I have been drinking I wanna say about a month after surgery. I am not seeing any weight loss and too scared to tell my doctor what I have been doing. I can still get down a bottle of wine over the weekend. This is a weekend thing and I am wondering if I need to go cold turkey and quit all together. I am gathering it may take a lil rehab though....LOL

I went through a period last summer when I was drinking every weekend. While I didn't gain any weight, I didn't lose any either. Booze, whatever it is has many empty calories.

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I'm with you.

I'm not a drinker so alcohol was not my problem. Post Op I did however have a Honey Nut Crunchy Peatnut butter problem. It was protein right? Anyway had to stop cold turkey.

Did you tell your doctor about your drinking prior to surgery? My doctor said no alcohol until 6 months, and then to use it sparringly. If you have an alcohol addiction, perhaps you should see a professional. The calories from the alcohol can definitely sabotage your weight loss efforts.

I am really not one to give advice because I as well am one to enjoy a glass of wine or 2, 3............ However I did ask my surgeon in the very first consult appointment about wine and the lapband. He said that I could enjoy my wine, but to be mindful of the calories. So now when I drink it is always planned and I re-arrange my calorie/food intake to allow for it.

Wine turns to sugar once processed and will be primarily stored as belly fat. So it will slow down your weight loss. Since we are so limited on what we could consume, they want us to choose wisely. Think of it this way a small bottle of wine is about 500 calories (~90 calories a glass), if you drank a bottle a day you would gain 1 lb a week. Ive cheated to and I spoke to a nutrionist, she said to make sure you drink a glass of Water after each glass of wine if I feel I absolutely have to drink when I go out. Dont drink spritzers, I had one and the carbination made me foam at the mouth, it was so scary. I went away for 4 days and drank a few glasses, my weight loss was only 1.5 that week, as oppossed to 7lbs the week before.

Good Luck