Drinking too much? Can it stretch your pouch?
You cannot stretch your pouch with liquid. If you drink too much too quickly, it will simply "back up" (and you may end up throwing some of it back up if you REALLY overdo it). I can easily drink 6 oz in a very short period of time.
Lora
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
No, don't worry about it.
I am not going to lie, at first drinking sucked it took soooo long, but now it is no problem. I drink a lot of water (crystal light enhanced usually)...helps keep me from eating :)
I am not going to lie, at first drinking sucked it took soooo long, but now it is no problem. I drink a lot of water (crystal light enhanced usually)...helps keep me from eating :)
Amanda 5'10" 346/316/158/175 (start/surgery day/current/tentative goal)
Somewhere inside me, there is a fat girl just dying to get back out. I mostly just try to keep her subdued with sugar free pudding, but she's not amused.
Not with fluids alone, no - and certainly not with 5 oz. Your old stomach was like a sink with a stopper in it, so you could have overfilled that one until you vomited, since the stopper kept the drain closed.
But your new stomach is like a smaller sink with no stopper, so fluids go right down the drain. Now if you kept drinking and drinking - maybe 20 oz or more - so quickly that the drain couldn't keep up, then maybe. MAYBE. But you'd have to be TRYING.
It's far more likely that overeating solids could cause the pouch to stretch out. They aren't as able to slip down the drain as easily as liquids can, so they sit in the sink longer. So if you eat too quickly, you could over fill the sink, causing it to stretch the pouch or even overflow (vomiting).
But your new stomach is like a smaller sink with no stopper, so fluids go right down the drain. Now if you kept drinking and drinking - maybe 20 oz or more - so quickly that the drain couldn't keep up, then maybe. MAYBE. But you'd have to be TRYING.
It's far more likely that overeating solids could cause the pouch to stretch out. They aren't as able to slip down the drain as easily as liquids can, so they sit in the sink longer. So if you eat too quickly, you could over fill the sink, causing it to stretch the pouch or even overflow (vomiting).