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NewBeginning2016    63

NewBeginning2016
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Has anyone tried any sweeteners besides Splenda two weeks post op? I'd like to try this in coffee, but don't know if I should. Haven't asked my NUT yet.

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OutsideMatchInside    10,166

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@@NewBeginning2016

That is a splenda based sweetner, so if you use Splenda that should be fine.

I don't use anything with Splenda,

I use stevia and I want to work on eliminating that from my diet over the next few months.

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NewBeginning2016    63

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I don't know much about stevia @@OutsideMatchInside I'll look into it. Sounds like Splenda isn't too good for you huh.

I miss drinking coffee and this is flavored. Figured it will help lol.

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Diana_in_Philly    1,426

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I have been using Stevia in the Raw for quite some time (I'm pre-op, but I've been using it for a year) and like it for coffee. I wouldn't try to bake with it. I also use the Torani sugar free syrups for sweetening and flavor in coffee, iced tea and other drinks. They have Splenda as their sweetener.

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Shrinkinqtpi    202

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Remember there are only a few true stevia products out there. Sweet leaf is an example. Trivia and nuvia are chemically altered and have other things added. I find the sugar free syrups disappointing. But I've also always been able to taste the chemicals.

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Kindle    8,667

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I couldn't tolerate artificial sweeteners at all postop. I just used real sugar, Monk Fruit, and honey. Also drank diluted fruit juices and regular sports drinks. Used regular Torani syrups to flavor plain Greek yogurt and Protein Shakes. None of this impeded my weight loss, but of course I wasn't going gangbusters on high calorie Starbucks drinks or fruit smoothies, either. Besides the real thing, I will use stevia when cooking, and some of my Protein supplements do contain stevia and/or erythritol.

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Shrinkinqtpi    202

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@@Kindle Thank you Kindle for speaking up. I have believed for a long time that if you have to have something sweet, it needs to be the real thing. If not for becoming sick repeatedly over the past couple of years, I could do it on my own. But when allergies put me in bed for 16-18 hours a day weight loss is halted and survival is the goal. Artificial sweeteners made things worse by inspiring Migraines. If I have to have something sweet, then it is most likely going to be a piece of fruit or Sweet Leaf sweetened tea. I cannot say enough about Sweet Leaf. it is amazing.

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ttdish    315

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I definitely use less sugar free/fat free type of foods these days. Mostly because my portions are so small, I can just enjoy the real thing in moderation.

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seesuzyshrink    52

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Stevia is a safe and delicious alternative sweetener. Splenda and the other artificial sweeteners are not good for us. Please research all products that contain artificial sweeteners before buying. I use a chocolate flavored liquid stevia in my coffee. It's made by NOW foods and is amazing. I buy it from Amazon and get 6 bottles at a time. With a little half and half in my coffee, it rivals anything I could get in Starbucks!!

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spstarla69    16

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Stevia Sweet Leaf brand is great, and comes in many favors :)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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