No caffeine ever?

[FairySleeve 297]

My first (liquid) meal post-op the hospital offered me a cup of coffee or tea, not sure if it's even a Decaf. My surgeon never said anything about coffee but all kind of soda is forbidden! (for now, I'm about to be 6 months out in a week). And I have a cup of coffee every morning!

[Beni 1,484]

I was told by my Nutritionist at week 8 that I could have coffee if I so desired. There is no medical reason not to. All I have to keep in mind is: Do I tolerate it? I'm I using common sense is how I drink it? Obviously, I don't want to be drinking too much. It can be absorbed too quickly and give you jitters. A smaller cup is all I need now. I can use my pretty mugs that before where way too small.

[tiredmama 137]

At my six month check up I was told one cup of coffee per day is ok.

[melhach 18]

My friend had the sleeve in June and she was drinking coffee the next week it's all preference I suppose and depends on how you do at her 6 month check up she was down 95lbs she's almost to her goal 10 lbs left!! I go on jan 12 for my little course and meet the anesthesiologist

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

Do I need to stop?

@AR40@AR40

this post is so timely

this morning a radio announcer that i love made the following statement

drinking coffee for men increases your life span 10 years

for women 13 years!!!

not sure how true those stat are, but i thought it was interesting

kathy

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Sure caffeine is a diuretic . . . so is Water . . . "diuretic" just means it makes you pee. And caffeine is barely more diuretic than water so if you are going to stop having caffeine because it's "diuretic" you should probably stop drinking water too.

coffee won't have any dehydrating effect on you unless you are unused to drinking coffee and drinking tons of it. There may be plenty of other good reasons to avoid or limit coffee/caffeine, but potential dehydration isn't one of them, at least not for most of us.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/13/262175623/coffee-myth-busting-cup-of-joe-may-help-hydration-and-memory

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/caffeinated-drinks/faq-20057965

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140402-are-coffee-and-tea-dehydrating

http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/blogs/does-coffee-dehydrate-you-new-study-debunks-myth

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0084154