Water Intake
Set a timer to go off every 15 minutes and, every time it does, take a few sips. Annoying, but it'll get you drinking your liquids!
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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Here are some things to try:
- Different flavors
- Different temperatures
- Take a sip before you do anything
- Take a sip after you do everything
- Take a sip when you see a commercial on TV
- Take a sip every time you see a lawyer commercial
- Take a sip every time you see food on TV
- You get it - make up drinking games!
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I do like Stacy does - a certain goal by certain times, otherwise it gets overwhelming to try and catch up. I eat and drink by the clock (during the week at least, it's a little harder on the weekends when my schedule is less predictable) - 20 oz then coffee/protein shake, 20 oz before lunch, 20 oz before afternoon snack, 20 oz before dinner, and 20-30 oz after dinner. Sometimes I'll break it up even more - like 8 oz during this meeting, 16 oz before my next meeting, etc. You can't wait to be hungry or thirsty to eat and drink, especially at this point.
April: HW- 323, SW-310, CW-159 (as of 9/25/15), Goal- 140; Pre-op (-13), M1 (-17), M2 (-16), M3 (-14), M4 (-13), M5 (-12), M6 (-8), M7 (-12), M8 (-8), M9 (-8), M10 (-5), M11 (-7), M12 (-5), M13 (-7), M14 (-0), M15 (-1), M16 (-5), M17 (-5)
I had some struggles until I started drinking warm tea throughout the day. I'm addicted to Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime.
I carry a 17 ounce plastic water bottle with me that I fill up and drink four times a day using a shot of berry pomegranate enhancer to make it tastier. Then I drink at least four huge cups of tea. You definitely need to increase your water intake or you'll have a myriad of problems including constipation, stalled weight loss and dehydration. Because we eat so much protein, we need plenty of fluids to flu**** out.
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Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
