Whether or not we like to admit it, I think we all have guilty pleasures. They make life worth living! Maybe it’s binge-watching a series on Netflix, or sneaking that forbidden (if you’re a WLS patient) bottle of beer and a buffalo wing on Sunday afternoons while watching the football game with friends, or leaving dirty dishes in the sink all weekend until you get to them Sunday night. Maybe you even like displaying a little bit of passive-aggressive road rage by driving slowly when you can tell that the driver behind you is getting impatient.

So what is your biggest guilty pleasure? If it has to do with food, how do you balance it with your weight loss surgery diet and healthy intentions? Some of the best ways to get in that guilty pleasure are to have just a little while throwing away the rest (like eating the burger but not the bun, or the beef and Beans but not the tortilla), or having just a bite. You can also plan for it – for example, if you’re several months or more post-op and you know your stomach can handle it, you can cut back on calories for a couple of days to “save up” the hundreds of extras you’d need to balance out a milkshake.

Ahhhhh, hugging my skinny husband, who is 69, and thin for the first time in 69 years. It makes my heart melt.

My wife and I are quite sexually adventurous so the current guilty pleasure is sugar free chocolate syrup and our imagination.

You again??????? OMG!!! Get a room!!! ----and some Pop rocks!

(I'm just envious )

food is definitely not my guilty pleasure bc now I get nauseous thinking of it... But mine would have to be relaxing every alone time I get! Or taking a nap hahaha soon that will be ruined but work calls my name

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Only @@Dub comes up with words like

"Bamsucka"

I'd ask for a translation, but given the topic, I might be afraid...

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It's a term I use for positive emphasis of a statement of fact or a revelation of great import.

For instance.....a group of people are trying to solve a common problem.....someone come by and throws out a perfection solution. BAMSUCKA !!!!!!

@HighFunctioningFatMan stated the genre of guilty pleasure that I'd been thinking about. It resonated with me.

So damn grateful for the various byproducts of getting leaner.

My wife and I are quite sexually adventurous so the current guilty pleasure is sugar free chocolate syrup and our imagination.

You again??????? OMG!!! Get a room!!! ----and some Pop rocks!

(I'm just envious )

That isn't the first time that we have had someone yell get a room!

My guilty pleasure is potatoe chips and going to the movies alone. So I don't have to look at what someone else wants to look at. Hehe!

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I have had a 34 year love affair with Diet Coke. And I will miss it post-surgery. A lot.

I have had a 34 year love affair with Diet Coke. And I will miss it post-surgery. A lot.

Weird, but our addiction to Diet Coke is gone, and Water is sooooo good!

guilty pleasure - talking to a stranger is great, easy, non-committal

after all - i luv talking to you guys!!!

my DH says i could talk to a telephone pole!!! (unknown/stranger pole of course LOL)

more frequent than not, i'm shy to talk in a crowd of OP i know

get shy/embarrassed - don't know what to say

least now, if i don't talk to anyone at a party

i look great!!!! (cute as a button remember? )

wow - secret is out, please don't tell anyone else!!! LOL

working on my issue

knowing my problem - that's half the solution!!

kathy

ohhhhhh

one more guilty pleasure

i record old episodes of Law and Order SUV, Dr. Phil

coming to BP board too often

love you all, but enough sometimes is too much!!!

kathy

Food: baked goods. Cookies, cakes, pies, and candy go down very, very easy with a lap band so I avoid them! I'll indulge occasionally if there's a special occasion (i.e. birthday cake or a holiday). I usually regret it because it makes me feel kind of sick after. Not used to consuming that much sugar in one sitting.

Non-food: bad books. Some argue that there's no such thing as a bad book but... yeah, my choices are not stellar and are pure entertainment without the intellectual stimulation. I'm okay with that.

I also love TV. My favorite shows right now are American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, all Bachelor series, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, and Flipping Out.

No sleeve shirts. My wardrobe now is 50% no sleeve shirts. Another would be getting rid of my old clothes, while marveling at how enormous they are. It's strange, but when I was wearing them I never really noticed just how big they really were. I guess it was a form of hiding my head in the sand.

Relaxing with the morning paper and a big cup of coffee....ok maybe my other would be nooze yogurt.

My guilty pleasures currently are wine and chocolate. Since surgery, I rarely drink but currently I have upped my calories (and my strength training) so wine and chocolate are a weekly occurrences right now.

I have had a 34 year love affair with Diet Coke. And I will miss it post-surgery. A lot.

Weird, but our addiction to Diet Coke is gone, and Water is sooooo good!

That gives me some hope. Giving up carbs is nothing on giving up Diet Coke! I look forward to the day when it becomes no big deal...