I have a drinking problem........

Hi!

No.... I am not an alcoholic. I have never liked or drank alcoholic drinks at all but I do have a drinking problem. I struggle everyday getting the right amount or enough of fluid down. I have never been one to drink all day just mainly at meals. Everything I drank before surgery like Crystal Light, Powerade Zero, water, etc I just can't stand. Nothing tastes good and everything tastes too dang sweet. Ironically...I can drink splenda decaf tea but that is all. I am 4 weeks and 4 days post op and down 36 pounds so far.

Does anyone have any suggestions on different things to drink?  I am not drinking enough and I don't want to become dehydrated.

Thanks,

Amy   

I've been drinking the Ocean Spray Diet juices.  They have Cranberry, Cranberry-Pomegranate, Blueberry, Blueberry-Pomegranate, Cranberry-Blueberry.   All very tasty to me.

my all time favorite of those is cran-grape :)

I like hot mint tea with splenda, propel flavored water and Syntrax lemon tea.  The lemon tea I put one scoop in 10 oz water and shake in a mixer bottle then add ice cubes.  It is too sweet with less water.  congratulations on the 36#s that is great!!

I enjoy the Mio brand water add ins...you squirt the amount that you like so you can control the amount of flavor. My personal favorite is the lemonade. 

I have the same problem with drinking almost 4 months out.  I used to drink 2-20 ounce bottles of water before noon but since RNY I can't drink it cold at all no matter what I mix with it.  I drink the oceanspray diet juices - they are pretty tasty. I can drink some hot drinks such as tea and coffee and the unjury chicken soup is pretty good.  I still don't get all my liquids in.

I'm there too.  I was a big water drinker before surgery and cannot stomach it anymore.  I can ONLY handle crystal light peach ice tea...or hot drinks.  I so want to like something else, but everything just turns my stomach.

Sugar free hot cocoa has been my saving grace. I mix it with 1 cup skim milk & it helps me get my protein in. (you can add additional protein powder if you wish, I just can't seem to stomach it with more protein powder) Another thing I just recently found is the Vitamin water Zero. They have tons of flavors & are sweetened with Stevia, not Splenda (which most diet drinks use & it doesn't settle with me well) It also has a few extra vitamins, which is a plus!

I dilute all sugar free drinks with twice as much water as they call off plus I sometimes add something in the pitcher to make it interesting. Today I have a pineapple core just floating in the pitcher and it makes a nice flavor. I have added some homemade tea like raspberry/green tea to a berry crystal light and that was good. Can't drink any sugar free stuff straight.

http://macrobiotic.about.com/od/drinksandsmoothies/r/vitaminwaters.htm

Try this.  We put all kinds of fruits in our water.  We don't put any sweetener in them-ever and they are deliscious.  Play around with them to find a combo that does well with your stomach.  Ginger can definitely help nausea.