I have to have my morning coffee otherwise my family doesn't want to be near me! lol Are we allowed to drink coffee. I have read that if your band is tight in the morning to drink something warm so how about coffee? Please let me know because if it is a no no then I need to start weaning myself off before I have surgery, Right now I am just waiting for insurance approval.

Thanks!!

Edited July 24, 200818 yr by BeckyinTn

I drink coffee every morning and I have not had any problems. Eating in the morning is difficult.

I have 2 cups every morning. My doc had told me that coffee was no prob in moderation

My doc said def no coffee for the first 3 months, then maybe if stomach will tolerate it.

Coffee has lots of acid and I think the problem they are concerned about is erosion down the road. I don't Dr. coffee and my Dr. said that was good but I also should avoid spicy foods or things that are very acid. I am pretty sure that a cup of coffee in the morning to get you going should not be a problem, its those 1 pot a day people that need to be careful. Good luck on your journey.

OMG....if I didn't have my coffee, my family wouldn't want to be around me either....of course, everything in moderation. My doctor has no problem with coffee in the morning...I have problems eating in the morning and even drinking cold drinks...so I always start off with coffee. I have been banded since May 2007....doing excellent!!!!!

Only thing said about coffee to me was no caffiene!

I'm a complete diet soda addict so I was really worried about giving up both the carbonation and caffeine. I thought, "ok, I'll just switch to coffee and learn to live without the carbonation." She said nope. She said that the real reason is that caffeine is an irritant to the stomach and that since you will have only a very little bit of food in you at any one time it will be bad for the lining of your stomach. :biggrin:

Guess I haven't gotten that far in my process, why no caffeine? Because of it's diuretic effect or what? :biggrin:

I drink coffee, but have to admit, my stomach doesn't tolerate it as well as it used to and sometimes it causes me to have horrible heartburn. I have tried to cut back, but my dr. didn't restrict me.

I am drinking my coffee as I type. I have 2 cups a day first thing in the a.m. no problems.