Just wondering.

i know Water is great for everyone and every diet and i am a water drinker but why is it so important to drink a lot of it...or fluids....with the lap band?

cal

I'm no doctor but from what I've heard it seems that there is a risk of dehydration when you are banded and you have to be deliberate about avoiding that. For one thing, your stomach is much smaller, so you can't just down a couple tall glasses of Water to "catch up" with your water consumption. If you don't drink little bits constantly, you can get dehydrated. And since you are not supposed to drink with your meals, you need to drink other times. So just generally, you have to pay attention to drinking fluids in a way that you never had to before.

Dehydration is bad for a number of reasons, but one of them is kidney stones. Some people find that they get kidney stones after being banded. Apparently this is not caused by the band itself, but rather is caused because people have a tendency to get dehydrated when they are banded. I have never had kidney stones, but from the description provided by some members of the group, I am perfectly happy to avoid them. There may be certain experiences a person just "has to have" to feel that they have really lived. Kidney stones is not one of them.

plus water flushes out the fat :clap2:

good info jack!

Thanks to all of you. It makes more sense to me now.

i drink mostly Water and iced tea. am sick of all the Nutrasweet drinks etc.

Sometimes i drink a little skim milk or buttermilk---which i DO like!!! lol

cal