I love coffee. LOVE coffee. I don't drink it all day, but I do have 1-2 cups per day. Has anyone been able to drink coffee after VSG? My surgery date is 7/26. I know I will have to give it up for awhile, I am just curious about what other people have experienced.

good idea

I'm going to try those things with mine and try and win them over

If you add about an inch of cold Water to your Protein in a separate cup & stir with a fork before you add the hot coffee it doesn't clump. I do the same for iced coffee' date=' and use a Blender Bottle sometimes too.

I hate the clumpies!

Hope that helps. I'm gonna have to try Starbucks. [/quote']

Thanks Kristie, I am a coffee addict an i was adding chocolate protein to my morning coffee while i liked the taste that way, I hated the clumps. Of course this made me stop doing it but this tip will help me out. Thanks :0)

My nutritionist told me that caffeine stimulates the appetite so she recommended that I get off all caffeine, even in tea. So I am - pre-op - adjusting to decaffeinated coffee. The cold brew method makes decaf taste great.

Here is the cold brew system that I bought and have given as gifts: http://www.amazon.com/Toddy-T2N-Cold-Brew-System/dp/B0006H0JVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343603157&sr=8-1&keywords=toddy+cold+new+coffee

My nutritionist told me that caffeine stimulates the appetite so she recommended that I get off all caffeine, even in tea. So I am - pre-op - adjusting to decaffeinated coffee. The cold brew method makes decaf taste great.

I was told the same thing. That and that caffeine irritates your stomach. I'm doing fine on decaf coffee and tea. I really dont notice much of a difference with decaf as everyone else is saying?

I think coffee is fine, decaf was on my plan from the beginning (although I am not a coffee drinker). The only thing that I was told is that caffeine is a diuretic, so if you drink a cup of coffee, you should be drinking an extra glass of water/liquids to make up for the water loss your body will experience...decaf is different though...it counts towards your fluid intake, regular does not.

I'm two weeks post-op. I tried drinking a cup of hot coffee about a week ago and it immediately made me kind of queasy. Tried it again yesterday but iced from McDonald's with the sugar free vanilla syrup. I'm so sick of protein shakes, that I used it as a treat -- a couple sips of protein shake, a quick sip of coffee to cleanse my palate! Coffee went down okay (even though I only drank about an ounce or two over the course of hours), and it got me to drink more protein shake than I've been able to lately.