Question:
How about gator-Aid after surgery, has anyone tryed it?
— blainejrjeni (posted on July 31, 2003)
July 31, 2003
My surgeon actually has his patients drink blue gatorade after surgery for
about a week. He uses this as an extra precaution to watch for leaks while
we have our drains in. We did have to drink it 50/50 with water though. I
would check with your surgeon becaie they are all different. Nancy Lap RNY
6/25/03 down 42 lbs.
— Nancy S.
July 31, 2003
Too much sugar. Don't bother with it, really.
— KelBurt
July 31, 2003
Try Propel, it has less sugar but the same idea (electrolyte replacement) I
don't dump on that amt of sugar, you might, it's trial and error.
— ZZ S.
July 31, 2003
My surgeon recommended Gatorade and I loved it... at least for the first 7
and a half months. Suddenly I can't stand it anymore. Never dumped on it.
Now I take a big jar of ice water and put about 2 oz of Lemonade (from the
container) in it. Delicious and no dumping.
Lap RNY 10/8/02. Down 123.
— Steve B.
July 31, 2003
gatorade has a LOT of sugar AND sodium in it. Neither of which is
typically good for us (unless you do TONS of exercise, then maybe the
sodium). Try Propel, gatorade's little sister and made by them as well.
Only 3 grams of sugar and 1/4 the sodium of gatorade.
— [Deactivated Member]
July 31, 2003
They gave me Gatorade in the hospital and I drank it a lot for the first 6
weeks or so. While it does have sugar in it, it's not like we can drink
the whole serving at once -- I never dumped on it or had ANY problems with
it.
— Cheryl M.
July 31, 2003
Not to argue with your doctor, Cheryl...but it's not really a matter of
whether it makes us dump or whether we CAN drink it. It's a matter of
SHOULD we drink it. And many can get a whole serving down. Lord knows I
could at just a couple of weeks post-op (open RNY). Did you know that
there is more sugar in one serving of gatorade (42 grams) than in one
serving (17 pieces) of <b>HERSHEY'S MILK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMOND
BITES</b> (17.39 grams) and we'd certainly discourage someone from
consuming <i>that</i>, wouldn't we?
There are also 78 grams of carbs in Gatorade compared to only 19 in the
candy. Not saying (heaven forbid), that someone choose candy over gatorade,
but it just seems that gatorade isn't a very good choice.
— [Deactivated Member]
July 31, 2003
I know of a few normal body type people that gained weight on drinking
Gatorade.
— TameraD
July 31, 2003
I heard gator ade and other like drinks are for those who are doing
strenuous exercise and sweating loads. It is way too full of sodium and
sugar and other stuff that are NOT good for the average person who is
merely trying to quench a thirst. Try Crystal Light...lots of interesting
flavors.
— Ginger M.
July 31, 2003
You can get better stuff from V8 .. try that for replenishing your body.
In addition, I've heard, but haven't tried, a sugar free alternative to
gatoraid called Champion Lyte ... I'm going to look for it.
— Lisa C.
August 1, 2003
When I had my surgery back in June, I asked the dietican about gator-aid.
I was told to watch the sugar content on it, but to try the water Propel.
From what she told me the Propel was in a product of gator-aid. Propel has
many different flavors, which are very good.
— Angela M.
August 1, 2003
I agree about the Propel. I love all the different flavors, it's a good
alternate to just plain water all the time, plus it has Vitamin B in it.
Crystal Light is also a good substitute. However, I would recommend trying
to alternate between these drinks and "just plain water" as
opposed to making them your sole source of hydration. For example, try
drinking the flavored drinks for 1 or 2 hours, then drink plain water for
an hour, then flavored drinks for another hour or 2, then back to water,
and so on. Eventually try to get to where you're alternating every hour,
and finally drinking the flavored drinks only occasionally since water is
really the best thing for you. Another thing that might make it easier, is
finding a brand of bottled water you like. That was the hard part for me
(just in drinking water in general, I'm still pre-op). I can't STAND being
able to taste ANY chemicals in my water at all. I've found that Arrowhead
is one of the best, but any one that states specifically that its
"mountain spring water bottled at the source" is going to be a
good choice. If it doesn't say that, chances are it's just glorified tap
water, chlorine and all. Anyway, that's just my advice from years of being
told I need to "drink more water". Good luck to all of you (and
me too;)!
— Jennifer J.
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