savannahlee025

Hi Killian.. Thank you for the video link. Most informative item I've ever seen. I'm sorry I put the emphasis on carbonation. My main point was the calories that accompany most carbonated items. My surgery is 35 years past. Up until this year I hadn't gained one pound. After drinking a sugared 12oz coca cola every day for 18 mos I have put weight back on. Where he states that its the addictive nature of sodas & their sugar content that cause the problem he hit it right on the head. I am in the 10% that has dumping sensation. Still.. After all these years. Anything sweet causes it.. but not cokes. I also dont get that horrible full feeling immediately after taking a sip that I do with any other carbonated beverage. I wish I knew why. When I had my surgery there was absolutely no post surgery info. Nothing about vitamins or what not to eat. Just to eat tiny meals & not drink when I ate. So even all these years later I really appreciated this video. My surgery couldn't have been any more successful. I would've done it again if need be. My problem is strictly because of the sugar content in the cokes & that I have been drinking one a day for 18 mos. My dearest friend just had her surgery in August & she has 2 friends who have just had surgery. I'm going to forward your link to her. Excellent site for information. I appreciate it so much. Thank you

The person who explained in detail what the sugars will do re: weight loss & weight gain is absolutely correct. Since my surgery from 1980 I went from 264# to 132# so very quickly. In all of these years i never gained an ounce. May of 2016 I put on my first summer outfit as I live in snow country so live in heavy clothes all winter; My clothes were loose on me. Somehow I had managed to lose another 12# over the winter. Wasn't eating or drinking anything any different. I was 120#. I was actually ecstatic. For some demented reason which I do not understand to this day I started drinking a 12oz bottle of Coca-Cola from Mexico over a 24 hour period daily. I am so addicted I can't believe it. But I wasn't worried as I was still my 120#'s. Well in June 2017 I put away my baggy heavy clothes & grabbed cutoffs & knit top. They were kinda tight??? It's now Sept 2017 & my stomach area (I didn't have plastic surgery as I didn't know the insurance would have covered it & really didn't need it after the weight loss) this has gotten back to being fat & saggy. I can barely fit into the 132# clothes but this stomach is making me sooo sad & depressed & i can't stop drinking these darned things. I'm praying that with walking & stopping this nonsense that it will go away but I have no idea. Listen to what has been said about the calories & calcium loss. I'm a living testament as to what a 12oz soda a day can do to a once upon a time extremely successful gastric bypass that's stayed in great shape for 36 years. DO NOT PICK UP OR CONTINUE TO DRINK CARBONATED BEVERAGES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SUGAR.