Snacking way too much.

  I am currently 18 months post-op and have been doing what I consider pretty well over all but I have noticed probley for the past month that I have been snacking alot more than ever. Also about that time I was having blood sugar issues (where it was dropping) ...I usually keep OJ in the house for that reason but I was out that day and drank some of my boyfirends Coke...Now I had not had a coke for 17 months !!!!! and I was really gassy after it but didnt dump.....biggie no-no.....so now I have been drinking coke-zero daily and I know it doesnt have real sugar in it but I think it is what is trigging my snacking!!!

HELP IM OUT OF CONTROL 

Okay girl lets do this together, I'll quit my diet coke and you quit the coke zero, it really does us no good and even though I have not had wls, the diet coke probably makes me snack more than I should. Milk ... juice... We gotta find something else :P I've been meaning to do this for a while.. actually mom's helped me out a little by refusing to fund buying of soda but i still get it at restaurants and at school and sometimes I even get a bottle or so for the house... :P Let me know if you wanna stop with me :)

 Count me in !!! im sitting here drinking a bottle of water now.....
I just keep reminding myself ...one day at a time.

If fear motivates you think of the calcium the carbonate is robbing your system of. That and the dark syrup does the same thing.

So unless you want to take 5000g of calcium a day, I would cut back on the pop.

 This is probably going to sound all scientificty, but bear with me.  

The snacking could very well be from the artificial sugars in the coke zero.  After a long time of becoming use to them, our bodies almost treat them as regular sugars and cause our blood sugar to act the same as if we did have a regular coke (peaks-crashes-snacking).  We get so use to the super sweet taste of them (Splenda is 600X sweeter than regular sugar) that our bodies need that super sweetness for things to taste good to us.  Plus, if you are like me, sugar needs salt to balance out...therefore I tend to snack on salty foods after I eat too much splenda/artificial sweeters.  

I still do eat things with Splenda in them because after this surgery we almost have to but I really am more mindful of how many things I'm eating that contain them.  I've noticed, at least in me, that it really does make a difference.  

~Emily~

its the fake sugar. First stop drinking at home. that is what I did 2 yrs before surgery. then when you have your surgery its not going to be as hard since your used to not drinking at home. Also when I quit drinking at home I switched to crystal light. its sweet and some have caffeen in them so your not going without. its ok to wean off that stuff its soo addicting. Im a recoving soda addict 2 yrs now. (I had a 5-8 can a day habit) you can do it!

yup is so hard being in the real world making good choises. 2 month ago I tryed a coke after a year without having one. and it felt so good. lol. but i only have a sip or so. is ok. to have one ones in a while just don´t have it every day `cuz is getting back to old abits so. so erase that of your sistem and start over! you are doing such a great job keep it on!!.
ps. thats no snaking!!! lol. it could be so much worse lol.