I am 1 week out from lap band surgery and I have lost 16 pounds. YEAH! I am on CLEAR liquids for another week and I have done really well even with cooking dinner for my family, heck I can sit down at the table with them. But anyway, I have done well to eat sugar free stuff, but my body needs some sugar through out the day. So as my treat in the evening (at dinner time) every other day I have half a italian ice (Luigi's) you can get them at WalMart. Its a nice variety!