Personally I think post bariatric surgery you can use anything you prefer.

I started with eaTracker as that was what the dietician in Winnipeg suggested I use and I really like it a lot, especially as it lists your daily nutrition requirements as a bar graph. This makes it easy to see at a glance if you are meeting all your daily nutrition goals. Also all nutrition data is supplied by the Dieticians of Canada so you minimize errors that creep into user supplied nutrition information.

However I switched to MFP as that was recommended by the Edmonton baraitric program dietician and after all - its their ball and you want to play nice. I don't know about  the others but MFP has a large database (just be careful that the nutrition info you select is accurate - this goes for any meal tracking site that allows user input.) and it allows those with smartphones to download nutrition information right from food labels and restaurant menus (where provided).

BTW except for the Health Tracker, I find OH to be very user unfriendly.

Fatsecret is a great site for food journaling.
They have inspirational, food and exercise challenges. The site is more user friendly than my fitness pal.

The facility where I had surgery in Tijuana allowed an evening meal on the two week preop diet, up until two days before surgery, when it was liquids only. The meal could include all the plain green veggies you wanted plus I think mushrooms (which have no calories anyway) and tomatoes (no butter or dressing), along with 4 oz of chicken or fish, steamed or baked (plain, no sauces, coating, etc.). If I recall correctly from what I've read on this forum, I believe the Manitoba program allowed salad at the very beginning also. The calories in the meal of veggies & protein were no more than what a protein shake would contain and this was much, much easier to follow than not being allowed to eat any food for two full weeks. Every program seems to have different criteria.

I agree!  By "cheating"  you're only fooling yourself.  You need to get out of the mindset that this cookie, muffin, extra whatever won't hurt as we all know it all catches up with us sooner or later,   One of the things we have to change is how we think about food.

I'm Mike and am in pre op in the Alberta bariatric program after not meeting the eligibility criteria for the Manitoba program when referred by my GP in May 2011.

I was then referred to the Alberta program, was accepted, and had my initial appointment at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton in August 2012. I was approved for surgery and signed my consent form in March 2013. I have completed my follow ups and endoscopy, taken the pre bariatric surgery class, and am on the wait list for a surgery date. I have elected to have a VSG and am hoping that my surgery could possibly take place in early December or January. I am scheduled to have hip replacement surgery at Concordia Hip and Knee Centre in April 2014.