diet soda

I've been out for several years and still can't drink it. Well..thats not entirely true..I can drink it but you don't wanna be ANYWHERE around me when I do!! It is an awful feeling and causes large amounts of gas. I wasn't a huge soda drinker before surgery so it hasn't bothered me much. I wish sweets and bread would affect me the same way;(

I never had a restriction on diet soda. I tried it once since surgery--didn't have any problems with it except it just wasn't as good as I remembered. Honestly, I don't care if I ever have it again; water just tastes better.

 

I have no carbonated beverage restriction. I always drank diet soda pre op so my NUT wasn't concerned from that standpoint and I always meet fluid goals. I have maybe one diet coke every other day, not a problem for me at 9 wks out. I never drank it that often though pre op so if it might stir up bad habits for you definitely reconsider...

I was a huge Diet Coke drinker before surgery.  I gave it up six months before surgery and did not touch it for three years.  Then my husband got cancer and died and I was depressed and felt like I needed Prozac, alcohol or Coke Zero.

I was careful about it at first, then after a few years, I was back to drinking an eight pack of 20 ounce bottles in a day.  I finally went off it again, tried it a few times, and now it makes me too nervous.  I don't use any other form of caffeine.

If you are an addict, it is easy for the addiction to come back.  I do have Diet 7UP, diet root beer, or diet ginger ale once in a while.  I am not addicted to them.

I sip a bit here and there if I want to. It is just too fizzy for me.  

I do not see a need to build up a tolerance to incorporate it back into my diet. It just is not necessary.

I also don't see anything wrong with diet soda.  I do think drinking regular sodas should be avoided because of the calories.  I have a post op friend at work that drinks a regular coke and a eats M&M's daily....and wonders about the regain.

My Dr. says "never."

I drink Diet Dr. Pepper sometimes.  I feel it is much better to drink something with zero calories rather than other types of drinks that have calories.  Diet soda doesn't make my stomach explode either.  I do not eat more because of diet soda and it hasn't hindered my weight loss.  Most of the time I drink sugar free tea which probably has just as many chemicals.  I started drinking diet soda at about 4 months out.

Sonja

I used to drink a two liter bottle of diet soda every day before surgery, but now the only time I have it is at the movies. The carbonation in the fountain variety is much less than from a bottle, and it doesn't bother me at all.