Slurpee??? Anyone? Anyone??

[DonnaB 3]

I don't think carbonation would survive all that stirring. Those machines STIR constantly - that's why the slurpee is "light and fluffy". Carbonation dissapates quickly if you stir a coke with a spoon so how would the stirring mechanism in the slurpee machine be any different?

I don't think the amount of carbonation left in a slurpee would be a problem for your band. JMO

[TexasTerry 0]

I dunno' My band surgeon specifically said that slurpees and Sonic Limeades had carbonation and to STAY AWAY!!!!!!!! Guess I better just go get that water bottle - grumble, grumble

[NJChick 3]

I don't think carbonation would survive all that stirring. Those machines STIR constantly - that's why the slurpee is "light and fluffy". Carbonation dissapates quickly if you stir a coke with a spoon so how would the stirring mechanism in the slurpee machine be any different?

I don't think the amount of carbonation left in a slurpee would be a problem for your band. JMO

I didn't think there was any at all either.... on a hot hot day as a treat, I would attempt a tiny one, but only cherry or coke, I don't care for the other flavors. BRAIN FREEZE ~~~~~~~~

[jcbydesign 0]

Shave some ice and drizzle Da Vinci sugar free Syrup and you have a great but sugar free snow cone! They have apple, cherry, strawberry, etc.

[tann 2]

Learn something new every day... I didn't think there was carbonation in slurpee's (high calories yes). The crystal light slurpees are G-R-O-S-S imho.

bummer~

I agree that the cry lite slurpess are gross, they are way too sweet and after 2 or 3 sips I can't take anymore. I don't buy they anymore.

[000000000 0]

I have seen DIET PEPSI SLUPEES, and they are good! SUGAR FRRE!

[Nana~ 4]

I'm an icee drinker, I did not think they had carbonation in them, I think they just use the syurp ya?

[Carlene 12]

I have no idea about Icees. I got the carbonation info on Slurpees from the Slurpee web site, in addition to the phone call to Southland Corp (home of 7/11). The Slurpee machine, by the way, was adapted from an automobile air conditioner!

Here is the Slurpee story, cut/pasted from their web site.

The story of Slurpee® drinks began in 1959 with a broken soda fountain machine in Kansas. When Omar Knedlik's soda machine broke at his drive-in hamburger restaurant, he began serving icy-cold bottled soft drinks from his freezer. Customers fell in love with the slushy drinks, sparking Knedlik to come up with the idea of creating soft-serve frozen drinks.

After failed attempts to create a machine to make his icy beverages, Knedlik contacted the John E. Mitchell Company, a Dallas machinery manufacturer in 1959. Mitchell was attracted to the idea and began working with an automobile air conditioner to create a machine that would freeze carbonated soft drinks that could be served in a sherbet-like form and would be drunk through a straw. Mitchell's machine used a complex system to freeze the beverages so they could be served at an icy 28 degrees.

Although a revolution in the soft drink field, Mitchell's frozen drinks were not a huge success with retailers. He tried selling his machines to drugstores and restaurants between 1960 and 1965, but the product's novelty and stores' inexperience with refrigeration equipment kept it from making an impact. But a chance encounter with a 7-Eleven manager would forever change the success of the frozen beverage.

While visiting a competitor's store in 1965, a 7-Eleven zone manager came across one of Mitchell's machines and thought that it had a huge potential for success. In the Fall of 1965, 7-Eleven purchased three machines to test the product in their stores. They were an immediate success, and by the Spring of 1967, the machines were in almost every 7-Eleven® store.

[Desi80 1]

i've had slurpees here and there. I haven't had any problems with them.

[pplqueen 0]

You would not see the problems but over time, they will stretch your band...................

[Desi80 1]

anything can stretch your pouch if you eat enough of it for prolonged periods. Stuffing your pouch will result in stretching it, it doesn't matter what it is, chicken, Pasta, salad, if you stuff your pouch with it, it will eventually stretch it. Actually i think solid foods would more then likely stretch your pouch then a liquid that will go right through.

[Time to love me 0]

Shave some ice and drizzle Da Vinci sugar free Syrup and you have a great but sugar free snow cone! They have apple, cherry, strawberry, etc.

We do this all the time, and they are yummy!!! My kids love them and they have no idea that they are sugar free. My daughter loves the rootbeer, I love the Raspberry.

[THEgeorgiaPEACH 3]

slurpee's are grt but watch the cal count, soda should be on the no list for you. work the plan and it will happen. follow the advice of those that have gone before us, its there expertise with what works and what does not that has helped me. two months out and down 76lbs

76 lbs?! HOLY CRAP. Can you give me your best advice?

I'm having surgery Friday the 24th, and in 2 months I would LOVE to say I'm 76 lbs down!

[WishUponABand 0]

Sorry, that's all a no. No carbonation at all, otherwise you will stretch your pouch. Slurpees have carbonation too. I recently found out Arbor Mist has carbonation...sad...

First I was wondering if we could have slurpee's. Second, if yes, at what stage? Third, can I have my pepsi as long as it's in a slurpee form? hehehe

[cantdecide 1]

Do they still have diet coke slurpees? 10 or so years ago they did for a while.