Water,broth, decaf tea,decaf coffee, popcicles,crystal lite,fat free milk...All of these count twards your liquid intake,at least for me they did. I tried to take in one ounce every 10 min , that would give me 6 oz an hour sometimes I made it sometimes I didn't. It's hard in the first couple months to get in everything you should in the same day, As long as it avrages out over the week don't let yourself stress to much. If your going to drink the veggie juice try to get the low sodium kind, sodium is a killer when it comes to holding on to water weight. Shel

YA THAT HAPPENED TO ME! lol I usually am on the August board or the RNY one, but just check out the Sept board this morning. I had surgery on Aug 29th. In 2 weeks I had lost15, then 5 the next and on week 3 nothing...and week four nothing....then another 5, then 2 - 3 pounds each week after that, I think I am down about 35 pounds in 6 weeks. It may not be as fast as some but after that initial stall it seems to be coming off steadily now. My point...I stalled, and panicked at week 3 too. A lot on the August board did. Someone said it is common from weeks 3 to 6 to have a stall for a week or two. If you look at previous posts in the August board you will see a lot worried about the same thing. Hang in there, most said make sure you get your water and protein in...and it will come off..good luck! Cindy

ya, milk is no longer my freind. Try the Lactaid milk

I am 3 weeks out and decided to try pureed spagetti i drank milk too (skim) which was a first i ahd been drinking 1%. Anyway a few minutes later I was puking my guts up. I thought my chest was ripping open. i thought for sure it was the pasta but this morning I drank the milk again and made me quesy feeling. Now I am scared to try either. I had blended mac and cheese up and ate it fine and that is pasta so i dont know. Does anyone else have trouble with these things. Jamie

Had my surgery about a week before you all. And last week was my queasy week. So I think it has go be normal. I have heard alot of people say they were that way about 3 weeks out