I have a question..(had 2nd fill yesterday and forgot to ask). I have never been just a plain Water drinker. I do drink tons of decaf tea. They probably sounds silly but is that as sufficient as the water? I remember in the pre-op stage they said you can substitute crystal light so wouldn't decaf iced tea with artificial sweeter be ok? As long as we are hydrating?

I believe some of us put a teabag in our water for flavor... So I would guess that lightly flavored tea,crystal light, flavor drops etc would count as some water... I try to do some plain water too.... sigh ...some days are better than others!

Julie, Thank you for your reply..even though I have been drinking the tea since forever (and my surgery was 5/4/15) I decided today to make myself start drinking water as much as I can...I bought a ton of crystal light but meh..my tea tastes better..LOL

You are welcome.. I'm not much on crystal light type additions either. I do put a teabag in my water sometimes just to amuse myself. It's been a lot of years and water is still one of the things I have to remind myself to keep up on.

I'm Good on protein and exercise.... Just the liquids. Protein shakes help, but only if I have had food first. Otherwise my body sends stomach acid to digest and upsets my stomach

I'll just keep doing what works . That's why I had WLS ????

Diane - I think it's the same! If you like decaf tea, then go for it! It's better to get it all in and enjoy it than force yourself to drink plain water if you don't like it. It will hydrate you just the same