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on 8/26/19 8:21 am
This is so good. Concise and specific and science based.
I had my sleeve converted to RNY about a month ago due to GERD. I had never dealt with any acid trouble before surgery.
Weight regain shouldn't be a consideration when making your decision. Regain generally happens when folks make poor food choices and get lax on following the post-op rules, and you can do that with either surgery.
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
Find something to replace it with. Crystal Light, sugar-free Gatorade, or something else flat and calorie-free. Just keep that on hand and it makes the transition much easier!
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I had six 20 ounce bottles a day. Sometimes more. I remember mornings when I had two 20 ounce bottles for breakfast. I do not drink coffee or tea.
I gave up the diet coke about six months before surgery. I did not want caffeine withdrawal right after surgery. I stayed off it for three years, then had a bottle one day.
I was back up to six bottles a day after about a week. It is an addiction.
I did that for years, then quit cold turkey. Now I can have a bottle a few times a week and usually dont fini**** I throw it away when it goes flat. Carbonation does not bother me at all. The funny thing is that now I only want Coke Zero and it is probably the exact same thing as Diet Coke, but the Coke Zero looks darker and richer tasting to me.
One lesson that I will stress is that there is absolutely nothing that you can never eat or drink again. It is just a matter of making choices and doing what works best for you. I prefer the way I feel when I do not use caffeine and have natural energy. I am more likely to drink the Coke Zero when I did not get enough rest and trying to overdo things.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
on 8/25/19 6:51 pm
I hope to see more of you as well! We get by with a lil help from our friends, right? Good luck to you too!
on 8/25/19 6:41 pm - Zachary, LA
Wow, you've been through it... I wish you the best with everything and hopefully you're cleared for surgery soon and it's a success. I'm waiting in line for the same thing, I hope to see more of you on the site and forum... Good Luck!!!??
I just took a pause and went back to drinking it. I had carbonation the first time around 8 weeks. At 2.5 years out I drink Diet Coke nearly daily (although only (1) 12oz can or 16oz bottle per day most days). I prefer fountain drinks since the carbonation is easier. Second to that a can works best and I normally have to sip bottled drinks.
VSG: 1/17/17
5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145
Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish
LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18
on 8/25/19 12:23 pm
It's funny you said that once it's flat you poli**** off. I have already considered that. Lol my addiction is strong. It's just my first sip of anything in the mornings, as I'm not a coffee drinker. My surgeon has carbonation on the banned list, I'd never considered to other reasoning.
Thank you for the advice!
I feel ya. I was addicted as well...I probably averaged about 4 cans of coke zero a day. On really bad days I probably drank a whole 12 pack...diet soda was my beer. But I stopped drinking it because I had to for the surgery and it's been over 6 months post op now where I've had like 2 sips once didn't like how it made my sleeve feel. So I stopped... ironically my brother who had the same surgery started drinking it again 2 weeks after surgery. For me diet soda and junk food/fast food go hand in hand. I haven't had any fast food like I used to either...I find that it makes staying away from the diet soda that much easier.
HW-430
SW-372
Day of Surgery-347
CW-246
I used to be a real Diet Cokaholic - but oddly, I can't drink it at all anymore. I guess it's because I had almost four years away from it. Carbonation still bothers my stomach a bit (I didn't attempt to have any until I was about 3 years out - and still rarely drink anything carbonated since it bothers my stomach), but in addition, Diet Coke just tastes like chemicals to me now. Ewwww.
