Do you drink anything with your meals?
oat_bran
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Do you personally find it's a good idea to drink along with your meals?
I really like black tea so I got into a habit of drinking a cup of it with milk with or right after my meals, especially breakfast and lunch. Since it's hot and increases the volume of the meal, it bring the feeling of satiety faster. But at the same time, I'm afraid that the habit of drinking it with my meals prevents me from feeling the real hunger and increases the volume of food I need to feel satiated. Especially because I often experience the sudden hunger an hour or two after my meals. As if the water passes through my stomach and what's left in it, is much lesser volume and I get suddenly hungry because of it? I also noticed that now I have a very hard time feeling any satiation after small volume meals or a snack unless I wash it down with a lot of water or tea. So I was thinking maybe it could be a good idea to stop drinking much with my meals and hope that after a while my stomach would adjust to smaller volume and I would feel full after a smaller volume of food?
I really like black tea so I got into a habit of drinking a cup of it with milk with or right after my meals, especially breakfast and lunch. Since it's hot and increases the volume of the meal, it bring the feeling of satiety faster. But at the same time, I'm afraid that the habit of drinking it with my meals prevents me from feeling the real hunger and increases the volume of food I need to feel satiated. Especially because I often experience the sudden hunger an hour or two after my meals. As if the water passes through my stomach and what's left in it, is much lesser volume and I get suddenly hungry because of it? I also noticed that now I have a very hard time feeling any satiation after small volume meals or a snack unless I wash it down with a lot of water or tea. So I was thinking maybe it could be a good idea to stop drinking much with my meals and hope that after a while my stomach would adjust to smaller volume and I would feel full after a smaller volume of food?
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I've always had something to drink with my meals ... always ... right from birth. I can't imagine not drinking something with my meals.
Drinking with my meals has had no effect on my hunger or weight. I rarely drink my calories, and haven't done since I was a teenager. And if anything drinking helps fill me up.2 -
Growing up, it was mandatory to have water and bread with our food. I don't eat bread anymore, but always have water in front of me.0
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I've always had something to drink with my meals ... always ... right from birth. I can't imagine not drinking something with my meals.
Drinking with my meals has had no effect on my hunger or weight. I rarely drink my calories, and haven't done since I was a teenager. And if anything drinking helps fill me up.
I have a field in my diary for beverages...on an average day, I drink more than 500 calories...0 -
I always drink either a diet soda or water with meals/snacks.0
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Either coke zero or water with anything I eat.2
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JustMissTracy wrote: »I've always had something to drink with my meals ... always ... right from birth. I can't imagine not drinking something with my meals.
Drinking with my meals has had no effect on my hunger or weight. I rarely drink my calories, and haven't done since I was a teenager. And if anything drinking helps fill me up.
I have a field in my diary for beverages...on an average day, I drink more than 500 calories...
I drink black coffee, various teas without sugar or milk, diet coke, and water ... that's it!
And that's what I have drunk since I was about 18 years old.
I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant when I was about 18, so no milk or milk products ... although I will use a bit of almond milk on cereal on rare occasions.
Somewhere about 18 I realised that fruit juice was just empty calories, and stopped drinking that ... except on the day after really, really long bicycle rides. The day after really, really long bicycle rides I crave 100% pure orange juice ... possibly the vit C and potassium.
And I don't drink alcohol.
My personal preference is to eat the calories rather than drink them.
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Some people say you should try drinking a glass of water before your meal to help fill out the space. I don't know if this really works as I've not tried it.0
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JustMissTracy wrote: »I've always had something to drink with my meals ... always ... right from birth. I can't imagine not drinking something with my meals.
Drinking with my meals has had no effect on my hunger or weight. I rarely drink my calories, and haven't done since I was a teenager. And if anything drinking helps fill me up.
I have a field in my diary for beverages...on an average day, I drink more than 500 calories...
I drink black coffee, various teas without sugar or milk, diet coke, and water ... that's it! And that's what I have drunk since I was about 18 years old.
I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant when I was about 18, so no milk or milk products ... although I will use a bit of almond milk on cereal on rare occasions.
Somewhere about 18 I realised that fruit juice was just empty calories, and stopped drinking that ... except on the day after really, really long bicycle rides. The day after really, really long bicycle rides I crave 100% pure orange juice ... possibly the vit C and potassium.
And I don't drink alcohol.
My personal preference is to eat the calories rather than drink them.
