Ok I've learned this trick..and its bad and I need to stop doing it.

If you take a 20oz bottle of soda....shake it real hard...and gently release the pressure out...about 4-5 times..it makes the soda completely flat of carbonation and goes in with no bloating. I've been doing this a time a two with the new Pepsi Max....someone tell me stop haha. Mind you I never had any issues after surgery..not even pain from surgery or food. Weight loss has been above average so far and I guess I'm treating myself with a flat soda here in there...but someone should slap my hand here..

Worm

*the new Pepsi NEXT...not max

When I was on liquids I was told I could have flat soda if it has no sugar or caffiene you may not be as bad as you believe! If you just have it as a treat maybe your are not as bad as you believe! HaHa

When I was on liquids I was told I could have flat soda if it has no sugar or caffiene you may not be as bad as you believe! If you just have it as a treat maybe your are not as bad as you believe! HaHa

Ha yea but I went like 4 months WITHOUT a soda...its like going back to a crack habit here.

I actually do the Pepsi Max (no sugar) and have since 4 months out. No issues and no calories. You might want to rethink the Pepsi Next - not as much for the carbonation and caffeine, but the sugar. But, each person needs to decide their "crack" ... Mine is a small glass of wine several nights a week. YUM!!!!

I will never never ever have another soda. It is such a trigger food for me. I have just learned to deal with life without it. I've been caffeine free for 4 months and feel wonderful. Everyone says even diet soda is bad for you, so I gave it up.

Here's my advice: give it up completely. It's all chemicals and not good for your body period. Carbonated or not. And this is coming from a 4 bottle a day diet coke addict.

My skin, hair, nails, and teeth are so much better since I stopped drinking that stuff. I'm sure Vitamins helped but I believe getting those chemicals out of my body has helped as well.

I didn't have a soda addiction or problem pre-op, so I occasionally have a soda post-op - not even flat or anything. It's rare, so I don't worry about it. My dietician was OK with it, we discussed it at my 8 month appt on Thursday. However, if you were a soda junkie pre-op, I'd stay far, far away . . . I stay far away from certain things.