Lord knows I have been unhappy for a long time about my weight....getting the sleeve is bringing my happy back..I'm just so scared because I don't want to back track....I crave soda...candy...etc....everyday I'm wondering is my pouch getting bigger because I can consume a nice amount of water....

Try finding some support groups. Here in Florida we have them all over. Talking with others in the same situation can really help/

I have up sodas in 97 omg it was tuff took 6 months for the craving to stop now I don't think about at all . Sugar is the tuff one I treat cravings like drug with drawls but if you fight it and force change of food choice I think we can over come it but if we give in to taste it we will walk down the road of self destruction . That's why I like the sleeve I am hoping it will help in eliminating the sugar .

I am 24 days post 'll sleeve. At night around 9:45-11pm I have to fight with myself to not have anything, soda is destructive choice, if u must; then buy the water with bubbly flavours with 0 calories, like Sparkling Ice, or Perrier lemon.

Your brain triggers all these carbs because of prior consumption.

I understand you, I am struggling daily, my weightloss has been slow.

Started at 186 pre-Op, now 172 15 pound weightloss..very slow weightloss.

Hang in there!

I'm lucky. I love chocolate but I didn't crave it after surgery. They say some of us have changes in our taste buds. I believe that because for a while I couldn't get enough salt. Even that has gotten better. They also say if you can stay away from sweets for 30 days you will break the habit. I'm not a soda drinker so I haven't had that issue. I don't drink enough Water so for me that is an issue.

Good luck with your journey. Do find a support group. We have 3 of them here in Dallas that I know of & I go to one of them. Such a big help. The one I just started going to also has a clothes swap. Great idea.

I am 24 days post 'll sleeve. At night around 9:45-11pm I have to fight with myself to not have anything, soda is destructive choice, if u must; then buy the Water with bubbly flavours with 0 calories, like Sparkling Ice, or Perrier lemon.

Your brain triggers all these carbs because of prior consumption.

I understand you, I am struggling daily, my weightloss has been slow.

Started at 186 pre-Op, now 172 15 pound weightloss..very slow weightloss.

Hang in there!

Everytime I go to the store I think of the sparkling water but is it safe to drink?

Lord knows I have been unhappy for a long time about my weight....getting the sleeve is bringing my happy back..I'm just so scared because I don't want to back track....I crave soda...candy...etc....everyday I'm wondering is my pouch getting bigger because I can consume a nice amount of water....

I ask myself the same question I crave potato chips and I wonder if my pouch is getting bigger too it been 1 1/2 since my surgery

Please be careful as to what you are eating post your surgery.You have worked hard to get where you are now therefore enjoy the weight loss and a new you .Do not give in to your cravings as that is only a self destruct path.You will not gain from it instead it will put you in more trouble.