I'm having trouble learning to not drink with n after meals. Andy advice or ideas to help

If you drink with your meal you are just flushing the food through the band and you will not get the feeling of fullness and this tool, the lap band, will not benefit you if you don't follow all the instructions. Don't get me wrong, I will stare at the clock for 30 minutes some days, somedays I go for a 30 minute walk then grab a cold drink. Or get on a computer and play a solitaire game, do some research, email a friend....right in your blog for 30 minutes.

This topic comes up often. You're fairly new to this so give it time. I think many of us struggled with this dilemma in the beginning but as time passes and you learn to communicate with your band, you learn how to drink before you eat and come to accept the fact we can't guzzle fluids when we eat.

I assume you understand why we can't drink and eat? It's fairly simple, it's believed that a full pouch triggers the vagus nerve to send a message to the brain that we have eaten enough. Passing fluids through the pouch while eating will flush food through the portal too quickly as if it were a slider food. You don't want that. You won't feel satiated as quickly and may continue to eat too much food.

Your doctor probably prefers you to not drink and you should follow his orders. But, there is still an ongoing debate over this subject and some doctors allow their patients to sip Water a minute after each bite.

tmf

that was the hardest part ivegot it iput anything away near me that i drink walk to clean somethuing

that was the hardest part ivegot it iput anything away near me that i drink walk to clean somethuing

Are you from Blackfoot? My first job out of high school was at the Kraft Foods cheese plant in Blackfoot. Graduated from Marsh Valley.

tmf

im 30 min from blackfoot my surgery was done inblackfoot

I found when I started working on no drinking/eating at the same time, I made sure I did not have a glass anywhere near me or I would drink out of it. Nowadays it is just second nature and I don't ever have a glass unless I am at a restaurant where the waiter pesters enough- then I get one to shut them up and don't drink out of it.

I found when I started working on no drinking/eating at the same time' date=' I made sure I did not have a glass anywhere near me or I would drink out of it. Nowadays it is just second nature and I don't ever have a glass unless I am at a restaurant where the waiter pesters enough- then I get one to shut them up and don't drink out of it.[/quote']

Yes, this! I just get the darn Water to prevent the confusion! No I don't want an effing drink gahh!!

Yes, this! I just get the darn Water to prevent the confusion! No I don't want an effing drink gahh!!

I hate it when they come around the first time, take drink orders, say "are you sure you don't want a drink?" and then every time they come back they ask again.

You know it's funny.... In the beginning it was the hardest thing not to drink while eating. Now I don't even think about it...

Like tmf said, it gets easier. Ive read it takes 12 days to establish a habit but not sure how long it takes to break a habit! I drink my milk or water or beverage before I eat. Then I'm not thirsty. I've seen on this site that some drs say to wait 30 minutes to eat after drinking but that doesn't make sense. Liquid should pass right thru. My dr says drink then wait 5 minutes then eat. It really makes it easier if you are hydrated to begin with. AND great idea not to have a glass at the table at home.

For me I found that once I got good restriction it was really uncomfortable to drink while eating. You may find as you go forward and reach restriction that you really can't drink comfortably while you eat. This in and of itself helped me to quit.