i am wondering why it has been told that drinking your calories is bad. why is that? if you can have 2 drinks and a senisable dinner i do not understand why people say it isn't good?

1. liquid calories add up fast - very fast. Once you are banded, your ideal calorie intake is usually no more than 1200 calories. One average soft drink has about 250 calories, so if you have two of them, you've met nearly half your daily allowance with no added nutritional value.

2. liquids pass right through the band, so it doesn't get to do its job, which is to tell our brains that we are full while taking in far less food.

Drinking your calories tends to not trigger your "full" response, certainly not as well as a real meal does.

It won't fill you up at all...and has no nutriton what do you mean? alcohol? soda?

2 margaritas or pina coladas is like 1500 calories... thats more than you are aloud all day.

WHEN I DRINK PROTEIN SHAKE THIS FILLS ME UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS....

WHEN I DRINK Protein shake THIS FILLS ME UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS....

Yes, but I don't think she's talking about that.

sorry i should have clearified i mean drinking your calories like protien drinks instead of eating food.

I didn't think it wasn't allowed maybe just not recommended. Sometimes a person isn't hungry and a Protein shake sounds fine.

Because the goal of the band is to keep you full for 4+ hours, and liquid goes right thru.