I just had 1/4 of a Pepsi on some ice. I swear I have died and gone to heaven. I poured the 4th in the cup and threw the rest away immediately. It satisfied my urge. In the last 22 months, I may have had three sodas in all. Before surgery, I thought giving up Pepsi would take me over the edge and kill me. A small treat to myself that I completely enjoyed.

I saw this article posted online yesterday and found it to be an interesting read:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/drinking-soda-after-wls-debunking-the-myth?utm_campaign=articles&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_source=oh-social

Edited April 13, 201610 yr by losergrl75

Enjoy this simple pleasure on occasion. Congratulations, you worked very hard to lose almost 60lbs!

If you really want to stir up some people, say you drank it through a straw.

Edited April 13, 201610 yr by 4MRB4PHOTO

there are times in my life when all I drank was coca cola. I love love love love love.

I doubt I would ever even open the door like that because I don't want to go down that road. I am sure it would be heaven but not worth it for me.

Edited April 13, 201610 yr by Christinamo7

I was almost afraid to read it because I thought the article was going to say I would be dead by tomorrow. LOL!.

I saw this article posted online yesterday and found it to be an interesting read:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/drinking-soda-after-wls-debunking-the-myth?utm_campaign=articles&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_source=oh-social

I was a Diet Coke freak! Then a few weeks before surgery I decided to give it up. About 5 months after surgery I tried a sip of Diet Coke and hated it! Then I had a craving for something bubbly so I got a Sprite Zero - nope! Even though I know these things are frowned upon, I find that sometimes I need to revisit some of my old favorites to either satisfy a craving or discover that I am no longer interested.

I have had a rare soda, not many in the last 3 years but a few times, I do not however use straws and I try not to drink anything carbonated. I didn't die from the soda but my Dr. was specific about do's and don't's so I don't push that much.

I have had a rare soda, not many in the last 3 years but a few times, I do not however use straws and I try not to drink anything carbonated. I didn't die from the soda but my Dr. was specific about do's and don't's so I don't push that much.

I have no desire to go back to soda, but I did have a beer after my last 5K (hey it was a free craft beer). I sipped it like it might be radioactive, but my stomach didn't explode. But it wasn't as good as I remembered.

I was almost afraid to read it because I thought the article was going to say I would be dead by tomorrow. LOL!.

I saw this article posted online yesterday and found it to be an interesting read:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/drinking-soda-after-wls-debunking-the-myth?utm_campaign=articles&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_source=oh-social

Lol, that's what I thought when I saw it posted yesterday!

Sent from my XT1565 using the BariatricPal App

Well as someone from Belgium, I do hope I will be able to sip a bit from a trappist beer in the future But I never was a big soda fan, except maybe Dr. Pepper, but really occasionally.

I can't believe how foul diet coke tastes to me now, after a 2 liter a day habit for many years. There are times I remember that great feeling off it going down my throat, but the taste just sucks now.

Sent from my SM-T230NU using the BariatricPal App

To me, it is not worth to risk of expanding my stomach. My doc said that is one of the risk of drinking any soda.

I drink Coke Zero (through a straw!) every day and am almost three years out. I gave it up for three months pre-op and more than 6 months post. My NP approved it because it was my only real vice and I never looked back.

No stomach stretching -- that's ridiculous. Air can't stretch your tummy.

@@Lipstick Lady, my doc allows my coke zero as well. Of course it takes days to drink one so I think I am okay with regard to expanding my stomach.

@@Lipstick Lady, my doc allows my coke zero as well. Of course it takes days to drink one so I think I am okay with regard to expanding my stomach.

If liquid and air expands your stomach, your doctor did a pretty sucky job at your surgery -- possible even inserted a raggedy old balloon in it's place. I think you're safe.

I can't believe how foul diet coke tastes to me now, after a 2 liter a day habit for many years. There are times I remember that great feeling off it going down my throat, but the taste just sucks now.

Sent from my SM-T230NU using the BariatricPal App

I'm still preop but I had a diet coke last night (it was really the least evil of the choices available) and realized that after having sworn off of it for surgery it really doesn't taste all that good.