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01-04-2009, 05:21 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 693
Weight Statistics All my life Start Date:
February 10, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.4285714286 % % Lost:
June, 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index40.1714285714 BMI Start:
27.546122449 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  Water
OK, I know I have to drink a certain amount of water each day. To be honest, I don't do well with water -- it's too plain . Does it have to be plain water, or can I have crystal light in it or something so I can tolerate it bettter. I'm not due for surgery until next month, but I'm trying to get as much information as I can so I'll be ready, and trying to think of every stupid question I can think of. This site is so wonderful that I feel better asking you all than asking my nurses. Thanks for all the support you give. It's really helping me prepare myself
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01-04-2009, 05:33 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 990
Weight Statistics Feb.08 Start Date:
Nov. 10th 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
314 lb Start Weight:
225 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
89 lb Weight Loss:
65 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.3439490446 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index49.1739808421 BMI Start:
35.236132769 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My doctor says Crystal Light is fine. I don't like it to much though so I get the Sugar Free Kool Aid packets that you just add to bottled water. It Must be the sugar free one though. I am hooked on grape and cherry.
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01-04-2009, 05:39 PM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hagerstown, MD
Posts: 75
Weight Statistics July 11, 2007 Start Date:
April 15, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
315 lb Start Weight:
206 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
109 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.6031746032 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index54.0637207031 BMI Start:
35.3559570312 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I am the Crystal Lite girl! I hate water by itself, so I keep CL in business, I think! I will also drink an occasional Propel if I have to stop at a convenience store for a drink for some reason. They are flavored and much lower in sugar than like Vitamin Water. So pour, shake and drink up!
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01-04-2009, 05:42 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SE TEXAS
Posts: 48
Weight Statistics Dec 2, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
250 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
101 lb Weight Loss:
-11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.4 % % Lost:
June 2, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.5976331361 BMI Start:
24.7921893491 BMI Current:
26.6224852071 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I don't like water either. I get the Ocean Spray packets for water. They have Cranapple and gran-grape, and ruby grapefruit. Good luck and enjoy the journey!
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01-04-2009, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 693
Weight Statistics All my life Start Date:
February 10, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.4285714286 % % Lost:
June, 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index40.1714285714 BMI Start:
27.546122449 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thank you!! Thank you!! I was hoping to have that for an answer :
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01-04-2009, 06:03 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: No. Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 2,849
Weight Statistics 4.29.08 RNY Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
301 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.1860465116 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index45.7618944637 BMI Start:
25.5415224913 BMI Current:
25.8455882353 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I love water. But you can have decaf tea and coffee, crystal light, sugar free Kool-aid.
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"Burning out this fuse out here alone" Surgery 4.29.08
11-29-08: Down 90 lbs. Total cholesterol is under 200 for the first time in my adult life!
1.11.09: 100 lbs down! Century Club! WHOO HOO! 
7.10.09 GOL! GOL! GOLGOLGOLGOLGOL! GGGGOOOOLLL!
1.10.10 Still at goal.
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01-04-2009, 06:07 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PA
Posts: 200
Weight Statistics 8/8/08 Start Date:
1/28/2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
276 lb Start Weight:
176 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
36 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.231884058 % % Lost:
Jun 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.5426997245 BMI Start:
28.404040404 BMI Current:
22.5941230487 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
| Since we are on the water topic
I have been reading lots and lots from many different sites. I am due for surgery the week of the 19th (just waiting for my insurance approval but Doc says it should be in a couple weeks at the most). Anyways I love water, with or without added packages of flavor. My question is why after surgery are sips necessary? I hear everyone say sip sip sip but whats wrong with a gulp here or there? Even though I love water I find myself not drinking enough before surgery(since I have not been drinking with my meals). Some days I eat my breakfast...then lunch.... then come home make dinner and when I go to take my meds with dinner I realize I havent drank all day since my morning meds......so then I make sure half hour after dinner I drink atleast two bottles of water....sometimes 3. I know I am gonna have to get me a watch or something that rings every 15 mins or so...so I can remember. Are there watches that do that????
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01-04-2009, 07:37 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 5,236
Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
154 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5692041522 BMI Start:
23.4130622837 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I drink nearly a gallon a day most days....I drink bottled spring water and sometimes use the flavorings.....but I love just plain water!!! Nothing else quenches my thirst now....
The sipping is due to the fact that your pouch is so small....you don't want HUGE amounts of water going in there...trust me, it kinda hurts! You will learn to space out your intake, as you CANNOT drink while you eat...My surgeon has us drink up right at the point where we begin eating, and I wait an hour to drink after a meal.
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01-05-2009, 08:55 AM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Illinois
Posts: 72
Weight Statistics 8/1/08 Start Date:
9/10/08 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
383 lb Start Weight:
222 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
161 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.0365535248 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index67.837994457 BMI Start:
39.321239607 BMI Current:
31.8820861678 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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There are many things you can use that are sugar free. One thing you may want to see after your surgery is if sweetners affect you. I found I have issues with Equal but can use Splenda.
My favorites include: Crystal Light, SF Kool-Aid, Iced Tea of all sorts, water with a cucumber slice (very refreshing and interesting taste) and some carbonated waters (if I leave them open a while to get most of the carbonation out). I minimize these as carbonation is painful.
On the question about sipping. Its because a gulp of water or whatever can be very painful when it hits that small stomach....oh man does it hurt and for a while.
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01-05-2009, 09:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,809
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
5' 5"
Height:
310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index51.5810650888 BMI Start:
27.7872189349 BMI Current:
26.4560946746 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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according to my surgeon all the liquids counted towards water weather it be sugar free koolaides, crystal light, my protein shake counts towards the water in take, my propel etc!
ALSO be aware post op your tastes will change and you may find plain water is better its amazin how we change after you will see soon enouh
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