I was a very avid soda drinker. And I have been craving it insanely. ? just a long shot but are there any alternative? Is flavored water ok? The carbonated kind ? Or is carbonation just out of the question ? Thank you in advance.

Edited December 27, 20187 yr by Ivydarling

Ivy, my brother drinks coke icee's but you can't go crazy they have sugar...

I suggest you try freezing a diet coke and eat it with s spoon.

39 minutes ago, Angel'sFaith said:

Ivy, my brother drinks coke icee's but you can't go crazy they have sugar...

I suggest you try freezing a diet coke and eat it with s spoon.

Thank you for the info. I just wanted to know if it was harmful to my pouch. ?

30 minutes ago, Ivydarling said:

Thank you for the info. I just wanted to know if it was harmful to my pouch. ?

Did your surgeon or dietician give you any guidelines re soda? Some do, some don't.

The thought is that the carbonation can make the much reduced stomach feel gassy and bloated, some also say that the gas released can stretch the stomach.

44 minutes ago, 2shea said:

Did your surgeon or dietician give you any guidelines re soda? Some do, some don't.

The thought is that the carbonation can make the much reduced stomach feel gassy and bloated, some also say that the gas released can stretch the stomach.

Yo be honest i had surgery in Mexico didn’t get many instructions. I’ve kinda just been learning on my own and using this site to gain some info. Highly considering a nutritionist now.

I would stay away from soda. I drank Diet Coke for over twenty years and had to quit for my surgery.

I have had a few carbonated waters since then, but it was many months post op and I do find them irritating.

I have no intention of going back to soda.

My surgeon says that the ‘soda Can stretch your pouch’ is a myth - why would it stretch your pouch when there is an easy exit (burping)!! And heavy overeating is the stretch culprit!

Anyway, I was a huge soda (and then, when I got fat, diet soda) drinker. Not I drink carbonated water from a sodastream, and add lemon slices or watermelon bits or occasionally 10% low sugar cranberry juice as a flavour. No stomach stretching at all, one year out!

Well I am not going to risk it, almost every time I burp, I vomit, not worth the sorrow.

My surgeon said no carbonation. Some surgeons allow it. My surgeon was not particularly strict (no liver shrink diet, yogurt and cottage cheese allowed after 5 days) but he's old school about carbonation. I was addicted to regular sugared soda and I am terrified that even a sip of diet or seltzer will start crazy cravings. That is the only food or beverage that I really feel I can absolutely never have again, ever.