drink question

HEy i just wondered.........for those of us who gave up soda all the sudden LOL what are so good flavorful drinks.........i do crystal lites, iced water, and iced tea with splenda decaf.........I do some sugar free hot cocoa in the mornings..........any other suggestions of something good and tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I keep craving orange juice and since I cant have that I have found tropicana in the pop section and they have SF orangeade and its pretty good they also have it in SF lemonade, and SF fruit punch.  I guess it makes me feel like i had a pop cuz its in a can and from the pop section, otherwise I just have water or tea with splenda.

I am hooked on Hawaiian Tropics SF Fruit Punch in the powder packs....you can find them by the Crystal Lite. They have the fruit punch, and the grape.......and they are so yummy. Tastes just like the regular that you get in the gallon jug!  I even have started making slushies with them......something to change the texture.  Another thing I like, especially now, since it is getting cooler, is Alpine SF Hot Spiced Apple Cider......this is also from a powder, and if you like Apple Cider, this is really good.    Hope these suggestions help!

Heather,

I'm not a fan of the Crystal Lite's..just too sweet for my taste. I like the fruit2O's...especially the tropical fruit flavor. I will also drink the sf lemonade and cherry lemonade. The diet green tea isn't bad either..if you can find the decaf ones, even better. We stick to decaf tea and decaf coffee as well.

Since I'm +3 yr out, I have experimented with soda. What I have found that works good for me, especially with this nausea I've had lately, is to mix 50/50 orange juice with sf sprite. The oj really cuts down on the carbonation of the sprite and the sprite reduces the acidity of the oj. I would NOT recommend this to anyone under 1 yr post-op since the carbonation and the acidity, together or separate, can cause problems on the pouch (including ulcers). I have tried to drink pop (diet root beer) alone and it just does not settle very well in my pouch at all...even at 3 yrs out. Sherri

Just thought I would throw in that the tropicana stuff isnt carbonated, after reading Sherri's I thought oh crap i forgot to put that in there, lol. Didnt want anybody to think I was crazy for being so early out, lol.  Let me tell ya though, I do miss my mt dew's I was junkie when it came to that stuff.  Which I'm sure played a big part in the nice wieght gain I had over the years.   Sherri, I dont think that I have ever seen Cherry lemonade, is that a water flavor or something different?

The sf cherry lemonade is in the pop section. It's non-carb too like the minutemaid sf lemonade is. I usually get it in a 12-pack.

Sherri

SF Spiced Cider is good!!!  It's with the cocoa.

I am always looking for something new to drink also....I found DIET Cranberry Juice at Walmart...its YUMMY!!!