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, 201411 yr by naturreal

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

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

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.

@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.