Hi everyone who is having surgery in October 2014. We can start a new topic for those of us who have had surgery already.

This is the spot were we will all end up, were we'll share our stories and recovery. It will be a new dawn for so many of us. Let's stay close as united we will conquer anything that comes our way!

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Gladiators, we definitely have to curtail the sweets. In my case, after I eat sugars, infeel crappy, and then sometimes a couple of hours later is when my bld sugar will drop I get shakey, sweaty, incoherent, weak.. very frightening. So, by sharing our stories.. it really does help the group.

Maybe that's what happens to me my blood sugar drops, I'm not too versed in blood sugar, never had an issues before surgery.

With our new tummies and insides things hit us stronger and often will drop faster. I know if I even have me BIG TREAT of a Fiber one Brownie (8g sugar) and I eat it too fast I get sick. I only have them if I have had a large amount of Protein first to help carry the sugars in my body. I know my body does not NEED it for nutrition so I try to only have them once in a blue moon and now that I have found Quest I stick to those more. But even eating the Fiber one to fast can make me sick.

It has been 8 months and I am still having to drill in to my brain to only eat for nutrition as much as possible. The mental part of the journey is so hard!!

With our new tummies and insides things hit us stronger and often will drop faster. I know if I even have me BIG TREAT of a fiber one Brownie (8g sugar) and I eat it too fast I get sick. I only have them if I have had a large amount of Protein first to help carry the sugars in my body. I know my body does not NEED it for nutrition so I try to only have them once in a blue moon and now that I have found Quest I stick to those more. But even eating the Fiber one to fast can make me sick.

It has been 8 months and I am still having to drill in to my brain to only eat for nutrition as much as possible. The mental part of the journey is so hard!!

Well I just came from lunch and ate grilled chicken, guacamole, grilled onions and feel light headed, it's crazy!

@@brown eyed gal--Maybe onions grilled in butter? I cannot do butter at all.

I had a business meeting for lunch today, at pizza Hut. UGH....I had a salad from their buffet--lettuce was brown. Had ranch dressing because the rest of the dressing looked like they had a film on top of them. YUCK. Ate one super skinny piece of sausage/mushroom pizza. Stomachache within 10 minutes of eating. I knew it was going to happen. I didn't throw up. Just did some deep breathing with my peppermint oil and it passed in about 20 minutes.

@@brown eyed gal--Maybe onions grilled in butter? I cannot do butter at all.

I had a business meeting for lunch today, at pizza Hut. UGH....I had a salad from their buffet--lettuce was brown. Had ranch dressing because the rest of the dressing looked like they had a film on top of them. YUCK. Ate one super skinny piece of sausage/mushroom pizza. Stomachache within 10 minutes of eating. I knew it was going to happen. I didn't throw up. Just did some deep breathing with my peppermint oil and it passed in about 20 minutes.

I'm not sure about the butter, guess I haven't cooked anything in butter myself other than a grilled cheese and handled that fine a few months ago. I do not "dump" as far as throw up or have an upset stomach. My only symptoms have been what I would think are sugar related issues.

@@brown eyed gal--That must be your body's way of dealing with what it doesn't like.

I told my mom today (who was also at the meeting) it's a nice reminder for me to not eat crap.....

@@brown eyed gal, When you say you only have sugar related issues. What are your symptoms? It could be dumping but you feel it more with sugar.

I have never thrown up but I have had symptoms of dumping. Light headed, weak, heart palpations, dizzy nauseous, have to lay down. It has been caused by; grilled onions (damn fat), eating too fast even if it is a super healthy meal, sugar, and caffeine.

I hope you figure out what causes it and are able to replace it with something.

Hey Gladiators... Had my 6 month checkup today (remember, my surgerversary is Nov 24, I just hang with you gladiators cuz I really like you)... Anyway, I'm down 98 pounds since August and 68 since surgery! What a difference a year makes!!! And, its funny your discussion on sugar... Just went out w friends. I ordered unsweetened ice tea and was served sweet tea. I believe my taste buds went into shock. I felt instant shock to the system.... Waitress said "oops. Sorry.". Giving sugar like that to one of us is like giving crack to someone in rehab!!!!

Hey everyone! How has everyone been? Sorry I've been mia! Hope all is well :-) I'm still stuck :-\

@@brown eyed gal, When you say you only have sugar related issues. What are your symptoms? It could be dumping but you feel it more with sugar.

