Beck90

Sigh I hope mine shrink... I've been in a bra since age 8... I needed underwire by 4th grade.. I was a DD cup by 8th grade.. which was terribly embarrassing to me.. and worse off there's an obvious size discrepancy- both are large but there's at -least- half a cup if not full cup difference.. and I hate that.. I've been embarrassed by it for years.. all through high school and college I wore bras and finally last summer on a really hot day I just HAD It.. I took off my bra... looked at the lines it had put on my body from being stretched around my middle.. and I decided I couldn't stand it one second longer.. Now if I MUST wear a bra I wear a sports bra.. otherwise I'm wearing nothing.. My mom is mortified LOL Coming from a very conservative Christian home (even though she grew up in the 60's) she can't imagine how I can leave the house without a bra... but she's also very small busted so I don't think she really gets how miserable it is to have been a DD (and now probably bigger! since high school was the last I was measured ) since I was 12-13 years old.. I want to be able to wear cute little bralets and stuff.. I would like to be a B cup and perky or something.. Sigh..

I'm seriously considering getting a tattoo if I hit my goal weight ... I hate needles and I'm scared of pain.. lol maybe you can talk me into doing it with your no pain no gain attitude

@@LisaMergs Thank you so much for that list!! We can add another surgeon to the list of "It's okay to drink some diet pop in moderation" And at least a month out is a good plan - I planned to wait at least until my sleeve seemed to be tolerating solid foods well again which seems very individual for people so not sure how long that'll be.

@@Christinamo7 - actually I don't think it is - one of my best friends is older (in her late 50's) and she got her first pair of bifocals as progressives but then she broke them and she didn't have the money to get anything but traditional bifocals and the whole year she had them she was completely -miserable- they didn't really help her the way the progressives did and she was looking over them as much as through them. It made a huge difference to her when she was able to save the $$ to get progressive again!

@@snickysnack78 That's a great idea!! once I'm completely healed and a few months out if I decide I want to try pop, then I'll try like sierra mist.. which has carbonation but is caffeine free and clear liquid - so it might be easier on my sleeve. I think it toootally just depends on your body - from what I can tell some people have intense pain from the gassy bubbles and some people tolerate it fine.. just a waiting game to find out which I will be and I honestly think I'll be okay with either outcome.. I won't miss something if it caused me pain (Much like the fact that throwing up after eating a piece of rhubarb pie when I was about 6 has given me a lifelong distate for the stuff)

