Liquid motivation anyone?

Burning Question....

Ive never been one to shy away from happy hour or alcohol in general, while i dont drink constantly i would b stretching the truth entirely if i said i didnt enjoy a drink or two or three every so often!

So, how has being banded affected your tolerance to alcohol? I know its pretty drastic with other weight loss surgery... Is it the same all across the WLS board??? Do tell

Girl I am right there with you !!!! I am a year out and my tolerance has not changed at all . Some will say they are now a cheap date others have seen no change so my advice would be to do a test run at home and go from there .  Jus****ch your tendency to eat when/after drinking and the calories that go along with alcohol. You have to count those cals! :(......    I stay away from carbonated , fruity drinks and mixers .I choose water as my mixer and even take my fav. flavors of crystal light to flavor my ****tail. An average shot of white liq. like vodka is around 64 cals a shot so cutting back on the mixer is key! It is the skinniest way I have found to drink.LOL   Wine makes me retain water but occasionally I indulge lol. I had to break up with my best friend BEER a year ago! Boooooo....

LOL! I LOVE IT! crystal light and vodka is that a skinny girl martini!

the good part is it can be a "skinny" anything you want cause you can change up the flavor everytime! LOL Also a hint....target has their own brand of crystal lite and it comes in lime margarita , and some kind of cosmo flavor and lots of great choices! LOVE IT!!!!

Well, I am over two years out and even now, I cannot have a full glass of wine without feeling the effects strong enough that I  think I shouldn't drive.  I feel pretty tipsy.  I pretty much limit myself to half a glass of wine at any one time.  I'm thinking it's usually because I only drink when I'm out with friends and its before I eat, so I'm drinking on an empty stomach.  I'm really careful about the drinking because I'm always driving myself.  I have my 1/2 - 2/3 glass of wine before eating and then once I've eaten, I'm not drinking and I'm okay to drive after dinner.  I am a really cheap drunk these days.  Very different than before banding.  It's definitely effected my tolerance to alcohol.

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O0O... BOO! i guess will have to see... anticipation is a [expletive deleted] lol

Only thing WLS changed is how fast i drink it

I can't have too much.  2 drinks totally buzzed.  Anymore more than that....wasted.  Recently I had 1.5 drinks and 2 shots and was big time twisted.  And it hits me fast and I don't do it that often because of that.

Let's just say I'm a cheap date now cause it doesn't take much! Just be very careful the first time you try drinking cause you just don't know what's gonna happen, maybe nothing or maybe the quickest drunk ya ever had.

Funny you should mention this.  A couple of weeks ago we were having friends for dinner and overnight.  This was my first week in which I was allowed a drink but after reading everything here expected to be plastered after one glass of wine.  I got dinner and EVERYTHING completely ready in advance in case I was loaded after one.  NOTHING!!  I mean nothing... so I had another and still nothing.  I seem to have a better tolerance now than before!  lol  Oh well, at least I enjoyed an entire evening with friends without having to be in the kitchen!  I guess everyone is different!