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I too have had problems with getting in enough fluids. Now I have developed a kidney stone for the first time in my life from being dehydrated!!

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Live in Sacramento-weather also very hot. I, too, struggle with my fluids. It takes all day to drink my 20oz Diet Snapple. I used to down a large Pepsi in about 10 minutes. Always been a guzzler. Doc said just always have fluids on you at all times which I do and I sip constantly. When I do gulp I feel like I'm going to vomit so I have to remind myself to slow down. I'm one month today and this has been the hardest part...the fluids!

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I struggled with this also. I now mix some low calorie Gatorade with Water and am able to get a lot of fluids in that way. I was really struggling with plain Water bc it would not feel good in my stomach. So I had bought a Gatorade at the store and wow' date=' within a half hour I had rank the whole bottle. It felt good and now I don't have any troubles with getting my Fluid in on a daily basis. [/quote']

I am going to try Gatorade. Thank you

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While working in the heat I suggest G2 better know as gatorade2... SF popsicles, plus I got a canteloupe n blended up with ice n Water.. I made Popsicles of the canteloupe and flavored water...yummy.... Wait I also did this with pineapples tooo..

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I am going to try Gatorade. Thank you

Gatorade is great in moderation. But watch out for all the sugar. G2 is better but still not great, but it's certainly better than being dehydrated.

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While working in the heat I suggest G2 better know as gatorade2... SF popsicles' date=' plus I got a canteloupe n blended up with ice n Water.. I made Popsicles of the canteloupe and flavored water...yummy.... Wait I also did this with pineapples tooo..

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This sounds really good. I am going to try it out. Thanks

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I know it's alot more expensive but smart Water is really great! It has electrolytes like gatorade but none of the other stuff... Just another idea for you fellas working outside.

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I have been trying everything lol It's getting better. I am able to drink more now. I was really worried.

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Thank you everyone! I am back on track and losing weight.

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Thank you everyone! I am back on track and losing weight.

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Keep us updated. I went from soft to reg but it's still hard to eat some foods. The dr said the more I eat the more I will lose. I m catching myself lookin for foods high in Protein.. I'm soooo proud of myself, now if I could just get myself motivated to get on the elliptical,,ahhhhaa

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My problem is I forget to drink. Before surgery, I would guzzle all day long. I love water! Thank God that I sill love it after surgery. So, since I forget to drink, I downloaded an interval timer and set it to beep every 5 minutes. I did this at work on Thursday and got in my Water. After the first bottle (34 oz) I set the timer for every 15 minutes. I forgot to use it since Thursday though. :( It does work great at reminding you to sip.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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