Has anyone found anything that satisfies them like a good bubbly soda does but doesnt ruin/stretch their sleeve? I used to drink diet coke as if it were water/going out of style. I have been craving a soda for days. Any answers?

I sure would like to know the answer to this too. I am going crazy and I want one so bad.

Try Mio drops in your Water. IMO the orange tangerine tastes just like sunkist.

Lissa

crystal light is my drink of choice now..also found out it was easier to quit the soda if I didn't allow it in my home. no bottles..no cases...no emergency stashes of it like I used to. I haven't had one since Thanksgiving...was sleeved Jan 12.

I know we were told not to, but I still drink soda. I don't find that I can eat more, it doesn't bother my stomach anymore, and I'm still losing weight (13.5 months out). Personally, I did this surgery so that I wouldn't have to give things up, and I find things in moderation work for me.

I gave up Pepsi when I started this journey. I know that if I took even one sip I would be back to the 44ouncers in no time!

I wish I could find a good substitute. To make it worse I can't tolerate any artificial sweeteners so no Crystal Light or MIO or flavored waters or sports Water. No sucralose, no Stevia, no Truvia, no Aspartame. Just plain old water. I know that around the world many people drink nothing but water their entire lives, but I'm so bored with it. Today I "splurged" and had 8oz of lemonade. But that is over 100 calories!! I know that I am flirting with dehydration, but even 3 months out, i just can't force myself to drink even 48 oz of water a day. I do try and get in 16oz of skim milk and 8oz of juice along with my water, but I just get so tired of plain water.

I have even started buying different brands so that it seems like a different beverage.

I admit I really miss my diet Dr. Pepper. I didn't even drink it every day, but sometimes you just crave some bubbles. Oh well.....

Hi there....I was a self labeled diet coke and coke zero-aholic....lol. Since my surgery 11 months ago, I yearn for coke but find that the taste of the fizz and carbonation does the trick for me,,,,, so I don't deny myself...I will buy one and take a few sips and that's all I really need or want...it's the darnest thing....I could buy a six pack and it would last me six weeks...so don't bother anymore...if I have the craving, I go through a drive through and get a small drink....and I rarely finish it. I am saving much money on this.....lol

Let sit soda sit over night and it will go flat...that's what the Dr told me.

My doctor told me that if I can tolerate it, I can have it, in moderation as long as its diet and most of my fluid is of course still water. I think everyone's rules are different, but it doesn't "ruin" your sleeve the way it messes thing up with a bypass.

Has anyone found anything that satisfies them like a good bubbly soda does but doesnt ruin/stretch their sleeve? I used to drink diet coke as if it were water/going out of style. I have been craving a soda for days. Any answers?

Mayo clinic (& other, recent studies) say that drinking diet soda INCREASES RISK OF OBESITY so I think that's the reason the carbonation is forbidden...not just diet soda but seltzer, too.

Well, i'm going into my 3rd year and let me tell you if soda stretches/ruins the sleeve then my doctor did a damn good job of sewing it together cause nothing has stretched or gotten ruined here. . . I love my soda and always have. . . it's a good idea to kind sip it slowly of course and let it go down all the way, but hey stretching and ruining isn't going to happen. . cause it doesn't just stop, it keeps going down. . . good luck!

While many on here will say you can not drink it, I still drink diet soda in moderation. I used to drink it regularily and very quickly. Since surgery I still consume diet soda, however it takes a long while to go down and is not a drink I crave anymore. I have been surprised by how my tastes have changed/evolved since surgery, my body actively craves the things that are good for them. This may also be due to the fact that I do not exclude anything specific from my diet (everything in moderation, soda is one of these things)

I haven't had a diet soda after being pretty hooked for all of my adult life in a month and I don't miss it at all. I have been drinking Mio and crystal lite and I really like the Sobe waters that are zero calorie. I will probably never touch a soda again because I know how addicted I was. It would be like me picking up my cigarette habit again.

I'm back to drinking my diet A&W, but only maybe 8-10 oz a day not 32+ oz like I use to. I drink it very slowly and keep the cap of the bottle so it's not as fizzy. I can't drink the Crystal Light or the water drops they give me really bad acid reflux although I am on a PPI. I think it's the artificial flavorings. I also started drinking herbal teas on ice to take the place of the soda.

I still drink diet soda. I drink it in moderation, my surgeon told me I was never allowed to have it again. I am not the kind of person who can be told they can NEVER do anything again. I dont hurt when I drink it, it isn't stretching me out, and I am still losing weight very rapidly. I see no problem in having a little diet soda when I feel the urge. I used to drink only diet soda, no water. Now I get in all my water and if I decide to have a diet soda I make sure to drink that much more extra water to make up for it. No biggie.