I have never thrown up but I have had symptoms of dumping. Light headed, weak, heart palpations, dizzy nauseous, have to lay down. It has been caused by; grilled onions (damn fat), eating too fast even if it is a super healthy meal, sugar, and caffeine.

I hope you figure out what causes it and are able to replace it with something.

Well actually, I have had exactly what you are saying except because I haven't had to lay down (because I was at work). Thank you, I have never paid a lot of attention to sugar issues and always thought dumping was "just" throwing up and diarrhea. Thank you! Funny thing is earlier in this journey, I ate a couple of donuts, no problems at all. I have read that things can change on you though!

@Luna222--Hey there! Missed you!

I'm doing good. (If you read back a little ways, I just got engaged! Whoohoo!!)

So you're still stuck?? Are you measuring too? Wondering if you're toning and losing inches?

TMI Alert!!---I've been stuck at about 158-159 since I got home from vacation. But it's also been at least a week since I've really "gone to the bathroom." And I take a mild natural pill to help keep things moving and still nothing...UNTIL this morning. Whew!!! Pretty sure that scale will have moved when I weigh again tomorrow morning. Wowzers! (sorry... )

@@brown eyed gal

I have only had to lay down twice and only once was a on the floor lord help situation. But yes any of those symptoms can be considered dumping. And yes I am told we can change many times......but no matter if we can tolerate sugar, I know for me it is an addiction and I can not go back to normal sweets or I will have a problem. I know I needed this surgery for a reason and many people in my support group go to OA. Most people who have this surgery have some type of a bad relationship with food. If we don't do something to address it, we can slip back. That is my reason for feeling so strong about sugar and carbs. I did not do this intestinal rearranging to just slip back and let the food creep back in. I LOVE life too much to let the junk control it.

off my soap box now :-D

I am so glad I have you gladiators!! Thank you all for sharing your stories.

@PinkPolkadot619---One of the main reasons I chose the gastric bypass over the sleeve is because I KNOW sweets are my weak area. And I needed something to help control that. A close friend of mine had the sleeve and the only thing she can't physically eat is oatmeal. (of all things?!) She can eat any dessert. I didn't "Want" to be able to eat them easily.

Now....I "can" eat a small amount of sweets if I'm really having a craving. Like, one bite of a cupcake. Or 3 pieces of snack size candy. I cannot do ice cream, well--maybe one bite, but it's too much of a temptation to eat more. And then I regret it. I tried just a baby size ice cream cone, and got very sick.

So for me, getting sick keeps me in line, I like that I get sick when I eat something I find I can't tolerate. Then I KNOW it's not worth it to eat it. I don't eat the sweets often at all. But once in a while I just crave a small treat.

I was happy to find out I could drink a Mai Tai in Hawaii, but I can only drink maybe 1/2 glass of wine. Then I get nauseous. (must be able to tolerate the hard liquor in the mixed drink?) But, I do get tipsy VERY quickly!! LOL! But my metabolism is so fast, that I don't stay tipsy long either, LOL!

@@amylynns

Congratulations on your engagement. See, it happened and in the best way. Love the picture of the two of you with the white dress. No wonder he proposed, you are the girl of his dreams and you sure look like a dream, a gorgeous one.

Hi everyone,

I'm back. Stuck at 175 lbs with Luna. Misery does love company, lol.

Loved Taci's comment on the boob thing. Smiley once referred to hers as tube socks. I still laugh when I think about it. Great imagery! My boob moment was when I wore a bra that had less coverage (demi) and when I bent over, my boobs spilled over the top. Then, I stood there (in line at a register at Maci's, I think) with this unaboob over the top of the bra and I could not fix it without getting hands in there. How horrible. Now, I know my bra has to fit well all around so the girls can't run away in any direction.

I lost my pants once, I was walking along and I felt this funny feeling, they were past my butt but because my shirt was long I didn't flash anyone but it was hilarious. I still try to wear clothes that fall off my body as I obviously don't learn. I wore this pair of crop pants the other day and I was out in the garden. After pulling them up for the 100th time, I stopped and said to myself, my pants are slowing me down, lol. Had to change them pronto. I have placed clothes shopping on hold for now because it's was such a waste. All 6 pairs of jeans I bought in the past 3 months are too big. It's so hard to find a pair that fits great and once you do, not being able to wear them is like losing an old friend. All my tops look like tents AGAIN. In fact, when I go in my closet, it's a fight finding something that fits.