Re: not drinking with meals

[Guest guest]

I have a timer on my cell phone. When I'm done eating breakfast and

lunch, I set the timer for 1 hour. When the timer goes off, I know I

can drink again.

Another thing about not dringking with meals, I have been puzzling

about taking my vitamins. I thought vitamins were better absorbed

when taken with meals, but I cannot take the vitamins without

something to drink. I've asked about this, and some people say go

ahead and drink only enough to get the vitamins down, a few little

sips probably won't hurt.

However, I've figured out my own solution . . . I take my vitamins

when I'm drinking my Pro-Complex meal. A little [liquid} Pro-Complex

helps get the vitamins down.

(I just went back to taking my Women's One-A-Day vitamins, which are

pretty big, this week, cause I finally finished the chewables I was

taking.)

--Sandi H.

Dr. Leo - 6/03/04

weighed 315 at orientation (May '03)

252 at surgery, last weighed at 215.5 (8/7/04)

sandiantoytrain @ yahoo . com

[Guest guest]

Hi Lesa,

The reason why is so that we get the maximum amount of absorption of the protein. When we start to drink liquid then it washes our food out of our stomach.

Ramona

[Guest guest]

Ok, this is going to sound like a

ridiculous question (especially coming from a post-op), but can someone remind

me why we are not supposed to drink anything for one hour after we eat? I

understand the discomfort reason, but what is the health reason?

- Lesa -

not drinking with meals

Hello everyone:

Like a lot of you here, I too was very used to

drinking with meals.

But now, I've made the adjustment. And

Ramona and Kay are right: it

feels VERY uncomfortable to drink too soon after a

meal.

I've found however that if I need to moisten food

(like chicken

breast), I add a bit of broth or gravy to the

forkful. Sometimes

I'll also put a tender, juicy, cooked greenbean on

the fork too.

That seems to liven up my salivary glands and

helps get things moist

as I chew the 30 times. When that's not

available, I've taken a

small (very tiny) sip of water (or decaf tea or

coffee) with the

mouthful and chewed it all together.

It's interesting, now I'm always watching the

clock, and it's second

nature to do so. What's helped me most,

however, is having a regular

schedule regarding meals. For example, since

I always eat breakfast

at 8 am, I know that by 9 or 9:15, it's OK to

start drinking again.

and all the other pre-ops, just try to do

the best you can

with that now. It helped me that I practiced

2 months prior to

surgery.

Part of the reason I drank so much with meals in

the past was that I

ate so much. There is so little food going

down now, that this is,

at first, a minor inconvenience, and now a way of

taking care of

myself.

Gemello

open rny 06/03/03

reconstruction 05/25/04

-138 lbs

[Guest guest]

Drinking right after eating can wash the food through. Letting the solid

food sit in the pouch gives us a feeling of satisfaction and fullness.

So drinking can sabotage that. Also I suppose over time one could

stretch the pouch if liquid and solid food were squeezed in there.

Martha

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:39:39 -0700, " Lesa " said:

> Ok, this is going to sound like a ridiculous question (especially coming

> from a post-op), but can someone remind me why we are not supposed to

> drink anything for one hour after we eat? I understand the discomfort

> reason, but what is the health reason?

>

> - Lesa -

>

> not drinking with

> meals

>

> Hello everyone:

>

> Like a lot of you here, I too was very used to drinking with meals.

> But now, I've made the adjustment. And Ramona and Kay are right: it

> feels VERY uncomfortable to drink too soon after a meal.

>

> I've found however that if I need to moisten food (like chicken

> breast), I add a bit of broth or gravy to the forkful. Sometimes

> I'll also put a tender, juicy, cooked greenbean on the fork too.

> That seems to liven up my salivary glands and helps get things moist

> as I chew the 30 times. When that's not available, I've taken a

> small (very tiny) sip of water (or decaf tea or coffee) with the

> mouthful and chewed it all together.

>

> It's interesting, now I'm always watching the clock, and it's second

> nature to do so. What's helped me most, however, is having a regular

> schedule regarding meals. For example, since I always eat breakfast

> at 8 am, I know that by 9 or 9:15, it's OK to start drinking again.

>

> and all the other pre-ops, just try to do the best you can

> with that now. It helped me that I practiced 2 months prior to

> surgery.

>

> Part of the reason I drank so much with meals in the past was that I

> ate so much. There is so little food going down now, that this is,

> at first, a minor inconvenience, and now a way of taking care of

> myself.

>

> Gemello

> open rny 06/03/03

> reconstruction 05/25/04

> -138 lbs

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Lesa:

The reason I remember is this: we want the food to stay in our

stomachs to have the maximum digestion possible (we've got a lot less

stomach acid now) and to provide the brain a feeling of fullness; we

don't want to get too hungry too soon after a meal.

Also, if we start drinking too soon, we can flush the food down into

the intestines, which can cause dumping or discomfort (outright pain)

because the food is too solid for the intestines to handle.

Hope that helps.

Gemello

-138 lbs

> Ok, this is going to sound like a ridiculous question (especially

coming

> from a post-op), but can someone remind me why we are not supposed

to

> drink anything for one hour after we eat? I understand the

discomfort

> reason, but what is the health reason?

>

> - Lesa -

>