Question about maintenance...

It makes me hungry faster if I do it, and also, since I tend to be a gulper, it really just took one time of a big ol gulp as a reflex and having steak bits float back up my throat to help cement that it wasnt anything I cared to experience again!  :}

For me, I do not drink while I eat. I take a couple of tiny sips to wet my whistle, and seriously, it's no more than the spit I'm already swallowing while eating. I've been doing it for over a year and half of my 2 years post-VSG with zero ill effects. I do not get hungrier any faster, or any pain or discomfort.

I have accidentally taken a big swig of fluid while eating, and yep, it was uncomfortable, but it didn't kill me or make it so bad that I couldn't continue with my meal. Lesson learned, sips are okay, drinking not okay.