I am completely addicted to soda (diet pepsi fanatic) I used to be really bad but I love having a can or a 20 oz. in the morning. I can't stand coffe or tea. I was never able to get a straight answer out of my doctor or the nurses. Why can't I have my soda in the morning?!

The carbonation will probably not feel very well in your tummy.

haumph...:grumble:...take away my beer and soda :grumble:

I better get over the cravings quicklike :paranoid any advice for caffiene cravings? remeber I can't stand coffee or tea (and yes I have tried all kinds of flavors etc. etc.)

I'm dying for a Coke Zero!!! WHYYYYYYYY Can't I have some?????

teacher

2.14.07 valentine band

My surgeon says there is no evidence of it hurting your band but that we don't need the caffiene. One of his asst. is banded, Evette, and she says she was addicted to coke, not diet and still has one every day and has been at goal for 5 years. I use to love them but now the only time I even want a drink is with popcorn.

Well there are a lot of opinions out there as to whether it can affect your pouch size, some say it can others say it can't. Here is what I have noticed, when I was drinking d coke everyday, I wasn't losing, it was replacing my water content and giving me heartburn. When I stopped drinking it I started losing and the heartburn went away. I have gone back and forth many times in my life and this is always the pattern. On a completely different angle, a friend of mines husband is a food scientist and he says that some chemical in diet soda actually prevents you from losing weight! Might sound crazy but I look at my evidence and figure, well, he's probably right.

Was told by surgeon that the carbonation 1. expands in tummy stretching it out, so defeating the purpose of having surgery in first place. 2. soda and all carbonation goes down through the stomach opening ( through the band) and then the carbonation comes back up but cannot escape, especially when your band is tight. This makes some people feel like they are stuck or having a heart attack, not a pretty feeling.

I however have not tried any carbonation yet, too scared. I was wondering if anyone has tried to drink soda and take some gas x with it?

kristi

i am getting banded tomorrow (!!!) and the nutritionist said that drinking carbonation could stretch out your pouch! she also said that if i were to insist on soda, i had to wait at least 6 months and then to drink it flat.

Thank you for all your opinions on coke!! I guess I'll just stick to water....

teacher

2.14.17

Dr. Spivak

Houston

Of course Water is best, try Fiji, it's great, but expensive. I drink a lot of tea and crystal light. Crystal Light now makes those on the go small packs, so there are tons of flavor in those packs, you can keep em in the car and just pour some into a bottle of water, but not Fiji, don't ruin the Fiji. Can you tell I am a Fiji fan? LOL

Kris