Sugar

Does anyone eat sugar yet? I've cut 100% of it out of my diet (well, white/brown sugar, that is...still have natural sugars and lactose). I thought about getting the lemon calcium things, but one of the ingredients is sugar! I'm torn. My doc says they are fine, but I REALLY don't want to let ANY sugar back into my diet. If the word "sugar" or "corn syrup" is an ingredient, I don't buy it.

Is this wrong??? I'm a little confused!

I've had some.  I tried a little of this and a little of that to see if I'd get sick.  Some stuff made me dump but I can eat a few m&m cookies with no problem.   I am a sugar addict, and I don't mean I like sugar a lot, I really am addicted to it.  But I convinced myself I could have a little now.  Now I crave sweets all the time.  So if you have a problem with sugar and you can manage to keep avoiding it, stay away from it.(imho)
smooches!

Every now and then I CRAVE sweet things, too. I've found that Jell-o makes a wonderful Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Mousse (I was a dark chocolate-oholic). It helps so much! And, it's so rich, I can only eat a couple of babyspoon fulls, but it really helps.  I'm so afraid of sugar...and, what if I'm NOT affected by it? I don't know if I want to know.

Hey girlie..
Each doc & nutritionist gives different advice... I was told by doc office & Gastric firm.. that I should not go over the limit  of refine sugars(sugar, corn syrup ect.) of greater than <5grams.. depending on each individual persons tolerance.. though.. my girlfriend had gastric surgery 3 months after me.. and can eat any sugar without a dumping syndrome effect.. SHE MAKES ME SICK... LOL.. but my preference is no refine brown&white sugar.. so I use the  imitation sugar (splenda).. this is all my body can handle... I can't even use sweet & low... CRAZY.. But you still have to be careful with splenda don't make my mistake and get the baking version!! it's half sugar & half splenda... I was sooo sick!!  If you chooose to use splenda i would watch out for that.. oooh yeah Aspevia is bad... it is still has a refine source of sugar...

I would check with my Doc & nutritionist advice!!

Continue Success!!

Thank you!!! I'm glad I'm not alone!

Why ruin a good thing!  If you've had the will power to keep it out of your diet for 6 mo......Sweetie KEEP IT OUT!  I only wish I had your will power!  Once you cross that bridge there is no going back!  I'm sooooooo proud of you!

Heather

Thank you! I think the reason I've kept it out, is that I'm SOO scared of it. But, you're right - I won't mess up a good thing.

I've even tried to think of ways around it for when/if I get married in the near future. What kind of wedding cake could someone make without sugar???

Guess I could have SF chocolate dipped Strawberries.

My rule of thumb is that if the "serving size" is 14 (max 15) grams or less, then it's ok to have that serving size and for fat (max 5 grams) unless the protein content is alot higher, such as red meats where the fat content is a bit higher but the higher protein helps to balance out the numbers.

Also, watch "sugar alcohols".  They can throw you for a loop if you're not careful.   I think you're better off just "treating yourself" every now and then with the maximum amount of grams that your Dr. recommends.

That's my two cents.  :-)

I rarely do sugar.  I try to keep to 5 grams or less per serving.  I do, however, eat Luna or Kashi bars on occasion and they have a bit more.  They are protein packed and reasonably heathy though.

I avoid sugar whenever possible.

I will it eat if it is in one of the foods that follows my protein/calorie ratio (1gram/10cals).  Usually the sugar content is really low to maintain that ratio.  And rarely is it even listed in the top 5 ingredients.

I don't even eat more than a few bites of fruit by itself at a time.  I avoid corn, peas and carrots, which are the higher sugar veggies even.

It's working for me and I don't miss it all that much.  Usually I can taste if something has sugar in it--I went to a Chinese restaurant and ordered the hot & sour soup and it was sweet to me.  I asked if they used sugar in their recipe and they said yes, so I traded it for eggdrop soup!