Well two things.. 1) I would never try diet pop until my sleeve is all healed.. no way I would risk it 2) if I had pain or didn’t enjoy it the issue would be a moot point I just wouldn’t try it again. But supposing #2 doesn’t come true.. Everyone’s body is different.. I have never been tempted to eat more of foods I should not eat by drinking pop.. The idea of slider foods is not an issue for ME personally sugary foods don’t affect me in that way.. I have worked with my nutrionist and counselor to figure out EXACTLY why I’m over weight and what I need to modify after surgery… And they do agree with me that slider foods aren’t part of my problem even now and probably shouldn’t be after. (Though I will watch out for it) Secondly.. why would I want to drink something that’s bad for me.. - I guess because on the whole I’m working on making loads of good decision and putting lots of good things into my body. Having the occasional few sips of diet pop is a good way to reward myself and not feel like I’m depriving myself from every single thing I enjoy. Plenty of people drink other things that aren’t good for their body (crystal light, articial flavorings for Water etc) and those aren’t anymore healthy than diet pop.. so.. I really don’t see the difference. Just diet pop has become more villanized. I do want the weight loss.. I am serious about it and I WILL do whatever I need to to succeed including modifying what I want if it doesn’t work out later…. That said, I’m not having this surgery to exist on Protein shakes for the rest of my life.. I’m having this surgery so I can be healthier.. and do all things in MODERATION. Moderation does not mean cutting out everything I enjoy completely — it means being more reasonable.. it means making more good choices and less bad choices.. but I guarantee you that ONE choice that some people see as bad is not going to derail my progress. I won’t let it.. especially because several others have been very openly posting here that they’re succeeding even a couple years out and Do drink pop and GASP one lady even drinks it with a STRAW. Others are even posting that they do drink diet pop with their doctor’s blessing or that their doctor didn’t even address the topic. Why I don’t ask my surgeon why he doesn’t agree with it? Because they persist with the myth that drinking pop stretches your pouch and you can’t have a discussion with a person who perpetuates a myth - either because they believe it or because they think scare tactics are an okay practice to control their patients. But the reality is… a number of surgeons are now speaking out about and are saying the idea of pouch stretching (from diet pop or otherwise) is complete ridiculousness.. yes.. you do eat more food as you heal - that’s normal.. but it has nothing to do with pouch stretching and everything to do with your stomach and intestines being able to tolerate more food as you heal (according to the video by Dr. Weiner earlier in the thread.) The secret (again according to Dr. weiner) is that even though 3 years out you may be able to eat a whole plate of food that you keep that plate small, well portioned, and make more good choices than bad ones and learn to retrain your stomach during the period where your appetite is most suppressed. Now.. Dr. Weiner doesn’t personally support drinking pop (nor crystal light.. etc he doesn’t even really like Protein Shakes but sees them as a necessary evil) I’m just talking about the other things he said in the video as explaining how the eating more food thing works. Are there physicians and surgeons who don’t have a problem with diet pop ABSOLUTELY - read the full thread.. several people have posted saying that theirs don’t have an issue with it.. my own personal care physician said it’s okay in moderation as long as it isn’t affecting my WLS.. but he didn’t give me any information about how soon I could try it or anything which is why I started this thread. I AM glad I raised this issue because I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who feels this way. I AM glad to see that others believe I can succeed and don’t believe I’m doomed for failure.. and for those of you who do.. I’ll prove you wrong. I’m super determined to make this work for me. Also, I didn’t put the notice I did on the topic because I just wanted everyone to agree with me or validate choices you see as wrong… I have social anxiety…I put it there because I didn’t want it to become a battle and so the thread could be a source of information from those who are drinking pop and are succeeding. Not because I fear people disagreeing with me but because the thread is more helpful to those seeking information when it’s not a debate about whether diet pop is okay or not (which wasn’t the original question)

@ Thank you so much for that video link! It was super super informative! I respect him for being able to say he's anti-pop but not using that stance to perpetuate untrue myths about it / using "scare tactics" to get people not to drink it. (My own program is still telling people in our classes that drinking carbonated drinks will stretch the stomach so don't ever drink them). I think it's also important that if you do want to try foods like pop or chips or what have you that you check yourself... you're much less likely to have it become a slippery slope (I think) if you monitor yourself "Am I eating chips again every day?" Like Dr. Weiner said.. it's not one choice but a return to old habits over a period of time that causes weight re-gain and non-success and that was a very good way to look at it and makes a lot of sense!!

It may well be true that after I have surgery I won't want it or care for it.. I do believe that's possible.. I just tend to always feel better having a game plan either way.. And yes.. I've talked to some people who either their doctor said it was fine or didn't address it at all.. and my own primary care physician said as long as it wasn't intefering with my weight loss and wasn't causing me gas pain it was okay in moderation. Just didn't give me advice beyond that which is why I was asking for others' experience. I appreciate that some of you don't agree.. but what works for one may or may not work for another. However.. I've had some very nice people PM me who have given me advice about how to handle the diet pop issue if I do want to try it post surgery which means I got what I needed to know answered. So I think we can lay this topic to rest and simply agree to disagree.

@@Squirrelgirl Yep it is absolutely a lifestyle change and some things will have to be sacrificed and others not. I'm up for the challenge.. I just know to make it work as a lifestyle and not a temporary method I'll have to do things a bit differently sometimes but that's been me my whole life lol. a lot will definitely be different instruments to what I'm used to.