Hey everyone, I have what may seem to be a silly question. I am getting banded on Nov 6th Yippeee!! But anyway, I am ok with giving up lot of foods I love, but and a big big but it is...I am definately addicted to diet coke. I mean like 12 a day. I read some where that it is a definate no no after banding. Is that true??

Thats great Greg, I hope I can kick the habit. I am getting banded on the 6th of Nov, so I am going to start the whole weining process this coming Mon, I thought start now instead of waiting until the am of the surgery and going crazy for one after. Thanks for all of your advice

Veronica,

I can go all day drinking milk or tea and feel great but once I start on that Water, I can't get enough!!I'll down some and have some more one right after another! It is kind of weird but I it's great for us so we shouldn't complain.

I never realized how bad Coke is for you...i read an article that says if you put a nail in a can of coke it will eat the nail!!!!! Good lord what were we doing to ourselves. Yikes!

You can use coke to clean the toilet ring inside your toilet and clean the battery terminals on your car. It works like acid! Potent stuff!

Yeah, candy is just too sicky sweet now. What a great problem to have! So I should stay out of the Halloween candy this year. LOL

Recently, in the grocery check out, I picked up a small Snickers and read the label. It had 240 calories! The post-banded me thought that's a Bandster meal! The pre-banded me never looked on the back label.

I use Coke to clean oil stains off driveway LOL... Something should have told me then that this stuff isn't good for you.

Greg

You've gotta be kidding me greg, I've been needing something to clean up the oil stain from our drive can I really use coke to do the job?

LISA,

WORKS FOR ME WITH A LITTLE BLEACH IN IT. lET IT SIT ON STAIN FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN USE A HARD BRISSLE BROOM TO SCRUB IT.

WASH AWAY WITH Water.

GREG

Coke cleans everything! We use it to clean battery acid off the battery. I quit drinking coke a long time ago, although I can't give myself credit for doing it because it was bad, I just got hooked on water.

12 of anything in one day is what got us all in trouble in the first place. I was a major Diet Pepsi junkie. It was hard giving it up, but the band helped me kick a 30 year habit. I'm DP Free, and I don't miss it. I do miss having a sip of my husband's real Pepsi from time to time, but I fight the urge. Why start something I may not be able to stop? The band is just a tool, not a fix. You have to be willing to let go of old ways, or it's not gonna work. I'm still eating too much, eating too late, eating poor choices, but it's progress, not perfection.

Delarla,

Amen amen amen

Hm does this fullfill my obligation for church this weekend???

Greg

I was a soda pop junkie too, only I couldn't stand the after taste of diet.

Finally this past summer I decided once and for all that I had to cut the sugar. I still hated the diet after taste but made myself stick to it. I drank way less pop as a result, and I also dropped 15 lbs.

Because I had the pop thing already in line, it has helped me not miss it so much since being banded. Though my head still thinks it sounds good, I'm afraid to mess up the band or cause gastritis, so I have managed to avoid trying some.

I can remember days where I consumed more than a 2 liter of pepsi or coke all by myself... WHAT was I thinking??

Hmmmmmmmmm now I am wondering if I have been doing something wrong here? I have been substituting with Pelligrino low carbonated water drink that was recommended in the after surgery booklet. I have no prob drinking it and I am banded at 2.cc presently. If I continue does this mean I will have erosion? Anyone out there know? Now I am confused for sure I thought I was doing the right thing.

Most of us were told not to drink anything carbonated after being banded. I was under the impression that you get bad gas pains from drinking carbonation, while others were told it could cause erosion. I'm not sure what the deal is anymore - there's a lot of conflicting information, but I just assume stay away from it. I hope one day the Band Gods will speak to us and tell us we can have carbonation... I'd love a Perrier!

Pelligrino low carbonated Water drink that was recommended in the after surgery booklet. .

Which after surgery booklet? Inamed?

Thanks for your reply but I just noticed that it says you had your port removed? May I ask why? You didnt have it that long ???