My biggest fear about the lapband is having to quit Diet Soda. I am addict. I realize with the lapband I can not have diet soda, seltzer or beer Beer I like to indulge only once in a while BUT soda I drink it everyday. I feel that I should start trying to kick my habit before the surgery so it will be easier. I quit smoking cold turkey but food and soda is a HUGE problem. Also what about caffeine all together. Is it necessary to give up caffeine or just before the surgery? Any tips on how to quit PLEASE pass it along.

I've been so good not drinking soda. Like the rest of you, I was a total addict. My favorite was Pepsi Max! I loved the extra caffeine! I've gone without it since mid August and didn't have a problem until today. My DH and I went to Arby's for lunch. They had a pic in their window of a sandwich, fries and a glistening, bubbly diet pop. Oh my, it was calling my name.....but I didn't order one. My husband did. And I took a sip....That soda tasted even better than it looked in the poster. It was cold and bubbly and the syrup to carbonation ratio was perfect. Will someone please tell me again why we aren't supposed to have carbonation? I can't stop thinking about that sip of soda and how fabulous it tasted... I need to hear again what it is going to do to me and how horribly evil it is. Thanks fellow bandsters!!

Sorry if I posted the same thing twice....I can't figure out how to delete.

Sharilo---

"It was cold and bubbly and the syrup to carbonation ratio was perfect"

OMG...your description was fantastic. Almost sounded like a romance novel lol...but I understand exactly how you feel.

I am pre-op so I can still drink it but as soon as it is all gone from my home, I am going to try quitting cold turkey.

Sharilo---

"It was cold and bubbly and the syrup to carbonation ratio was perfect"

OMG...your description was fantastic. Almost sounded like a romance novel lol...but I understand exactly how you feel.

I am pre-op so I can still drink it but as soon as it is all gone from my home, I am going to try quitting cold turkey.

Teehee

I wish you luck with quitting cold turkey. I really thought I had it under control until that sip today. Shame on me!! haha

I was a huge diet mountain dew drinker.. I gave it up before surgery and then found myself slip back into the habit a few months after surgery... I recently gave it up again.. went 2 weeks and slipped again.. Def not drinking as much.. And my rule is not to bring it into my house.. but i am rarely home so that rule isnt all that helpful hehe.. I did notice my band was tighter when i gave it up for the 2 weeks... It stills feels tighter now then before..

My doc knows I drink soda.. But I had also lost some 90lbs my first year.. scared to go back now.. have put on 35lbs :-(

I thought that diet soda could cause slippage of the band...no? Also the no drinking with food may take a little getting use to.

I have both my fills under fluro and my pouch is fine.. no stretching here..