male only Drinking and the band

[DerickM 1]

Confession- I went into the ladies room twice in one night at the same bar. Should be a universal thing guys on the right, gals on the left.

Bruce

Seconded!!!

[Daisalana 33]

Ya know, they have the pictures of people on the restrooms so you can tell which catagory you fit in if yer drunk!

You just have to decide.. am I wearing a skirt, or pants? :rolleyes2:

[sistergirl 0]

Beer is very hard to go down with the band. It seems to foam up. However if you like beer and you drink Michiladas, it goes down very well. This is salt on the rim of the glass, lime juice in the botton with ice and clamato juice or hot sauce and a lime on the side. This will go down very easy and it is diluted.

[luluc 6]

Beer is very hard to go down with the band. It seems to foam up. However if you like beer and you drink Michiladas, it goes down very well. This is salt on the rim of the glass, lime juice in the botton with ice and clamato juice or hot sauce and a lime on the side. This will go down very easy and it is diluted.

I have not had a Michilada in FOREVER - Love them, but have always made them with Bloody Mary Mixture rather than Clamato Juice.

[Patriciann 0]

Hi I can honestly say I have had one O'douls since being banded. I do know some people that have a drink now and then. Not many that I have talk to that have the band Drink every week . It will be like any thing else More calories than you need. Don't get me wrong I have been known to knock down quite a few. It's liquid so I don,t see any problems going down. I look at it like anything else moderation. Just for the calories. . I still eat ice cream ate a birthdat party .not just has much I feel a drink would be the same . Thats why we where banded. Not to deny our selves but to help with control. I hope this made since .Paul

You are so right Paul. I eat and drink whatever I want but so much less than before the procedure. :regular_smile:

[WestCoastFatGuy 3]

The band can turn you into a real cheap date as far as liquor goes. At my current weight, pre-band, I could drink several (5 or 6) stiff drinks and just be feeling a buzz. Now, one good drink and I'm like, "wow! I better slow down!"

[gyrus3 0]

I've encountered a weird situation. First off, I rarely drank before being banded so I don't have incredible tolerance. However, since I've been banded my tolerance seems to be nonexistent. About 3 months after I was banded I went to a concert with some friends of mine. I had about 3-4 beers and boom I went from zero to hammered in no time at all. I never got that kind of reaction pre-banding and it hit me in such a way that I didn't realise I was drunk and had a couple more while the realization set in. The worst part was I ate some sort of roadkill chicken from a vendor there and a couple hours later when I got home I started dry heaving from the bad food/alcohol combo. It was a terrible experience and I thought I slipped my band. Needless to say there hasn't been much alcohol at all in my life since that incident, not that I miss it, but it was really scary.