sugar free stuff seems to make me sick
Hey there I am almost three months out and I have been blessed with very few problems with food. I have stayed completely away from sweets, and keep my carb count just as low as I can.
On Thanksgiving I made a couple of pies from Sugar free pudding and used sugar free coolwhip. There was a graham cracker crust, but I didnt eat it. I ate the tinyest of pieces and got a stomach ache and other issues that go along with stomach cramps if you get my drift...... It was a teeny tiny piece..... I thought maybe it was just to much... I tried SF pudding with a scoop of Protein powder again tonight with SF coolwhip and sure enough... I am hurting again. I dont know if its the coolwhip or the combo or just that I am going to have to stay away from all sweets even sugar free. I dont think its the milk cause I can drink milk straight without any issues.
I would understand if I ate just a hootload of this stuff but I had less than 1/2 cup tonight and felt bad..... any suggestions on what it might be? Good news is I broke the 100 lb mark from my highest weight at the beginning of the year. 87lbs August :) I am happy.
On Thanksgiving I made a couple of pies from Sugar free pudding and used sugar free coolwhip. There was a graham cracker crust, but I didnt eat it. I ate the tinyest of pieces and got a stomach ache and other issues that go along with stomach cramps if you get my drift...... It was a teeny tiny piece..... I thought maybe it was just to much... I tried SF pudding with a scoop of Protein powder again tonight with SF coolwhip and sure enough... I am hurting again. I dont know if its the coolwhip or the combo or just that I am going to have to stay away from all sweets even sugar free. I dont think its the milk cause I can drink milk straight without any issues.
I would understand if I ate just a hootload of this stuff but I had less than 1/2 cup tonight and felt bad..... any suggestions on what it might be? Good news is I broke the 100 lb mark from my highest weight at the beginning of the year. 87lbs August :) I am happy.
Sugar free/Lite Cool Whip and the Jello ready to eat puddings make me sick. I think they contain sugar alcohols.
Actually, I seem to do better with limited amounts of regular sugar than I do with most sugar alcohols.
I do well with a teeny bit of the real deal Ready Whip. And the cook and serve pudding doesn't seem to bother me too much. Something's that I've tried that was really good when I was on Weight Watchers, that I really need to try again, is making pudding from scratch using Splenda instead of sugar. I'm not sure about the carbs (I think it uses cornstarch), but it really tasted very good.
Good luck!

I do well with a teeny bit of the real deal Ready Whip. And the cook and serve pudding doesn't seem to bother me too much. Something's that I've tried that was really good when I was on Weight Watchers, that I really need to try again, is making pudding from scratch using Splenda instead of sugar. I'm not sure about the carbs (I think it uses cornstarch), but it really tasted very good.
Good luck!
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Join the club!! I still have trouble with them at over 2 years out. Sugar free gum is about all the amount I can tolerate. It's the sugar alcohols in most artificial sweeteners. I just use regular sugar if I need sweetener and do fine with that, but basically stay away from sweetened things in general.
-Wanda
-Wanda
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on 12/28/09 10:18 pm - River Falls, WI
on 12/28/09 10:18 pm - River Falls, WI
Artificial sweeteners can turn on you, as can sugar alcohols (which are not based on sugar!), as can the lactose that is undoubtedly in such SF products. Whether or not you've had any type of WLS, your body can suddenly have a bad response to all of the above. It may be a short term thing or long term.
Try eliminating just one of the ingredients at a time to see how your body responds and narrow down the culprit.
Take care.
Ann
Could you tolerate these items before surgery? I was not able to tolerate things with aspertame and sugar alcohols prior to surgery and I knew this. Diet Pepsi was my enemy b/c of aspertame. So I can not do Crystal Light as I wish I could. I can do small amounts of SF jello.
I do better with small amounts of items with sugar.
I do better with small amounts of items with sugar.