Diet Carbonated Drink

[sassygirl 1]

I am curious, In my book of do's and don'ts it states that I can never have carbonated drinks again. I have a couple of coworkers that had gastric bybass and they have since started drinking diet carbonated drinks. Have any sleevers done this post op? Is this really a forever thing? I miss my diet mt dew and/or diet dr pepper more thank anything. Please give me some kind of hope that it can be in the far future at least....

[sassygirl 1]

I have had only a few diet mt dew..caffeine free drinks but i put them in frig in glass of ice and let sit and go flat. that is what my dr told me to do if i had to have them. I mainly drink Decaf tea with splenda.

[Rootman 1,101]

I've actually done some studying on this.

Regardless of gastric surgery or not soda's even diet soda can lead to weight gain indirectly.

1. The super sweet taste awakens the desire for sweets. And MAY lead to other indulgences.
2. The sweet taste can over power your taste buds and make otherwise perfectly normal sweet tasting things to be less sweet, which MAY lead to adding sweetener and may loop around and make cause #1 more plausible.
3. CAFFEINE can be a diuretic and cause you to dump more Water than you take in, which MAY lead to further soda intake - etc. If you're not getting enough Water anyhow it may actually cause dehydration.
4. While a can once in a while may be a treat the fact may be that since you already have needed surgical help to loose weight you may not be strong willed enough and allow something as "innocent" as a sweet diet soda to put you back into the bad eating habits that caused your obesity in the first place.

WATER is the best liquid. Personally, I still have a tough time choking down tap water but I force myself to stay hydrated. Personally I don't want a (former) favorite treat to lead me back down a wrong path.

WARNING: IANAD - the opinions and theories expressed here are my own.

[Redcobra 1]

I am curious, In my book of do's and don'ts it states that I can never have carbonated drinks again. I have a couple of coworkers that had gastric bybass and they have since started drinking diet carbonated drinks. Have any sleevers done this post op? Is this really a forever thing? I miss my diet mt dew and/or diet dr pepper more thank anything. Please give me some kind of hope that it can be in the far future at least....

Jeez folks. I guess I don't understand. If your doctor says not to drink carbonation why do it. It ain't that great. It just seems to me that doing things your doctor tells you not to do is self-sabotage. Self-sabotage is one of the many reasons we got outselves in this fix in the first place.