I'm 5 weeks out. I am on average drinking 11oz of protein drink a day. Does that count for water too?! I guess sounds silly to ask. But if I included that in my fluids I'm closer to getting the 64 of water I need.

My doc said it counts. Frozen popsicles count too!

My nut told me I could count 1/2 of the amount of the Protein toward Water.

How much fluid does one frozen sf Popsicle count as?

Hello, yes Protein drinks count as Fluid, you really need to look at over all fluid , be it Water or nourishing fluid it all counts

Yes Popsicles count to , pretty much if you Popsicle is say 150 grams, you would be looking at roughly 150ml give or take a couple

Hi Amy 373 -- No question here is "silly" to ask!!!

Some programs do say to consume a total of 64 oz of liquids daily, including your Protein drink(s). That's what mine was. But others say to consume 64 oz of Water AND then whatever other liquids too. I still TRY to drink 64 oz of water a day anyhow in addition to all the other liquids I consume in the day, just because I feel water is healthy for the body.

But when you're just weeks out from surgery like you are, that can be a VERY hard thing to do, right? You want to be able to count EVERY ounce toward that 64 oz goal. I think as long as you are making sure you are getting in as close to 64 oz of total FLUIDS as you can so you're not dehydrating yourself, and as long as you don't have any special medical conditions, you should be fine including your 11 oz of protein drink in your total liquids for the day.