Well, still around 210. I haven't seen 205 since June... grrrr But oddly enough clothing is still getting loose on me. With the 5 lb gain.. I'm still wearing smaller clothing. I'm pretty happy. I do notice I'm way more sensitive to sugar and fats now then I was before. I dump a lot now. No fun! Anyone else notice their portions have gotten bigger all of a sudden? The other day I was able to eat an entire turkey burger with bun and lettuce and cheese. And it seems that some days I can only finish half of it. Does the pouch stretch during the day and tighten at other times? I swear there are some days (esp during TOM) that I can eat and eat and eat, and then there are other days where I can hardly finish a cup of cottage cheese. What's up with that? lol I guess this should be on a different post.. sorry! You all are doing soooo awesome! -Shakeira

Soda made me 295 lbs fat .. I was a soda-aholic and I mean it was bad addiction and when I went off soda I never thought I could do it and the withdrawls were so bad..I use to drink 2 route 44 regular rootbeers a day My doc said soda is the root of all weight gain.. I tried a few times to drink soda and all it does is make me vomit like a volcano .. No thanks.. I do not like soda now it just makes me feel so sick.I am so glad to be free from that poison. I rather drink milk than soda .. Lisa

Thanks so much how are you doing? dee

Happy Sunday A-Team! i am late getting around but glad to see everyone already posted! DOS 289 L/Week 183 Today 179 Down 4lbs! Total loss 110lbs Still have not lost all the 5lb gain last week but I am getting there! More exercise for me this week. Huggs till next week! Rhonda

I don't know about you.. but diet coke makes me crave sugar and food like crazy!!! Fake sugars trick your body into producing insulin it doesn't need and when that happens, your appetite increases. Before surgery I gained around 50 lbs by just drinking Diet Dr. Pepper. I would drink it like water and my appetite opened up and I couldn't seem to get full. Now the occasional diet soda I have, I notice it as a trigger and I try to be very careful. I also read on many different websites that drinking carbonated products will not stretch your pouch, but can be very uncomfortable. The biggest danger of the carbonation is that it sucks the Calcium from you bones.. and that's a battle we are already fighting after RNY. It might not stretch your pouch, but it is very bad for our bodies.. with or without RNY. Here is some stuff I got off of OH about drinking soda.. 1. All non-clear soft drinks contain phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid bonds to minerals you ingest - for example zinc, magnesium and most importantly calcium. Since these minerals are bonded to the phosphoric acid, your body cannot absorb them. Instead, they are simply expelled. (You "pee" them out.) So much for those vitamins you're taking, huh? (Studies show that this is why 20 and 30 year olds are developing osteoporosis nowadays.) 2. Also, carbonated beverages have been shown to increase appetite. (Post-ops drinking carbonated beverages are more than twice as likely to gain their weight back. I don't know where my surgeon/NUT get that statistic, but I believe it.) 3. Carbonated beverages are stomach irritants, even if it is not to the point that you can "tell". The body fights stomach irritants by using one of the best natural antacids it has - calcium. Where does it get it? Your blood. Your blood then realizes that its calcium level is too low, so it pulls calcium from the biggest source around - your bones. Ergo, your bones get weaker and more brittle. 4. Carbonated beverages have been linked to certain types of cancers. (There is a strong correlation between ingesting carbonated beverages and esophageal cancer.) 5. It can be hard at times for post-ops to get in all the fluids recommended without adding "useless, good-for-nothing filler" in there as well.