:nervous I was just banded on 04-09-07 and am craving coffee. Any experiences you have to share would be helpful.

Coffee has a very high acid content. If you need coffee, try decaf if possible. If not, deluting the coffee would be best. Or even try to find an acid free coffee.

Its better for your stomach.

Try the Folgers Simply Smooth in the decaf. It doesn't irritate the stomach and is band-friendly. Plus the taste is excellent--like real coffee!!!

:nervous I was just banded on 04-09-07 and am craving coffee. Any experiences you have to share would be helpful.

I was banded 3/29 and my doc. said no problem w/ req. coffee. terry

My doc said two cups a day was fine - but not more.

My nutritionist told me no caffeine until you can drink 64 ounces of water. Don't want to get dehydrated!

I miss my coffee too, but I was a Starbucks Junkie! I'm not a real coffee drinker :cup: I only drank that froo-froo coffee. Again my nutritionist told me no calorie containing beverages. I want this to work so I'm being good. But man is it hard especially because I'm so tired!

I drink fresh-ground whole bean coffee with artificial sweetener - but I DO use half and half. There is only so much I am willing to give up. Good coffee isn't one of those things.

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Thank you for all the helpful answers, I got some of the simply smooth and am going to give it a try.

I use decaf and then put some of my sugarfree hot chocolate in it and it seems to help. I think the reason the doctor's don't want you to do coffee is that it increases your appetite and that's not a good thing..

I drank coffee without a problem after getting banded.

I drank coffee without a problem after getting banded.

Thank goodness! For a moment I thought I was going to have give up my coffee - black and strong! No way no how!!!:clap2:

Hi Everyone,

I am also new and am having my surgery on May 14th. It took my insurance company 8 weeks to FINALLY approve my surgery but it's a go! Looking forward to a "life-change". I am going to be 41 at the end of this month, I am a mom to Lauren, 10yrs, and my mini-me, and my husband and I just adopted one of our foster children on March 28th. Aden is now 3 and has been with us since he was a year old. I am also a foster mom to Elijah, who is also 3, what were we thinking!, and is developmentally delayed but such a joy! I am a home inspector and my husband and I have been married for 12 1/2 years. Didn't struggle with my weight until the last 5 or so years, can lose ok, but don't have luck sticking to anything. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family and want to be more active with my kids and healthy, more confident me! I love reading everyone's questions and replies, it has been a super resource for me.

Looking forward to chatting!!!!

I started out with 1/2 decaf and 1/2 regular, about a week after surgery. I'm two weeks out now and I allow myself 1 regular cup per day. This is against my doctor's orders (he said 3 mos without caffeine). I just make sure that I drink tons of water throughout the day. His biggest concern was dehydration. I can't be convinced that 1 cup of coffee is going to dehydrate someone who is drinking tons of water every day.