Water Overload

[DesertGal]

The half your weight is for pre op. Pretty much impossible post op unlesss you are way far out like over a year.

That is SO GOOD to hear! There's no way I could do this later. My gosh, where would all that water go?

[ghost_ryder]

DesertGal is right, Pre-op v Post-op is the key. Pre-op it suppresses hunger by drinking more, you feel less hunger the more your drink and especially at meals because you will fill your stomach with calorie free water. Post-op you need 64 oz per day to stay hydrated and you don't want to fill your stomach during meals with calorie free water-you must get your proteins in before anything else. That was how it was explained to me.

[Pam G]

I've heard that 'half your body wt' guideline, too. I think if we try to get that much, we'll end up really getting just enough!

good grief! what if you weigh 400 lbs?!

[DesertGal]

Pam G, I thought the same thing. There were a few people with me at the nutritionist's class and they must have been 400 pounds. I kept thinking about the amount t of water that they were told to drink. (We saw the nurse/assitant privately before we joined up in the class.)