i don't know how to do a survey, so I'll just ask the question. Do you follow the bandster rules on drinking fluids? As in no Fluid right before, during, or 2 hours after a meal?

I don't. I have to drink with meals. I'm losing weight so it doesn't seem to be a problem. Plus I drink only non-caloric beverages except milk. I was worried that fluids would cuase my tummy to empty too quickly, but I seem to be ok. If I don't drink with my meals my food won't go down.

Has anyone had success and losing all their weight they wanted to lose and still drank with meals?

This is a great thread...I was wondering the same thing....can you eat with meals and still lose weight??????

Nothing to drink 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after. I thought this would be the hardest thing for me to do, but eating slow and chewing well is harder then not drinking.

I'll drink up to about 10 min or even up to a meal, then try very hard to wait at least 30 min. Sometimes I need a little sit to rinse my mouth though, but that's pretty much it.

I know that there are some that wait like 2 hours after and like an hour before but it's too hard for me to get all my Water in if I try to do that.

Kristin

whoa Kristin you have lost 57lbs so far! THat's great :confused:

how the heck have you lost so fast since 3/8/06 ?

Im still in awe over those #'s not even 2 months yet....think I can hijack your dr to do my surgery earlier than May 26th ?? lol j/k

That's my highest from 2 years ago. I was 261 at surgery. But I'm sticking to South Beach type diet and am doing about 30-45 min exercise a day.

:confused: Kristin

I tried the SB diet stuff, since someone on another thread said it was good.

Can't believe how good the wraps are - with some lettuce and tomatoes, one wrap with a side salad is a full meal and I feel like Im cheating lol

9 net carbs for the whole box was what got me hooked on the turkey & bacon ones :confused:

I drink 30 minutes before a meal, and 1-1/2 hr after eating.

There are times I may take a sip or two with my meals.

I am still on the liquid after surgery but when I get to the hard stuff I intend not to drink with my meals as suggested by the doc

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Sorry to hijack but...

Actually- I think every person is different. Just like my doctor told me to EAT BREAD, RICE & Pasta in moderation and preferrably whole grain. He specifically said DO EAT GRAINS, not NO bread, no rice, no pasta, no potatoes.

We had this band to help us be able to live with a healthy diet. I did Atkins for 2 years, lost 100 lbs and gained back 80. It's all about eating a balanced, healthy diet in moderation. NO Bread doesn't work in the long term, IMHO.

Additionally, if someone can drink -IN MODERATION-with their meal (not with the intent to flush the pouch) and not be hungry for 4 hours...more power to them. I can't, so I don't.

:confused: Kristin

I agree Letha and the sell your firstborn was so funny to me I laughed outloud, I actually said that jokingly and he got this weird look on his face, and said mom! would you really do that? rotfl

I have not been banded, have had to rescheduled a few times now. All I know is - since I am self pay aint no way I am going against what my Dr. says my husband would never let me live it down if I did.

But, that brings me to a point like Kristin brought up - after researching I have found different doctors have the same basic philosophy but different rules, which makes it hard for all of us to follow the same path.

Are there a set of rules/guidelines that each and every doctor have to go by or do they make up their own rules guided by what Inamed has to say based on experience of patients and what they have learned over the years?

I don't want to fail because I drink with my meals, thats why I have questioned and gotten advise from others. I drink SO much though I am really afraid this might be my downfall :confused:

Kristin, I agree with you 100%. I am not banded yet, but will be this Friday. I do intend to not drink with my meals as that is what my doctor has recommended and he states it will defeat the purpose of my band because it will flush the food right through. However, he told me that as long as my system can tolerate it, I can eat anything I want. I will just need to listen to the band and know when to stop. That is why I am getting the band, to have a tool to tell me "hey, it was good, but you have had enough, time to put down the fork." If I put myself in the diet frame of mind, then I will fail with the band. I do not feel I should be deprived of the foods I enjoy and that others around me will continue enjoying. Do I need to eat them in the quantities I ate them before? No! Do I plan on making some changes in my diet and making healtheir choices? Yes! But, that in no way means that I will say something is a no-no food and I may never eat it again. For me, that would only lead to binging on it.

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