Soda that is...lol

Before surgery I was an orange Fanta chick. If I was having a moment I needed that orange Fanta. It felt sooooo good going through my veins. I would close my eyes and just feel that cold orange Fanta go smoothly down my throat. It was my drug! I has my last one during my pre-op.

Funny thing is now I don't crave it.

Confessions of an orange Fanta recovered addict thanks to the sleeve!

WAS a Dr Pepper addict, broke that 3 years ago, thank God. I did not like what I read about how HFCS spikes blood sugar even quicker that table sugar, and the "real" Dr Pepper is too expensive. I gave up sweet tea early this year in preparation for surgery. I weighed my priorities and decided I just cannot afford to get so many calories (especially empty ones) from sugary liquids. The price is too high.

Recently kicked my Diet Pepsi habit in preperation for my upcoming sleeve surgery.

I kicked my major dr pepper habit a few months back. Then somehow I got a taste for Coke Fountain drinks. I threw those away a few weeks ago. I am now in my pre-op diet phase and I have to say, water definitely is my drink of choice NOW. I can't stand tea, can't stand fruit drinks everything is too sweet. I enjoy a bottle water over anything. Sometimes I may flavor it with water enhancers, but I find those seem too sweet too.

My name is LT and I'm a Diet Coke addict. If only I could find a 12 step program. I wonder if they'd take me at Passages Malibu?

I like bubbly Water with favors. No sugar, but the bubbles are going to have to go soon.

I won't miss them....but I will miss wine for the first six months after surgery lol. That may kill me!

I honestly loved Orange, Lime or Lemon Seltzer Water. (weird, I know). Ginger ale for tummy aches and Orange juice for colds.

I loved the carbonation but was never a big pop drinker. It wasn't about pop for me, but the carbonation. I get serious migraines and I found that the carbonation is what would make me burp really loud and would start relaxing some of the muscles in my neck, head and face, especially when taking Excedrin Migraine with the carbonated beverage.

I quit all those things when I started the program in November except the Excedrin Migraine which I quit 2 weeks before surgery. I have had a few migraines since then and took tylenol, which didn't touch it.

I get botox injections every 90 days for migraines and usually a 1 to 1-1/2 weeks before the injections and usually 1- 1-1/2 weeks after injections you get a lot of break-through migraines but then you are golden for 2 months. Injection time is creeping up on me in August, and I am prepared to go without the excedrin and seltzer water.

I loved diet mountain dew.I stopped it for surgery and now am a water and tea drinker. I don't even miss the dew anymore.

Pre-surgery it was Coke all the way, now It's mostly water. I haven't started drinking Iced tea post op but can't wait. I think I'm allowed to start having caffiene again at 2 months.... Just 2.5 weeks to go!!!!

I've never been a big soda drinker but I LOVED iced chai prior to surgery and love it now, the difference now is that I get it with alternative milks if possible and when I make it myself I make it into a protein shake.

Fresca.

With my band I stopped drinking all carbonated drinks for about 4 years, then slowly added Fresca back in, about 1 can per month. When you see what sodas (acids, etc.) do to teeth, it's not hard to give them up. Stopped again when I had my sleeve.

The only thing I've ever craved the when I've given it up was the "burn" of the carbonation. Never missed the flavor, and it's already sugar free/decaf so I didn't miss that. I missed the carbonation burn of a freshly opened can being chugged down.

I do love that carbonation, cold drinks seem colder when they are carbonated, so when I need that "burn" I drink a pellegrino or perrier or some other carbonated mineral water.

This one has me torn, most comonly I would drink Dr. Pepper simply due to availability. But my favorites were Izzy carbonated juices & Stewarts Ginger Beer it's kinda like a spicy ginger ale. To be honest I've tried Dr. Pepper again after surgery & I have to say I was totally not impressed.

Dr. Pepper and Pepsi from Taco Bell! I'm not brave enough to try anything post op. I've been soda free since 12.26.11. These past couple of days have been hard because I've been at the county fair (my youngest shows sheep). Oh, how I wanted just one drink of ice cold dr pepper especially while sitting in 100 degree+ heat. Yum