So my surgeon recommends 3 small meals a day (4-6 oz) and 2-3 snacks per day. He also says that I should not drink an hour before or 15-30 minutes after my meal. Doing the math, if it takes me 30 minutes to eat, I can't drink for 2 hours. If I eat something 6 times a day that makes 12 hours where I cannot have a drink. How am I supposed to get my 64 fluid ounces in the leftover 12 hours assuming I'll be sleeping at least 7 to 8 of those hours? For those of you who have been very successful with this process, when do you drink?

Yeah, I never understood the before part. What does it matter if it's before? Water goes right though the band instantly. When I go out to a restaurant I get a water to sip on before my meal comes, and when my meal comes, that is it. I don't drink any more of it.

I'm not understanding why they say no liquids before meals.

Yeah, I never understood the before part. What does it matter if it's before? Water goes right though the band instantly. When I go out to a restaurant I get a water to sip on before my meal comes, and when my meal comes, that is it. I don't drink any more of it.

I'm not understanding why they say no liquids before meals.

Ok - I get the before thing because I am so tight at this point that nothing ever goes RIGHT through. It takes a couple of minutes for anything, even water, to clear from my pouch. This is why I give it 5 minutes....

Yes, but can you drink as fast as you used to?

Most days, I could. On a few rare occasions it would rebound and come right back up and out my nose.

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My Dr. and Nutritionist told me that I should stop drinking 10 minutes before I eat anything, and then wait 10 minutes after I eat. And this has worked good for me, no problems. But sometimes I am just too full from eating, that I can't drink anything, even if I wanted to.

I was told no drinking 15 minutes before a meal or 45 minutes after. Today was the first time I had to do this, it's harder than I thought!

The thing about this is that they tell us because EVENTUALLY you can't do it. Like they tell you to eat slowly from the beginning, but eventually you can't eat quickly. They tell us to not drink after you eat and eventually, you physically CANNOT. These rules are only rules in the beginning because they want you to practice. Eventually, they become self-evident and heavily dependent on your own body.