Wow cravings...
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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I feel like all I did for the first month was drink and sleep. It was crazy. Even now I notice that I am thirsty a lot. Not excessively but I'll drink a couple of glasses over the course of the evening. Instead of knocking back 2 bottles of wine and chasing it with a few pints of water to avert a hangover.
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SE Michigan
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For some reason, grapefruit juice does the trick for me...I've been drinking gallons of it recently. I think there may be cautions with grapefruit juice and some meds (double check that; I'm just going by vague memory here) so if you are on any sort of medication you may want to make sure grapefruit juice is OK.
And you can never go wrong with water!
And you can never go wrong with water!
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
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certain meds i take for HTN, should not be mixed with grapefruit, so if i want it, i wait about 2 hours between. i love the bottled slices of grapefruit in juice...no peeling, no seeds.
i think my body was on a long term dehydration from drinking, my lips were cracked all the time, my eyes were blurry and my skin itched and flaked.....i remember drinking at least 40 ounces of herbal tea every day and having at least 3 cups of broth too.
i think my body was on a long term dehydration from drinking, my lips were cracked all the time, my eyes were blurry and my skin itched and flaked.....i remember drinking at least 40 ounces of herbal tea every day and having at least 3 cups of broth too.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Midwest USA
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I have been drinking a half gallon of water and a 32oz of gatorade daily since my bender. When I use to drink I sometimes mixed vodka with gatorade thinking it would help with my hangover, it didn't.
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
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it's cold here freezy nasty weather the last month, snow, ice....i can't drink cold beverages when my feet are cold...lol. my current favorite beverage is Lemon Zinger and Blueberry Zinger caff. free herbal teas...with a shot of fruit juice or splenda and extra fresh lemon...i do about 4 16 ounce mugs every day.
that new sugar/diabetes commercial is scary! when i was drinking my fasting glucose kept creeping up and up from the sugar in the wine i drank.
when i'm not freezing to death i drink lemon seltzer with about 3-4 tsps. of cranberry juice and a slice of lemon or lime.
that new sugar/diabetes commercial is scary! when i was drinking my fasting glucose kept creeping up and up from the sugar in the wine i drank.
when i'm not freezing to death i drink lemon seltzer with about 3-4 tsps. of cranberry juice and a slice of lemon or lime.
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
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ummm, the seltzer is the stop and shop store brand, it costs 45 cents a bottle....the cranberry is good old ocean spray 100% juice....the teas are $2.38 cents for a box of 20 at wally-mart....i do like to make "fancy" ice-cubes in the shape of stars...and i have these heavy duty giant pink goblets with thick stems from the $1.00 store....
my next fridge will definitely have an ice-maker!...now THAT is glamour!
my next fridge will definitely have an ice-maker!...now THAT is glamour!
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
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that new commercial for sugar is frightening...it shows how much certain beverages contain and lots of side effects including heart disease, obesity and diabetes.
diet mountain dew is probably better. there is a soda brand called "waist watchers" that is made with splenda...i love the grapefruit version. very refreshing! some grocery stores carry it here.
diet mountain dew is probably better. there is a soda brand called "waist watchers" that is made with splenda...i love the grapefruit version. very refreshing! some grocery stores carry it here.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: russia
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You people are making me thirsty! As if I wasn't already. I have a filter pitcher that I fill three or four times a day (3-4 gallons, 12-16 liters) for cooking and drinking.
Don't need ice here in the winter, the tap water is very cold. In the spring when the rivers run high you have to boil the water, or buy bottled; both taste flat to me.
Plenty of juices available, I like tomato and pineapple. Just took a break from writing and had eight gulps of tomato juice... Ahhhh. Still think water is the best for us, a twist of lemon makes it a little more interesting.
It comes to mind, when I worked in Texas, a group of Chinese came to visit our company. When I asked how their hotel was, they complained nobody brought water, they were thirsty! I explained, here you can drink water out of the tap.
Yes, count that as a blessing too; clean tap water.
Don't need ice here in the winter, the tap water is very cold. In the spring when the rivers run high you have to boil the water, or buy bottled; both taste flat to me.
Plenty of juices available, I like tomato and pineapple. Just took a break from writing and had eight gulps of tomato juice... Ahhhh. Still think water is the best for us, a twist of lemon makes it a little more interesting.
It comes to mind, when I worked in Texas, a group of Chinese came to visit our company. When I asked how their hotel was, they complained nobody brought water, they were thirsty! I explained, here you can drink water out of the tap.
Yes, count that as a blessing too; clean tap water.
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