I'm only 10 days out but i'd like to know what experiences some of you have had with occasional wine with meals or socializing. Can it be added successfully?

Wine has always been a passion/part of my life. We love to visit wineries and sharing a nice bottle out by the pool. I want to be thin but I don't ever want to be so without my wine. I need to learn how to introduce it back into my life and still be successful with my weight loss.

Please share your experiences.... Thanks

I'm exactly the same and I couldn't even bear the thought of not drinking ever again. At 3 months out I had my first glass of wine, and since then I enjoy wine (mainly rose because red wine now seems a bit to "strong") or other drinks(i love cokctails even though they are very high in calories) nearly every weekend. It's hard at least for me to have wine with a meal at this point, because if I do I can't eat, so I have a glass before and/or after, but I'm fine with that for the time being. I have to say my weight loss is much slower than a lot of people on here, but I decided I'd rather have my social life and risk losing a bit slower. I LOVE my sleeve, it has helped and is still helping me to learn to eat and drink in moderation

I love wine and couldn't wait to have my first glass! I waited until 9 weeks post of and it was like heaven! LOL

I hated wine before surgery, except for the pink ones. Now I've found that I LOVE a nice sweet Concord. BUT, whereas before surgery I could generally drink (beer) all night and hardly get a buzz, especially if I was eating, a little wine goes a lonnnnng way with me now. I can feel the buzz of one glass, I'm good and toasty after two, and after four a couple of months ago (my first real wine-drinking experience after surgery), I was DA-RUNK. I mean that goofy, leaning sideways with my eyes closed on the toilet seat, slurring my words, stumbling down the hall to do to bed drunk. On four lousy glasses.

So now I'm a lightweight!! That stuff is like kool-aid now though, so I don't keep it in the house on a regular basis--I can see where that could easily develop into a problem for me, especially since that kind of thing runs on my dad's side of the family.

I hated wine before surgery, except for the pink ones. Now I've found that I LOVE a nice sweet Concord. BUT, whereas before surgery I could generally drink (beer) all night and hardly get a buzz, especially if I was eating, a little wine goes a lonnnnng way with me now. I can feel the buzz of one glass, I'm good and toasty after two, and after four a couple of months ago (my first real wine-drinking experience after surgery), I was DA-RUNK. I mean that goofy, leaning sideways with my eyes closed on the toilet seat, slurring my words, stumbling down the hall to do to bed drunk. On four lousy glasses.

So now I'm a lightweight!! That stuff is like kool-aid now though, so I don't keep it in the house on a regular basis--I can see where that could easily develop into a problem for me, especially since that kind of thing runs on my dad's side of the family.

Awesome..... my husband will love that i've become a cheep date