Before I got my sleeve, it was nothing for me to drink 3 liters of water a day. Since having my sleeve I think that I can count on one hand how many times I have had water, plain water. I will drink it with K2O or the SF FF peach tea mixes that they have but I just can not bring myself to drink plain water. Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm only a little over 2 weeks out but I also cannot drink water. Iced mint tea has been the only thing I can consume fairly regularly. Anyone else??

It's the opposite for me. Pre-sleeve I would barely get in 8 ounces a day---but gallons of diet coke! Since surgery I'm drinking between 40-50 ounces a day. I'm only 10 days out, so hoping to stretch it to the 64 ounces soon.

Plain water tastes hideous to me. I have to change my glass with cold fresh water quite often and I just force myself. I am going to try a zero calories drink mix to see if that helps, I usually don't (at least didn't) like flavored water and used to chug 5 or 6 liters a day of tap water on top of coffee and the occasional soda. Water just tastes plain nasty now.

Yep..I am the same. I'm having to flavor my water with crystal lite

My nut told me it is common after the sleeve to have issues with plain water.

I've been mixing everything 50/50 with water. Gatoraid, crystal light... ect.

Yep, me too. I used to drink a TON of water every day - loved it. Now I can barely do plain water. I drink at least 3 of my bottled every day mixed with the Kelloggs K20 in the lemonade flavor. That way I am getting the 5 grams of protein per packet every day too. Between the (3) K20 packets and a Kelloggs protein bar or two (they go down easy and aren't dense like other protein bars) I can get an extra 25 -35 grams of protein in every day plus it helps me get the extra calories I need to get to 1200 calories a day.

I'm the same way, I've been meaning to post the same question. I used to drink so much Water now I barely get 16 oz. I drink black tea and i hate sugar free stuff. Any ideas how to get more fluids in without it being sugarfree?

Thanks Janine

I think we've all have this issue. I used to drink about a gallon of water a day before surgery and now plain water doesn't agree with me. I just went and bought some of the K20 and I'm gonna see how that goes. I asked my Dr why can't I drink water anymore and he said it is common but to try it at different temps. Like room temp, almost frozen, lightly chilled and so on.

I bought SoBe water. It's awesome! No splenda or nutrasweet. I am 7 days post of and can not drink water. It hurts my stomach.

Just adding a slice of lemon makes it much easier for me to stomach.

I haven't had the surgery yet, but does it help to buy bottled water? I hate certain tap water and Dasani, but love Evian.

@Gip, not sure about bottled Water but I think at least in my case the answer would be NO. Just the taste - or lack of taste - is what's killing me. I finally found a weak Crystal Light Grape (of all flavors!) is pretty easy to get down.

It's a complete mystery.

That's interesting -- before I was a diet coke fiend. Couldn't drink enough of it. Now I can't get enough of water. I think that the ghrelin removed just changes how our tastebuds taste. I LOOOOVE water now. To me, it's amazing -- if you had said to me pre-op, "drink water instead of x." I would have looked at you like you were nutty. Now, give me WATER!!

Before I got my sleeve, it was nothing for me to drink 3 liters of Water a day. Since having my sleeve I think that I can count on one hand how many times I have had water, plain water. I will drink it with K2O or the SF FF peach tea mixes that they have but I just can not bring myself to drink plain water. Has anyone else experienced this?

You betcha! After surgery i could literally taste the chemicals in the water and hated it. . .i would add everything and anything into it to make myself drink it. . . it took about 8 months before I actually could tolerate plain water again, now, at 1 year out, i can drink water like a champ again! Don't worry it does get better . . .