Hi ya'll,

I'm new to all of this. Once you have the band in, can you drink soda? I love my diet coke!!

Thanks,

Kathy

I to was a big pepsi drinker. I have read where diet drinks also make you hungrey. Now I drink lots of water and water with crystal Light, I also have switched to decaf coffee. I don't miss my pepsi at all. :biggrin1:

You can do it.:clap2:

The NP at my clinic also noted the study about slippage but even before that it was banned for me by them. No nutritional value and the carbonation messes up the band.

I spent almost $20K on this thing, I'm not going to screw it up because I want a diet coke.

Now mind you, I was drinking about 8 a day pre-op. It was hard to let go. I still miss it sometimes but I'm really enjoying the Crystal Light and Iced Tea so it's not as bad as I thought.

My doctor says that the carbonation will stretch the pouch. Also, the nutritionist at her office says that studies have shown than aspartame when in beverages causes the body to secreet insulin the same that is does when drinking sugary drinks. For people who tend to have a weight problem, this insulin is stored as fat. I find this interesting and although I haven't done it yet, I intend to see what I can find on-line about this study. In the past I've gone in cycles - one year where all I wanted was iced tea, the next where all I wanted was diet pepsi. This year, it so happens I was more in the iced tea mode, but since my band, there have been a couple of times I would have really liked a DP. Oh well....small price to pay and water is so much healthier.