I totally hear that! I make my bevvies fit my calorie goals, but I do sometimes wonder, how skinny I'd be if I didn't have my daily French Vanilla Capuccino (300 cals) ?!!0 -
I drink water with my meals, sometimes a cup of tea - it depends what I'm eating really.
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I have a bottle of water with every meal and every snack. With lunch and dinner I add a crystal light packet to it to keep me from looking for something sweet after I eat.
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Water and/or black coffee at every meal for me. Sometimes a beer or wine also, except at breakfast. When i need booze at breakfast it is either jim beam or gin.1
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I drink water with most meals. Sometimes unsweetened tea.
I have always had something to drink with meals. I get hungrier sooner if I eat less protein and fat during my meals. I get hungry every 3-5 hours regardless of what I eat or drink.
I'd look at the kind of food you are eating if you are feeling unsatisfied and change up the amount of protein, fats and fiber until you feel more satisfied.
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I wonder if you're confusing hunger with thirst or you aren't eating enough or you need to work on your macros.
Drinking tea with your meals shouldn't affect your feeling of satiety.0 -
Mostly water here. Occasionally I'll have a glass of milk instead but I would say about 98% water.0
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I drink water with every single meal I eat. As well as that I drink a protein shake with 2 of my meals.0
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Always. In general - tea for (or occasionally with) breakfast, water with lunch, wine with dinner.0
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water or a diet drink...0
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longstocking wrote: »Do you personally find it's a good idea to drink along with your meals?
I really like black tea so I got into a habit of drinking a cup of it with milk with or right after my meals, especially breakfast and lunch. Since it's hot and increases the volume of the meal, it bring the feeling of satiety faster. But at the same time, I'm afraid that the habit of drinking it with my meals prevents me from feeling the real hunger and increases the volume of food I need to feel satiated. Especially because I often experience the sudden hunger an hour or two after my meals. As if the water passes through my stomach and what's left in it, is much lesser volume and I get suddenly hungry because of it? I also noticed that now I have a very hard time feeling any satiation after small volume meals or a snack unless I wash it down with a lot of water or tea. So I was thinking maybe it could be a good idea to stop drinking much with my meals and hope that after a while my stomach would adjust to smaller volume and I would feel full after a smaller volume of food?
Maybe you are not eating enough. How much of a deficit are you eating in general and how much do you have to lose?0 -
Diet Pepsi and water. Sometimes Gatorade G2, but that's only if I feel my electrolytes need replenishing at the same time.
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I don't drink while eating as recommended by my dietitian to help with my Crohn's.0
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I was taught to NOT drink anything with solid food, as it dilutes the digestive juices and so inhibits the digestion process, but whether there is any scientific basis for this or not, I don't know. It's just my habit no to...
I drink about 1.5 to 2 liters of water daily, plus morning coffee and some herbal tea.2 -
I think it would be odd not to have a beverage with a meal...I usually have a glass of water...sometimes wine with dinner...ice tea is pretty good too depending on what's on the menu.1
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I usually drink water or unsweetened tea with my meals. Occasionally I will have an alcoholic beverage and I also drink coffee with sugar and half in half in the morning.0
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Glass of skim milk with oatmeal in the mornings.
Black coffee in the morning (2-3 cups)
Water at lunch
water in the afternoon
water or wine with dinner
something in the evening depending on how I feel.
Weekend I might have a coffee with breakfast as that is bacon & potatoes. Often have Baileys in it but not since the summer.
Eating without a drink seems weird to me.0 -
Coffee in the morning, water or seltzer with lunch and dinner, and water throughout the day. If it's a special occasion, I have wine with dinner.0
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I usually don't. Maybe a sip of water to get rid of the taste of something before I move on to dessert or whatnot, but usually I drink between meals instead.0
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I don't, but that's because of my post-bariatric surgery status. It's recommended that you wait 30-45 minutes after eating before drinking anything. BUT, up until the surgery I always had a drink with my meals. Usually milk or a diet soda. When I was growing up, my Dad never had a drink with dinner and I thought it was so weird. He would eat and then drink a huge glass of milk. I think that's just how he grew up, though.0
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I've always had something to drink with my meals ... always ... right from birth. I can't imagine not drinking something with my meals.
Same here. I don't like to eat without having a beverage. Usually isn't one with calories (except coffee) but I need a drink! My mom doesn't have anything to drink with her meals. I think its weird.0 -
Water or unsweet tea.0
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