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I am young and have always enjoyed drinking with my friends and going out. I usually stick to shots of vodka with diet soda. My favorite is bubble gum vodka and diet 7up, it taste like a lollipop, you should try it. Three olives makes a good bubble gum vodka and I recently found a very cheap bubble gum vodka from Georgi (?) it was 10 bucks.

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I'm a beer girl all the way, I like an occasional glass of wine but otherwise it's beer only. The band has seriously affected how much alcohol I can handle. Pre band, easily a 6 pack without thinking. Went out this past Thursday and I was tipsy after 1/2 a beer. It was actually shocking and almost embarrassing to myself. I didn't do anything to embarrass myself I was just very shocked that I felt the way I did after 1/2 of one. I'm not complaining...guess I'll be saving money on my nights out. :) Has anyone else's limits been affected like this after the band? I expected not to be able to handle a much but i certainly wasn't expecting to be drunk off of 1. I had dinner before going out so I wasn't drinking on an empty stomach. I went out last month and my limit was 2 beers. The only thing I could think of was that I had a fill on the 3rd...would that do anything??

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Moderate (and not so moderate on occasion) drinker and same after surgery.

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I'm a beer girl all the way, I like an occasional glass of wine but otherwise it's beer only. The band has seriously affected how much alcohol I can handle. Pre band, easily a 6 pack without thinking. Went out this past Thursday and I was tipsy after 1/2 a beer. It was actually shocking and almost embarrassing to myself. I didn't do anything to embarrass myself I was just very shocked that I felt the way I did after 1/2 of one. I'm not complaining...guess I'll be saving money on my nights out. smile.png Has anyone else's limits been affected like this after the band? I expected not to be able to handle a much but i certainly wasn't expecting to be drunk off of 1. I had dinner before going out so I wasn't drinking on an empty stomach. I went out last month and my limit was 2 beers. The only thing I could think of was that I had a fill on the 3rd...would that do anything??

The band surgery does nothing to affect how we metabolize alcohol. Perhaps your tolerance has decreased as you are no longer drinking what you once did?

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I think the reduced food intake and lower body weight also contribute to the alcohol having a much faster effect.

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I'm a beer drinker too and I think this is the hardest thing to change! I have changed over to wine and I find myself drinking less just because I don't like the flavor as much as beer. This past summer I was a bad girl and drank a lot of beer and it caught up to me. I gained 10 lbs and since I switched to wine I have lost 9 of the 10lbs. So I guess I would suggest staying far away from beer as possible!

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I have noticed that I have become a cheap date. I used to be able to drink almost a bottle in a night and now 3 shots and I am good to go. I think it more than likely has something to do with losing fat, the more fat the more alcohol it takes to affect the system. Also you probably (hopefully) eating less so you have less carbs and other food to adsorb the alcohol. Has anyone noticed that way significantly less the day after they drink? I think it is because you lost Water and are dehydrated.

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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