I have this problem as a child all we had was diet pop and milk. no juice or Water (we grew up on a well) just milk and pop, hence i don't care for juice except oj and that kills my belly pre banding and now im worried that if i drink it i will erode my band.

apple and grape juice make me gag and well then it loosens deals on the other end and i can't tolerate that with IBS already.

cranberry just doesn't taste good

and the fusions that they have made are just down right yucky in my opinion.

just wanted to get a little thing going

I'm not a big juice drinker, I'm a believer in eating the fruit.

I dont buy juice because its no better for the kids than soda, full of sugar, high calories, and they tend to guzzle it. so I'm raising them the same way i was raised - skim milk or Water to drink.

I've also got ingrained in me the habit of not drinking calories. I would no more ingest a couple of glasses of juice a day than eat a family block of chocolate daily. Fast track to weight gain. I drink water. Its one of those healthy habits lots of fat people have. Calorie wise, you might as well be drinking Coke. Although if you truly dont eat any other fruit, then a glass of juice in the morning is probably a good idea.

In case I sound too virtuous and perfect, I wake up and head straight for the coffee, before i can do ANYTHING else.

I am not a juice drinker at all. I don't even like all the bottled drinks out there on the market. Guess I am just weird.

I don't like plain milk either, but am able to drink milk with the No Sugar Instant Carnation Drink Mix.

I have started drinking De-Caf (Iced) Tea with Sweet and Low and *Tru Lemon. I cant stand drinking this tea hot, but cold works for me.

I personally like Water, but have added some of the various sugar free Additives to it to make it a bit more interesting!! :thumbup:

We're not really supposed to drink calories on the band, except for when we're in the liquids phase. You won't be able to drink pop after your surgery, so start finding things you can drink! I like the flavored waters (non-carbonated) by Dannon or Aquafina, as well as Zero, by Powerade, which is a zero calorie drink like gatorade. I also drink propel but it has some calories in it.

I also drink a lot of crystal light, since I am not fond of plain Water so much. I really like the pomegranate flavor right now, but got completely sick of the fruit punch flavor which was about all I drank for a couple months.

I stopped drinking pop the minute my surgery was in the works, and it was hard because I used to drink several diet sodas a day.

My doctor said juice is a no-no because you will get much better nutrition from actually eating the fruit rather than juice or a smoothie.

My doc said no juice, or drinks with calories in them. Juice really is just sugar water, a few nutrients, but not enough to counterbalance the sugar content.