Cruzin the DS Forum.....

I also think there is a core group on that board that kind of sets the tone for the board and they are kind of aggressive about how great it is to be able to eat a double cheeseburger and donuts.

The thing is, even pre-op, I never really got into food like that. Plus, I was worried that I would not be able to eat enough to keep a healthy weight on. This turned out to be a reasonable fear on my part because I already eat an average of 2000 calories a day and on days when I need to eat 4000-5000, well I *can* but it's not fun. I'd hate to have to eat like that all the time.

Plus, I really wanted the ability to eat a wide variety of foods if I felt it was appropriate to do so. I don't go nuts with sugar or white carbs, but sometimes I want to eat things that have them in there.

Both RnY with it's dumping and DS with the atomic farts didn't appeal to me because of the need to restrict certain foods all the time and also because of the uncertainty of it -- will I dump this time? Can I have one bite of this without farting or two before I hit my limit? Uh oh, last time I had 3 and was okay but this time I had 2 and got in trouble. Oh, I thought that food didn't have a lot of sugar in it, but I was wrong ... time to worship at the throne of the porcelain god.

I'm just too much of a control freak to want to deal with that kind of uncertainty. Some people with bypass actually dump on fruit. That would drive me insane!