What Do You Miss?????

Yes it is that's why when some of the people who come on the site and have not had surgery you have to let them know that this is what your body can and can not take and that their body maybe tolerant to something entirely different.  Like soda if I put that on my tongue the gases blow my stomach up and there better be a clear path to the rest room because everything is coming up  violently too.

Me too ~ unfortunately.

chinese food and roast and rice........pouch cannot tolerate either!

Rice only with a lot of sauce or gravy

I would agree with So Blessed! I think it's the AMOUNT of what I was able to eat.  I feel deprived sometimes.  Not because I can't have what I want, my pouch usually cooperates, but more about HOW MUCH I can have. I call it my 'Fat Girl Brain'.  I'm satisfied with very small amounts of food, but I just 'want' to eat more because that's what I'm used to doing.

Lisa

 LOL at "Fat Girl Brain" 

It's messed up, ain't it.  When we go to the food court at the mall, my husband and I like to split a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich with fries.  I usually eat the filling, maybe a bite of the bread and nibble a few fries.  My pouch will be perfectly satisfied, but the Fat Girl wants to eat that whole sandwich.

Why can't you have those things? I understand the cold water and the spicy food items, but why not the rest? I eat whatever I want. Granted my order of Indian food lasts me 4 meals, but I still love every morsel. I'm in maintenance mode now and this is when the real work comes in. For the rest of my life my motto is.....Anything in moderation. No more mind games for me

I can not tolerate it

PB&J with the cold milk I need that together not the milk first then 20mins later the sandwich just not the same.

Eating a cheesesteak from Tony's in North Wales, Pa!!!! I've been going there since I was a little kid and when I go home, I still visit.  I can do the pizza (so thin and yummy), but cheesesteaks are a no-no for me!   .....makes me even more homesick....

I really don't miss anything.   I pretty much eat what I want, just in smaller quanities.  (Maybe that is why I have gained 40 lbs.)