What are you drinking?

[Beckyyb93 225]

Thank you guys so much for all the responses, you are the best! I'll have to try some of your suggestions, I like chai tea hot with a little bit of splenda but I haven't had it in a while so I may try to alternate with a cup of that. I also have some Crystal Light so I can try some different flavors and see what works, I really used to like their regular tea flavors so I may try that again too. I've never had any hot tea other than the cinnamon chai I get from Teavanna which is a total comfort drink that I used a lot right after surgery. I have found very hot liquids and very cold liquids go down easiest for me and I really like chewing on crushed ice in my cold drinks.

I'll have to venture out and try some new things, all the suggestions are great!

[nonsenseprecious 3]

I sort of lost my taste for Crystal Light, so I mostly drink Water with a little lemon juice or unsweetened cranberry juice in it. I also really like homemade herbal iced tea at the moment, particularly peppermint. It doesn't have caffeine and it's easy on the stomach. (Also, you can mix it with Crystal Light lemonade and make an Arnold Palmer.) If you like chai, you might try the Oregon Chai brand sugar free chai, which comes in a quart-size (shelf stable) carton. I buy this at Target, and it's good mixed with unsweetened almond milk (I also add Protein powder). Good luck!

[Yasman 195]

I've been drinking the Walmart brand (great value) of flavored drink mixes, basically a take off of crystal light. The flavor I like the most is Iced Tea with Peach. I also drink coffee and make homemade iced tea just from lipton tea bags, sweetened with splenda. either of these go great with GENEPRO Protein powder, which dissolves easily and doesnt muck up the flavors.

Good luck with your drink choices as well as your working with the doc on fixing the painful swallowing problem. That has got to just suck!

[Larly109 19]

I drank pretty much just plain Water before surgery, but just can't seem to get much down post surgery. I hit Walmart and got an assortment of sugar-free flavoring to add to my water and it has made a huge difference. My favorites right now are the Crystal Light Raspberry and strawberry Green Teas. Also, Lipton has a line of herbal, caffeine-free teas that are really good. I have tried the pineapple Chamomile and the Peppermint. I add one packet of Stevia and it's perfect.

[da50bear 84]

I love the powered Water Enhancer by Crush..they are low calorie and sugar free. My favorite is the strawberry. .tastes just like a carbonated strawberry soda but no bubbles

[alwaysvegas 702]

Decaf iced coffee, plain Water, water + Mio, unsweeted iced tea. My staples.

[Yasman 195]

homemade iced tea, b asically Decaf versions of lipton iced tea or other generic tea from the supermarket; other flavored teas for something differen t(currently a fruit medley); sometimes making a cheap/lazy version of lemonade with those huge jugs of lemon juice from the store plus sweetener and h20. occasionally coffee at home. occasionally 99cent coffee from dunkin donuts. because they do really make good coffee...! (99cents between 3 and 6pm everyday)

Edited October 31, 2014 by Yasman