I went to my surgeon at the end of April and he informed me that I was going to need to jump through some hoops for insurance purposes. I made all of my appt and today was the first day of my supervised diet. My dr gave me a weekly food sheet so I can write down everything I consume. For my first month she wants me to try to cut down on the amount of iced tea and soda that I consume which I feel is going to be hard but for the end result I am willing to do it.

So today so far I have drank a half of a coke zero. Yuck! I have also drank almost 2100 milliliters of water. I wasn't expecting to have to start this so soon. Are there any diet sodas that anyone can recommend that doesn't taste diet? Also, just wondering what kind of snack food that would be considered healthy?

When I eat I haven't been thinking healthy because I am so busy but now I have to make the time to be healthy. Thank you all for your support.

I have heard that Diet Dr. Pepper tastes pretty good, but honestly I would try to stop drinking them entirely. I had to have medication to get me off the Cokes, but it worked and I've never gone back. If you get banded, carbonation isn't good for you anyway. Just my thoughts. Good luck to you!

There are some new soft drinks with only 10 calories that do not have that sweetener aftertaste. Crystal light is OK by me and it has no carbonation.

I don't know what your pre-op diet is supposed to be so it's hard to offer snack food choices? Are you on only liquids, low carb, atkins?

Thank you for your reply. That's the info I needed. What exactly did you do to get yourself off the coke kick. I think that might be my biggest hurdle.

Tmf-- I currently am on a supervised diet through my doctor for three months. She just wants me to try and be accountable for everything that I eat and drink. So she just wants me to start eating better and stay away from the bad foods.

I took Topamax for 2 weeks, which made Coke taste terrible and also helped with caffeine headaches. It worked for me.

Cutting out sodas was just about as hard as quitting smoking. As far as tracking your foods try my fitness pal. I have a recipe group on facebook and we have a folder with snack ideas if you would like to joing. We also have a lot of people who are new to the journey as well as vetrans with lots of experience. Friend me at hely lb if you or anyone would like to join.

I also used My Fitness Pal and it was a great tracker app! For me diet cherry coke and crystal light helped me get past my desire for any sodas. Giving up sweet tea was the really tough part. We only make decaf tea at home and because I have to strictly limit my artificial sweetener intake, I've just stopped making it all. Just can't drink unsweetened, lol.

i used to drink a 2 liter of diet pepsi a day,if i can kick the soda habit...anyone can!!!! now i live on diet snapple,water and crystal light...not gonna lie,i still crave soda once in awhile....but when i think of the risks i'd be taking with my band,thats enough to stop the cravings!!