I may be stupid but say I have a large coffee and I feel full, could this be stretching my pouch? It seems like it would just go down and not be in the pouch.??

That's a good question. Coffee fills me up too!! I normally don't drink coffee, but the other day I had a glass and then couldn't eat my food afterwards. And I dont' even hardly have any restriction! It just fills me up for some reason.

coffee is a appetizer stimulant. when you have coffee it takes away the hunger (kind of like a diuretic); so I was told by the nutritionist.

I've worried about that too. I asked my nutritionist about stretching my pouch by eating more than a cup, (ya I'm paranoid) and she said its hard to do since the pouch is done on the upper part of the stomach where the tissue is really thick and not to worry.

Liquids should pretty much go through the little pouch since its "liquid" and I'll bet your fullness goes away pretty quick or soon after your all done drinking........right? At least thats my experience.

However, I've been told by the nutritionist that carbination is what can really do the stretching.

I'm not sure how much it can stretch it, but depending on your restriction, liquids can either go straight through, or pool up. I have to drink slow, or it does pool up and it'll make me spit up.

OK Miss Laura. I'm about 3 drs. visits into the required 6 before I can apply to Blue Cross for approval. Your nos. before and your goal look very similar to mine. At 321 now, my GP says he wants me to get to 180. So, you can see how similar out paths could be. Knowing what you do now, does reaching that goal seem likely to you? I know very little about all this at this point.

It's kind of like pouring liquid into a funnel -- if you pour faster than the liquid goes through, it'll pool up.

I can't imagine "stretching" the pouch with too much liquid though -- I think it would just come right back out your mouth if you drank too much.