Alcohol

I stick with white wines... I don't like dry wines so I do reisling or white zin.  I am, however, one of those people who do not dump, but reisling has less sugar in it than most.  Word to the wise... sip SLOWLY and DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!!

Unfortuntely, at the six month mark I learned that I could drink again.

In fact, I could drink ALOT with no adverse affect on my blood work. So now I'm eating right and exercising but I have this bad drinking habit. I'm maintaining my goal weight and all but I can't help but believe that my drinking habit is somehow not good for me. 

Sadly it's not.  it taxes your liver badly.

do you think that alcohol has become your transfer addiction?

White Wine here, pino grigio is my fav and gives a GREAT buzz.  No beer because of the carbonation.  I've also done Sangria but no more than one due to sugar.  Another favorite is BayBreeze...malibu or vodka (depending on who makes it) pineapple and cranberry.

So malibu rum in a little crystal light would be ok?  That actually doesn't sound bad. 

I'm a fomer Kahluah and cream drinker just like you. I have found that after my RNY (4 years post-op) I have remained a little lactose intolerant so I had to put the Kahluah away =(. Never having been much of a drinker I will occassionally have a Jack Daniels Lynchburg Lemonade. You have to drink it really slow because it does have carbonation but as much as soda. And I will warn you now... I feel the affects of the alcohol at about 1/2 a bottle.  Good luck to you.

In a social situation I have tried about a 1/2 or less of a beer in a cup and I find I don't have the taste for it anymore. I've never tested the dumping because it's too soon to find out  (I'm afraid I won't) That being said I just drin****d tea while out with splenda. I was never a big drinker anyway.

Kelly