blessed NOT to miss sodas. Haven't even been tempted. That alone makes my surgery worth it...LOL!

Edited by BamaBoo64

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Cheez-Its...stuff is like heroin to me. I have not had it in two years and it remains the only thing I avoid in fear that it may get a grip on me again. I had a 1pound box a day habit. I would make special trips to the store just for Cheez-its if I had to.

I would like to think at this point I could have serving and put the box away but I don't trust myself and of course Cheez-Its are slider food.

I do miss Guinness ale from time to time especially around St Patty's day.

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Many foods mentioned above I can eat...beer, cake, etc.......I take it the question is what foods you are not able to eat because you're dieting? Or foods you cannot eat because the band will not allow you to.....

On the latter....I cannot eat red meat anymore....the band will not let me....I miss a big juicy steak right off the grill.......also ribs, pork chops, etc...also a big burger on a fresh roll with lots of onions, don't forget the French fries..also not band friendly.......

Many times my wife will order a beautiful steak and I am tempted to reach across the table and snatch a bite.....but I know what will happen if I do....learned the hard way what to stay away from....

One hand I miss these foods...on the other I am thankful for what I am today by not eating them....so I get over it....

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Onion rings! Sometimes I will ask others to buy them, so I can have 1. Sometimes, when I buy fries from Burger King for others, there will be one in the bag, I get it!

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Ice Cream... I love all flavors.. I have bought some skinny cow chocolate truffle bars.. that are pretty darn good but I can get addicted to them also so I don't buy them very often. Otherwise I can eat most anything just don't eat much bread at all and stay away from Pasta.

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I'm still of the mindset that I can have most anything -- I am a restricter and don't want to do the deprivation thing. If I allow myself cake, for example, then I can ask myself, "do I really want it" and come up with "no, not really" whereas if I tell myself I cannot have it then I want to do it out of spite or something. That's a synopsis of my last twenty years, actually. But having stuff in the house is another matter entirely. Peanut Butter, for example -- a jar of that on the house would be like crack to me. I love peanut butter!

Foods my band doesn't want (so far, maybe more coming) - rice, bread, rubbery mushrooms, etc. But I don't long for any of those things.

Wine & cheese & bread & chocolate -- I like to think it was fun while it lasted but it wasn't even that fun. I always just seemed to want more, more, more.....

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I can eat almost everything mentioned, though like B52, I've chosen not to eat most of it.

The thing that I miss the most is a nice juicy blue steak. I have great difficulty with steaks now.

Honestly, I would also love to be able to enjoy a binge on Chinese food or a big plate of spagetti and meatballs. Spagetti was my FAVORITE meal pre-banding. I have had it since being banded but not in the 'stuff your face until your full' way. LOL

Yes, Thank God for my band!

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Krispy Kream Donuts!!! not the fluffy ones, but the dense, fritter yummy deliciousness...come to think of it, i miss anything fried. mmmm county fairs and their giant turkey things.

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