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sunshine413    343

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The Dasani Water drops are awesome! They have a pineapple coconut that's just like a pina colada!!

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snow25    188

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The Dasani Water drops are awesome! They have a pineapple coconut that's just like a pina colada!!

Never heard of those. They sound great.

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jayla_mom_of2    25

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I was/am a soda addict. I was told by my dr that 80 percent of people who gain their weight back is because they go back to soda after surgery. I have not had soda now for a little over three months and my surgery is in about three weeks. I'm glad I had time to get my mind right before surgery. Because for me this all seems to be more mental than physical.

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TinyMamiOf3kids    1,280

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I was/am a soda addict. I was told by my dr that 80 percent of people who gain their weight back is because they go back to soda after surgery. I have not had soda now for a little over three months and my surgery is in about three weeks. I'm glad I had time to get my mind right before surgery. Because for me this all seems to be more mental than physical.

I agree it's more mental then physical.

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kellbell5    35

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Oh my! I totally agree! I was 24 days no soda when I decided to have some Christmas Eve. I justified it as, ok just this one glass, it's Christmas and I am months away from surgery. Not to mention II had been craving it so much. I drank it, it tastes terrible. I felt terrible for feeling like I "cheated" and now I keep thinking about how I could justify having another one. Blah!! I want to succeed at this. After surgery I don't want to be thinking like this about soda. I fear I will feel this way about food in general, I want to feel like I can do it because I already have....

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to talk yourself down when this thinking pattern starts?

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sunshine413    343

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Oh my! I totally agree! I was 24 days no soda when I decided to have some Christmas Eve. I justified it as' date=' ok just this one glass, it's Christmas and I am months away from surgery. Not to mention II had been craving it so much. I drank it, it tastes terrible. I felt terrible for feeling like I "cheated" and now I keep thinking about how I could justify having another one. Blah!! I want to succeed at this. After surgery I don't want to be thinking like this about soda. I fear I will feel this way about food in general, I want to feel like I can do it because I already have....

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to talk yourself down when this thinking pattern starts?[/quote']

Kellbell, your story sounds so familiar!! I am almost 3 months post op. I tried soda once- Preop I LIVED for a diet coke. It was so nasty!!! The first thing I tasted was the chemicals! You yourself said it tasted terribly. Why even be tempted anymore? For me, I was still tempted because I knew I was SUPPOSED to love it. I haven't touched the stuff again. I drank at least 4 cans a day preop...in addition to the cups I'd get with drive thru. This feeling will pass. A lot of this surgery is about healing. First physically, then emotionally. Allow yourself the mess up, but OWN the mess up. Talk yourself out of it by remembering how guilty you felt. When I ate something I shouldn't have, I took a pic of myself dumping. Want another soda? Then take a look at that pic...you'll remember why you gave it up!! Good luck!! We are all in this battle together!!

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dizzywzl    3

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I too am a soda drinker and I am hoping it makes me sick..I probably drink 100 oz or more a day and am supposed to stop in 10 days

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workingmotherofthree    24

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A friend of mine drank soda after surgery and forms ulcers and a hole in her pouch. It could be that plus the ibuprofen as well that she took with soda. I don't drink carbonation as I have always gotten sick from it. I am just afraid I won't like Water after as that's all I drink.

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bakawaka    108

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Carbonated beverages are also bad for the teeth.

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mizzlaw    130

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A friend of mine drank soda after surgery and forms ulcers and a hole in her pouch. It could be that plus the ibuprofen as well that she took with soda. I don't drink carbonation as I have always gotten sick from it. I am just afraid I won't like Water after as that's all I drink.

Omg i didn't know that could happen.....

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bariatric op number 4    38

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Omg i didn't know that could happen.....

Sugar can't harm you it justs makes you dump! Which I believe is awful the bubbles/fizz on the other hand you may well be able to handle, but you could do yourself so much damage without knowing it, you could damage/ stretch your new stomach which may make you very ill or affect you loosing weight. I wouldn't risk it just for a fizzy drink :-) x

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mizzlaw    130

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I never really liked soda, my addiction was pasta.... Grrrrr lol

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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