Ok, it been a year and I lost 107 pounds which I am now 147 pounds.

I been wondering if anyone has tried real sweets that not sugar free? I know that everyone is different but I have been really wondering about it. In my note book (which I was given before the day for my VS) It said, In low sugar that your allowed to have is 3 - 4 gms of sugar, no sugar added, or sugar free.

I always do a check to see how many gms of sugar it has, and most of the time it's very high in sugar which I have to go 'Ah, guess that means that I can't have that' which search thought everything, trying to find something that low in sugar or no sugar added. Now, there are somethings that do I miss. Specially, asian bakery which is one of the parts that I like to go to in the asian stores, and is one of my favorite places that I like to go, (H-mart or other good asian stores)

I'm impressed that at a year you've followed your diet so well! I'm almost 5 months out and I've had sweets. They do make me sick if I eat much, but otherwise it's been ok. Congrats on your success!

Yeah, I get the shakes if I eat too much sugar. But it doesn't keep me from doing it. It is all about moderation. I know ... we all have heard that one before ...

Thank you. I can eat almost anything. Just not spicy foods and yogurt that is high in sugar. I still wonder if it ok to have real sugar?

The only sweetener that made me feel sick is sweet and low. That was the only kind that my body didn't agree with. Other sweeteners that I had for coffee and tea are splenda and trunva. They both work fine for me, but another sweetener that I thinking about trying is Emerald forest xylitol. There some at amazon website, and is a good 5 pound bag.

I'll maybe give it a try for baking a cake and see how that turns out.

A lot of people had mention not to get brand from china and make sure that you had it ordered that made in the U.S. only.

I'm going to let you in on a secret of mine and its called... Whey Low granulated sugar... it has only 1net carb per tsp. you can google Whey Low and the manufacturer will come up. its kind of expensive but well worth it . I'm diabetic and its the only natural sugar I have used that tastes, looks, feels, and bakes just like real sugar!!! (and it doesn't effect my blood sugars at all.) I make a wonderful recipe called... black bean brownies...(just google that also) I use the whey low sugar and shazaam! you have chocolate brownies that I defy you to make out of a box and its high fiber, low fat and sugar free! and so delish...I even add 1/4 C. ground flax seed to the mix and you really have high fiber. :wub: ( no pooping problems here ) Add sugar free chocolate chips and walnuts to the top before baking and you have a treat from the gods. If you want more details on my concoction PM me and I will give you the exact recipe I use...Deb

I been wondering if anyone has tried real sweets that not sugar free?

Katrina

sweets have always been my weakness, doughnuts/cookies - especially good ol' chocolate

to me the above foods are "real" sweets is that correct? if thats the case i have not had any sweets in over 9 months (totally amazing to me)

or am i in denial and you are referring to any product that contains sugar?

My Atkins Advantage Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar even has 1g of sugar

I'm going to let you in on a secret of mine and its called... Whey Low granulated sugar... it has only 1net carb per tsp. you can google Whey Low and the manufacturer will come up. its kind of expensive but well worth it . I'm diabetic and its the only natural sugar I have used that tastes' date=' looks, feels, and bakes just like real sugar!!! (and it doesn't effect my blood sugars at all.) I make a wonderful recipe called... black bean brownies...(just google that also) I use the whey low sugar and shazaam! you have chocolate brownies that I defy you to make out of a box and its high fiber, low fat and sugar free! and so delish...I even add 1/4 C. ground flax seed to the mix and you really have high fiber. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' /> ( no pooping problems here ) Add sugar free Chocolate chips and walnuts to the top before baking and you have a treat from the gods. If you want more details on my concoction PM me and I will give you the exact recipe I use...Deb[/quote']

How does it taste in Hot drinks? I've given up on my hot tea bcs I really can't stand the taste of fake sugars or splenda.

Doxieville, Just like real sugar! they even sell brown sugar and powdered sugar, I will NEVER go back to regular sugar again.

Awesome! Do stores like Whole food sell it or only online?

Thanks!

I don't know..I would call them at the web site and ask if local health food stores have it..if not they do offer 20% discount for first time buyers, buy lots of it you won't be sorry. I ordered enough that the shipping was free, maybe you can share an order with someone? I truly have never had anything like it other than real sugar.

Ok. Will do. If i don't like it i'll let you know & i'll send it to you. :-).

Thanks!

They sell it at Whole Foods. So i'm going to buy some there to try it. Then i'll buy online w the 20% off. :-).

Thanks!!!!

I'll take it THANKS ! Let me know how you like it, there is no way you won't, they are very fast on shipping...Deb

Too much real sugar makes me feel jittery, or shakey, but in moderation it's not a problem. I was at a birthday party, had some cake. I've also had the occasional cookie. I'd say- give the sweets you want to try a shot. If they don't sit well, then you know you should just stick to the diet plan you had before.

Katrina

sweets have always been my weakness, doughnuts/cookies - especially good ol' chocolate

to me the above foods are "real" sweets is that correct? if thats the case i have not had any sweets in over 9 months (totally amazing to me)

or am i in denial and you are referring to any product that contains sugar?

My Atkins Advantage Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar even has 1g of sugar

I'm referring of the products that contains low sugar.

Hmmm...I wonder if anyone has tried the Emerald forest xylitol brand? I heard that some bakers even use it for people who can't have real suger.