When can we drink soda

[soccergirl88 56]

I think the drastic change in food intake causes everyone to be slightly bitchy and judgemental. Lol!!

I speak for myself when I say...hell yeah! I am slightly bitchy these days.

[No game 14,437]

Perhaps we all need a Twinkie and a big gulp..

[LizC 48]

I'm gonna go with 5 twinkles!!! The whole damn box! And some cupcakes, maybe a cheeseburger, and then I'll top it off with a whole supreme pizza. #1 fatass always and forever <3

[LizC 48]

Twinkies* hahaha

[rybecca20 160]

sweet brown say a COLD POP lol. Everyone has differant surgeons and drs. I was told in my 3 month session way before surgery that it is a tool and not a miricle maker. I was also told soda will cause the sleeve to stretch over time. but they also said no alchol and i drink that on occasion smh lol. but they didnt say alchol will stretch your stomach just carbonation.

Becareful using that word tool I got yelled at!!

[rybecca20 160]

Any time you want to. Same for eating brownies and ice cream' date=' potato chips, any other junk. You can also stop exercising any time you want. Really, you can pick up any "bad" habit you might have given up for this surgery at any time you want.

Does that sound preachy? It's NOT meant to be. It's just a fact. YOU choose. I could say "Listen to the advice of your doctor," but really, if you're looking for people to say "Well, I did it and I'm fine," you're looking for a reason/excuse to return to something you quit doing for FOUR months.

So the real question, I think, is WHY? If it's GOOD for you, why'd you give it up for 4 months? You gave it up because it's NOT good for you, no matter how you try to rationalize it. Are you craving it? Perhaps, but do you really want to give in to that craving?

I say this from a "been there, done that" place. When I was first banded, I lost 85 lbs. Gave up sweet tea and almost all sugars, junk, etc. But little by little, I brought those things BACK into my life. Now? I'm 25-30 lbs heavier and need the sleeve to try to get my weight back down. I honestly wish I'd never started with the bad habits...

So that's my advice to you. You have FOUR months of not drinking useless calories...why not try to make it 5 months...or more?[/quote']

Great way of putting it!! Except I got in trouble saying the same thing just in a different way!! ????????

[newlife27 323]

I haven't got the surgery yet bit this is my take on things....i understand a lot of ppl want to eat healthy and all that but realisticly even slim ppl have a soda a burger ice cream or whatever a drink a beer but they just do it in moderation....i have a lot of girlfriends who are very small they workout a lot and when we go out they don't eat salad with olive oil and all healthy stuff they eat normal meals that are portion and then eat right the rest of the week now granted they not eating bad everyday and i can't speak for all of then bc one or two eat what they they just very active but my point is nobody should judge u if u want a sip of soda then take the sip i learned thru my journey not to deprive myself of anything but to make better choices if i crave ice cream i try sugar free or half the fat and i eat the serving size.....i don't drink soda but sugar is my tough area and when i want it i eat it but i try to eat a healthy sweet TRY anyway this surgery it will be hard to do that plus get ur nutrition so of course nutrition should come first but if ur doctor allows and ur stomach can stand it i don't think a sip or three will send u bk to obesity....im just saying!!!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Becareful using that word tool I got yelled at!!

I'm a grown woman. I see this surgery as a TOOL to help me work towards my success. No one has to agree with me and I don't hold varying opinions against anyone. I certainly won't argue with strangers over the internet about it either. If someone doesn't like me or my usage of words, they can kiss my steadily shrinking white derriere! :ph34r:

[leeann71 539]

Ok this is how it is dang it. I was and am and always be a Dr.Pepper and Coke Cola addict!!! All of you out there who thinks its gonna be ok to have a sip and not go back to it again you are wrong. Its like any addiction whether it be certain foods, sodas, alcohol, illeagal drugs, prescription medicine, pornography or anything else that you have withdrawls from. You need to really look inside yourself and be honest! Dont lie! Ask yourself am I addicted and will my world end if I do not have this soda ( or what ever it is). I know I an addict. I got this way because of sodas. A 12 pack a day or more. And no they were not diet, matter of fact diet are worse for you. Good luck and realize who is going to win this battle? You or the sodas( or whatever your addiction is) I ve been there and Im still here fighting.

[SpaceDust 585]

Pacific Northwest too.. From southern Oregon over to you guys it's "pop"

I'm waiting for the foreigners to chime in with "fizzies" .. I think that's what they call it lol

Hey, to me it's soda pop, and I use both shortened forms interchangeably. I'm a native of the Pacific Northwest, too.

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[Amie 90]

A question was asked to people who are in a similar situation. I think your personal lectures on "backsliding" and such is really uncalled for and rude. We all have vices but they're not the same. The analogy using AA was good except when you go to a meeting and admit you fell off they don't get lectured they get support to fight another day.

The purpose of this forum so I thought was for support. The purpose of our new tool is ultimately to learn how to live life with things in moderation. If you can drink soda' date=' eat dessert, drink alcohol and any other taboo behaviors in moderation then your on point!! Less judgment people we get enough of that from "regular" people no place for it here.

Have a blessed day! ; )[/quote']

You are so very wrong in your AA analogy, if someone were to walk into an AA meeting and ask when was it Ok to have a beer do you think everyone would say, when ever you want in moderation or sure if your stomach can handle it. No they would not. But yes they will support someone who has fallen off the wagon, which we also do on this forum. The OP has not stated that she has slipped up, she is asking if it is Ok to cheat. For that I would say don't do it. I'm not perfect, I have a hard time staying within my surgeons guide lines and need all the positive support I can get. Good luck to everyone.

[apelt001 116]

I wouldnt have it the carbonation stretches out your sleeve hunny.

[Tstorm1070 192]

A midwesterner if ever there was one! I bet you sit on the davenport too!

Takes one to know one!

Do you carry a pocket book? Lol

[Tstorm1070 192]

I say do what you want. You only have to answer to yourself for what you put in your body. We all hope for everyone's success in weight loss. So good luck in whatever you choose.

[Red_lips_and_confidence 148]

Don't drink soda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carbonation will Stretch out your stomach and its horrible for you.