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OK I'm still new to all of this and surgery is still a ways off but I'm taking advantage of my "research time". Has anybody tried the Crystal Light Pink Lemonade - it's so gooooood. from what I've read that means I'll probably hate it after surgery. By mistake I found that the Adkins Canned drinks freeze and taste pretty good frozen. Of course you need a good can opener to completely remove the lid so you can get in there and stir it up. If not it would take hours to get the silly thing thawed out. I have those for breakfast a lot at work and well - I forgot to take yesterdays out of the minifridge's freezer (nothing ever freezes in there) so it took me 3 hours to drink an 11 oz drink.  -Iris

I absolutely love the lemonades (pink & reg) and the fruit punch.  I like freezing them in ice cube trays and munching on them when I get a head hunger. Kelly :)

Mmmmm ... Crystal Lite!!  Harris Teeter had a fabulous buy-one-get-one-free sale on Crystal Lite last week or the week before, so I bought a kabilliajillion cannisters of every-whicha-flavor, as well as boxes of the single-serving powders.  I thought I'd bought enough to get me through the spring, but it's obvious that I'm going to have to look for more such sales! One of my favorite treats at present is to make 64 oz. of Crystal Lite Raspberry Lemonade, then pop in a vial of New Whey Protein Bullet (fruit punch flavor).  I pour it into two Nalgene bottles and refrigerate one overnight and freeze the other.  That pretty much covers my beverage needs and protein supplements for the next day.  It's so yummy. I wonder whether the folks at Crystal Lite really know how loved they are in these parts.

I am a Crystal lite JUNKIE LOL actually I drink so much I buy the Walmart brand which to me is JUST as good and way cheaper and has TONS of more flavors!! I love the Grape, Cranberry, Cherry, Strawberry and Lemonade! I even use the gallon pitcher and mix them up, like one pack of Cherry and one pack of Lemonade and it is soooo good!!

Darcie

I loved crystal light before and after the wls. I just tried the South Beach Diet drink mix and it was wonderful. Comes in little packs to put into bottle water like CL does. Myrtis

Hi Iris -

First of all ... Welcome to the NC Board! I hope that you will find this to a warm, supportive place to get and give information. Many of the people on this board have truly become "friends" in the very real and tangible since of the word. I look forward to getting to know you as you make your way on this journey of a lifetime.

While many people mention that their tastes for things seem to change after surgery, I have to say that I haven't found that to be the case for me personally. I will say that after "weaning" myself off of sugar, I don't really like Coke the way I used to, but in general I don't think my sense of taste has really changed so much. That said, I think you'll just have to wait and see. I love the Crystal Light Fruit Punch and during the warm months I nearly live on that stuff. It's much easier for me to get my full quotient of fluids in when I use that vs. just drinking plain old water.

Again, welcome to the group!

Barb