drinking sodas
I am with you Lee. I know it was a MAJOR contributor to my 100+ extra poundage. I will never say never because that's when you do. But its not my intent to EVER reintroduce it back into my diet. I bought like 4 2 liters one day for some people that came over one day. I was soo tempted to try it. And I did. (one tiny sip. And don't nobody come and slam me for this confession either. I already know I was dead wrong) I immediately packed all of the pop up. Got in my car and drove it over to my cousins house and gave it to them. I don't even want it in the house. I do not want the temptation. 
"Real change comes from within"
I have not had soda or beer in the 10 years since my surgery; actually since the day I attended the informational seminar as a surgery candidate.
My surgeon, Dr. Barzune, conducted a powerful visual about carbonated drinks. At the start of the presentation, he opened a can and poured some of the soda into a ziplock bag, zipped it shut, and set it on a table in front of the crowd. In a few minutes, someone had to interrupt him to move the bag before it burst. It was tight and full of air from the carbonation.
He said to think of your stomach, then post-surgery, your pouch as a baloon, deflated to it's norm when empty. Add carbonation and it stretches to beyond full, albeit temporarily, still beyond it's norm, which is why relief is felt after belching the excess air. Even with unaltered stomachs, people will belch, then go for more food, now that theres room!
He went on to explain that every time we overstuff the pouch with food or carbonation, we get that tiny bit of stretch that stays expanded after the air is gone. Over time, the pouch maintains noticible stretching, and so follows more hunger, more eating, and so on.
It is simply not worth it.
My surgeon, Dr. Barzune, conducted a powerful visual about carbonated drinks. At the start of the presentation, he opened a can and poured some of the soda into a ziplock bag, zipped it shut, and set it on a table in front of the crowd. In a few minutes, someone had to interrupt him to move the bag before it burst. It was tight and full of air from the carbonation.
He said to think of your stomach, then post-surgery, your pouch as a baloon, deflated to it's norm when empty. Add carbonation and it stretches to beyond full, albeit temporarily, still beyond it's norm, which is why relief is felt after belching the excess air. Even with unaltered stomachs, people will belch, then go for more food, now that theres room!
He went on to explain that every time we overstuff the pouch with food or carbonation, we get that tiny bit of stretch that stays expanded after the air is gone. Over time, the pouch maintains noticible stretching, and so follows more hunger, more eating, and so on.
It is simply not worth it.
Open RNY/GB removal/appendectomy4/99; -132lbs; Re-gained 40lbs by '09; Now w/in 20lbs of goal/low wt
I was not a soda drinker before wls, however about 3-4 weeks post op I began to intensely crave sodas. So I bought diet soda (Pepsi zero), shook all of the carbonation out and drank it flat.
It cured my craving. The craving was only there for a couple of weeks, then it just stopped. Also I noticed that the caffeine increased my appetite.
It cured my craving. The craving was only there for a couple of weeks, then it just stopped. Also I noticed that the caffeine increased my appetite.
oh my goodness i wish i could be like yall : ( i'm so glad i read this post.
i have struggled with soda from about 6 weeks out. i have finally started to find other things to drink instead and have decreased my consumption. but i have to say that after all these years the story about the ziploc bag exploding may have FINALLY convinced me to stop.
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