I went to the informational seminar the other night, and they mentioned you can never have soda. Ever ever again! I'm actually doubting my decisions because I love soda so much... He said that probably 90% of his patients that gain weight back admit to soda use. That's not worth it to me, but... still...

What do you miss most now that you've had surgery done? Is it possible to live life without soda? What else are you living without that you truly miss?

I too miss gulping water when I'm thirsty. I can only drink water mid day so I drink about 2 bottles, sometimes 3 if I can get it in.

This is my main concern! I love gulping water, especially before bed or after exercise. I'm also going to start practicing not drinking while I eat.

Like the others, I really miss gulping Water. It is funny, I didn't realize that drinking a lot of ice cold water would be the one thing that I would miss the most, but it is. I used to be a diet coke drinker...one can a day, but that wasn't hard to give up.

Another thing....I used to not like salads at all, but now, they are very tasty!

I've always been able to gulp cold Water. Still can.

I have to amend my very first post in the thread. We have season tickets to the Colorado Rockies and went to the game today. I miss foot long hot dogs smothered in mustard and peppers

I have to agree I really really miss gulping down water. It takes sooooo long to drink water. I love ice cold water. But sipping doesn't satisfy me. Do we ever get to gulp down water?

I have to agree I really really miss gulping down water. It takes sooooo long to drink water. I love ice cold water. But sipping doesn't satisfy me. Do we ever get to gulp down water?

sure. I do not know what, why or how I went from sipping to gulping after VSG. It definitely got easier to drink a lot of water after 1 year. I have found it is much easier to drink flavored water fast than straight tap or bottled water. It could have something to do with the flavor changing the surface level tension of the water (eg. Making it easier to process internally). So two things:1. Wait a year until mostly healed and 2. Flavor your water for easier drinking. I do not track how much water I drink, but would guess it is around 9 x 32 oz a day. One thing to keep in mind is the kidney can only process about 32 oz an hour (+- a few oz), so drinking more than that rate will take several hours to expel. If you are a big drinker (I am), plan accordingly so you aren't needing to use that bathroom (possibly multiple times) and not have one around. Happened to me all the time earlier on.

Gulping down cold, chilled water on a hot summer day is what I miss the most....

Bufflehead-this is exactly what I'm wondering about. I'm pre-op. I don't drink alcohol "alot", but love champagne. I know carbonation is bad and understand why. What are the "rules" around wine etc. down the line post op? Thanks.

This is going to sound really odd but I like sleeping in on the weekends. Twice now I have slept so long that I end up feeling really dehydrated.

When I'm at work I have to have so.ethung to sip on all day. But at home I just have been forgetting.

I guess I miss being able to skip drinking water without feeling like crap. But I will adjust. Its good for me anyway.

Funny how it's not missing food, it's missing being able to stay hydrated without constantly drinking water!

I miss not being able to gulp down a nice cold glass of anything when I parched. Its horrible trying to sip when you're thirsty!!! Lol

I miss hamburgers the most. I could eat them everyday for every meal. I'm 7 weeks post op and I generally just miss real food. Still working on adding solids in to my soft food diet and it's hard. I'm not very good at gauging what I can handle. I've lost 35 lbs though and that is worth missing out a few burgers!

Gulping down a lot of Water whenever I feel like it

I miss guzzling water sooooooo bad! I have a 100 oz mug used purely for water and I could go through 2 of those in a day! Now I can barely get 32 oz down. It's not as satisfying when you have to sip it :/

What is with all the sipping! Unless u are fairly newly sleeved u should be able to drink water fairly normally with the exception of guzzling your water. I and i know of many more that take a good drink everytime. So if ur new hang in there. You will have to test urself every so often til u drink what u can handle in one hit. Good luck

What is with all the sipping! Unless u are fairly newly sleeved u should be able to drink water fairly normally with the exception of guzzling your water. I and i know of many more that take a good drink everytime. So if ur new hang in there. You will have to test urself every so often til u drink what u can handle in one hit. Good luck

The only thing I really miss is eating alot of food - like at Thanksgiving or at a buffet. While at a buffet, I'm jealous (but at the same time disgusted) watching people eat plates and plates of food, while I'm pushing the plate away at about 8 bites.

At the same time, however, I'm so happy that I can stop at 8 bites. It's weird, I'm proud that I don't have to eat till I bust but I'm also a little jealous. Does that make sense to anyone?

I don't miss any 1 specific food cuz I still eat everything (and yes, I take 1 sip off hubbys diet soda about once a month when we go out). 1 sip once a month isn't going to hurt anything. And I'm not really interested in it any other time. While I don't miss soda much, I guess I do miss my Corona Lite. I drank about 2-3 a week. Haven't had a beer since 2009.

I miss nothing. I was miserable before. Life is good now! :-)