I was never so much a sugar addict as I am now - 8 years post band. I eat a lot of sugar and have a horrible addiction to Coke - the real stuff - which is horrible on two levels: empty calories and carbonation. In researching RNY I am hopeful that the possibility of dumping will keep me on the straight and narrow. Anyone else out there who was a sugarholic pre RNY? How did you kick the sugar habit once and for all? Do you miss it?

I was never so much a sugar addict as I am now - 8 years post band. I eat a lot of sugar and have a horrible addiction to Coke - the real stuff - which is horrible on two levels: empty calories and carbonation. In researching RNY I am hopeful that the possibility of dumping will keep me on the straight and narrow. Anyone else out there who was a sugarholic pre RNY? How did you kick the sugar habit once and for all? Do you miss it?

In kicking the sugar habit, I know the pre-op diet is hard but when I did it for ten days it flushed the carb graving away. The minute I started eating carbs again, graving came back. So I have to watch my weight, limit what I eat, and know when to say "no" either to myself or someone who is trying to stick a donut in my face. Do I miss it, you bet, constantly. Do I have will power, not really. I just convince myself I am allergic to it, if I put it in my mouth it causes my body to just produce more fat, more fat produces more weight. I worked too hard to get off the weight I lost and I really don't want to work that hard to take it off again. So it is easier to say "no" as that only takes jaw muscle not an extra 30 minutes working out which I hate even more. P.S. I just had my band removed and will have RNY in a couple of months. So it is even more difficult without a tool to help keep the weight under control.

I definitely was and probably will always be a sugarholic. I had the RNY, I'm only 3 weeks out but I haven't had any sugar for the past 5 weeks. I had to be on pure liquids for 2 weeks prior to surgery and of course now I have the fear of dumping I have not touched it. It's pure fear for me! I miss coke I miss sweets. The great part though is you get to have lots of sugar free Popsicles, jello, sf puddings. So it's not that bad. You can do it!!

I was a banded sugarholic. I am now a RNY that dumps severely.

I've only had enough sugar a few times to trigger it and only once when the dumping was severe.

It only takes one severe episode of dumping for you to realize you are very much allergic to sugar post op.