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I'm not sure how long you've been following the Diet, but I agree with Karen18 - hang in there. The longer I was on it, the better I felt.

I don't know what medicine you're on for reflux, but if it's not helping there are a number of them out there. You could post here and see what other people are taking.

As for chocolate, there are a bunch of chocolate recipes in the Recipe Index you can try. I practically lived on the Anti-Depressant Brownies when I first started on the diet. Right now, my favorite chocolate fix is the Ultimate Chocolate Pudding Brownies from one of Heather's newsletters - they're very easy and outrageously good and definitely feel like you're eaten something you shouldn't even though they're quite safe. This should help with the weight gain, too.

The Cherry Coke is tougher but don't give up hope. You'll probably never be able to drink it all day every day, but once I got stable I found I could "cheat" from time to time with stuff like Coke or wine and do okay. Don't tell anybody.

HTH.

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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]

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