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So here I am 2.5 wks post-op, on pureed foods, and trying to get in enough liquids and Protein but it's not easy. Before surgery I loved Water, always kept a huge mug of ice Water with me and chugged it all day long. NOW I don't like the taste of it! I thought maybe the filter on my water faucet wasn't working properly so I started drinking bottled water that someone bought...nope...still does NOT taste good to me [emoji20] How does that happen?!


oh yeah, i added some baby cucumber slices and it made it taste better and a little easier to go down

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I start to feel nauseous when drinking cold Water now. Pre op I loved cold water. Now I drink it and it feels like I'm choking. The adjustment has been slow and painful but I've started adding more luke warm and hot beverages into my diet.

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Have you tried Hint Water? Its kind of new around here but I just ordered some online, no calorie, no sugar, no sweetener, they are just water with naturally flavored after taste. I have only tried the Peach but I like it a lot and I don't love water usually. I am ordering the 36 for $36 on their website for after surgery. and most of the CVS's and Targets near me sell it. https://www.drinkhint.com/collections/water

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On 2/1/2019 at 2:47 PM, JLondon11 said:

Have you tried Hint Water? Its kind of new around here but I just ordered some online, no calorie, no sugar, no sweetener, they are just Water with naturally flavored after taste. I have only tried the Peach but I like it a lot and I don't love water usually. I am ordering the 36 for $36 on their website for after surgery. and most of the CVS's and Targets near me sell it. https://www.drinkhint.com/collections/water

@JLondon11

Hint is delicious but pretty expensive! I'm obsessed with this fruit Water Infuser I found on Amazon. It's like $20. https://www.amazon.com/Prodyne-FI-3-Infusion-Flavor-Pitcher/dp/B0023UL86A

I have always always hated drinking water- now it's fun and I enjoy it .It's like drinking spa water at home. I buy one organic orange for $0.70 cents, put it in the infuser and I have lightly orange flavored water for a week. I get a week with of delicious water for less than one bottle of hint! You can keep on refilling the pitcher up for a week. I have saved so much money over buying hint and makes drinking water fun- I don't even want to drink soda now.

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I never saw this thread but I am happy to learn that I am not the
only one. Before surgery I drank
Water with no issues, now it has to have some type of flavor. I use lemons or spike it with diet Snapple and have been fine. I used to think it was a mental thing but I guess not.

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I pretty much always have to flavor my Water -which I hate to do - but it’s the only way I can drink it all. Before I could down a gallon a day with no flavor. I try to do more natural flavorings or I mix a little premier water into my regular water so it has Protein. I also got Bariatric powdered Vitamin packets to add flavor to water to help kill two birds with one stone and it has more nutrients thank say crystal light

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I am struggling to get my 60 oz per day of Water I find it makes my stomach feel empty and nauseous. I didn't realize that by 7 weeks such a struggle would exist. Prior to surgery, it was a breeze drinking water, now, ugh

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