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Along the Peanut Butter thread.... Peanut Butter, Bologna and Swiss cheese sandwiches. OR Peanut butter and Bacon sanwiches... yum!!!!

Yaassss! When I was a kid my brother and I would schmear PB on a slice of bologna, roll it up and eat just like that. A lot of them. And PB and bacon is amazing.

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You would be surprised how many people look at me like I have two heads when I mention PB and Bacon! :D

Glad I am not alone!

Yaassss! When I was a kid my brother and I would schmear PB on a slice of bologna, roll it up and eat just like that. A lot of them. And PB and bacon is amazing.

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Two of my favorite late-night Snacks -

  • 3 Hot dogs slathered in salt and mayonnaise...REAL mayonnaise!
  • When I was 'dieting', I switched to having 4 icing-covered honey-buns, and washed it down with a 2-liter bottle of diet soda - the diet soda was supposed to cancel out the 2400 calories from the 4 honey-buns!!
It's a miracle I survived long enough to even have the surgery!

I used that same theory....Dt Pepsi to wash down the junk food. LOL So glad those days are behind me. Congrats on your success! :)

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This will sound ridiculous.

I love when my mom makes salad. It's a simple iceberg lettuce. Delish vinegar oil salt pepper. Nothing special.

Then I used to take that and place it inside a piece of really crusty portuguese bread.

Just that no meats. The dressing soaks into the bread. And yum!!

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I recently published an article about sugar being addicting in the same way that drugs are addicting:

http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/276918/173378/sugar-addictive

I used to mix butter and white sugar together and eat it with a spoon. I'd usually just make a small amount, and then sometimes go back for seconds. Ugh!! And Coffeemate Creamer powder, by itself. Looking at what we were all drawn to really shows there is a neurological or chemical connection here ... Fats and sugar, fats and sugar. I haven't seen any posts about spinach or tangerines, haha. It's funny, although I am no longer drawn to the butter/sugar thing, I can still "feel" the euphoria I felt eating it at the time.

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I'd go into McD's and order the big mac value meal super-sized with a diet coke. Yeah, that worked really well for me...

I used that same theory....Dt Pepsi to wash down the junk food. LOL So glad those days are behind me. Congrats on your success! :)

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Hamburgers, pizza, Taco Bell, McDonalds, sodas (including diet), ice cream, cupcakes, donuts ...

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For me it's never been "what" I was eating but HOW MUCH OF IT! I can no longer eat half of a pizza anymore. I still enjoy pizza, just 1 piece (or less) in a sitting now! The restriction of the sleeve has given me the freedom to eat what I like, how I like it, and for that I am grateful! As long as I move my body and don't over eat, it's all good!

Edited by bikrchk

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Sauerkraut and cheese toasted sandwiches, with mustard, which I was only allowed to make when I was home alone as it had a tendency to smell up the house.

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I still eat pizza but only half a slice. Only real pizzeria pizza. Being from Jersey that's the only kind for me.

I do eat Cookies but only about 1 or 2 and that is maybe 2xs per month. I find that my sweet tooth is gone and sugar just doesn't agree with me, for which I'am very thankful.

I know my problem was food addiction and sugar addiction and everyday I get healthier I am so grateful for the WLS. I feel so much stronger. Sugar and food doesn't run my life any longer. I am more powerful than the drug that ruled my life for so many years. :)

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Oh wow! this post is interesting enough I had to add my own...

my deal was Pasta I will take take any pasta...weather spaghetti, egg noodles, or penne mix about 1/2 cup of butter...parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, soy sauce and 2-3 tsp of sugar...Smdh....it was soo good

also I use to eat Syrup sandwiches

French fry sandwiches

Spaghetti Sandwiches

yes I was and still am a carb junkie...now it's just whole wheat and in moderation ☺

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I still cannot eat bread.... the other day I went to Denny's ordered off the senior menu, one egg scrambled 2 (tiny) slices of bacon and a belgin waffle, previously I LOVED waffles... I managed to eat the egg and the bacon and 1/4 of a 8 inch waffle and I was stuffed...... and the waffle didn't even taste that good... teach me to eat carbs.

Oh wow! this post is interesting enough I had to add my own...

my deal was Pasta I will take take any pasta...weather spaghetti, egg noodles, or penne mix about 1/2 cup of butter...parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, soy sauce and 2-3 tsp of sugar...Smdh....it was soo good

also I use to eat Syrup sandwiches

French fry sandwiches
Spaghetti Sandwiches

yes was and still am a carb junkie...now it's just whole wheat and in moderation ☺

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Cracklin on white bread! Don't judge me! lol It was soo good! I can still remember the way my veins felt after eating that!????

I Loved cracklin. I also chowed down on fatback and biscuits with molasses. Yummmmmmm

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