sugar free popsicles? some suggestions please...

[scarbedazzles 74]

Shame on me for not reading the label! So I'm on the pre-op and they said I could have sugar free popsicles and Jello.....so I bought some cheap-o popsicles as they were out of everything. Then I ate one.....yum!!!! I thought all my pre-op diet woes were over...lol... I thought I'd just eat like 50 per day (kidding) then after two last night I decided to look at the label. well sugar free? YES... but 7 carbs per...no idea what gives it the carbs. Are there any with less out there? The Jello has none.

Same subject, different question.... when I come home on Clear liquids...I know I can have them, but, do they count as a liquid? do I have to wait after eating them? stupid I know but I don't want to assume. After the liquid phase do popsicles and jello count as meal time or liquids?

[cherbear33 288]

Shame on me for not reading the label! So I'm on the pre-op and they said I could have sugar free popsicles and Jello.....so I bought some cheap-o popsicles as they were out of everything. Then I ate one.....yum!!!! I thought all my pre-op diet woes were over...lol... I thought I'd just eat like 50 per day (kidding) then after two last night I decided to look at the label. well sugar free? YES... but 7 carbs per...no idea what gives it the carbs. Are there any with less out there? The Jello has none.

Same subject' date=' different question.... when I come home on clear liquids...I know I can have them, but, do they count as a liquid? do I have to wait after eating them? stupid I know but I don't want to assume. After the liquid phase do popsicles and jello count as meal time or liquids?[/quote']

Yes the SF popsicles count as part of your liquids & no you do not have to wait to drink after having them. When is your surgery date if you do not mind me asking? I wish you the best on your journey!!!!

[italian-girl 152]

I can get through half a single side before I'm full they are the double stick ones I cut them in half and then try to eat the one half but I get about half of the half in before I'm full.. Wait 30 min before trying any other liquid.. Even one bite or teaspoon over and it's very uncomfortable.

[pantala 125]

sugar free Bomb Pops have saved me this summer: they don't even taste sugar free! And FWIW, I found I DID have to wait to have popsicles after eating; my tummy treated them like liquids. Everyone's different tho.

[gamergirl 4,609]

Well our surgeon said that initially they were advising people to do sugar free, but they found people recovering much better with a little sugar for energy and recovery. So might want to check in on that.

In our case, I can take or leave the Popsicles, but they "trigger" my husband for sweets and then he ends up having 3-4 a day. So I'm going to be giving then away to the housekeeper on Monday for her kids

I'm rambling but my point is, a little sugar immediately post-op may not be a bad thing--unless it triggers you for other sweet no nos.

[joatsaint 2,814]

If they are like the Blue Bell SF pops I had, they are made with sugar alcohols. While not completely carb free, from what I've read, your body only absorbs about half the calories from the sugar alcohols.

[scarbedazzles 74]

With waiting I meant did we treat them as food or liquid....Im happy with knowing they are a liquid...and I know I wont be able to hold even a whole popsicle after surgery, but right now.....it saves me from some terrible temptations of cheating...lol

@Cherbear.. my surgery is next wed!!!!!!! (I want to put more here, but you get the idea) I'm excited......and worried but only because I've never had general anesthesia.

[scarbedazzles 74]

Well our surgeon said that initially they were advising people to do sugar free, but they found people recovering much better with a little sugar for energy and recovery. So might want to check in on that.

In our case, I can take or leave the Popsicles, but they "trigger" my husband for sweets and then he ends up having 3-4 a day. So I'm going to be giving then away to the housekeeper on Monday for her kids

I'm rambling but my point is, a little sugar immediately post-op may not be a bad thing--unless it triggers you for other sweet no nos.

I have heard that... and I've seen on here that a lot of people get apple juice and real popsicles at the hospital.... so I will def look into it.

I don't think I'll have a real "trigger" once I have the surgery... It's just been the pre-op...but I have suddenly turned a corner...not hungry anymore just trying to get in the right stuff...more label obsession...lol

[AmyInOrlando 348]

Apple juice was what got me through the first few days. That, and Mango Italian ices. I needed the sugar and carbs the first week for energy. Of course once I made it through the first week, I gave up the sugar and stuck to SF liquids and popsicles. I still have another week of full liquids. FF Greek yogurt is great with a drizzle of SF Davinci or Torani syrups. Gonna try some apple sauce tonight... yum

[gamergirl 4,609]

Apple juice was what got me through the first few days. That' date=' and Mango Italian ices. I needed the sugar and carbs the first week for energy. Of course once I made it through the first week, I gave up the sugar and stuck to SF liquids and popsicles. I still have another week of full liquids. FF Greek yogurt is great with a drizzle of SF Davinci or Torani syrups. Gonna try some apple sauce tonight... yum[/quote']

Ooh, we can have applesauce now? And yogurt? I guess I need to read more carefully! Yay!

[cherbear33 288]

You will do great!!!! I am 4 weeks post op & I was very nervous before my surgery & o have had several surgeries so it was not my first time going under. One tip i s get yourself some chewable gas-x or the kind that nelts under your tongue. It will help a lot after you come home with the gas pains from the surgery. Also make sure you do a lot of walking in as soon as they let you at the hospital. I will pray for you & your surgery best wishes!!!!

[scarbedazzles 74]

You will do great!!!! I am 4 weeks post op & I was very nervous before my surgery & o have had several surgeries so it was not my first time going under. One tip i s get yourself some chewable gas-x or the kind that nelts under your tongue. It will help a lot after you come home with the gas pains from the surgery. Also make sure you do a lot of walking in as soon as they let you at the hospital. I will pray for you & your surgery best wishes!!!!

I'm gonna walk walk walk..... and I already got gas-x strips, the dissolvable type? ... and I heard get a small pillow.( I read take a heating pad?? don't knpw if that's good or bad after surgery) I'm going to MX so, I have to fly home two days after surgery. Yikes! But I'd rather be home... thank you for your prayers I need them...