So I'm having my lap band done pretty soon. I'm pretty social and enjoy going out with my friends all of the time. THey always want to go to nice places to eat and drink, but I'm afraid I won't be able to go with them anymore. How have you guys dealt with this issue? Has it changed your lives to that degree?

Hi,

I am new to this forum. I am scheduled to be banded this Thursday. I, too, an a little afraid. I am not sure what to expect. I hope we can stay in touch..

You can still go out with your friends have a salad, or even just a few drinks. Obviously tell them you're trying to lose weight, and they should be cool with it. I rarely do things like with friends anymore, I just don't want to be tempted. You never know, eating healthy and working out just may consume you as it has me.

you can still go out with friends just be very careful about what you get to eat... order water so there is no questions about why you aren't drinking when you eat and get something like a salad, or chicken, egg, or tuna salad or even just a cup of soup. while the band does change what we eat it shouldn't stop us from living our lives

ive been thinking about this same quesiont. i am 22 so my friends and i go out drinking and out to eat a lot, especially on the weekends. i talked to my doctor about alchohal and he told me to avoid wine and beer as much as possible, but he told me it was totally fine to have liquor with diet mixers, like diet coke, sprite zero..all those things. obviously he wouldnt want me drinking liquor all the time because of the calories but once or twice a week he had no problem with. he also told me the whole rule about "not drinking while eating" was bs. there has been studys focusing on that, 10 people who dont drink while they eat and 10 people who drink as they eat, and there is absolutely no difference.

ive been thinking about this same quesiont. i am 22 so my friends and i go out drinking and out to eat a lot, especially on the weekends. i talked to my doctor about alchohal and he told me to avoid wine and beer as much as possible, but he told me it was totally fine to have liquor with diet mixers, like diet coke, sprite zero..all those things. obviously he wouldnt want me drinking liquor all the time because of the calories but once or twice a week he had no problem with. he also told me the whole rule about "not drinking while eating" was bs. there has been studys focusing on that, 10 people who dont drink while they eat and 10 people who drink as they eat, and there is absolutely no difference.

I have a mutual friend with a lady that had lapband last year and I see her out quite a bit. She says you just have to alternate Water with the alcohol and make sure you don't drink on an empty stomach. Alcohol isn't a huge loss to me, but I am a big friend type person and can't totaly miss out on all of that! I plan to still go out and just make better food choices. Thanks everyone for the input!

Hi,

I am new to this forum. I am scheduled to be banded this Thursday. I, too, an a little afraid. I am not sure what to expect. I hope we can stay in touch..

Cool - you will be beating me by a week! We can help each other through. I've learned a lot on this forum.

I"m about 4 days into my all liquid diet.....fun, fun!