No desire to drink fluids
I can easily go all day without drinking and then I have to force myself to get most of my liquid in during a few hours in the evening. I don't care for water at the moment so I drink decaff coffee most of the day. I just try to be very concious of it and always have something nearby to drink. I talked to my Nut about this and she said I can drink the decaff teas and coffees and count it. I do try to get some water in but some days it doesn't happen (like I just went camping and it was cold so water wasn't on the agenda). I was this way prior to surgery and it's a hard thing to change.
I too found that cold drinks were a concentrated effort to get down in the begining. I had much better success with warm drinks ie hot chocolate (the 25 cal. variety), decaf. coffee and tea, warm skim milk with various things added. These really helped in the first weeks.
" Oh you who love clear edges more than anything...........watch the edges that blurr."
I did notice that my NSA hot chocolate went down easily the other day (and I was able to mix in some unflavored protein without it curdling for a nice protein boost). I haven't tried warm tea, but I have great flavors that I've been saving for winter. Think I'll crack open a box and give those a try too. Thanks!
I think part of the problem is that when I drink I almost immediately feel bloated, sloshy, sitting around in a damp bathing suit uncomfortable feeling which makes it hard to continue drinking. I am managing 48 ounces but it takes me from 7am until midnight to get it down (and one day it was nearly 6pm before I realized I hadn't had anything to drink since 7am, so I stayed up really late attempting to at least hit 32 ounces that particular day). I'll try adding in a popcicle here and there and see if that helps get my volume up. Thanks!
She's from 339 to 200 as of 6/14/2012.. SOO proud of my bigbabygirl 
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