Can my body be rejecting WATER?????

I drink crystal light decaf ice tea.  It has always been my drink of choice, so to find out that I could drink it all day long is a real comfort to me!  However, my NUT says to try to get atleast one of my 8oz drinks as regular water if possible.  I tried yesterday and I tried again today....I get a pit in my stomach and I feel like total crap after just one sip of water?????  Is this normal????

Danielle

are u sipping slowly??  are you drinking it warmer rather than too icy?  some of these things can be a problem early out.  i know i felt that way for a long time.  just try each day.  maybe try the water first thing in the morning, maybe it will go down better. 

i know even now two years out, i cannot drink things with all the ice i used to pile in the glass, sometimes not so cold works better for me and my pouch

good luck, jacki

hi danielle

i'm not a water person -- mine has been flavored since day 1 with crystal light -- ross too -- why should you get at least 8 oz of regular unflavored water? i'm curious as to the answer :)

take care
roberta

How about herbal tea?  You can make it weak and put just a touch of splenda.  You can drink it warm, lukewarm or cool.
as for protien drinks...
I think you will like the nectar protien drink lemon tea flavor. You can add crystal light to it if you want to flavor it more

I am in a stall now and trying not to freak out.  Though I think i have lsot inches because tow bathing suits that didn't fit now fit.  Whoo hooo

I think we can all tell you about our water experiences, but I would say to ask the NUT who said it had to be plain.. why..
I think it would probably have to do with additives like splenda and sweetners and caffiene and others depending on what you are using as water.
I always think plain is best but I know I have gone through times when it must be flavors for me to get it down..
And not cold.. must be room temp.
BTW... even just a slice of lemon in plain water may help you..
I do recall early out not being able to tollerate water from time to time... but it passed overtime..

Good luck
Donna

Sometimes water is "hard" on my stomach. Even adding a little flavoring like lemon helps a bit. I don't know why.

Also, room temperature water is easier for me than cold water.

Hey Rachelle,

Haven't seen you in along time.  How are you?  You look amazing!!  Keep up the good work!

Hi Melissa. Thanks! I feel great!
I've been around, but mostly just lurking.

Congrats on reaching goal (and below)
I'm right behind you.

Thank you Rachelle!

Hi,

before my RNY last year, I could easily drink large bottles of water.

After surgery, I couldn't even tolerate drinking water to take my medications.

I therefore drank low calorie drinks. I tried to look for those flavored with Splenda & have done just fine and stay well hydrated.

One of my favorite drinks is Snapple Diet rasberry/cranberry juice drink. Even though it is not flavored with Splenda, very low calorie- not calorie free.

I also drink unsweetened iced tea and flavor it with Splenda....

I drank a few ounces of water yesterday, but stopped and just added extra water to my iced tea to water it down instead of trying to drink more plain water....

Never expected to have this weird issue...but I do.

Bernadette