I know that we aren't supposed to drink when we eat and not to drink 30 minutes before a meal and 30 minutes after. My question is.....does that only apply to solid food or does it apply to the soft/mushy stage as well? I have two more days left on just protein shakes and liquids....mushy never sounded so good!!!!

For me that was the hardest habit to break I drank lot of lots of ice tea unsweet with my meals but it is a Lapband rule so just get use to it and do it from the start. You know it's kind of scarey when you crave musheys and it feels like you are going to have steak Good Luck.