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#9grammy    274

#9grammy
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I just had a bottle of Seagrams Peach fuzzy navel last night! Only took me an hour and half to drink it. Sure felt warm and fuzzy all over, slept good too.

First drink was at 22 months only because I just don't think about having a drink, lol, its here. (I drank like a fish when it was legal at 18, about 30 yrs is when it just didn't mix anymore.) went on the Eastern Caribbean cruise in Dec 2015, had couple drinks while there. Ok every night while there , we would go to the club and sit listen to whatever and usually 2 hours I was done. I sure slept good on that ship. Going on the Western Caribbean in Oct, my I think I'll have fun.

Oh having lots of fun buying new clothes, bought my first dress also. Yep never owned a dress before, besides my wedding dress Jan of 15.

Enjoy people just go easy!

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CanadaLoser    80

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I have had a few drinks a few separate times. I was a cheap drunk....2-3 over the course of about 6 hours.

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I just had a bottle of Seagrams Peach fuzzy navel last night! Only took me an hour and half to drink it. Sure felt warm and fuzzy all over, slept good too.

First drink was at 22 months only because I just don't think about having a drink, lol, its here. (I drank like a fish when it was legal at 18, about 30 yrs is when it just didn't mix anymore.) went on the Eastern Caribbean cruise in Dec 2015, had couple drinks while there. Ok every night while there , we would go to the club and sit listen to whatever and usually 2 hours I was done. I sure slept good on that ship. Going on the Western Caribbean in Oct, my I think I'll have fun.

Oh having lots of fun buying new clothes, bought my first dress also. Yep never owned a dress before, besides my wedding dress Jan of 15.

Enjoy people just go easy!

Did a Western Caribbean cruise last April.

Fun trip. Laying around the pool and going to the comedy shows. The ports we stopped at were so so....but the trip was very relaxing.

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Chelle Bean    51

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I'm 7 months out , went out this past weekend and had a few drinks. Never got drunk off one or two like everyone says you will. I was fine, it didn't upset my stomach either. I had a beer, a bloody mary , and I had a shot of something. All was well with me.

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MaxDeusPhallus    2

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I am four years out. Down about 150 pounds. I am 5'8" - about 170. I've heard the wives tales about "stretching" your pouch from carbonated drinks and eating too much. At least for me that's a bunch of horse crap.

I drink diet sofas and beer and my stomach is about the same size as it was six months out of surgery.

Yes your pouch will expand - but that's part of the normal healing process.

I cant even come close to eating the amour of food I used to eat. Maybe a 10th of the volume - even now.

Gastric bypass enabled my life - it didn't destroy it. I enjoy craft beers. It only takes one or two to knock me on my butt - but I really enjoy it.

In fact I had a terrible case of Constipation for almost two years before I started drinking beer. I had to give myself enemas or end up with terrible intestinal pain. If I drink a few beers a week I go to the bathroom normally.

We all suffered greatly before, during and after surgery. LIVE your LIFE. You've earned it.

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higher    966

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At just over 3 months out, I have to say I still have a drink or two at least once a week. I think it does pass through my system much more quickly, which is...interesting. Not so much that it hits me more, but I sober up faster.

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migalo    142

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Ask your doctor. The answer may surprise. He will be a good judge depending on your healing and weight loss.

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#9grammy    274

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Just back from Western Caribbean cruise 7 days! Wonderful!!! Yes I drank, only one time I had 2 drinks in a row. Didn't hurt me at all, I just got tired quickly. food was delicious, I can't do carbonated drinks at all. Found out a new drink for me, Miami Vice So so good.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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