7 months in the sleeve

[naturreal 7]

I have lost about 80 pounds since my surgery. I noticed Hair loss @ 5 months & am currently beginning to see improvements. Weight loss is slower but I expected such as I reached this point. One thing I've really noticed that bothers me is since month 6, the amount of food it takes to get me full is up & down. One week I can eat a cup the next a cup & a half. It's irritating because I want to avoid stretching my stomach. What's this about? Anyone experiencing this? Also, from the beginning we all were told to never eat & drink together, but I can. Not like eat a full plate of food or anything, but like snacking on Peanut Butter & drinking Water with it. I can drink as long as I don't get full eating & I can eat after drinking as long as I don't eat a lot. I sometimes drink before eating to ensure I don't over eat. Is there something wrong with this?

Edited November 16, 2014 by naturreal

[finediva 979]

Congrats on the surgery and the weight loss. Just curious, when did you first notice you were able to eat a cup of food?

[naturreal 7]

4 months. And if it isn't a cup it's close enough to a cup.

[*Lexie* 1,486]

It's not that we can't drink when we eat, it's that we shouldn't. It makes the food flush out of our stomachs faster and that's sooner we'll be hungry again. I was drinking with my food and my weight loss was at a crawl and my doctor's office reminded me to stop drinking with my meals and I have noticed a difference. This video really convinced me too.

[finediva 979]

@naturreal. I was told my sleeve can hold up to half cup. I'm 4 months out this Thursday. Definitely not up to half cup as yet. Also, I was told no drinking with food, and to wait an hour later. I wait about 1 1/2 hrs before I drink.