What is the reason for not drinking while eating?

Because you will fill up to much. Your stomach is the size of a banana so drinking will fill you up and no room for the food

I heard that it takes up space but I also heard it will stretch your pouch

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I was told that it pushes the food through more quickly and will cause hunger sooner.
At the start our stomachs are the size of a straw and will stretch and heal to the size of a banana.


Mich W
Hw 223, SW 217 CW 185 GW 135

I was told that it pushes the food through more quickly and will cause hunger sooner.
At the start our stomachs are the size of a straw and will stretch and heal to the size of a banana.


Mich W
Hw 223, SW 217 CW 185 GW 135

This is also what I was told.

It will make you feel full faster and will rinse the nutrients out of you faster not giving your body time to absorb all of it.

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I've heard all of those reasons. For me, having taken a drink too early by mistake, it made me sick. It almost immediately came back up. So, I think to pause after eating is also about avoiding the discomfort.

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This is SO tough when you eat something spicey. Ugh!


5'7 Sleeved 8/7 HW: 256 SW: 248
CW: 235 At 2 week post op GW: 150

I saw my nutritionist today, and the info they give is that some people can tolerate taking small sips as they eat, others can't. So you could try it.

If you were to watch what is happening in your stomach and you have no food in it, you would see that when you drink something it goes right through -it does not stay in the stomach. So if you drink something with a little bit of food in it, it pushes the food through your stomach quickly and into your intestines, allowing you to eat more and sooner than you should. If you already have a lot of food in your stomach and you drink soon after eating, it fills up the space making it uncomfortable long before it starts pushing food through. A couple of sips here and there will be fine.

This is the one rule I've managed to stick 99% of the time. I think it does all of the above: it pushes food through, fills you up quickly, and might stretch out a pouch. I find that it helps me space out my eating, it has become a habit now.

See, I was told that it would push food through faster and I would get hungrier faster, but frankly, I've had no problem drinking within 30 minutes before eating (no difference in fullness), and I can't drink for a full hour after eating out of sheer discomfort with how the water feels over my full stomach! Weird.

I (usually) stop drinking 15 min before food and try and last the 30 min post food. Occasionally I take tiny sips. Like others, food then drink too soon can make me on the verge of vomit. Same with not fully sitting up while I eat.

We become complex creatures!

I sometimes just suck on an ice cube if I really feel like I need a sip


Mich W
Hw 223, SW 217 CW 184 GW 135

You can drink before eating without problems. The water goes passed the pyloric valve no problem, so isn't in your stomach.

But after and during is a no go, you won't be able to eat the food you need if drinking while eating.

You also run the risk of vomiting if you take on too much liquid while eating and after eating.

I drink a lot before, wait two min. I will eat and take a very small sip to wet my mouth and always wait an hour after eating to resume Liquids.

I only wait 30 min. That seems to be about the time I can lay down after eating without getting reflux so it seems to work. I'm just so used to drinking during meals.

I also try and liquid load before eating. It gives me time to really think okay, am I actually hungry plus it makes the post eating period easier.