Every once in awhile I like to have a few beers, what kind of drinks are good and has no carbonation to it? Unless you have a beer lol.

I'm a no-beer zone.. Too gassy. I drink Guinness, Wine, Cocktails.. Thats about it...

Since surgery, I have had 3 glasses of wine and one shot of whiskey on the rocks. I was a big beer drinker before surgery.

(not much left after that either I guess!)

I drink wine or hard cider (over ice, stirred to release some carbonation) mostly. Cocktails make my pants fall off so they aren't usually a good idea. Mr. LL disagrees, but...

Wine or straight up whisky for me please!

Ty all, I was a high tolerance person, does the tolerance go down a lot? I drank all 70 to 100 proof liquor, should I get the lower proof stuff?

Ooh, I forgot that I consume cider, LL! Yep, that's another good one..

70-100 proof? Yikes.. Well, I'm a bit like LL on the cocktails/hard liquor now. I normally limit it to three-four. Any more and I become a bit sloppy and a bit forgetful. I also stumble around a bit

Your tolerance does go down at the start - considerably. It comes back, but not to full force. You get drunk quick, but also sober quick. Its a good thing for me.. I could drink 12 pints in 5 hours. Now it's 5 pints in 5 hours. Less calories, no hangover and still happy

My tolerance is down, but hey, I weigh half what I did before, so I'm not surprised. I never cared for beer. I like everything else, except margaritas. I used to love them pre-op, but now I rarely want them. I stay drunk as long as I ever did, it just takes less to get there.

Lynda

lol..try to drink like that now Allb..and either ye b praying to the porceline gods, or you will wake up like me, head pounding, death knocking at my door..with my husband at the foot of the bed shaking his head!!!

I miss drinking, I really do ...Its taken to puttin' the slamm on me, instead of the nice slow & dignified creep, so I could excuse myself AND GO HOME!!!..(sigh) Good times

I usually go for an ounce of Jack Daniels with Water over ice. Lasts me almost an hour these days. It's only 60 calories and no carbs. If I do shots it hits me hard, so I don't do those now.

My other go-to drink is a glass of red wine. That will last an hour, too. Has more calories and carbs, though.

I used to drink beer, loved a good craft beer. Can't do it now, the carbonation makes me nauseous.

Edited February 14, 201412 yr by NMJG

My plan is for diet cranberry and vodka. Or diet lemonade and watermelon vodka. As long as vodka is somewhere in there... Lol

My tolerance never changed. I like margaritas, vodka with orange juice or cranberry juice. Martinis. Yum!

I drink beer...but not often...at a ball game or a backyard barbecue, or if a friend offers me one.... I may have as many as 3 beers at an event....(but NEVER when eating)

I am a Vodka or gin fan....Love my Bloody Mary's and will order one everywhere I go....if not then a gin and tonic....occasionally a martini on Ice.

If you're newly banded, you will not feel the effects of the carbonation and that will give you a false sense it is Ok...then as you get restriction that sense of security will turn to disaster unless you are a veteran and can feel and understand what is happening, and gauge it as you drink it...

There are a lot of things people with no restriction can do...and yet your Dr. still may prohibit it...that is because of what is yet to come....so understand the lessons early or you will become one of those who always have complaints later on...

Trust me...I've been there...

Im a blackberry brandy and regular, and long Island s and beer has always been like water. Not sure if ill ever drink a beer again but im going to have me some blackberry brandy hope it sits well lol.

I was a big drinker (not *that* bad but worse than what I should) pre surgery. It's just a great way to slow down, sip something relaxing and de-stress from work

So 2 months post surgery, I've dramatically reduced down my drinks but can't give it up entirely...

Wine (prefer non bubbly - or sitting out for a while if it is bubbly)

I like chocolate Vodka with seltzer Water - but I have a soda stream to make it just a little bit carbonated

pineapple juice and vodka

I will have a sip or two of my fiancé's beer, but the carbonation doesn't sit well with me, so a sip or two for the taste but not the discomfort.

I will add that the more I limit and avoid alcohol, the faster the scale goes down.