why no caffeine the first 4 weeks?

Hey, just trying to get all my liquids in and was wondering why no caffeine the first 4 weeks?  Does this actually hurt pouch or is it for diaretic reasonings?  I love iced tea from the sonic and will be on the road some over the holidays and would love to pull through sonic and enjoy me some iced tea w/ lemon....
Thanks

Candee

Yes, it is because of the diuretic effect.  Get them to give you some ice water then add in a mix-in.  I am loving the Snapple diet peach iced tea mix right now.  I also drank tons of decaf coffee.  In fact, I still drink decaf every day.  Warm goes down really well and adds to the liquid total for the day.

I think caffeine also increases acid production and I doubt that would be good on a freshly revamped tummy.

Yup!  Yup!  These gals know what they're talking about.  So I don't have anything to add except that you'll make those 30 days with caffeine!  It'll pass in the blink of an eye and you'll be skinnier on top of that!

After giving it up for awhile, I still drink it, but never to the degree I did pre WLS, and it's by choice-I don't need the energy boost like I used to.

The only caffenine I drink is hot chocolate from Quick Trip.  And even then I get the smallest one they have and only drink about 3/4 of it.  Most of the time i am drinking either the Wal-Mart brand, Kool Aid, or Hawaiian Punch sugar free drink mixes you can just add to 2 quarts of water.  I go through 4 quarts of that a day at least.

I found that once I was off of it there was little sense in returning to it.  Personal favorite:  Iced Peppermint herbal tea.

My name is Denise, and I am a caffeine junkie!  Hey, I had that magic day with real coffee marked on the calendar!  I dreamed of that day!

I'm a propel girl.  I have 10 six-packs of it in the back of my car pretty much at all times so I have a great variety of flavors to choose from at any time.

Dot