[Jenmichele]

Great idea!
I miss:
Potato soup
Mashed potatoes ( but not too bad)
White french bread
Bananas
Bagels

What I don't miss:
Feeling like I am going to pop because I ate so much
Indigestion from overindulgence
The feeling of disgust of myslf for what I ate
No energy
Tired all the time

[mamamorgan]

I am going to join in.

I miss:
Cookies - anykind, I love cookies.
Bagels - I could probably have whole wheat ones, but once I have one, I will eat another, and another...lol.
Not worrying about calories, fat, sugar, etc

I dont miss:
My bad self-image
Those extra inches
My cravings (I still get them but soothe them now instead with a 40 calorie, sugar free fudge pop)
Feeling guilty
Size 11 jeans, buh bye
The feeling you get after a binge

[redautumn]

I miss:

eating whatever I want and not gaining a pound
McDonald's french fries
my homemade chocolate chip cookies
baked potatoes
chips

What I don't miss:

Lack of energy
not wanting to exercise because of lack of energy
cravings
embarrassed at the swimming pool because of my body
my extra belly fat (it is shrinking)

[grneyedmustang]

I miss:

-Sweets
-Ice Cream
-Cheesecake
-Cookies (notice a theme? I have a huge addiction to sugar)
- Lumpia (Filipino Egg Rolls. MMMMMMMM)
- Shrimp Fried Rice
- Pizza

What I don't miss:
- Nightly heartburn/indigestion
- Periods from H**L (my periods have been so much better and lighter since I've been on SB. I also don't have TOM cravings anymore)
- Not having energy
- Not being able to find clothes that I like, because I was "too fat"
- Having to take a nap daily because I was tired (I rarely take naps anymore)
- Not going to the doctor and sweating when I got my bloodwork results
- having to buy clothes with a "w" after the size
- having to shop at Lane Bryant
- Not having a shape or a waist (or should I say being shaped like a trapezoid). I actually have a shape now that I am beginning to like!

[beachmonkey]

I miss:

Pizza (the kind with the thick crust)
Strawberry and cookies soft ice cream
Chocolates


What I won't miss:

Constantly being out of breath
My thighs rubbing together (ugh)
Not being able to buy clothes in normal shops
Feeling uncomfortable in anything short, short sleeved/sleeveless, or too clingy
Being unhealthy
Feeling like everyone's judging me
Hiding when someone pulls out a camera
And most importantly... Not being able to wear most heels

[EverDecreasing]

I do miss:

*Being out with colleagues & being able to grab a sandwich or a pastie (nowadays it's a trek to the supermarket for a limp salad if I've forgotten to pack up one)
* Crackers. Cheese without crackers is killing me.
* Hersheys and Bud. I picked up a taste for them last time I was in the States. I have a bar of Extra Creamy in the cupboard because Asda (Walmart) were reducing them to clear & I panicked....it is still in it's wrapper though!
* Not having to scan a menu when eating out trying to find 1 thing I can actually eat without scraping half of it off.

I don't miss:

* Feeling like a fat blob and yet knowing I'm not helping the situation
* Potatoes. I've discovered I'm actually not that fussed on the taste, and after my last SB success I started eating them again out of habit.

Thats about it right now, but I'm only a day in lol. I'm sure there'll be more after a while

[Natasha1534]

Originally Posted by luckymommy

-toasted bagel w/ cream cheese

Sam's Club has mini-whole wheat bagels that are GREAT for portion control. Spread w/ Neufchatel cheese (I can't tell the difference) and you're good to go.

Originally Posted by maita88

- eating cookies, any kind that i made really
- ice cream oh how i miss the ice cream!

Try the whole wheat chocolate chip cookie recipe when you get into PH II. They're yummy!!! You can also have sugar-free ice cream (only 1/2 a cup, I believe) once you get to PH II.

Originally Posted by Riemontana

Sweet tea (and I'm not even southern)

I *am* Southern so it was quite an adjustment for me. I make mine w/ Splenda now and everybody in the house loves it. I used to looooooooove sweet tea that was just about syrup...now I have to mix my Splenda sweetened tea w/ water b/c it's too sweet for my new tastes, LOL

Originally Posted by SouthLake

Pasta (I have yet to find an OP kind that doesn't taste blech)

So glad I did a double-take and saw that says "pasta" before I gave you the spiel on pizza made on whole-wheat pita bread. Oops!!!

Okay, what I miss:

* Zaxby's chicken fingers and french fries
* Fried pickles w/ ranch
* Chicken wings...oh the chicken wings (I have to cheat and have them sometimes on game day)
* Fried chicken and mashed potatoes
* Not worrying about what kind of disgusting food I was putting in my body (okay, maybe not so much)

What I don't miss:

* Standing in a room of a couple hundred people and realizing I'm the fattest one there
* Trying on jeans only to find that I couldn't find a size big enough to fit me
* Having a headache by the end of the night b/c my uniform shirt was so tight I could barely move
* My feet swelling to twice their normal size (or to the point that the bands on them would leave indentions) after a 12 hour shift
* Being laid up in bed w/ back spasms after walking a mile or standing for more than an hour
* Breathing heavily just from tying my shoes
* Picking out a cute shirt "in my size" only to find that a 3X fits snug now
* Going out w/ my friends and feeling like the guys that come up are just being nice by talking to the fat girl (I'm not kidding when I tell you that my bestfriend is BEAUTIFUL and is often compared to Jennifer Lopez)
* Always wearing a cover-up when going swimming...only shedding it RIGHT BEFORE getting in the water and then being self-conscious about getting back out of the water w/o it
* High blood pressure and a blood sugar that was awful close to getting me diagnosed as diabetic
* Being too embarrassed to go to the gym b/c of my size
* Hating going into dressing rooms and the inevitable "it doesn't fit" walk of shame coming out of there

Oh I could go on and on. LOL

[ultimatebea]

AWESOME to see that this one is still going!

Be well -