Diet Pop ?

[natedinsmoor2 48]

My surgery is coming up ! I'm am wondering if I will ever be able to drink my diet pop anymore ? Someone help ?

[JonathanS 75]

I think this is a personal decision that you have to make for yourself. You will hear "don't you dare" or "sure, I do".

For myself, I'm going to follow on the heals of others success and the advice that my surgeon has given me, I've chosen not to. I enjoy the Smart Water brand and crystal light so much that I don't even look at soda anymore.

Good luck on your upcoming journey!

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Most surgeons will tell you carbonation stretches the sleeve. Then we have people here that have had their surgeon say it doesn't. I choose not to drink it because I don't like diet anymore, and regular soda is too fattening. I don't like the chemicals they put in diet soda.

I only drink things with stevia now because after reading about artificial sweeteners, it's not anything I want in my body.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Personally, I choose not to drink anything with artificial sweeteners in it. I know that once I take a drink of it, I will be totally addicted to it again. I tend to just drink diet soda when having it. No Water, no juices, just the diet soda. So I won't even touch it.

[Liamlover2011 66]

I have read that it stretches the stomach but my dr only expressed major concern about it burning a whole in the stomach. And that went for any soda... I'm a huge diet coke drinker and have now gone two weeks with out it. I'm still pre op but I don't want it to be an issue after so I decided to quit now. I think it's up to you what you do as is any of the changes needed for this to be successful... I just figured I sure as heck don't want a whole in my stomach and of I'm going to o so far as to have surgery to help loose weight then I'm going to take as many steps as I can to prevent regain... And for me soda was part of that...

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