sodas

[vsggirl17 3]

When should I stop drinking sodas?

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[jkirkpatrick35031 9]

I cut back to one daily the wk before my preop diet. Now I'm on day 2 of no mtn dew. I feel terrible. May of started sooner.

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[mylighthouse 782]

When I started my 2 week pre-op diet, I asked my nutritionist about the diet soda. She said that I could have one small soda (a can) a day, so that's what I did. I was a huge diet soda drinker for years. It was hard to cut it out, but after surgery, I don't miss it at all!

[JamieLogical 8,701]

The sooner the better. The last thing you want to be trying to do is kick a soda addiction the same time you are trying to recover from surgery.

[vsggirl17 3]

Thanks

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[sleevinpops 303]

Stop the sodas as soon as you can. Have you tried the mio flavor additive for Water? They're pretty good, 0 calories, 0 sugar. Walmart also has its own similar brand for about $1.00. Love the tropical fruit or watermelon/strawberry.

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[_Kate_ 2,224]

Right now --- Plus coffee if you drink it. Get the headache's out of the way before surgery.

Best of luck

Kate

[Jodster 38]

I was a big diet soda addict. Quit by the 2 week preop. Don't miss it. But I'm 12 days post op.

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[Brandeis 401]

I stopped drinking soda after my first NUT meeting, cold turkey. I switched to crystal light raspberry; keep it in my purse, and make it at home, and honestly it has 100% replaced soda for me easily~

[DisneyMom2El 120]

I haven't been able to quit drinking soda. I did for the pre-op diet, but have since started back up. My post-op diet says I can have caffeine free diet soda that is flat, so I pour myself a glass, let it sit for an hour, then drink it.

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[ready_to_be_thin 179]

When I started my 2 week pre-op diet, I asked my nutritionist about the diet soda. She said that I could have one small soda (a can) a day, so that's what I did. I was a huge diet soda drinker for years. It was hard to cut it out, but after surgery, I don't miss it at all!

I stopped drinking soda during my 1 week pre-op liquid diet. I was a big soda drinker too....I LOVE Dr. Pepper. I really thought it was going to be so hard on me to no longer drink it after my surgery, but shockingly, I don't miss it at all. I am so grateful because man is that a lot of sugar and empty calories! Its so strange for me to even think that I haven't had a soda in 5 months! But soooo worth it!

[Newme17 3,444]

I'd say whenever you can whether having surgery or not. I personally think they're all terrible, diet and regular. Lots of chemicals and sugars our bodies just don't need. But I can sympathize with addictions and know it's got to be hard to give up. I went cold turkey when I found out a flame retardant chemical was found in many of them. Eew.

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[toofatnopants 33]

I quit the day before I had my PCP appointment to start my 6 month supervised diet. It was my biggest supplier of empty calories. 44oz Big Red's from Speedway had to go. The more Water I drank, the more I wanted Water to drink. Someone on a post from this site had a 64 oz container that they ordered from Amazon to make sure they got all their water in for the day. I asked my husband for one for Christmas, it's insulated and keeps the water cold all day. We love it so much that I had to get him his own.

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[vsggirl17 3]

I quit the day before I had my PCP appointment to start my 6 month supervised diet. It was my biggest supplier of empty calories. 44oz Big Red's from Speedway had to go. The more Water I drank, the more I wanted Water to drink. Someone on a post from this site had a 64 oz container that they ordered from Amazon to make sure they got all their water in for the day. I asked my husband for one for Christmas, it's insulated and keeps the water cold all day. We love it so much that I had to get him his own.

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What is the water bottle called?

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[Keri1019 61]

Quit as soon as possible.

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