Hello everyone! I'm five days out and doing pretty good. I really miss my straws for drinking..... And my diet coke..... Is this really forever????

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Hello everyone! I'm five days out and doing pretty good. I really miss my straws for drinking..... And my diet coke..... Is this really forever????
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In three months post op and have been using straws for the last month or so. I've heard soda is always a bye bye. I was hugely addicted but I am fine now and don't plan to go back. For a treat I have an unsweetened green iced tea from Starbucks or a propel zero.

16 hours ago, TripletMom2013 said:

Hello everyone! I'm five days out and doing pretty good. I really miss my straws for drinking..... And my diet coke..... Is this really forever????

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I am allowed 'flat soda' On my plan. But I am not intrested now ( 5 weeks out) You get full so fast, to me the discomfort would not . be worth it for me .

I am not sure about the straw, some people use them some do not

I couldn't imagine flat soda. I'm going to try some tea with stevia. Just need something besides water.

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I love VitaWater, Crystal Light and Mio drops. There's a black cherry flavored Mio drop,that is really good. Also Snapple Diet Iced Tea is really good if you don't mind the caffeine. I thought kicking my Diet Coke habit would be so hard, but it didn't take long for me to not miss it at all. Another thing I like is the water concoction from the Flat Belly Diet book, add sliced cucumber, grated ginger, sliced lemon and crushed fresh mint to water, let it steep and drink it. Lovely!

I love Diet Coke as well but it literally leaches calcium from your bones. Once I found that out, every time I took a sip I envisioned calcium leaving my bones so I use that to help me not want it. Scary thing is I drank it like crazy in my teen years too.