Kat
Junior Member
Finally in Onederland!
Posts: 76
Surgery Type: DS
Surgery Date: June 18,2014 (265 lbs.)
Surgeon: Dr. J.R. Salameh
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Post by Kat on Aug 9, 2014 8:46:29 GMT -5
I have a huge sweet tooth. My way to deal with this is to read every label for sugar derivatives and try to cut them out. Also, I make my own sweets with Swerve, which is expensive, or it's components erythritol and inulin. With the help of SF water flavors like Crystal Light and Walmart's version and making SF baked goods, fudge, and candies (homemade), I do an excellent job of keeping my sweet tooth under control. While I haven't made alldayidreamaboutfood.com/2013/07/dark-chocolate-sea-salt-almond-bark-low-carb-and-gluten-free.html It is in my index to make soon!
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mistercy
Full Member
Posts: 228
Surgery Type: DS
Surgery Date: 03/26/2013
Surgeon: Mitchell Roslin
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Post by mistercy on Aug 9, 2014 10:40:49 GMT -5
I also have the sugar addiction, but the added fun that after my DS, I couldn't handle most artificial sweeteners with sugar alcohols. I have gotten by with Sweet Leaf, which is an all natural Stevia product without sugar alcohols. They also make Sweet Drops, which are flavored drops. I just added some chocolate raspberry flavor to my yogurt this morning as a treat! I also have found a great trick for DS patients, making dark chocolate by mixing equal parts coconut oil with unsweetened cocoa powder and the Sweet Drops for flavor, putting the mixture on a piece of parchment paper in a plastic bowl in the freezer, and fifteen minutes later, you have a dark chocolate candy bar, high fat, low carb, perfect for DS patients!
I don't always make the best choices. My sugar addiction often brings me instead to some 85% or above dark chocolate bars as well. And, too often, I stop off for some ice cream or a donut. If I keep it to one cheat a day, I seem to do okay, having lost 216 pounds. If I eat too much sugar, my poop becomes more painful, which you would think would keep me from the sugar, but that addiction is very strong! I write this as I eat my mid-morning snack of some melted swiss cheese with a squirt of ketchup - another insidious way sugar creeps into my diet! I try not to feel too guilty about it, as long as I get my protein in!
The other thing I've noticed is that I used to be borderline diabetic. Now, just the opposite, hypoglycemic. I have low sugar moments, and especially if I eat some sugar, a half hour later comes the inevitable sugar crash! I read some research recently saying a lot of DS patients experience this effect.
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razbry
Junior Member
Posts: 56
Surgery Type: DS
Surgery Date: March 17, 2002
Surgeon: Dr. Douglas Hess (retired)
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Post by razbry on Dec 3, 2014 9:56:53 GMT -5
I'll throw in my thoughts here. When I totally craved sugar I was in the middle of severe malnutrition. Looking back, it was my body's last ditch effort to save itself. If you have a nutritional deficit this could be triggering a crave for sugar.
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