I find that sometimes just drinking water a lot my mouth gets a nasty taste so I bought me some sugar free baskin robins cookie and cream hard candy. Is it ok to have these????

Still has A LOT of carbs. That is a slippery slope

Oh yikes!!! Thanks!!

My Nutritious recommended it & sf gum.

My nut says no gum or hard candy, if you swallow inadvertently could cause a big problem

I was told they were fine. Just be careful not to overdo it and not to swallow them.

Crystal light makes sugar free hard candies...there not bad...

Some sugar free candies make you gassier than a drunk politician.

@gmanbat, I had a really good laugh at that one. Since surgery I have not had any sweets (sugar free or otherwise) or fried anything. I did this for 2 reasons: so not to encounter any more discomfort then i have to and i would probably slip down the slippery slope back into old habits. However, every one is different and will have their own path to the same goal - to be healthy. Good luck to you.

@gmanbat, I had a really good laugh at that one. Since surgery I have not had any sweets (sugar free or otherwise) or fried anything. I did this for 2 reasons: so not to encounter any more discomfort then i have to and i would probably slip down the slippery slope back into old habits. However, every one is different and will have their own path to the same goal - to be healthy. Good luck to you.

http://www.livestron...ining-sorbitol/

Here is a link to the foods containing and the side effects of sorbital. I eat these foods occasionally but in very limited quantities. My Roux N Y wife likes sugar-free chocolate and I cringe when she eats it because I know what's coming later.

I would try to stop her but that would be bad for MY health. :ph34r:

I use stevia for sweetener, it's all natural. I have vanilla and chocolate and original for my shakes and I'm going to order the stevia drinks also. I stopped the crystal light because it is so bad for u and can stall weightloss. Totally different than hard candy but I wanted to add that in there because hard candy even if it's sugar free really is worst for u because of the sugar alcohols and carbs, and everything else lol.

What about Mio? Does that also stall weight loss?

What about Mio? Does that also stall weight loss?

IMO, yes because it contains the same "crap" as other SF drinks

I have been using SF hard candies since the pre op diet, and let me tell you, they have SAVED my butt!! NOTE: I did NOT use them post op for about six weeks, just in case I swallowed them!

They have kept me sane on days when my calories are used up for the most part and my mouth is "bored." I'll usually get SF werther's or SF Jolly Ranchers, or SF lifesavers. My loss has not been hindered in the least by them.

I have been using SF hard candies since the pre op diet, and let me tell you, they have SAVED my butt!! NOTE: I did NOT use them post op for about six weeks, just in case I swallowed them!

They have kept me sane on days when my calories are used up for the most part and my mouth is "bored." I'll usually get SF werther's or SF Jolly Ranchers, or SF lifesavers. My loss has not been hindered in the least by them.

Good for you!

Sanity is worth fighting for.

I think many of us stray outside the fences of fanatical weight loss orthodoxy. I know that I will take a bite of just about anything to assure myself that I am not in a straight-jacket. The difference now is that I do not keep biting, I savor the bite and go on with my life without slamming destructive quantities.

I do not want to lose my losing.