How do you guys stay hydrated in beginning? I am worried I will get depredated. Im only 3 days post op. Im drinking , yesterday I had like 12 oz water and 2 popsicles and some yogurt. this was spread out throughout day.

Edited July 18, 201511 yr by roxy79

I sipped water all day. I had several water bottles that I kept in the fridge. When I wasn't eating or in the beginning drinking protein shakes, I was sipping. Every day I filled a bottle and sat it next to me. If I went out, I took one with me.

It is very hard in the beginning to stay hydrated. Just make sure that you are constantly sipping all day long. It is a challenge. Also, you can try different temperatures for your fluids or different types of water or flavored water. I have read that a lot of people find room temperature fluids easier to drink. I do best with very cold liquids. It is a lot of trial and error in the early stages. It gets easier.

Good luck to you- you can do it!!

For the first week it was a struggle for me to get to the 48 ounces my NUT asked for. I drank as much as I could and sipped all day. Every day got better and by the end of the first week I was there and then she asked for 64...lol

You will get there, just always have something to drink by your side, especially if you go somewhere.

Good luck!

Popsicles lol but sugar free ones. I had got to a point where I hated water and sick of crystal light. But I loved Popsicles.

I was dehydrated by the end of my second week. I had to force myself to get more liquids. I felt better immediately. This may sound odd, and it is purely psychological, but I now buy the small 8 oz bottles of water. Trying to finish the small bottle is just not as daunting a task. When you have finished 8 in a day, you get your 64 oz. it works great for me.