Okay so one thing that Freaks me out the Most about the VSG is the Water, Drinking Restriction.

By Nature Im a Super Thirsty Person.:drool5:

I Drink almost a Whole Pitcher of Tea at a Time if we go out to eat.

But My LOVE, My Number one Addiction is Ice Water!

Im Terrified that I Wont be able to Chug, and Gulp down My Beloved Ice Water.

Almost to the Point that My Husband tryed to talk me outta of the VSG.

He Said Make Your Choice...Either Chug or Be Skinny?:thumbup1:

I Want BOTH!!!!!!!<3:001_wub:

Help, Help, Help:)

*Please tell me it isnt so*

In the beginning, you may not be able to gulp down water. I know I couldn't for several weeks. Now, I can take pretty hefty swigs of water, definitely not gulps, but nice drinks. I can also drink cold water without any issues.

This Makes me Super Nervous.

Iv Been Practicing, Drinking Exclusivly from a Straw.

Trying to NOT drink with Meals, this is So Very Weird!!! :thumbup1:

I agree it is weird. Not to scare you more, but I can't drink from a straw. It puts too much air in my tummy, and it hurts.

In the beginning, you do have to sip, sip, sip. My instructions were 2oz every 15 minutes. I had to do this for the first couple of weeks.

It's temporary. There are adjustments to everything we put in our mouths. Even now 3 months later, I'm finding that some things just don't work.

I know VegasAngel can drink through a straw without any issues.

Haha, this is an issue for me too. I love chugging a big cold glass of water especially in the super hot summer. I'm going to focus on eating ice - maybe that will be ok?

About 2 weeks out of surgery.... I really had no issues at all. I can not guzzle a 24 oz in 2 minutes but I can drink all I need and or want.....

I can drink a 20 oz bottle of water in about 5 min. I drink 24 oz of water to get all my meds down in the morning and it takes me less than 5 min cause I am usually late for work.

I was worried about this too... I use to "guzzle" everything!

But in the beginning it was a hard adjustment, but after hurting, you LEARN. Now at 6 months out- I still can't "guzzle" but I can take really big drinks that satisfy me.

You'll do just fine, it's adjustments like something as small as drinking that we have to work on.

I find that I want to drink with my meals now, but have to really work on not doing that, or drinking too soon after a meal.

If I am really thirsty when I am eating, I will take a sip of water and it doesn't seem to matter. The reason to not drink with your meals is it's supposed to make us get hungry faster but I don't think a sip will cause that.

I am a bad Bobby (but some of you know that already). I actually take very tiny sips of Water when I eat. Not gulps, but little sips. Hope this does not doom me to be fat!

I have found that the more time I have in post-surgery, drinking is getting easier. No, big gulps do not work, but normal drinks do. I look at it as being the same as my eating patterns. I used to gulp food, hardly take breaths between bites, and think that the more I could get shoved down my gullet the better. Now, I slow down, in both drinking and eating, and I am getting along just fine! The water is not an issue for me at all.

I too sip Water with my meals. I was always a 3-4 glass drinker with meals pre surgery. I might have 1-2 oz max at meals now. My glass might be 1/2 to 3/4 inches down at end of meal at the most.

As far as regular drinking I cannot do cold drinks. I can only put 1 maybe 2 ice cubes in a 16 oz glass. If more I get spasms. Is not worth it. Hurts too bad.

My experience is that a sip or two will not hurt. But if I do more than that, I can eat more at that meal and if I don't wait at least 30 min, but preferably 45, I do get hungry sooner.

I have actually deliberately sipped a drink with a meal in order to fit more in. I wanted to fit in and also sample everything available. I still ate about half what everyone else ate, but it's a slippery slope so I try not to do that more than a few times a year on special occasions.