Ok so i've been drinking water and coffee for almost two years now. a couple months ago i found rasperry lemonade crystal light slurpees at Macs....I WAS SOOO EXCITED>...then i found that macs has different crystal lite ones at times...SOOOO when they changed the flavor to something i didn't like i made my own.
Crystal lite flavor- rasperry ice ,,,,,,,,,and pink lemonade......
i mix the two....the tart of the lemonade brings down the sweetness abit and is just downright yummy. - the colder the better and usually i dont' drink anything cold...lol
great thread...i'd like to see some of the ideas that come here

i have a huge issue with coffee to but i also drink my milk and you can buy koolaid and use splenda instead of sugar personally i like the lemonade

but also another thing i do is make up a normal jug of ice tea and will put in one package of lemon koolade with my splenda

A friend of my daughter's had gastric bypass 18 months ago and she drinks diet mountain dew....at least at work she does. I've wondered about it....because pop is going to be the big thing I'm giving up. I've never cared for coffee or tea.

I'm drinking Crystal Lite trying to give up pop way in advance of the surgery and I have to say I like the sounds of mixing raspberry ice and pink lemonade...sounds great to me.

try some Fuze Slenderize drinks, you can buy them in bulk at costco. Also, vitamin water ZERO is pretty good. I also drink vanilla soymilk, almond milk. I like getting the fancy flavored green tea bags and brewing a bunch of it to make a gallon of iced tea. Yummy...iced ginger peach green tea.... Sweetened with stevia, of course. Take it easy on the agave nectar, I hear that it's pretty processed stuff. There is a brand of STEVIA sweetened sodas which are damn good but ya know we aren't supposed to have fizzy stuff, but it does exist and it's called Zevia. I like their ginger root beer flavor, so yummy. And last but not least, a new summertime drink that I found a recipe for but have yet to try - watermelonade. Basically, watermelon juice with lemonade (crystal light or fresh squeezed lemon juice with stevia). It sounds sooooo good.....

Hmm Great ideas guys
I completely forgot that I bought an ice tea maker before I had surgery for just this occaision.
I had never seen a contraption like this before for ice tea and thought it might come in handy.
I have tried Fuze (kinda expensive for everyday)
I will have to try the slurpee but one question, do you just add a lot of ice to get them like a slurpee or is there a techniqe?

On a semi related topic of trying new stuff.
I tried Eggfaces 2 minute cake (banana) today and it was amazing.
Literally took 2 minutes and came out perrrrfect : )

Oh one more thing
The iced ginger ice tea is right up my alley.
How do I make that?

Sorry... ginger peach ice tea

i just got a recipe in my email today for cucumber water sounds really refreshing.
1 large cucumber
3 cups iced water

peel cucumber slice in half scoop out the seeds cut it up into chunks place cucumber and water in blender and blend away. also says u can add a hand full of mint leaves for added freshness.

garnish with a mint leaf and cucumber round.

sounds very relaxing and spa-ish to me!

i like the lipton or store brand green tea.there is citrus and berry. and have found some of the arizona teas sticks to put in water.i just have been grabbing different things for something different..if you have a magic bullet..make lemon crystal light per directions, put in bullett and add frozen strawberrie..some spenlda. like a lemonberry slush from sonic...so good! im just tired of drinking all the stinking time! oh, well..ill get over it. good luck to you!

Lemonberry you say hmmmm...
I like the idea of adding fruit
I have gone all fruits and vegetable crazy lately.

So I pulled out my ice tea maker and I realized that in my cupboard I have apple mango tea!!!!
I am now sipping on an apple mango ice tea.
I am sure there are different types of teas I could try.
I will also be sure to try the cucumber idea as well as l do not like anything oversweet anyway.
I checked Eggface's site but I don't see anything there.
I wonder when is she coming home anyway?

Hey Hope,

I don't like any of the artificial sweetiners... nope, nada, none. Which has become quite the challenge for me! I'm constantly diluting things in hopes that I will them.

But all I have been doing is putting limes and lemons together in water or adding a few slices of cucumber to my water which I think I like best...

But when I'm feeling better I will take my creative pastry chef (former life) skills and apply them to creating the perfect tea's and when I do, I promise you'll be the first to get 'em. I'll post em but email them to you as well

An Ice Tea maker... hmmm I'm going to check that out!

Have a great evening,

Colleen

I too had that problem and I found Nestle PureLIfe Flavored water no cafine, no carbination, no sugar and no calories.natural fruit flavored. And it is good.

Some of your responses are kind of scary to me. Where did most of you have your surgery? I was warned outright by Surgery Nurses and Nutritionists at the hospital that anything "citrus" was a NO! At least for a full year after surgery to ensure that they did not mess with the gastric juices forming in the pouch. After surgery I have developed a fobia for Citrus, Soda, popcorn, Coconut, bubblegum, sugar, honey and anything that was instructed as a No go zone. Please be careful with the Lime, Lemons and Orange mixtures you are experimenting with. Maybe I am just paranoid.

i am on no restrictions regarding citrus..other things but not that.. i would not be doing it if i were..and everyone has different things they are supposed to do and dont..and i cant speak for everyone else..love my citrus tea! blessing to you all!

Oh, I am so jealous, Karla... I love slurpees! Its a total addiction. I wish they had sugar free slushees around here!