Because of my gastric bypass surgery, I’m not supposed to drink at least 30 minutes after I eat something, which is so annoying, and sometimes it feels like forever before I can have my coffee.

But drinking while or immediately after you eat can have multiple negative consequences.

One consequence is that the fluid supposedly washes the food out of your system, so you end up hungry again and eat more food than you should.

Another consequence I did not realize until this morning, when I researched the subject, is that it can stretch the smaller stomach the surgeon has created for you, increasing your capacity to consume beyond what might be most beneficial to you, thereby making the whole procedure less effective.

Still another, I think, is if you eat something sugary and then immediately imbibe, you can actually accelerate the rate at which the sugar travels through your system, which can possibly cause dumping syndrome (throwing up or diarrhea), sweats, etc.

But since I spent so much time talking about this, now it’s time to drink again. See what I did, there?

Here’s to effective time management.

Bottoms up.