Drinking Before, After And During Meals?

[Grateful Heart 7]

I've been sleeved since Feb. 2010. Lost 78% of the weight and got complacent. Threw all the rules out of the window. Absolutely stopped losing and recently began creeping back up. The rules are there for a reason and I believe when we begin to rationalize changing the rules to "suit our bodies" we are setting up ourselves for failure. I have recenly began the 5-day pouch test to restart my weight loss and returning to the rules my doctor gave me from the very beginning.

After over 2 years my advice is "don't change the rules". It helps to know the "why" but just do it!

[Dooter 1,457]

I know I can eat A LOT more when I drink and eat at the same time. This is what I do to prepare for races when I need to increase my calories. It triggers the pyloric valve to open and send food on down to the intestines creating more room in the stomach.

Wow, that is so weird!! I get tragically ill when I do that! It could be because I'm still only a few months out, but it's enough to deter me...well....indefinitely!

[PdxMan 4,292]

Wow, that is so weird!! I get tragically ill when I do that! It could be because I'm still only a few months out, but it's enough to deter me...well....indefinitely!

I've learned to time my bites and drinks. Last Saturday night, the wife and I went out for dinner. I had a race the following morning, so I was looking to "carb up". We split a Shrimp Scampi with cream sauce on linguini. Oh, there were also these little rolls. I ate one.

I take a bite, put the fork down and chew the life out of it. Swallow and wait a minute. Take a drink ... wait a minute ... repeat. I was able to pretty much eat my half doing this. My wife actually didn't finish hers, either, but she also had a side salad. Basically, we had a whole (our size) portion to take home.

The next day, ran my race (won my age/division ... yea!) and came home a couple hours later. I was hungry, so I pulled out the leftovers. Again the portion was the size of what I ate the previous night. Since I wasn't trying to "carb up" at this point, I did not drink with my lunch. I was only able to eat half of that portion.

So, the night before, drinking with eating I was able to eat twice the amount of the same meal the following day ... and I didn't have one of those rolls at lunch, either ...

So, yeah, I can definately eat more when drinking.

[Cherrybomb 54]

Listen to your NUT, not your gut... I know listening to my body got me to 273 lbs

Listening to my BRAIN is what got me in this position. If I was listening to my body all along I would have been fine.

[Dooter 1,457]

I've learned to time my bites and drinks. Last Saturday night' date=' the wife and I went out for dinner. I had a race the following morning, so I was looking to "carb up". We split a Shrimp Scampi with cream sauce on linguini. Oh, there were also these little rolls. I ate one.

I take a bite, put the fork down and chew the life out of it. Swallow and wait a minute. Take a drink ... wait a minute ... repeat. I was able to pretty much eat my half doing this. My wife actually didn't finish hers, either, but she also had a side salad. Basically, we had a whole (our size) portion to take home.

The next day, ran my race (won my age/division ... yea!) and came home a couple hours later. I was hungry, so I pulled out the leftovers. Again the portion was the size of what I ate the previous night. Since I wasn't trying to "carb up" at this point, I did not drink with my lunch. I was only able to eat half of that portion.

So, the night before, drinking with eating I was able to eat twice the amount of the same meal the following day ... and I didn't have one of those rolls at lunch, either ...

So, yeah, I can definately eat more when drinking.[/quote']

That's crazy! Might be info I shouldn't know about!! Hahaha I need to stay scared. LOL