No problems with sugar?

Hi everyone.  I was just wondering if anyone else doesn't have any trouble with sugar? I am 4 1/2 months post-op and unfortunately sugar doesn't give me any problems. i've slowly increased my sugar intake and now I'm staying steady at my current weight. Anyone else have this problem? I've been limiting the intake the last couple of days, but it's hard to do when it doesn't bother you at all.

Well I had a different procedure, but I can tell you. You are hitting the time where usually your first stall will occur. 4-6 months out. Don't worry too much, for most guys it maybe lasts a week it could last more though especially if your letting the sugar **** in. Jus****ch the amount and up your protien. But you should still notice clothing changes even while your weight numbers stand still. You'll be fine dont worry too much.

I can eat little amounts of sugar without getting sick. If you start eating more sugar, be sure to watch your weight progress, and if you start gaining, cut out the sugar.

I'm bad - I've been snacking on Sour Patch Kids candy this morning. Sometimes I just get a craving, and as long as I know it's not a slippery slope food, I'll give in with extreme moderation, and daily monitoring of my weight.

Make sure your sugar isn't replacing the nutrients and other things your body needs too.

i thought i wasn't going to have any problems with sugar myself for a long time. i actually didnt dump for the first time until a year and a half after surgery. it freaked me the hell out. i didnt know what was going on. so just look out for that, you may not dump now, but just be aware that it could happen down the road.

I personally have very little problems with sugar... typically the only time I have a problem with sugar is when something is sugar loaded, or high in both sugar and fat. By slowly increasing your sugar you are 'teaching' your body how to accept more and more. Over time your body will naturally tolerate sugar. By eating sugar in small amounts over and over again and slowly increasing the amounts you are pushing your body faster and possibly father than it would go normall. With that said, that should be a good reason to stop and limit - by not going any higher you wont be pushing your bodies tolerance level faster than it should be going. Also by stopping you will be doing yourself a favor - with the RNY surgery we do not malabsorb sugar - its one of the reasons pebiggest ople will regain... because they let sugar and processed/junky foods back into their diet! Find better substitutes for your sweet tooth - SF ice pops, SF pudding, SF Jello, SF candies (the candy needs to be as a treat, just because its SF doesnt mean you can eat a zillion... afterall calories are calories), SF fudgecicles. If you can handle moderation then allow yourself a TREAT on OCCASION... if you want some chocolate go buy a piece of really good chocolate - I suggest places that sell single servings - candy shops that you buy bulk, grocery stores that sell bulk, godiva... you get the idea. Its about QUALITY not quantity! Really take time to enjoy a treat if you are going to have one. If you are dieing for m&ms, buy a bag, portion out about a 1/4th or 1/2th and dump the rest DOWN THE DRAIN... or out of the bag into the garbage - then you removed the temptation to eat more!

Whether or not you dump or get sick on sugar doesn't matter.  What matters is learning a new way to think about food and how you feed yourself in general.  Your pouch cannot save you from yourself all of the time.  Only about 1/2 of all RNY patients experience dumping syndrome, and the further out a person gets normally the lesser the side effects from dumping become.  At 4 months out you are lucky that you almost can't stop the weight loss dead (you're experiencing a stall most likely, and it is probably being exasperated by your increased sugar consumption, but more than likely it would have happened anyway to one extent or another) but if you continue to eat sugar like you ate sugar pre-op (even in smaller amounts at a time) you WILL stop your weight loss and you WILL gain weight.  You will, I promise.   So it is time to make a concious decision to do it right so you can take full advantage of this surgery that people die waiting to get.  You are a fortunate person who was able to qualify and undergo a life saving procedure.  You did not have major surgery only to sabbatoge yourself at 4 months out.   How do you do that?  I have a couple suggestions.  First, we have a lifetime of bad eating habbits to overcome as post-ops, and the RNY was only on your stomach.  There are a lot of psychological reasons people become morbidly obese.  I highly recommend getting a therapist or counselor who can help you work through addictive tendencies and develop healthy coping mechanisms.  Second, work with a good nutritionist who can help you develop an eating plan customized for you.  They can help you find healthier alternatives that will satisfy a sweet tooth, while not feeding an addiction to refined sugar.  They will also help you understand the consequences of poor food choices.  Talk to your surgeon's office for a recomendation if they do not have a nurtitionist and counselor right in their office.  Third, find a way to keep yourself accountable.  Keep going to WLS support group meetings if you can.  Follow-up with your surgeon.  Come to the boards here to relate to people who know what you're going through and can support you.  And the thing that has helped me THE MOST to reach my goal and maintain my weight, is a 100% honest food journal.  Write down every scrap of everything you put in your mouth, then track the caloires, carbs, protien and fat on a site like fitday.com.  Really force yourself to look at what you are consuming.  We do not have the luxury of eating mindlessly anymore.  Eating is a concious, engaged activity that will have to involve making correct choices most of the time if we expect to be successful long term in keeping the weight off.  For me, knowing that I'm going to have to write it down sometimes is enough to make me re-think what I was about to eat ("Do I really want to write down that I snatched a handful of M&M's and wolfed them down?") and go for something else, like a glass of water or an apple.   It is a struggle.  It isn't easy.  But you can do this.  I really do wish you the best of luck in this and I hope you can find strategies that will work for you in over-coming the evil sugar demon.

What you said Amy: "We do not have the luxury of eating mindlessly anymore. Eating is a concious, engaged activity that will have to involve making correct choices most of the time if we expect to be successful long term in keeping the weight off." - Is probably the most under-appreciated aspect of the whole WLS thing...You're right it is a struggle, it isn't easy, but anyone can do it with the right attitude.

Sugar doesn't affect me at all. I seriously regret the day I finally broke down and tried it. I was praying it would make me deathly ill and I would stay away for good. Not so lucky. Try hard to stay away!!!! Good luck. ~K

Yup yup sugar makes me pretty sick, but you really should pay attention to what Amy and Jennifer said,  they know their stuff and are great at giving good honest useful advice!! I have problems with sugar and actually the smell of some sweet things makes me want to throw up!  I dont like the flavor of some fruits that are in liquids even once i drain them!  I usually now if i eat a canned peach or pear its sweetened with splenda now. Btw you had surgery 2 days after me!!!!