I usually drink a glass of Water before I eat (maybe about 30 mins before) and then I wait 30-45 mins after eating to drink again. However, I find it hard to get liquids in after eating. Even with the waiting, a sip or two makes me feel like I'm going to explode. So I sometimes wait up to 1 1/2 hours to try drinking, but it's still the same. I thought maybe I was eating too much so I've started to weigh my food. For example, last night I had a Boca patty (2 1/8 oz cooked) and I ate half of it, and I measured a 1/2 cup of green Beans, of which I ate about two forkfuls. Most of the time, I'm eating less than 3 oz of Protein and less than 1/3 cup of veggies and it's still hard to drink.

So as a result, I'm definitely not getting in as much liquids as I should be. Is anyone else experiencing this? Do you have any suggestions?

I have't had the surgery yet, can you drink a glass of water without problems? So that means we don't have to sip sip? Does water go down fast or slow?

Yeah, water goes down easy for me. We still have to sip, but sometimes I feel that I'm not sipping slow enough. It doesn't hurt or anything, I just feel like sipping was drilled into my head and while I don't gulp it down, it doesn't take me an hour to drink a glass of water. I don't know if that's good or bad.

we're close in our surgery dates... yeah it's much easier to drink these days. but i agree, if I have a dense protein that really fills me up, i can't drink much after that, for a while. I try to get my water in early in the day, and I eat pretty lightly for breakfast/lunch. Today though, I had some roast beef for lunch, it was the new carved roast beef by the packaged deli meats... so it was thick and really filled me up, though I only had about an oz. and a half of it. So about half an hour later, I take some crystal light, and my stomach was feeling SO full like I had eaten an entire additional meal. I just figured it wasn't time yet to start filling up with liquids since I ate that hearty roast beef. Weird. Just trying to get to know what foods do what. I just think it's all a learning experience.

Same here. Dense Protein fills me for hours.

I don't eat Breakfast. My tummy doesn't like it. I drink a prot shake in the mornings. After about an hour I start pumping in my Water for the day. I can usually get about 2/3 of it in before lunch. Cuz after I start eating for the day, it gets harder to drink. Hope this helps.