Soda

[bellabbr 50]

I was a diet coke junkie. 3-4 cans a day easily. After surgery I had horrible headache withdrawals. During Christmas I decided to have 1. I let it go flat and it was treat. Now I don't care for it anymore. I drink diet arizona green tea or buy the little packets of arizona pom tea and mix to my bottle of Water.< /p>

[fluffylibra30 323]

I was a Mt Dew Junkie, i drank mt dew from the time i was in 6th grade (1992) intill 2010. I gave it up cold turkey and lost 50 pounds. Then i found out i had hypothyroid disease, and the pounds kept creeping up so i said screw it and went to pepsi. I could drink 5 cans and 2 20oz a day. when i decided to have surgery i started weening myself off of them. about a month before my surgery i would have a mt dew here or there cause i thought i would never have them again, and i am sticking with that! They are way too much of a trigger!! I think Mt dew and i think Cookies cakes candy bars chips. I hope i am strong enough to stay away forever.

[DebiC 181]

My addiction was Pepsi-full sugar, preferably fountain. I had tried weaning off several times, but it never lasted. So I decided this time I needed to go cold turkey. I drank them right up until midnight the day of surgery (yes, I know they aren't a clear liquid). Then that was it. I have read of several people who still drink soda's after surgery (my surgeon says "Never") but for me I think it has to be none. There have been several times when I have thought about how much I want one, but quickly realized that that was usually in a stressful situation. Ding! Ding! Ding! Pespis must be my Go To Comfort food. So that is all the more reason to stay away.

The only people I know who have failed with bypass or sleeve had gone back to sodas. So I think for me even one sip would be too much.

I too hope you can be strong enough to stay away forever. I, fortunately, have two small "Sheriffs" (granddaughters) who are right there to remind me should I ever even say the word "Pepsi".

[KellyL 173]

I gave up my Mt Dews way before I had surgery. Probably around the time when I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, so about 2 yrs ago. Diet Mt Dew just wasn't the same for me. I started drinking Lipton Diet Green Tea, and I really like it. I am just as hooked on it as I was Mt Dew, so I have no desire to even have soda/mt dew now. I think Mt Dew contributed heavily to my gaining so much weight AND becoming Type 2 diabetic, so I regard it as the enemy now. It's a toxic relationship that I had to end forever, much like smoking and abusive boyfriends. My diabetes is resolved and I don't want it to come back!!

[Kelliann Murphy Wiedmaier 0]

love my seltzer helps me get the Water in and sooo refreshing... my Doc never had a problem with it.. I dont drink as much coffee in the morning just look foward to that first siz... my doc says I am loosing at the same pace as a gastric bypass...Im happy all around...sometimes when I feel like a little flavor I go for a c/f diet soda... all aroud its good. just my opinion...

[KellyL 173]

oops, double post!

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I was a diet Pepsi fanatic, and my doctor kept saying how full of chemicals and how unhealthy it is and everything, so I stopped drinking it cold turkey around beginning of November. ( my surgery was Dec. 14th). My docotr said it would not stretch your sleeve, he said it would cause may cause discomfort from too much gas from the carbonation. I have no desire to go back to it now and no longer have the nightly headaches that supposedly were sinus headaches that I had for years! Although since my surgery I cannot stand the taste of plain Water so I have to have it with crystal Light fruit punch flavor. I don't even like the lemonade or pink lemonade flavors since surgery. My taste buds have changed sooo much since surgery! has anyone else's tastebuds changed drastically?

[Lissa 2,631]

My tastebuds changed drastically after surgery. I couldn't stand sweet anything for months. I'm sad to say that I like sweets again now, since about 4.5 months out. I also can't eat spicy food still. It's not my tastebuds; it's my sleeve that says no to that.

[Indymom 132]

I like soda (regular, not diet) but it was never a trigger thing for me nor did I ever overindulge. Honestly I usually only drank soda when I had a hangover (preferably a fountain Coke from McDonalds!). Therefore, post-op it hasn't bothered me to have a few sips here or there - I'm staying away from caffeine but occasionally I'll have a few sips of my daughter's root beer or sprite. Doesn't make me want more or make me want anything else sweet.

Pre-op I was a sweet tea JUNKIE. I could drink 2 of those gigantic sweet teas from McAlister's, or a half&half sweet tea from McDonalds with at least a couple refills. I made some Decaf brewed tea at home and mixed with some Splenda - and realized I've lost my taste for tea almost completely. Totally weird.

I love Water so that's what I drink primarily - I can't stand the artificial sweetners in Crystal Light or any of the other drink mixes.