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food gifts are among the most common gifts to give. They are easy, they can be elegant, and they are often very much appreciated. Not so much when you are on a weight loss surgery diet, though! Those fruit cakes from exclusive bakeries, homemade fudge and Christmas Cookies, hand-picked boxes of chocolate truffles, and gift baskets with fancy jams and crackers don’t fit very well into your diet.

Did you get any food gifts this year? What did you receive, and did you handle it? Were you able to enjoy any of the food? Did you give it away? Share your strategy!

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My dad works for Harry and David. We ended up with $1500+ in fruit, candies, chocolate, baclava, cheesecake and more moose munch popcorn than I couldn't eat in a year if I started on Christmas day. I regifted a bunch, made my office quite happy and gave some to neighbors. We kept the gouda, some spicy mustard and the evil little chocolate covered cherries. There are about 25 of those cherries in the bag and I will say that at the rate that I'm going I might be done with them by my birthday in July.

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Tons! chocolate (not a big fan anyways so no biggie). Worthless candies, and my mother-in-law left a giant bin of Cookies. Cookies got tossed. Chocolates I gave to my mother in law to take into work today.

There was a fruit cake (which I love). It was a nice home made one that I couldn't bring myself to toss so I froze that.

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