Trouble Drinking After Eating?

[Fleur de lis 2]

I usually drink a glass of Water before I eat (maybe about 30 mins before) and then I wait 30-45 mins after eating to drink again. However, I find it hard to get liquids in after eating. Even with the waiting, a sip or two makes me feel like I'm going to explode. So I sometimes wait up to 1 1/2 hours to try drinking, but it's still the same. I thought maybe I was eating too much so I've started to weigh my food. For example, last night I had a Boca patty (2 1/8 oz cooked) and I ate half of it, and I measured a 1/2 cup of green Beans, of which I ate about two forkfuls. Most of the time, I'm eating less than 3 oz of Protein and less than 1/3 cup of veggies and it's still hard to drink.

So as a result, I'm definitely not getting in as much liquids as I should be. Is anyone else experiencing this? Do you have any suggestions?

[BZButterfly79 19]

I have't had the surgery yet, can you drink a glass of Water without problems? So that means we don't have to sip sip? Does water go down fast or slow?

[Fleur de lis 2]

Yeah, Water goes down easy for me. We still have to sip, but sometimes I feel that I'm not sipping slow enough. It doesn't hurt or anything, I just feel like sipping was drilled into my head and while I don't gulp it down, it doesn't take me an hour to drink a glass of water. I don't know if that's good or bad.

[Jordien 30]

we're close in our surgery dates... yeah it's much easier to drink these days. but i agree, if I have a dense Protein that really fills me up, i can't drink much after that, for a while. I try to get my Water in early in the day, and I eat pretty lightly for breakfast/lunch. Today though, I had some roast beef for lunch, it was the new carved roast beef by the packaged deli meats... so it was thick and really filled me up, though I only had about an oz. and a half of it. So about half an hour later, I take some crystal light, and my stomach was feeling SO full like I had eaten an entire additional meal. I just figured it wasn't time yet to start filling up with liquids since I ate that hearty roast beef. Weird. Just trying to get to know what foods do what. I just think it's all a learning experience.

[Maddie 9]

Same here. Dense Protein fills me for hours.

I don't eat Breakfast. My tummy doesn't like it. I drink a prot shake in the mornings. After about an hour I start pumping in my Water for the day. I can usually get about 2/3 of it in before lunch. Cuz after I start eating for the day, it gets harder to drink. Hope this helps.