drinking while eating

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

Pretty much once you get used to it, it won't be a big deal anymore. Band life consists of learning a whole new way of learning to eat and this is a major rule.

Two reasons:

If you are on the looser side of restriction, drinking while eating or soon after will cause the food to wash straight out of your band.

If you are on the tighter side you will get the jolt of your life trying to pack Water into your esophagus with food in your pouch.

Both being bad things.

I personally wait until 30 minutes before my next meal if I'm not hungry and I'll drink up to 16oz of Water. I drink during my workouts (2x per day) and I also drink at 32 oz during the day. It becomes routine and second nature, no big deal.

I want my food in my pouch for as long as humanly possible, the longer the better so I don't feel hungry.

[ajay43 1]

my doctor says up to 30 minutes before a meal and 30 minutes after. It is hard but I find if I really get thirsty sucking on a piece of ice really helps...