Re: I always have to know why.

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In a message dated 8/14/2003 6:50:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cindybhe@... writes:

> am reading in some of your posts that drinking while you eat has

> something to do with not losing weight.

Eat some food, take a drink, wash it down giving more room to east some more.

That is the theory. Not drinking allows the food to sit in the pouch giving

that full feeling longer.

Fay Bayuk

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Basically, the water emulsifies the food so it doesn't have a chance to fill

your pouch and make you feel full. It just " rinses " the pouch out.

Actually, it usually gives me diarrhea.

in Austin

RNY April 1998

I always have to know " why. "

> I am reading in some of your posts that drinking while you eat has

> something to do with not losing weight. (I think?) Why would it? I

> have been doing it and haven't lost any weight for 6 mos. I need to

> know the " why " of something before I am ever very successful at

> changing habits. My surgeon was VERY short on information so I have

> been shooting in the dark. Glad I found this list!

>

> Cindy R

> Cody, Wyoming

> RNY 12-4-01

> 340/220/170

>

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To add to what the others have said, if you've had the RNY, we don't

have a pyloric valve anymore. The pyloric valve opens and closes

from the old stomach(pre-op) into the intestines, which as I

understand it, kinda regulates food to slowly leave the tummy (my non-

technical description!). With our surgeries, there is simply an

opening (stoma) from the pouch into the intestines, so no valve to

control how fast food empties. With water liquifying the food, it

empties the pouch quicker, washes it right thru, so that not only can

you eat more per meal, your hungry again faster than if you let the

food drain slowly from the pouch without the liquid to help it along.

Cindy

> I am reading in some of your posts that drinking while you eat has

> something to do with not losing weight. (I think?) Why would it? I

> have been doing it and haven't lost any weight for 6 mos. I need to

> know the " why " of something before I am ever very successful at

> changing habits. My surgeon was VERY short on information so I have

> been shooting in the dark. Glad I found this list!

>

> Cindy R

> Cody, Wyoming

> RNY 12-4-01

> 340/220/170