drinking and the lap band

[sunny day 0]

can anyone give me a suggestion of a band friendly drink? i know about the empty calories but i have an event to go to and need a go to drink. im not banded yet but am trying to adopt some practices before i am .

[thebandedgirl 0]

Don't go with fruity drinks made using syrups. Drink gin and tonic or something like that. The mixers and syrups contain a lot of sugar and calories.

[Barb119 0]

can anyone give me a suggestion of a band friendly drink? i know about the empty calories but i have an event to go to and need a go to drink. im not banded yet but am trying to adopt some practices before i am .

Hey Sunny Day, red wine (as it's known for being healthy) or vodka and Water, then add drink mix (bring your own no sugar drink mix, i.e., Crystal Light, Hawaiin punch etc.). Yep, stay away from the regular mixed drinks...way too much sugar on top of the alcohol calories. I'm newly banded and on two occasions, I've had this. Right or wrong, there's lots of social occasions and that go to drink just makes sense for me (or, of course, abstain w/water and lime/lemon)

Good luck to you!

[Catherine55 43]

I struggled over this -- I used to drink Stoli O and soda (low calorie, yummy), but because you shouldn't have carbonation with the band, anything bubbly is out.

I normally just stick to wine now, and that works out just fine. That is what I would recommend doing. Have fun tonight!

Catherine