talk to me about diet coke

I drink soda almost every day. It's NEVER diet, it's gingerale, strawberry or orange soda. I've done it for 2 of my 3 years post-op. ZERO change in my sleeve capacity, it's not like soda sits in there brewing for hours on end, it's a liquid, it goes in, it empties, I don't even burp anymore when I drink it. I wouldn't touch the stuff until I was below goal, and knew that I could handle the fizz.

I just think diet tastes horrific. I'm not advocating anyone do it, but it's what I do and have had zero negative effects due to my soda drinking.

NOTE: all of the crystal light versions do not contain artifical sweeteners.... The Crystal Light "Pure" contains Stevia