Hello!

My title is pretty explanatory, haha.

I am 6 months post-op and still figuring out how to balance eating food, the right kind of food, and meet my minimums for Protein and liquid every day, and exceed them.

I have decided I am going to try to be a Soup for lunch kind of person, (easy to go down and doesn't take an hour or several sittings to finish), and I was wondering, would you guys consider that in your 62 oz liquid minimum?

I know that we were advised to do so when we were recovering post-op, but I am well past the recovery stage, so I was wondering if it's still okay to count my soup in my minimum.

I count all liquids but usually don't factor in soup just because it can have a lot of sodium. The more sodium I consume the more fluid I need.

I was told not to eat soup after my post-op food stages, because it's a way of "drinking your calories". But every NUT and surgeon has a different plan. I agree with @@Inner Surfer Girl that the high sodium content would cancel out any hydration from the liquid though, so I wouldn't count it toward my 64 oz. I'm honestly kind of surprised you are still having trouble meeting your Water goals at 6 months out. What sort of problems are you having specifically that are preventing you from getting your water in?

I've honestly never given it much thought.

It is so easy to get Water in that I no longer track it.......120 oz is a breeze.

I'm at the point where I'm almost not even paying attention to liquids because I haven't had any trouble hitting my daily goal. Soup is a once in a while meal because I can eat about twice as much as something solid.