As I read the different posts, it looks like lots of you are trying to stop drinking diet coke. I still have not figured it all out, so I ask...what is so wrong with diet coke?

Here are some threads you can read with soda info. Good Luck!

Diet soda? Help -11 days for my lap and on liquid diet Carbonated beverages

Diet soda has a fair amount of formaldehyde in it. Formaldehyde stores in fat cells and there by protects it from breakdown. So while you won't gain weight drinking diet soda, it's much harder to lose fat. Your body will break down muscle for fuel instead.

With banding there are varying opinions as to the damage carbonation can do to the pouch, perhaps stretching it out, causing slippage or erosion etc. I'm not sure what your doctor thinks or knows, so on this subject you should definitely ask his opinion.

Carbonations has been said to stretch the pouch, it is also very painful to drink..it also causes major gas pains because of the gasses used in it. Some have even said it could cause erosion of your band...to me it is not worth the risk of having it..My Dr. said NO CARBONATION ever again!

Also, artificial sweetner is not good b/c it leads to even more sugar cravings!