Ok, so if water and any other liquid goes straight on through...how come we have to sip? anyone know?

Hi Sheila, gulping will get you into trouble. I can actually PB water if I'm not careful. Early on you don't really have restriction so the tendancy is to gulp. You have to retrain yourself to sip because when you do get restriction it will be a must. Good luck.

My doctor told me that they don't go straight through. Liquids build up, like if you were pouring water in a funnel, if you pour too fast, it will overflow, you have to give it time to get through the narrow opening.

Why can't you drink liquids with your meals? How long before/after do you have to wait to drink something?

I was told we have to wait 1/2 hour before and 1/2 hour after. The before is so you don't fill up on liquids and not be able to eat and the after is so you don't push food through and get hungry faster. I don't know....just what I heard!:scared:

Yep, foods tend to slide through faster if they are lubricated with a liquid. The idea is to fill quickly and feel satiated for a long period of time. However, that being said, let me WARN you all.... if and when you get some food that seems to go down and stick, do not, I repeat DO NOT EVER TRY TO WASH IT DOWN WITH A LIQUID. That is a recipe for a PB if there ever was one. It's like pouring water in a plugged up toilet. Isn't going to do anything but come back up.

That is exactly what my doc told me. I know it will be hard not to drink with meals for me, but I am trying to do that now so it won't be so hard to later.