chocolate milk

French Vanilla coffee. It clears me right out no matter how bad the C is. I have a can of the powdered mix sitting on top of my microwave. If I have to take a laxative, dang it, I want to at least enjoy it. Tacos too. I miss those,but my dislike of pain is greater then my love of cheesy, beefy goodness. But I can have venison tacos with no problems. But they don't taste the same.

Treats, cheese doodles, white rice, french bread, cheese, garlic, tomato sauce, and ice cream.

I used to want colas so bad I'd drink them even if they made me sick (and they did), but I did eventually get over them after going longer and longer periods of time without them. Now they're just not worth it anymore (although I will occasionally buy a Stewart's cherry cola, which has no caffeine, and I can drink it).

I can tolerate pizza for a meal, but I do admit to getting a craving for it and wanting it every meal and then I make myself sick from it. I can also have ice cream, but this weekend I ate a whole half gallon (shame!) and I did suffer because of it some on Monday. Although I have finally accepted that I can no longer have any fruit juice, so my last hope, red grape juice, is going to have to come to work so other people can use it up.

I have also had a problem with juice. But my problems with juices started long before my IBS really kicked in. I actually went to the doctor about it and she said that my thing was I am super sensitive to certain sweeteners. Which is why me and fruit don't always get along. I'm fine with fructose but sorbitol kills me. I had a love affair with apple juice in college( drank a 16oz bottle every morning with breakfast) and it always had me running to the bathroom. I can't eat raw apples at all because even two bites is enough to do me in. I am cut off from just about everything touted as sugar free which stinks because I am at a high risk of diabetes because of my family history. Most of those things use sorbitol as a sweetener. I learned the hard way to check labels after I downed an entire package of sugar free sugar wafer type cookies. I went through an entire novel and a few magazines before the intestines gave out.

Awww Lady Frog thats not good, I would hate knowing that diabetes could be lurking around the corner!

and Treester I agree sometimes you just have to do it!

Loni, it's actually kind of nice knowing because I am taking steps now to avoid it. Since it's all been type2, it's more of a case of learning from the past. While my eating habits leave something to be desired, I do try to avoid becoming overweight and I have the Diabetic's cookbook which has excellent recipes that are meant for diabetics. I also have my blood sugar tested on a regular basis( my choice, doctor is going along with me) so that we can pick it up early and get treatment started right away. Dad's been diabetic for years and it's never slowed him down any. Plus if I learn the discipline needed now, it will be second nature for the just in case.

I thought of another food that I love that I shouldn't have any more. Corned beef and cabbage. Well mostly the cabbage. It tastes so good but the gas gets bad enough I get kicked out of the house.

Real ones. I can tolerate real sugar--and even high fructose corn syrup. No fruit juices, though (I think that's all because of the acid, not the fructose) and raw fruit is a no-no in lawrge doses (and no raw apples at all). But I can have ice cream and cookies and candy and stuff like that, so long as it's not diabetic.