Question:
Is drinking cokes bad for you
Im 5 months out and I started to drink cokes again only one a day. Is this bad for my pouch? — izzywcw (posted on June 21, 2007)
June 21, 2007
yes it is.
— jjeanniespets1
June 21, 2007
which surgery did you have.If the lap band I know it is very bad for you.
— Sandy Hanson
June 21, 2007
I had the gasteric bypass five months ago.
— izzywcw
June 21, 2007
This is very bad for your pouch. Open a bottle of pop and put a balloon
over the opening. The carbonation will blow up the balloon. That is what it
will do to your pouch. Not only that but if you are going to do pop (which
our surgeon tells us we should not drink at all) why Coke which is so hard
on a regular stomach? You need to try and find a non-sugar, non-carbonated
drink to take it's place. Remember, you had the surgery for a reason. You
are only 5 months out, don't sabatoge yourself so soon. Good Luck!
— Lost4Ever
June 21, 2007
yes it is the acid is not good, you can clean battery cables with it, and
do this, get a small balloon , open the 20 ounce or what ever it is, put
the ballon over the end of it , leave it for a few hours and come back this
is what it looks like the ballon expands
— DonnaB.
June 21, 2007
Not only is it not good for the pouch, it is just not good for you. You've
had surgery to change your life, to lose weight and be healthy and soda pop
is just not a part of that anymore. If you put your body through that much,
and then go back to old habits, you will not lose all the weight you can
and will eventually gain it back. I know it is hard to do...but I was
finally able to kick the soda (mine was Pepsi) habit almost a year ago -
and that is pre-op (still am pre-op). I am now only drinking water,
un-carbonated flavored water and LOTS and LOTS of Crystal Light. Good luck,
I will pray for you!
— itzmetami
June 21, 2007
Yes, It's bad for you. I was instructed to NOT drink any carbonated
beverage, at all. I am happy to say that I have lost all the weight I was
suposed to and then some. Get back on track, you can do it! :)
— Normie
June 21, 2007
Well, I see everyone has given you a different answer than I'm about to
give. I asked my surgeon today if I was able to drink Diet Caffeine free
pepsi was okay again. He told me that was fine if my pouch could tolerate
it. He said most of his patients it takes a few months though (if they ever
can.) However, you'll NEVER be able to drink anything not diet or else
you'll probably slow your weight loss or gain back some. I'm a month out
post op... So, my suggestion would be to contact your surgeon. Everyone is
different and they will know what's best for your situation! Good luck
though!
— Zandra C.
June 21, 2007
I agree it is not good for your pouch but also the calories are not good
for you. When I went through my preop classes they had us take 2 balloons-
and a can of soda- pour an ounce out and let it go flat. Then pour 1 ounce
into one of the balloons and tie it off- shake it up and watch what
happens. Do the same thing with the flat sode- this is what will happen to
your pouch. It is best to steer clear of sodas unless you want to gain the
weight back. Donna 14 mos out 286/135
— dabby
June 21, 2007
regular soda is very bad for you. period. I'm over two years post op and
I get horrible gas from carbinated drinks, and I only drink diet mountian
dew that I open and set in the fridge a while. still get the bubbles. If
you're looking for caffine go with tea or coffee with sugar free creamer.
some artifical sweeteners can also make you gasy and miserable, so be
careful.
— HeidiMc
June 21, 2007
I definitely find everyone's answer so interesting............... They all
are so ANTI-soda, but most probably eat/drink sugar substitute - which I
believe is not very good for you either. But as for your soda question -
Both published books I have on lap-band say you CAN add soda back in
gradually and they recommend diet soda for the lower calories. And all the
RNY people I know have all added soda back in and have kept their weight
off. Find what works best for you. Wishing you luck.
— jhart
June 21, 2007
IM 5 MONTHS OUT ASWELL AND HAVENT HAS A SIP OF ANYTHING CARBONATED. IT WILL
STRECH YOUR POUCH OUT MORE AND MORE AND B4 YOU KNOW IT YOUR EATING MORE
AND MORE AND GAINING WEIGHT. YOU ONLU GET ONE CHANCE TO USE THIS TOOL SO
USE IT RIGHT AND STAY TRUE.
— JOHNNNYRAY
June 21, 2007
Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I am two years out as of the 28 of
June and I have drank diet coke at times ...it's not the same as before
surgery and I don't gulp it down like before. It hasn't made me eat more or
stretched my pouch. I did wait until I was 1 year out before I try it. I
can eat or dink anything my pouch is not senstive like others I know. I
think it is a matter that is up to the individual.
