Don't be discouraged. Losing weight is hard work but I wouldn't think of it that way. I would approach this as a lifestyle change. Everyone knows that weight only stays off anyhow when people make good nutrition/health part of their routine and not just a temporary thing. Heather's diet can go either way in terms of overindulging on the "allowed" treats or SF (like rice and pasta) versus eating low-fat and small meals. I found I lost weight at first b/c I finally stopped making a glutton out of myself at meals. I LOVE to eat and often would eat very large meals especially at night after I had starved myself all day for fear of d. I also ate fattening foods (doughnuts, muffins, etc.) b/c I never saw any rhyme or reason as to why I had attacks anyway.
Try to eat smaller meals more frequently and make a basic overhaul of the fat thing, ie., less oil, no real butter, of course no cream sauces, etc. My friends used to jokingly call me the "condiment queen" b/c I went overboard with it all (syrup, butter, mayo)...God help my IBS back then. No wonder I was having attacks! 
It is true what others have said...you will eventually get used to this change in eating and not crave or miss so many things. For example, if I eat anything too "rich" I am almost grossed out and nauseous. Like restaurant food...while onion rings, french fries, tortellini alfredo all used to sound good, now I'm like ugh...maybe I would crave a bite but anymore would make me feel just plain yucky(think about how you feel after eating a bag of potato chips...ugh  ).
It's important in the beginning to not cheat at all, but know that down the road you MAY be able to tolerate a bite of something here or there just to take the edge off. In my case, it keeps me from going crazy and being resentful (ie., last night we had frozen pizzas for dinner so I had all "safe" pizza (Toffutti) and then about a 1/4 of a slice of the real deal that my husband and the kids had. Important to note that I'm stable and can't do this daily or every meal, but it is a nice treat once in a while.
Well I'm rambling, but I guess I just want to stress that you will fare best with both the IBS symptoms AND the weight if you change your way of thinking about food. I myself need to lose some pounds and have been trying to work out. My problem is like I said, I love to eat, and now I need to counteract those calories like everyone else mentioned. Up until now, I was only looking at mostly fat.
Good luck. You can do both...the ibs and the weight loss...just be patient and if you get off track, don't quit...just start again at the next meal. It is totally worth getting your life back. 
Oh... and as for chocolate...I crave chocolate after dinner all the time. Some safe fixes for me have been:
Chocolate Cake for One (do a search)
Rice Crispies with chocolate almond/soy/rice milk
Luna Bars (nuts over choc...but I have stopped eating them so much b/c they made me gassy)
Brownie Mix (without dairy) made with applesauce and egg whites or sometimes I can handle one whole egg throughout the whole box
If it is just sweets in general that you like, search the dessert recipes. Almost anything IBS safe can have brown-sugar safely added...I have made Heather's banana bread and thrown in some choc. morsels. YUM 
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