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I have been having difficulty with drinking enough Water each day. I will have my first fill in 2 days and am afraid it will get even harder. I was told to sip water not guzzle, to not drink when eating, or thirty minutes before eating and one hour after eating. How do people get enough water?

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I have been having difficulty with drinking enough Water each day. I will have my first fill in 2 days and am afraid it will get even harder. I was told to sip Water not guzzle, to not drink when eating, or thirty minutes before eating and one hour after eating. How do people get enough water?

I drink a lot of my water with benefiber, flavored Fiber, it is really good. Cherry pomergranate, citrus, kiwi strawberry. I have 3 a day and its not bad for you, then B) the 4th and 5th bottle i have one the way to and from work, its like a race to drink the water b4 i get home lol

hope this helps

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I drink at least 80 ounces a day. I am able to chug it down - especially at the gym. Do you mean you can't guzzle because you are too tight? If so - that's too tight!!

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I drink a 16.9 ounce bottle of Water 30 minutes before I eat Breakfast, lunch and dinner and I make sure I get another one in between lunch and dinner. I usually flavor my water with crystal light. I really like the ice tea with lemon.

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The crystal light iced tea with lemon is AWESOME! The taste is amazing, I love crystal light in general though. :D

I drink a 16.9 ounce bottle of Water 30 minutes before I eat Breakfast, lunch and dinner and I make sure I get another one in between lunch and dinner. I usually flavor my Water with crystal light. I really like the ice tea with lemon.

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This is a e a s y fix!

I put a 64 oz bottle filled with Water in my fridge every night. Then from the time I get up in shakes, Soups, Decaf tea, whatever you use the Water for.

Use it from the jug. You will see you will get close to drinking your goal.

I use it in Chrystal Light, or sugar free Kool Aid. It's better then POP, and in this heat you will find away to use it up, or near to it.

Then wash it out, and fill it up for tomorrow.

This water counts! It's not like you have to do 64oz after drinking Protein shakes. That's to much...

I checked it with my chief surgeon, and he said he was going to start telling his patients to start doing this.

Shirley

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I keep a drink with me at all times...at work, while I watch tv, when I exercise, when I run errands and I track my intake every day (along with my calories, Protein, etc). I happen to like drinking Water but I also drink a fair amount of Decaf iced tea sweatened with splenda. My surgeon told me not to drink 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after eating and I will admit to not following the "before eating" part of that but when I finish eating a meal then I automatically look at the time and calculate when I can start drinking again. And don't worry about it getting harder after your fill...if that happens, then you are WAY too tight.

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I was told the no 30 min before or after too. And I followed that rule for a long time, probably a year. Then I read somewhere about Water loading before you eat. The theory being to drink 8 to 16 ounces right up to the time you eat, it will help with making you feel full, and keep you hydrated so that food doesn't get stuck nearly as much.

That is now what I do and I don't drink for about an hour after I eat. I will take teeny tiny sips if I get thirsty or dry, but no more. When an hour has passed, I drink and drink.

I enjoy playing computer games. I make it a rule that after each score or episode or chapter, to take a drink. Just find some way to challenge yourself and make it fun.

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I fill up a 32 oz water bottle and keep it with me at all times. I sip on it throughout the day on the advice of my nutritionist and I'm able to get my Water in that way. I also find I'm usually always thirsty because of all the Protein I eat so I actually look forward to drinking my water.

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I have no problem getting my Water in. In fact I drink at least a gallon a day. I work out 6 days a week. During my workout I drink 32 oz of water. On my way home I usually drink 32 oz of wylers light. So already I have 64 oz. What does it for me is the wylers. For some reason if I drink plain water to fast I get nauseas, it's weird, but I can drink a ton of wylers and be fine.

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Question- do the premade shakes count as Water intake? If that is the case then I can see how it is doable. I am preop and I'm taking notes!

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Question- do the premade shakes count as Water intake? If that is the case then I can see how it is doable. I am preop and I'm taking notes!

If the container has Water as a ingredient. Then yes !

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Hi Everyone

I'm new to This forum

it is great to join this Forum, hope i'm welcome in;) Bz.jpg

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i, too, was afraid to gulp because they preached sip, sip, sip pre-op. i am a huge Water guzzler, and after a bit i started guzzling again. i don't have any problem taking gulps instead of sipping. if i had to sip throughout the day, i don't think i'd ever hit my water intake.

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Hi Everyone

I'm new to This forum

it is great to join this Forum, hope i'm welcome in;) Bz.jpg

Welcome Aboard !:hurray:

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