I do...I will think about trying it, but I'd have to kill my morning premier.

Recently went to program about dementia. Speaker said people who have weight loss surgery are more likely to have dementia because we do not absorb enough from our food. Never heard this before. Anybody know anything about this?

While I don't have a kid, I do live with two people who don't eat the way I do.

Things that work for me, sometimes, to control my home environment:

There is a snack cabinet in the house where snacks live. I'm pretty good about not going in there. Perhaps you could keep kid snacks in a cabinet or opaque container of some sort so that you don't see them?

I keep things in the freezer and, for some reason, they don't call to me from there. Maybe you could keep kiddo's snacks in the freezer? Since they'd thaw in time for their lunch.

My people are also good about having non-Gwen food that doesn't really appeal to me. Art likes Clif bars, for example, and I'm pretty good at ignoring them - I think they have something I'm allergic to in them so that's a big motivator to ignore them! Lance LOVES rice and I'm pretty meh about it. So it's easy for me to always keep rice in the fridge for the guys to supplement the proteins I cook, because I don't really care about it. Does your kiddo like things that you don't care about eating? You could try to prioritize those things maybe? Do you have any food allergies/intolerances you can make work in your favor? :)

I have read about taking a cottage cheese test. You can google it if you are interested. I am 8 year post op and I still worry about over eating and not wanting to stretch things out (which I think is just basically staying in the present while eating, which is a good thing).

How productive of you to reach out! I will be watching for ideas. Nothing wrong with having carbs for kids but I'm wondering if you can remove the temptation from the house and swap something healthier for them too?

Avoidance is a sacrifice but it does work. I doubt I could tell you anything you don't already know and tried a lot. We didn't to surgery point without trying a lot of tactics. I can tell you the sacrifice in the moment never feels worth it to me. It's the long-term consequences I see, not in the moment. So, knowing I need an immediate reward I used the sticker program. Any day I didn't get tempted, I get a standard sticker. When I am in my pantry, wanting the yum then go to the fridge and look for fruit instead I get a better choice sticker (which also shows me what days had mental struggles). If I eat a no-go carb, I have to put the bad sticker on the month's calendar before I eat it. This has actually stopped me a few times. If I have the want and don't eat, I get my cute sticker. If stickers don't work, still chart it. Trade it for a bad household chore (toilets?). Whatever discouragement you can give make the consequences immediate and meaningful to you.

It's a journey, but it's our path and only we can really find our own way out of the maze.