QUESTION

Can I ever have diet coke again..once in awhile I really crave one, but it passes.....vesta

Ho Vesta, Dr H says yes, but open it and let it set in refrig. overnight to lose carbonation.I will probally just pour it over ice and let it set to lose the fizz and go very slow at first. I am a diet coke aholic too julia

Oh wow...tks Julia....vesta

Vesta, I was a Diet Mountain Dew person, I drank nothing but that, no water, juice nothing. My doctor told me I couldnt have carbonated drinks again, so I had to do the cold turkey treatment. I am 9 months out and I havent even tried to drink one. I dont miss it either. But each person is different, and so you will have to do what works for you. Kathleen

tks Kathleen..the cravings just come and then they go, maybe I will get where I dont miss them....vesta

Hi Vesta, I was and am a diet coke fanantic! Always have been. I did try to drink one a few months back and it didn't bother me, so......................... I do drink them but not near like I did. I get one when I really want one. Brenda

tks Brenda, I am so glad you are losing so good....vesta

I was under the impression that we were never to have carbonated drinks again Just like we really arent suppose to eat bread, rice or pasta either. I dont know seems like the ones that do all the stuff you arent suppose to do are losing more than me and i am trying to live by the rules. so what do i know lol Jan

I know how you feel, Jan. I, too, am obsessive about not breaking any rules, remember I called you about Rolaids!!!!! I ate broccoli last night and it came right back up. Don't think it was cooked mushy enough because I'd had it before with no problems. That was a first for me. Hadn't ever done anything except follow the rules exactly so I had never thrown up. I am just a little afraid to do anything risky. There is really nothing I want badly enough to fudge on the rules. But everyone is different and I have trouble not gulping water, for goodness sakes!!! Hugs and love to you, Lana

Don't even start that bad habit again! It will stretch out your pouch, and allow more food to fill it, and do you really want to go through surgery to do that? I gave up Pepsi cold turkery, and don't even crave it now. I take a sip every once in a while of someone else's, but even the taste is off. Try propel water instead.