Counting soup as liquid 6 month postop?

[crazyplantlady 70]

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.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

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.

[JamieLogical 8,684]

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?

[Dub 9,922]

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.

[SilentBotts 138]

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.