Some surgeons recommend avoiding or limiting caffeine after weight loss surgery because its acidity can irritate your stomach pouch, interfere with nutrient absorption, and lead to gastric reflux or GERD. For some people, though, giving up caffeine is tough! Since getting weight loss surgery, how much caffeine do you have?

• I’ve never had much caffeine, and don’t miss it since WLS.
• I used to be a caffeine addict, but stopped cold turkey after surgery.
• I try to limit it to a cup of coffee a day, but sometimes that’s just not enough to get me going.
• I know shouldn’t have too much caffeine, but I haven’t been able to cut back yet.It gets me through the day.
• I haven’t had WLS yet, but I’m dreading giving up caffeine!
• I haven’t had WLS yet, but I don’t mind cutting back on caffeine.

Mark your answer, then explain it in the conversation below! We’d also love hearing any of your tips for giving up caffeine more easily.

All I drank was Diet Coke. I was a huge addict. I've been hooked on caffeine since I was a kid. It was practically etched into my DNA. The day I decided to have WLS I gave up caffeine cold turkey. I have tried a million times to ease off of it and I would fail and it would be worse than ever. Cold turkey was the only option..

It took three full weeks for the withdrawal symptoms to start fading. I looked and felt like death. Caffeine withdrawal migraine for a full three weeks is something I don't wish on most anyone.

That was back in September. I miss it so badly. I stopped drinking the little coffee I did have and all sodas and fizzy drinks. I think the part I miss is the fizzy. I love it. It's still a fight every day not to go pick up a soda.