Re: What did everyone eat today?-!

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7:00. I've had about half

> of my liquids, been very good with my vitamins and NO

> DIET COKE for 4 days!!!

GOOD! Diet Coke sucks! Drink Diet Pepsi! LMAO!! OK I REFUSE to give

up my diet pepsi. Im sick of water and tea. I drink very little a

day ..in fact I drink about half a can of soda every few days. But

Im with you..give up the diet coke

Kat

[Guest guest]

You all can have soda??? My surgeon said no soda for LIFE!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

They are not supposed to have soda - they're just very bad girls! JK!

Seriously there's a big difference between sipping at a half a can of

warn flat diet soda and snorking back 3 or 4 cans a day of non-diet

soda. Some people love their soda - I for one could always take it or

leave it. So I don't really miss it. The only problem I have is when

eating out. I don't like iced tea (In fact I HATE it!) and diet soda is

the only other non-alcoholic beverage available. So I end up with water,

which I don't care for very much either.

Avoid soda if you can, the gas will blow up your pouch and make you feel

very uncomfortable.

Carol

Re: Re: What did everyone eat

today?-!

You all can have soda??? My surgeon said no soda for LIFE!!!

[Guest guest]

My surgeon was asked this very question in an open support group

meeting. He admitted that he would like all of us to avoid drinking

carbonated caffinated beverages but that it was unlikely we would

comply with that request. So he is somewhat non pushy when it comes

to carbonation. He is very strict with saying we are not to drink

alcohol, and carb loaded drinks which I dont. He also said that it

is a wive's tale that carbonated beverages cause the pouch/stomach

to enlarge. He simply states that the fake sugars in them can

stimulate appetites and that if we are drinking them we aren't

drinking water or eating because they tend to fill a person up.

I need an appetite stimulant anyway. He wants me to slow down my

weight loss. How can I do that if I can't have sugar because I dump

horribly? The truth is..there has to be a happy medium. I can not

emotionally survive on a water and tea life long diet. I can't stand

water by itself as it is, I don't like crystal light or protein

drinks...for teh last 6 months ALL I have had is tea and water. I

will say tho, that when I drink the carbonated drinks, I get gas and

it serves me right! LOL I get very bloated from the carbonation. I

also do not count the diet pepsi in my fluid totals so I have to

drink more in a day because of it.

But yes..Im a very bad girl *wink wink* one of the reasons my

boyfriend loves me! HA!

Kat

> You all can have soda??? My surgeon said no soda for LIFE!!!

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[Guest guest]

Ooops - I just realized that " blow up " was a back choice of words by me.

Please don't forget that I am a foreigner and American English is my

second language! I didn't mean that soda will destroy or enlarge the

pouch, just that it will fill it with gas!

Kat, did the doc. make any suggestions about how to slow down your

weight loss?

Carol

Re: What did everyone eat

today?-!

My surgeon was asked this very question in an open support group

meeting. He admitted that he would like all of us to avoid drinking

carbonated caffinated beverages but that it was unlikely we would

comply with that request. So he is somewhat non pushy when it comes

to carbonation. He is very strict with saying we are not to drink

alcohol, and carb loaded drinks which I dont. He also said that it

is a wive's tale that carbonated beverages cause the pouch/stomach

to enlarge. He simply states that the fake sugars in them can

stimulate appetites and that if we are drinking them we aren't

drinking water or eating because they tend to fill a person up.

I need an appetite stimulant anyway. He wants me to slow down my

weight loss. How can I do that if I can't have sugar because I dump

horribly? The truth is..there has to be a happy medium. I can not

emotionally survive on a water and tea life long diet. I can't stand

water by itself as it is, I don't like crystal light or protein

drinks...for teh last 6 months ALL I have had is tea and water. I

will say tho, that when I drink the carbonated drinks, I get gas and

it serves me right! LOL I get very bloated from the carbonation. I

also do not count the diet pepsi in my fluid totals so I have to

drink more in a day because of it.

But yes..Im a very bad girl *wink wink* one of the reasons my

boyfriend loves me! HA!

Kat

> You all can have soda??? My surgeon said no soda for LIFE!!!

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[Guest guest]

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> Kat, did the doc. make any suggestions about how to slow down your

> weight loss?

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> Carol

Yes he told me to stop exercising (something I had already stopped

doing because Im working) and to eat more carbs LOL I also gave me

hell for being a label reader. I told him I would ALWAYS be label

reader and until he DUMPED once in his lifetime good, he would not

understand what it is like. I label read to avoid sugar. He said Im

not getting in enough calories in a day...but frankly I feel like Im

eating all day long! So Im supposed to decrease my caloric need, and

increase my calories. Ive managed to maintain 168 now for about a

week. Honestly its very creepy to try and " slow it down " ..what

happens if I get very good at it and it just stops? LOL I have very

good eating habits now days. Its very hard to change my successful

weight loss way of thinking.

Kat

[Guest guest]

Wow - I find it really strange that a doctor would tell you to stop

exercising - what about your heart and all the other things that are

supposed to benefit from exercise?

Carol

Re: What did everyone eat

today?-!

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> Kat, did the doc. make any suggestions about how to slow down your

> weight loss?

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> Carol

Yes he told me to stop exercising (something I had already stopped

doing because Im working) and to eat more carbs LOL I also gave me

hell for being a label reader. I told him I would ALWAYS be label

reader and until he DUMPED once in his lifetime good, he would not

understand what it is like. I label read to avoid sugar. He said Im

not getting in enough calories in a day...but frankly I feel like Im

eating all day long! So Im supposed to decrease my caloric need, and

increase my calories. Ive managed to maintain 168 now for about a

week. Honestly its very creepy to try and " slow it down " ..what

happens if I get very good at it and it just stops? LOL I have very

good eating habits now days. Its very hard to change my successful

weight loss way of thinking.

Kat

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Hi again Robyn,

I may have to do that with the emails. I'm swamped

every morning. Just this morning, Sunday, I've been

at this computer for like 3 hours. I think my husband

is going to pull it out of the wall in a moment. LOL

I do enjoy reading everyone's messages though even if

I don't respond to them all.

Hugs,

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