Don Get It Confused, Im A Drinker! Not An Alcoholic!

[Seannie 42]

Amanda! I know what you mean!! I was a cognac drinker, and you are soooo right! it's the eating afterwards! I was always starving!!! I would take a half a snifter of cognac, after the kids were all asleep, and then soon afterwards, I'd be so hungry, i'd practically make another dinner just for me!

I know there are empty calories in alcohol, but I always liked the fact that there were 0 carbs in cognac. But all that fell by the wayside because it would cause me to eat, and eat, and eat! Dang, I just don't miss that!

[Catracks 865]

I can't judge because I'm a smoker. We did have a gastric bypass patient in my support group that lost all her weight and then gained it all back and more from drinking. OJ and cranberry juice are almost pure sugar and highly caloric and vodka had 85 calories per shot. I only have room for 700-800 calories per day and I have to get all my nutrient and 70 grams of Protein. After a couple drinks I would go way over what I should have for carbs and be missing my Protein.< /p>

As many have said, alcohol makes some throw caution to the wind and make bad food choices.

Careful!

[overboard 5]

I have a glass or two of wine on the weekends starting about 6 months after surgery. I am a lightweight, I get tipsy very quickly so I never drive when I drink. I have never been much of a hard liquor drinker, so I haven't tried it post surgery. I have had beer on a few occasions and it also went down smoothly. I think you can add it back into your life after some time in moderation with low calorie mixers.

[rtboys 10]

I started about 3 months post op and drink about 5 drinks a week....margaritas' date=' malibu and gatorade,sangria, you name it. I use to drink jack and coke or redbull with vodka but now I can't drink anything carbonated because it makes my stomach feel really upset. This weekend the kids have 3 days weekend and I am flying solo and moving soon cross country. I wont be surprised if my check liver light comes on . The only difference now is I am a complete light weight. My tolerance from before to now is ridiculous. I can't even drive after one drink so I have to make sure I aint going anywhere if I drink.[/quote']

My doc said we'd be light-weights if we chose to drink after being sleeved. Im 11 days post op and have not thought of the wine or tequila shots I used to enjoy.

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[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I don't drink alcohol bc I have been working hard to get to this point. I have heard some sad stories about was, drinking and causing death. I have chosen to live a healthier life style and right now there's no room for alcohol.

I did like an occasional margarita at times. I probably will have one some time in my future. But right now. Alcohol is not important to me.

[JimmyGotSLEEVED 270]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing about the hard liquor. I might just become a major wine connoisseur after I get sleeved lol

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I don't drink alcohol bc I have been working hard to get to this point. I have heard some sad stories about was, drinking and causing death. I have chosen to live a healthier life style and right now there's no room for alcohol.

I did like an occasional margarita at times. I probably will have one some time in my future. But right now. Alcohol is not important to me.

[ToDream 18]

From what I can tell you're pre-op so frankly, at that point, I was doing pretty much all the "bad" things I wasn't supposed to as well. But when I hit my pre-op diet, it was game-on. I think I had my first drink post op a couple months out. It was a (canadian) caesar (clamato and vodka) and I regretted it as I was very dehydrated and a MAJOR lightweight (1 drink)... pre op, I was used to drinking several drinks over an evening.

Now, at 1 yr post op, I have a glass or 2 of wine over a couple of hours and I'm feeling it. ALOT. More than that, I'm stumbly.

Make good choices post-op to make the best choices for your weight loss and be aware of the potential of transfer addictions and monitor your intake. Good luck!!!

[kayte819 95]

I haven't had a drink since surgery, but many, many.drinks while doing south beach & I always had either a vodka w/ soda Water w/ lemon & lime (

It tastes like perrier) or vodka & sugar.free red bull or monster. Vodka has no sugar or carbs so it is said to be your best bet...its about 90 cals per 1.5 oz which is your average cocktail. I've been told that Brown liquor has a much higher sugar content. When you use a sf mixer I can't see the harm ?? Calories can be alotted for.....

[kayte819 95]

P.S. I was a serious party girl at that time & drank A LOT & while I did south beach & drank 20 cocktails a week I never gained or stalled as long as I ate according to plan. Even late nigjt binging I'd eat ham & cheese roll-ups or worst case a cheeseburger w/o the bun

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

I don't drink much. I've never been much of a drinker, and alcohol is the first thing to go from my diet when I'm trying to drop some weight, just because it's the worst combo as far as taste vs. nutrition go!

The one thing I noticed about alcohol that concerns me is how hungry I am after and how disinhibited I am about food choices. I've always read in Women's Health and similar mags that alcohol makes you more likely to choose unhealthy foods, but I didn't actually notice that until after the sleeve.

Yesterday we went to a family dinner; every single person there drank, even the 92-yo greatgrandma - except for me! So proud of myself!

[Ssilian 67]

I havent been sleeved yet but i tred vodka and G2 low calorie grape Gatorade. It was tasty! I believe there is a light vodka out there too.

[2bHotGirl 3]

Well I'm a party girl that went from the band to sleeve. After the band it took me a while to build my tolerance back up. Not sure how this is gonna work.withbthe sleeve. I'm only two weeks out right now and going out and watching others drink is a little hard but I'm trying to be safe. I am a big beer drinker which I know is not good for the diet but I counter it with my food inatke. I know carbonation will.not be good for a really long time if at all. I stick to Ciroc Redberry on the rocks. A nice slow sipper.

[2bHotGirl 3]

Well I'm a party girl that went from the band to sleeve. After the band it took me a while to build my tolerance back up. Not sure how this is gonna work.withbthe sleeve. I'm only two weeks out right now and going out and watching others drink is a little hard but I'm trying to be safe. I am a big beer drinker which I know is not good for the diet but I counter it with my food inatke. I know carbonation will.not be good for a really long time if at all. I stick to Ciroc Redberry on the rocks. A nice slow sipper.

[Indymom 132]

I'm a social drinker and started drinking again probably 3 months after surgery (my doc said 3-6 months, so . . . )

I sometimes drink vodka/diet tonic, or diet sprite - I also like spiced rum with cherry coke zero, but the spiced rum has a lot more cals, I think. I am a beer drinker too and the carbonation doesn't seem to bother me (I don't drink from a can or bottle, I pour it into a glass). I don't have much of a taste for wine anymore, so it's not something I would generally choose.

I don't always allow for the calories in my daily allotment, but it hasn't affected my weight loss thus far. If it slows my progress slightly, I can deal with that - it's part of my "new normal."