Hi-- I am a newbie and not yet banded. While some hip and back problems are plaguing me right now, one of the reasons I am interested in banding is to lose weight to help resolve some of these joint issues and get back to exercising. I am one of those people who likes working out hard, taking long bike rides (12-40 miles) and other sometimes strenuous activities. I perspire a lot both when I am exercising and in the warm weather.

To keep hydrated, I might drink from 32- 100 ounces of Water (on a very long ride in the summer). I keep reading about needing to drink only small amounts of liquids at a time and wonder how you keep hydrated when you are exercising and heavily perspiring-- especially in the summer?

In my experience, the small sips is for the immediate post-op period and a while during the first 6 weeks.

I was eventually able to drink fairly normally again. I still cannot take HUGE gulps, but I can drink adequately to stay hydrated and I workout alot, although not outside this time of year. I do RPM which is estimated at a 13 to 15 mile ride...

Everyone is different however. If you get to where you can't drink enough to stay adequately hydrated, you may have too much Fluid in your band and this is fixed by a small unfill. easy enough.

Hope this answers your question.

I am almost 7 weeks post-op and I do not have a problem taking large amounts of water in. It was only the first 3-4 weeks that I had to sip. I have been able to drink as much as I need to so I am hydrated. I hope this helps. I also should say that I do not have any fluid in my band either!

I am pretty much exactly the same as you. I use to be able to work out really hard, even being fat I could spend an hour on the treadmill and yes I perspire like crazy so it's good to know that eventually we can go back to drinking adequate amounts of water. My hips and back are killing me and I can't wait to get this weight off.

I can easily chug down a 20 oz. bottle of water, nooooooooooooooooo problem! I am starting to think I might need a fill. I have not had one since December.

Oh this is encouraging! I'm 4 days post op and no way am I getting enough water in. I try... It just hurts sometimes... So it's goof to know this won't be forever! :-)

I exercise hard and gulp water no problem!

I guess it didn't happen right away but now I can definitely gulp water. Not like I used to, but I'm a huge exerciser and sweat a lot and even during the summer I manage to hydrate myself perfectly well. Actually, last summer, when I was still losing weight I do remember drinking a lot of the diet Gatorade because I was feeling a little dehydrated. I had forgotten! But now I suck down water and don't even think about it. Good luck!