Question:
How do you tolerate 64 oz of fluids each day?

I am 7 weeks post op rny gastric bypass, and I am unable to tolerate 64 oz of fluids each day. I get really full fast when I drank liguids? I have been dehydrated once already and don't want to go down that road again. Almost everything I try to drink is to sweet so I am really stuck with drinking water all day. Is there anything anyone drinks that works really well to get all the fluids each day they need? Please help.. thanks in advance!    — mriles (posted on July 8, 2009)


July 8, 2009
Hi Monica, It seems to take time to get use to getting so much down..but we have to! I am 1yr out from RNY...sip..sip sip. I use liq protein drinks,along with adding sugar free powders to my water. I have a coffee protein drink I use also. How about popcicles (sugarfree of course). Best of luck to you!
   — tootsie52

July 8, 2009
i spend most of my awake time holding a water bottle and sipping it except 1/2 hour before i eat and 1 hour after i eat. and then i sip, sip sip until a half hour before i know i'm going to eat again. i pretty much plan what i'm going to eat and when. i figure this is just part of life now. i messed myself up by developing horrendous eating habits and not exercising. this is what i have to do to get back good health.
   — greenpunchbuggie

July 8, 2009
I use Crystal Light they have a lot of different flavors I think the taste is very good. Good luck
   — matigian

July 8, 2009
sip, sip, sip all day long.I drink a fruit flavored water with out calories--think it is called O water. I also keep water by the side of my bed. I drink if I wake up.Good luck
   — gay56

July 8, 2009
Hi ! You sound just like I did at the time. I had to find a protein powder that wasn't sweetened,,,I found unjury unflavored and mixed it with plain water, But found later that I liked it in milk, now a days if a have one, I mix it to nestles flavored water. It definately took a few drinks to get used to it..To drink crystal light etc, I used to take two bottles mix the crys light into one and then pour half into the other bottle then fill both the rest of the way with water. The sweeteners were just too much. I also found that splenda was more tolerable than nutra sweet for me. You may be having a hard time with one particular type also. I was dehydrated for 3 weeks..make sure you aren't still..I had no tears in the a.m. etc..no weight loss while dehydrated..bummer. sometimes I had to hold my timer set for 30 seconds and take a sip every time it went off. The things we do/did to get our fluids in...if the fluids are filling you...could you be drinking too big of sips? try taking smaller ones...just a teaspoon at a time. try heating up some v-8 with your favorite spaghetti seasonings in it..I used to add a lil garlic and blk pepper..heat it and use a spoon to drink it. If you can do that without feeling full, then maybe you are drinking too much at a time. I only felt full right after surgery while I still had all the gas in there. Once I started burping etc, I felt pretty good..that was day 3-4 for me. Best of luck to you! Hugs, Kim
   — gpcmist

July 8, 2009
I might have an small answer, I found Special K protein water. It comes in Pink Lemonade and Iced Tea. I try to drink some of this and the reat Crystal lite. And just like someone else suggested I have sugarfree popsicles which help alot when it is hot out. Good luck ~Patti~
   — Patford

July 8, 2009
I found Nestle's Flavor Splash (I find it sometimes at Albertsons, Safeway and now and then I can special order it from King Soopers). Also, Aquafina Flavor Splash. They are only slightly sweetened, fruit flavored clear water drinks with 0 calories, 0 carbs, 0 protein....some sodium. They aren't as sweet as Crystal Light, but I did find that I like Crystal Light Immunity on the Go Cherry Pomegranate flavor quite a lot. Also, just in case you didn't know, Benefiber has now come out with it's own flavored "on the go" packets - in Strawberry Kiwi - just like Crystal Light, but you're getting double the benefit - you're adding undetectable fiber to your diet, and it really tastes good!
   — Erica Alikchihoo

July 8, 2009
Early on, I found that hot drinks went down a lot better for me. I drank a lot of hot decaf tea. Drinking gets easier as you go along but it's still something I have to be very intentional about. Annette
   — renae09

July 9, 2009
I LOVE Sobe Lifewater. It's 0 calorie in interesting fruit flavors. I add 2 packets of equal to make it sweeter but you might like it as is. Pear/fuji apple is my favorite! I sip on them all day long.
   — Karen T.

July 9, 2009
I also found that the drinks were too sweet and so instead of putting a stick in 16 oz of water I put it in 48 and it tastes much better. I can now get in all my liquids much better.
   — sheri139

July 9, 2009
Sip Sip Sip, I drink way more than 64 oz a day and I just sip all day. I also cant stand the taste of plan water anymore so I use Crystal Lite. And get creative with mixing the different flavors together, it makes it fun and easier to get it all down. Hope this helps
   — bostonkid33

July 10, 2009
After surgery I could not stand the SF sweeteners or plain water either! So it was quite a challenge for me as well...But I found that luke warm or room temp water was MUCH easier to drink...and I got a water filter to get rid of any weird water tastes...Water had a metalic or swimming pool smell that just gagged me! My fridge has a filter as well and that helped me SOOOOO much! I carry a large bottle or 32oz cup of water with me everywhere...Sometime I use a 64 oz pitcher...I fill it first thing daily and work on drinking that all day or I take along a 32 oz glass if I am out of the house or bottles of water (in stores) and i try to drink one before lunch and one after dinner! BUT...if you just drink enough that your urine is a nice clear color and not dark...you are getting enough fluids! 64 oz is only a suggestion and many of us do not need all that much because we get enough fluids in foods as well as liquids...The color of your urine is enough to tell you how well you are doing! But it really helps me if the water is filtered well...I can't drink some bottled water...It actually gives me a belly ache or stomach spasms if it is too cold! And some sf sweeteners I seem to not tolerate well at all! So I use Stevia and have no trouble with it...I like Propel water too because it has electrolytes and no sugar..I often buy the power Propel and mix in my own filtered water! I make it less sweet as well...Some of the sf drinks are sickening sweet! YUCK! I LOVE green tea as well! I found a powder Green tea by "Stash" (http://shopstashtea.com/31130.html) that I just love...I put in a packet of lemon crystals or lemon juice and a packet of stevia sweetener and it goes down so much better than any other drink! Of course I am now years PO and can drink easily now...but I had the same issues as you early on and I have to tell you that it does get easier!
   — .Anita R.




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