I am a year out and have lot 120 lbs.  I have about 100 left to go.  I have recently (about a month or 2 ago)  started drinking a mixed drink containing vodka and diet dr. pepper a few nights a week.  I feel like I can eat more than I used to be able to.  It is like it takes more to fill me up.  And I I get hungry quicker.  I know that I am not really supposed to be drinking carbonated drinks.  Can drinking carbonated drinks REALLY cause my sleeve to stretch???  Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated!!

Yes it can because of the air and gases in the soda! The vodka isn't good for you either. If you really want to lose your last 100 and keep off the 120 then you will reconsider your recent choicees and decided if it is worth all that you had to go threw to get where you are!

Good luck in making the right choices!

Alcohol STIMULATES the appetite.  Soft drinks also stmulate the appetite.  So, you are doing exactly what you should NOT be doing, if you are seriously trying to lose weight.

Yes, you CAN eat more than you could in the beginning.  BUT, why are you doing that?  You know what to do, stop making excuses for not doing it.

Get yourself back on program (including moderate exercise) and STAY ON PROGRAM TILL YOU HAVE THAT WEIGHT OFF.

If a laxy old man like me could reach goal, I know darn good and well that YOU can do it. 

Come on, you KNOW what you should be doing, so just buckle down and do it!

Its not abnormal to be able to feel like you can eat more at about 1 yr out  some people it happens sooner than others... as for getting hungry more often that is because your stomach empties alot faster.. try eating dense protein and see how your restriction is then..

I think youl find that now your going to have to eat more dense proteins to stay full longer.. as for carbonated drinks stretching your stomach... I dont think so, people still burb and let the gas out..
for me i dont drink them because soda tends to pull the calcium from our bones but not because i think its will stretch my stomach..

If your still trying to lose weight my suggestion is keep a food log and take out things that you have added in since you were losing really well... take your calories back down to what you were eating when your weight loss was doing well.

alcohol is prob best left til you get to goal accept on special occassions..


good luck

listen to mini_me_now, she knows what she is saying.  I agree with every word she wrote.  At a year out, you are eating more because that is what happens to most of us.  The sleeve has healed and you have reached your normal capacity.  The alcohol will slow your weight down for many reasons: empty calories, less control over what you eat, relaxes the stomach so you can eat more, and many others.  It is probably best to view it as an occasional treat not something you do daily or even weekly.  If you want to lose more weight, and it sounds like you do, lower your calories and write everything down.  Reduce your carbs, eat more protein and don't snack (graze).  Also, drinking our calories is one of the no-no rules of the sleeve.  I don't mean that you can never have a drink, I mean that you should seriously limit the amount of calories you get from drinking anything since there is no limit to how much we can drink.

Your sleeve is created using the inner curvature of your stomach, which is the least stretchy part of your stomach. You really cannot stretch it out much, unlike in the bypass surgery. And what the others said about burping out excess gas is also true.

However, I think that you are making poor choices. Both alcohol & carbonated drinks are stomach irritants. Also, alcohol stimulates your appetite and messes with your metabolism. I would avoid these drinks at least until you reach goal.

yes irritant to the stomach indeed... you don't want ulcers in your future.