Dehydration

Drinking the required 64 ounces of water daily is becoming a severe issue for me on IP. I feel my body becoming more dehydrated with every day that passes. I'm able to drink less water daily, and I find myself forcing a large amount of water at night. It is already 5:13pm, and I have only drank 8 ounces of water today. Tonight is going to be miserable.

I spent the night at the local pet hospital because my 3 year old yorkie ate a few onions last night. My fiancé and I went out to eat at Longhorns for the first time since I started IP to celebrate my loss of 20 pounds (yay!). While we were gone, he snuck some onions out of a bowl of salad that I accidentally left on the couch. Since onions cause hemolysis in dogs, I had to rush him to the emergency room (for the third time in four days). I treated myself to one Starbuck's coffee so that I didn't fall asleep at the wheel on the way home because we were there literally all night long waiting on my dog to vomit. Coffee is allowed while on IP; however, you must replace the creamer with skim milk and you're only allowed three splendas per day. I ordered a tall, plain iced coffee with non-fat milk and two splendas. I also ordered another coffee this morning to help me deal with all of the stress that finals week is bringing.

The problem with drinking coffee while on IP is that for every coffee that you drink, you must drink an equal amount of water. It was worth drinking the coffee earlier, but now I'm going to be forcing a ton of water down my throat before I go to bed. I guess that everyone has their own issues with their diets, and I am very fortunate that water is my only problem right now on IP.