Can you drink pop?

[Carol Gray 6]

Can you drink pop?

[MG1776 275]

Can I? Yes. Do I? No. Too much sugar and pointless for me now (unless it has a shot of whiskey). Stick to Water or flavored water. Stay away from the carbonation.

[Bryn910 519]

Sure. You can drink and eat anything you want.

Shoukd you drink anything and everything you want, no.

consult with your nutritionist and doctor and see what they say

[GreenTealael 24,855]

I think the bigger question is

Soda vs Pop...

Just joking, ask your team. You'll get alot of answers here on either end of the spectrum but your team will have statistics on whether or not there is a correlative aspect to drinking it and regain in their specific practice.

[TakingABreak 2,733]

1 hour ago, Carol Gray said:

Can you drink pop?

here's a couple articles regarding soda after WLS:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/drinking-soda-after-wls-debunking-the-myth

https://www.livestrong.com/article/347882-carbonated-drinks-after-a-gastric-bypass/

The key is that you don't want to drink liquid calories. Also, you want to be cautious on how carbonation affects you. If you decide to drink diet soda, you want to make sure it doesn't cause excess gas that gives you discomfort. This is especially important during the healing process, up to 3 months. Also, that you are avoiding drinking and eating at the same time (which is the same for all liquids). Some programs allow carbonation, some do not.

[Bryn910 519]

Personally, I only drink Water and crystal light. My team advises against soda, coffee and any other drink that has an excess of carbs, sugar and carbonation.

For me, soda is like a gateway drug lol. If I drink that then I will eat the tons of chocolate and carbs. Do I miss it, sure! But I just drink a crystal light and the feeling goes away

[Bhageerah 161]

I know that this will upset quite a few folks on here, but yes you can drink it. Should you drink it? NO! I have to admit that I drink a Kickstart from time to time due to the sheer amount of hours that I work. I pick Kickstart due to the low amount of calories, and before I start drinking it I get rid of most of the carbonation. It is not something that I do often but I will drink it when needed. Outside of that I do not touch anything carbonated, and choose not to drink my calories, I refuse to gain my weight back and get caught going back to my "sweet tea, Pepsi, or Dr Pepper" habit. If it were not a necessity trust me I would not even drink them, but after being up for 20 hours and having to take the last call of the shift, and then go work my part time job for the next 12 hours its needed from time to time. And to be honest with you it really does not taste that appetizing once the carbonation is out of it! I know someone will ask why don't I just drink coffee and the answer is that I hate the taste. And by the time I put about 20-25 packets of sugar and about a third of a cup of Creamer there are far more calories in my version of coffee than in a Kickstart.

[raidersnation 3]

5 hours ago, Carol Gray said:

Can you drink pop?

I was told no that it would expand your stomach.

[Frustr8 7,886]

yeah probably but why would I? it hold absolutely no charm for ME!🍶

[raidersnation 3]

55 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

yeah probably but why would I? it hold absolutely no charm for ME!🍶

because of the carbonation being a gas.