Hey all,

I'm having trouble getting my daily water intake (64ounces). Any advice? Or any extra tips? Good flavor packets that we can drink?

I find that reminders, alarms, visually pleasing bottles, fancy detox style waters , zero cal hot drinks (basically making it fun) makes it easier

I like the true lemon line of water enhancers but it is not sugar free , i think i use the sugar stevia blend but i cant do too much artificial sweeteners and i get enough in my protein shakes.

Edited May 26, 20188 yr by Tealael

What kind of hot zero cal drinks do you use

Tea,

BTW

All liquids (broths and icepops too ) can count towards your liquid goals not just plain water. I made that mistake early on.

43 minutes ago, Tealael said:

visually pleasing bottles,

ooh, that's a great idea! I'm picturing fancy colorful shot glasses to give you that bit of "going wild" feeling! Make a drinking game out of it. Every time someone says or does something you have to drink an ounce of water.

Yes. True I forgot about that. Are you doing any special teas?

Someone had told me about Hunt water but I haven’t tried it yet

I drink A LOT of tea (lol thats why i chose my user name) but nothing specific to the needs Of WLS community.

IDK what is hunt water?

I like vitamin water zero. The orange flavor and xxx flavor are not bitter to me at all. After surgery I found a lot of the drink packets with artificial sweeteners had a bitter aftertaste that I didn’t notice before my surgery.

Nestle makes a bottle wattle with a light flavor that is nice too. Pure life I think it is. I also drink tea and regular water.

I do still have issues meeting my fluid goals, I have to work at it everyday to drink as much as I can. Just keep at it!

I second Vitamin Water Zero--tastes very good to me and sweetened with stevia rather than aspartame or sucralose. I don't like tea, but I do drink broth almost every day, and it's nice to have something hot.

I have orthostatic hypotension, so I am trying to get at least 90 ounces of fluid per day instead of 64 so appreciate everyone's suggestions as well.