Damned If I Do Damned If I Don't.

[Imjustmee 44]

Today is day 16 post op. While I had really good results at my 2 week checkup yesterday(lost 33 lbs). I'm finding today really hard. I went from eating some sort of Pasta or potato everyday to none. I've really tried to be aware of carbs. as i see this as my true problem. I've done surprisingly well there. Where I haven't done so well is sugar. I'm from the south and probably drank a half a gallon of sweet tea a day. I just can't seem to shake this. I decided to buy decaffeinated tea but still put sugar in it. I didn't add as much as I normally would but I still added some. I really did try. I spent a ton of money on Splenda, which was disgusting in tea. Would not reccomend that. I'm just curious to know if anyone else has had any problems in this area? What did you do?

[theoldmusicbox 399]

check Walmart for Mio sweet tea. i have to have flavor in my Water. just cant do plain Water unless its 100 degrees and i'm hot sweaty and working.. any other time, i gotta have flavor. i was using the crystal light on the go packs, but, i work in the field, and by the time i finish my 20 ounce bottle, the ice is gone, and it got warm. so, i take a big water jug, filled with ice water. and my 20 ounce bottle. i fill it half way with the ice water, put in a squirt of the mio tea, and drink it while it is cold. 0 calories and tastes kinda like mcdonalds sweet tea to me. it is about $3.99 for a bottle that makes about 10-12 20 ounce teas, but, for me, it works.

good luck.

[kbaith25 38]

I have heard great things about the mio sweet tea too , it's where the crystal light is I think

[Imjustmee 44]

Thanks I'll try that.

[maxskillz 43]

Have you ever drank beer or wine? Did you like the taste of those the frist time you drank them? Probably not, but like most people you kept drinking them for some reason, and i bet it wasn't for a reason nearly as good as you have to not use sugar. That would be your success at losing weight and your health. My point being is you can get use to it if you give it a chance, and you will be much better off. Drinking high calorie drinks like sweet tea will set you up for failure. We don't want to see anyone fail around here.

[mrsdaugherty 28]

I love sweet tea too! But after surgery I changed from sugar to truvia. I actually use a half of cup of the Truvia (from the bigger baking bag) and 6 packets of equal. And I add this to my gallon jug. It is the closest to sweet tea as I have got! Good luck! I also like the mio too!

[ozeedonkee 145]

Can you get Natvia? According to the label:

0.6 calories vs sugar 16 calories (teaspoon)

No aspartame, no saccharin, no sucralose, no fructose, no sodium. Low GI. Carb sugars 0g/100g.

[notime 340]

I weaned myself from sweet tea some years ago. It took a while to get used to the flavor of just the tea, but now I like it that way. Probably not something you would consider, but thought I would put it on the table anyway.

[UTGal99 327]

I love sweet tea too! But after surgery I changed from sugar to truvia. I actually use a half of cup of the Truvia (from the bigger baking bag) and 6 packets if equal. And I add this to my two quart jug. It is the closest to sweet tea as I have got! Good luck! I also like the mio too!

Do you use both the Truvia and the Equal at the same time or is that Truvia OR Equal???

[gaye jarvis 751]

Man you are lucky you can still tolerate sugar, I'm 3 months post op and anything with even a tiny amount of sugar in it makes me sick! This would not be so bad except I was one of those people obsessed with any kind of dessert, I would rather have it than my meal, but boy o boy have the tables turned on me!

[mrsdaugherty 28]

I mix both together. My 10 year old son is a diabetic and it took us a LOT of times of trying to come up with this. And after my surgery we all just switched to the no sugar tea. Lol Oh and I double checked the tea jug and it is a gallon container. So we use 1/2 cup Truvia AND 5 equal packets for the whole gallon. It's kinda weird but my family loves it!!