A Blessing or A Curse??

Sugar doesn't make me dump.  Is that a blessing or a curse?  So far, I've been really good about eating properly.  If sugar (especially chocolate) is tolerated by my pouch, will I eventually slide back into old habits? Christy

That would depend entirely on you, my dear.  One of the first things my surgeon told me is that "dumping is your friend" and I tend to agree with him on that.  I don't dump often, but when I do I have taken it as an indication that I have strayed from the path a bit too much.  I guess I use it as another tool to help me in my weight loss journey.  You are doing very well, so you must be doing something right right now.  On the other hand, there isn't much you could do right now to prevent you from losing weight! Dumping becomes a moot issue after a year anyway as I understand it passes for most people about that time.  Then the hunger returns, they say, and we have to apply all these new lessons a little more arduously. Good luck to you on your journey.  I hope this helps.

Christy, I hate that sugar doesn't make me dump. It has always been my biggest weakness. I only recently found out that I don't dump after eating it. At Christmas I had a piece of cheescake (very tiny sliver). I had set myself up for the dumping but it never happened. I wish I would have never tested those waters, now I know I can. Sweets are very thin ice for me. I just have to stay on the right path. Always think about what you are putting in your mouth. I think sometime down the road small indulgences and I do mean small will be OK. I had a friend of mine(ex-friend now) make a comment to me pre-surgery that it seemed I was taking the easy way out. Well it's definatly not easy. You will always struggle somewhat. The key is support. You have already taken the steps in the right direction, you can do it, stay positive. Sugar, even though it taste so good and you feel good when you eat it, it is not your friend. Peace, Karla

Christy, I used to think it was a blessing, but now I think it was a curse for sure!  Just be careful because I haven't had a problem with much anything.  I wish I would have, I think I wouldn't have gotten back into some of my old routines and be struggling with them now if I would have never tested the water way back then!  I was a chocoholic before WLS and I'm a chocoholic now, I gotta be real careful!  I've lost 217 lbs but put 25 back on in the past 2 1/2 years.... Best of luck to you!!!

I am so paranoid about dumping that I won't dare go near any sugars...which i think is a good thing.   Just hope i continue to be paranoid!   I also won't try any new foods out of my house for fear of dumping ...incl. meat or anything else.  This is probably silly but I can't help it.   Just try to make a conscious decision to try and stay on the straight and narrow.    Take care, Pam

Hi Christy -

I don't dump in the classic sense much ... I think that high fat foods were more of an issue for me than sugars, but I was never on the bathroom floor. Now, I barely have any reaction to anything, so that means that I have to work on my behavior. There are lots of ways to do it, I got a book called the Beck Diet Solution; it's a 6 week program that helps you learn to think line a 'thin' person. I think I'll always have to be cognizant of what I'm doing so that I don't end up where I started. That said, I don't really feel like I'm on a diet anymore. I feel like I'm more aware and make considered decisions. I know that when I decide to have something that is higher in calories that I need to balance it ... I used to eat like it was free; that there was no 'price' involved. Now, I recognize that there is a price and I have to be prepared to pay it ... The price may be extra exercise and/or just having a little bit. I always make sure that I have my 2 ounces of protien and then complex carbs before I allow myself the luxury of something else ... That said, I indulged in a dark chocolate covered strawberry today and loved every, mindful, tasteful minute of it and didn't feel the least bit guilty. I was able to budget it in and enjoy ... the difference for me now is that I'm really aware of it and do budget it in, before I'd have had one, then another, then another ... you know what I mean.

I think as Suzanne said, whether you slip back into old habits will be up to you. I think the fact that you are concerned about it, is a good thing. Now you need to figure out how you are going to manage it.

Barb

Christy
Chocolate does not make me dump either.. I say this as I am eating a Easter Cadbury egg LOL I just cannot eat the large/huge/Ginormous amounts that I used to


Darcie