— jpcal
June 21, 2007
Cokes are obviously not the best choice of beverage for you. I myself have
learned to love water. However, I must point out that your stomach, unlike
a balloon stretched over a Coke bottle, has an outlet as well as an inlet.
Just sayin'.
— Jeanie
June 22, 2007
Isolde, run, don't walk from soda products at this phase of your recovery.
Soda, even diet soda does not help you lose weight. I am 3 1/2 years out
from my surgery and drink a soda occasionally now, and started about about
2.5 years out. I really recommend that you don't test these waters before
2 years out. The chemicals encourage weight gain, the caffine encourages
eating more, it is really counter productive to the pouch at your phase.
Don't shoot yourself in the foot. You have come too far to give it all
away over a food item. Run from it and don't touch it again until you have
lost ALL your weight and are at least 2.5 years out. It is just soda, it
is not worth your health and success in losing weight. Take care Patricia
P.
— Patricia P
June 22, 2007
Mythbusters busted the myth about the balloon ananlogy. However, my doctor
and my nutritionist both said not to drink carbonaterd beverages, so I
don't. My niece, who had the surgery before I did, does drink soda, and
she is fine.
— Novashannon
June 22, 2007
YES...YES...YES... The carbonated sodas will expand your pouch.
— AngelaC.
June 22, 2007
First of all, yes at this stage it is very very very bad for you to drink
any kind of carbonated beverage! Per my nutritionist. I am one of the
lucky ones in that I was never addicted to sodas' (only averaged about 1
every 2 weeks and it was never diet) and my older sister had the open RNY
about 4 yrs ago and I seem to be following in her footsteps as predicted by
myself and surgeon. For example, she had no complications from surgery and
neither did I. She lost her weight fast and so am I. I know she now
drinks diet sodas occasionally and I know she didn't do so until a year
after her surgery, so I'm going to do what she did with one exception. I
am going to get away from all this nutra sweet/splenda crap that I have to
eat for this first year as I have researched many articles that have proven
that these DO cause cancer, make you hyper, and makes you crave it more and
more which increases your appetite. Think about it, why do so many RNY
patients GAIN their weight back after 5 yrs etc, even though they are
eating foods with nutra sweet/splenda? With cancer being so close as my
mother's sister had it 2 times and died from the 2nd time in 2004, and my
mother had breast cancer, I'm going to run far far away fromthe nutra
sweet/splenda crap. I am praying that I'm not doing damage to my system
for this year. I will be able to eat NORMAL food in moderation as I
continually re-program my brain/mind to see that a "normal"
portion size is the size of your fist and most other post op patients I
know do have chips and sweets etc, but just one or two chips and just one
serving size or smaller piece of candy takes care of that craving. So take
care and don't test the waters at this point. Not a good thing to slow
down your weight loss! You only really have a year to drop the weight...do
whatever it takes to drop it and then do whatever it takes to keep it off!
God Bless and good luck!
— crystalsno
June 22, 2007
It is terrible for your entire body!!! Don't drink cola's they are
corrosives and add a lot of cals to your diet too! Try diet sprite or
something else like diet pommegranite soda
— LouAB
June 22, 2007
Carbonation will not cause your pouch to blow up like a ballon... We have
both an entrance and an exit to our stomach/pouches and the gas produced by
the carbonation will exit through burping or enter the intestines where it
will eventually be passed as gas.
The problem with Coke is that it is highly acidic and also full of sugar.
I have been told that the artifical sweetner used in Diet Coke can cause
cravings for sugar/sweets.
If you continue drinking it, you might want to drink coke from a fountain
(the kind they have at fastfood/gas stations) or a 2 liter and/or pour it
back and forth from 2 glasses a couple times to reduce the carbonation.
The other important thing is to make sure you are taking these extra
calories into account---growing up, my mom would say, you can either drink
soda with dinner *or* have dessert afterwards. Reduce your food intake or
exercise more on the days you are drinking coke to make sure you don't
start to gain.
Good luck.
— mrsidknee
June 23, 2007
After the honeymoon period (about 6 mo.) and the stitching on my pouch
(from RNY) was fully healed, I began trying things like soda and wine. (A
doctor recommended that I have a small glass of wine every day.) I don't
like the colas so I drink mostly Diet 7-UP. When I down a swig (not a huge
gulp!), I usually "relieve myself" within seconds with a healthy
burp (which can be done quite silently if you try). I do NOT recommend
colas because of the caffein (sp?) and I would not go near any of the
sugary, non-diet sodas if I were you.
— [Deactivated Member]
July 12, 2007
Six months after RNY, my surgeon and dietician approved caffeine-free, diet
sodas. I was fully healed and they had no concerns their consumption. I
enjoy the variety and have had no problems (except foamies from root beer
for the first few sips).
— Tigs
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