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jacksdad    0

jacksdad
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Hi all,

I'm almost one month post bad, first fill coming on Aug 28th. I'm down 27 lbs so I am thrilled but am wondering about returning to coffee with caffeine. I've been off caffeine for a month and don't drink soda for many reasons but was wondering if a cup of non-decaf coffee once a day would hurt.

Thoughts?

Thanks

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nenebanded    0

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Hi Jacksdad. I too am almost one month out. I have been drinking one cup of coffee with caffeine each day. Before being banded i was a huge coffee drinker. Usually by the pot. So the coffee intake has gone down, but dont know if its ok to have that one cup per day.

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momwifelove    0

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hey there, my doc said it was ok to have the coffee. Just don't be drinking a pot of it a day but 1 to 2 cups a day was fine. Don't know you might ask you doctor and see. I am only 2 weeks post op so I guess everyone is different. Congratulations on being down 27lbs. I am down 10 which isn't much but it is ok. Good Luck

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RestlessMonkey    7

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you should probably ask your surgeon. The nutritionist had it on the NEVER EVER NEVER list at my bariatric center but when I pinned her down as to WHY...(took me asking more than once) she finally answered "because it is an appetite stimulant for some people". Well, it doesn't stimulate mine, so it was immediately put back in the mix; coffee in the AM and my unsweetened iced tea the rest of the day. I DO get my 64 oz of Water in though.

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Grandma26    1

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RM...I used to have the never ending tea cup and it never stimulated my appetite either! It's sad that everything else made my hungry however, the rain, wind, sun...lol or I wouldn't be the size I am now!

I never heard that it can dehydrate you, and when I drank 10 cups a day I still needed a Water pill ...have you heard of that?

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RestlessMonkey    7

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RM...I used to have the never ending tea cup and it never stimulated my appetite either! It's sad that everything else made my hungry however, the rain, wind, sun...lol or I wouldn't be the size I am now!

I never heard that it can dehydrate you, and when I drank 10 cups a day I still needed a Water pill ...have you heard of that?

Yes, coffee and tea can have a "diuretic effect"...not for this chickie!

I think caffeine is one of those buzz words (oh ha ha LOL)

that is in/out/in/out

I can go without it (and have) for weeks on end with no ill effects. no headache, not meaner than normal, etc. OR I can drink a gallon of tea a day with no ill effects. I think it doesn't impact some of us. I just like it, and I'm glad I can (and do) keep drinking my tea! :(

And I had to laugh. I agree that caffeine is apparently one of the few things on earth that didn't make me hungry...or should I say, hungrier?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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