Does anyone else experience this?

 Just a question for the group ... do any of you actually MISS eating food instead of consuming various supplements?   Is there a lot of cost to all of that "maintenance"??  Above problem certainly sounds like low blood sugar, for sure ... i'm still in the "deciding" stage and reading everyone's stories is so very helpful to show me realistically what people go through AFTER. Anything further to share?? Thanks, Colleen PS ... sure hope you are feeling better

CPL60, maintenance was hard at first.  I was scared to add foods back in...  I didn't want to gain any weight back.  I had been in "weight loss mode" for so many months while still losing weight and changing to "maintenance mode" as I like to call it was a hard transition.  I kept trying to eat the same bariatric way that I was used to since surgery ...  not adding carbs, being very strict and hard on myself.  Then I developed the low blood sugar episodes, and had to eat 6 times a day to keep the "episodes" away...  I have settled into my diet greatly.  I love maintenance. I love my new lifestyle of eating.  I don't miss food.  I have changed my mindset.  I tell people that I eat spaghetti, lasagna, pizza, crackers, chips, candy bars.  It's just that MY terminology for spaghetti & lasagna means pasta free...  my pizza is a low carb tortilla...  my crackers, chips are protein chips that are low calorie & low carb & have protein, and now my candy bars are protein bars that taste like the real thing... For instance, did you know that a Quadruple Supreme Protein bar tastes like an 100 Grand bar?  A Rocknroll bar tastes like a payday...  I don't eat these things all the time, or in large portions, but I do not in any way feel deprived of old foods.  If I crave something, I have some pretty good substitutes...  indeed it is a matter of embracing our new lifestyle and adjusting.  Life is good.