Ok...I was sleeved Dec 1st and just graduated to mushies.....Yippee. I seem to be doing okay in getting in protein but I am having difficulty in getting the recommend fluids in daily. My goal is 64 protein and 64 fluids. I work four days a week 8 am to 7 pm as customer service rep answering phones. I know we shouldn't drink 30 or so before or after meals. I try to keep a water bottle to sip but answering back to back calls, it is hard to get it done. Any suggestions?

When I went back to work, I went to Sonic and got a Route 44 oz cup of ice. I would fill it up with either crystal lite or water and drank on that all day! That really helped me! If I was feeling lucky, I'd get a Rt 44 diet coke slush!

www.truelemon.com They have packets of crystallized lemon, lime, orange etc... you put into your water. 0 calories and 0 sugar. Give it a try..I love it. I just went out today and bought 3 boxes of the lemon. Plus, I can not say enough about the unjury unflavored. You can mix that with your Crystal light too for protein.

It is really hard to keep up with the Water, that's no lie. I had a great deal of difficulty with this for the first month. I think I still do, to this very day - and I'm 3 months out now.

During the phase you are in I actually had to come up with new habits to remember to drink. Like, I'm sure there is a split second in between the calls - so when the new call is ringing, take a quick sip. That is how I do it here at work. I'm actually better now about getting all and more of my fluids in at work than anywhere else.

Now I just have certain water bottles, that I must finish at certain times. Every morning while I'm getting ready for work, I drink up 20oz of water. It's like a part of my wardrobe.

I really am not into flavored drinks, but I did find water extremely unappealing for the first few weeks after surgery. I really liked propel, it had a very light, sweet taste for me and was easier to get it down.

HTH.