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sunsetsue

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81Kellogram    101

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I was the same, but I figured there's no way around it - Water is essential and I'm not going to work around it. So I set a timer on my phone and forced myself to take a sip every three minutes. My sips got bigger and now I can pretty much gulp. I get 64oz on the dot because it's still hard. However, I had a really hard workout this morning and 20oz. went down very well. Oh and here's a tip: Take a few gasX strips, wait a few minutes and try drinking. It's goes down much more smoothly.

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QueenOfTheTamazons    634

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I force myself to drink Water as much as I can but unfortunately I probably get only 30oz a day since I can't drink during or right after I eat I wait 30 minutes then by the time I do drink it feels and tastes awful. But I can drink juice, tea, or even coffee easily.

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Plain Water actively hurts my stomach. I know it sounds weird but my surgeon said it's not uncommon side effect. I use a lot of mios and Crystal Light. I drink a lot iced tea. I also like the 5 calorie diet cranberry juice cocktails.

I also like to add ice to my Protein drinks and put it in the Ninja blender. It up my liquid and give a better texture to the drinks. Makes it feel more like a frappuccino then a Protein Drink. This works really well with my Fairlife chocolate Milk genpro shakes. Turns 12 ounces into 20 without much loss of taste

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Jazzzyjay    222

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Omg thank you for recommending the Powerade zero blue!!! It's so yummy and much easier to drink then Water.

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Yes you are so welcome. It makes having to get in 64 oz so much easier! I'm so glad it helped you ????

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BigViffer    3,545

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Just be aware that Powerade and those sports drinks are filled with electrolytes (sodium). So if you're BP has been low or dizzy spells coming that weren't before surgery, they will help with those effects.

However if you are fighting high BP, they are a bad idea. Also, by design they make your body hold on to Water.

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sunsetsue    67

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Just be aware that Powerade and those sports drinks are filled with electrolytes (sodium). So if you're BP has been low or dizzy spells coming that weren't before surgery, they will help with those effects.

However if you are fighting high BP, they are a bad idea. Also, by design they make your body hold on to Water.

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Thank you for the advice. Unfortunately I'm on the up and down of b/p usually it's too low...I do get dizzy spells once in a while

I pay close attention to my body, if I feel my heart racing I definitely won't drink it.

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BigViffer    3,545

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Also, don't freak out if you gain a pound or two. It's just your body retaining Water from the increased sodium.

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sunsetsue    67

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Yeah I don't get too upset over a pound but when I see anything over three pounds I get annoyed lol ...I know I shouldn't but after the "chop" I wasn't expecting that to be a possibility so soon

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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