Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
Everyone is different so you have to experiment. I try to be careful of the calorie count, although I can drink so little anyway that I often don't care. However, I'm almost 1 1/2 yrs. out.
Also, my new favorite addiction - LATTE - if you're not familiar with it, basically it's a shot of espresso with steamed milk. I make it at home with 1% milk - but you can order at most coffee shops with skim milk as well. I figure this gets my milk in for me too!
Pam
Carol b
I was a Starbucks junkie but I'm adjusting. I have switched to a great one decaf tea with just fresh lemon from Dunkins. It was tough switching but now I'm used to it.
Hi There!
I drink decaf coffee. Per 12 oz mug, I have 2 TB FF half & half (=20 cals and 1 Protein!) and 3 Splenda. And I count decaf coffee as part of my fluid intake. Not sure if we are allowed to or not but I usually get in what I need, especially because I drink some decaf coffee.
I even get a medium decaf, black, at coffee shops and put my own schtuff in.
I also have many davinci syrups and add a tablespoom to a cup some times.
I accidentaly got caffeinated once and and was bouncing off the walls! But I just replaced it with twice the amount of fluids (8 oz coffee = 16 oz fluids - can count 8 oz fluids as intake). That was tough to take in for the day.
Anyway, that's me. I've heard somewhere that we are allowed to have 8 oz of caffeinated beverage a day as long as we replace it with double the fluids.
We're all different and we aren't all 'out' the same amount of time from our surgeries. I didn't start drinking my decaf until six months out. Others started a year out or a week out or never at all.
Regular tea is loaded with caffeine too. So, I have decaf tea when I'm in the mood for tea.
Have a great weekend! Keep Warm!
Jules
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