Question:
Dumping

I am 13 months out, down 150 pounds but have been able to gain back 12 pounds in the last 2 months. I can barely eat any meats without 'dumping' yet i can eat all kinds of sugar foods (and lots of them) without any side effects. Is there anyway to trigger yourself to have dumping or something the surgeon can do to make you stomach dump from sugar? HELP    — ann M. (posted on January 28, 2003)

January 28, 2003
WIth the meats and things I think you are dumping from fat, b/c there isn't much sugar in there. As for the candy, I have the same problem. I'm down 100 lbs in 8 months, but I have the fear that once I level off (15 pounds away) I will gain weight b/c of the candy I eat. I do believe that if you go one week w/o eating any sugar (or as least as possible) you can start yourself dumping again. I need to do this as well, except that I drink milk for protein, which has a great deal of sugar in it, so I may not. I just need to exercise some self-control i think. Goodluck to you, I'm sure you can take those 12 pounds off again!
   — Lezlie Y.