Question:
Will someone clarify what is meant by "no sweets," per the RNY diet restrictions?

   — angela14962002 (posted on January 23, 2010)

January 23, 2010
Some people cannot handle sugar, of any kind and get very sick if they eat it. There is no way to know whether you would be one of them. For some people, its just a small amount and others it takes a little more before experiencing the results of what is referred to as "dumping syndrome".
   — born2bfit

January 23, 2010
Sugar free pudding, jello are fine, fruit juice alot of sugar and calories. Fresh fruit, bananas, strawberry's, pineapple, apples are all working for me, 6 months post RNY. My protein drinks are sugar free,still not fond of the drinks, got tired of them "too sweet" and too many! I don't need the drinks now because I get enough protein with the foods I eat. So after a bit of rambling, my nut wants me to get more fruit in. It will be trial and error for you at first with the fresh fruit. You can also have canned fruit as long as it's in natural juice's no sugar or syrup. I hope this helps.
   — Nurseducky

January 23, 2010
you wont need to give up all sweets. you will be drinking protein drinks. You do need to be careful about fruit juices as they do have lots of sugar in them. Most people talk about diluting the juice with water. I personally have not had any fruit juice since my surgery. I don't have a problem with fruit. I have been told that even though it is high in sugar, the fiber in it counteracts it. I was told to wait 6 months after surgery to try fruit, and did and havent had problems with it. As for pudding and jello, you want to have the sugar free. I doubt very much, if people are totally honest, that no one has tried what they aren't supposed to have. I do eat chocolate when I am craving it, but it isn't a whole candy bar. it is usually just a small bite, or one of the little miniatures. If I am craving it, I will eat a small bite. I have read and been told that if we are craving something that after the 3rd bite we really don't taste it anymore. Normally what I will do is have 3 bites and I am good. Sometimes not, but usually that is all it takes. You don't need to give up the sweets, just go with the ones that don't have sugar and you will do fine.
   — Dawn A.

January 23, 2010
At my one-month follow up appt, my surgeon told me I could start slowly introducing a little bit of fruit. Haven't had any problems with it. But I'm more interested in losing weight than getting to have sweets. RNY changes your interest in food. I read that about a third of people have dumping syndrome when they eat more sugar than they can tolerate. I'm very happy I had RNY. Best success.
   — Janell C.

January 23, 2010
Thank you all for the replies. I know I will have to make dietary changes for the RNY, but my wish was/is that my body would reject the man made items after surgery, while accepting the natural, G-d made items. However, from what I am gathering, moderation is the key, so I hope and pray that I will not be in the category of people who cannot eat fruit at all. I will be meeting with a nutritionist soon, so hopefully she will teach me how to adapt to the diet changes so that they will fit into my upcoming life style. Thanks again for the info. I thoroughly enjoy reading your comments and find them to be very helpful.
   — angela14962002

January 25, 2010
Hi! Cleveland Clinic bariatric doesnt allow fruit til Phase 5...its hard to process the sugar with the rny. you risk dumping. rule i follow is "if its white don't bite and if its sweet dont eat". It will only take the first dumping episode for you to get the message about that, problem is you dont know how you will react til you do it and by then its too late. So i dont take the chance.
   — MarthaJ0110