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if you are having problems finding good protien things to eat and the Vitamins there is a great site for people in the usa i actually even spent the money in canada to get it up here and the vitamins are awesome tasting and easy and the foods and Snacks and drinks are amazing it is call bariatricchoice.com lots of Protein in all the products and taste great. I must be a lucky one cause i have never felt like even had the operation and only thing for me is i have to focus on when i am eating to make sure i eat very slow and cheww..i have been sick lots but for the most part i am sure it was my own fault.

Bariatricchoice.com is good. Our surgeons group recommends that and www.celebratevitamins.com. It would be nice to have a sampler box from these suppliers. A sampler box with individual servings of everything they offer would help us all to decide which we like, and which we don't BEFORE we order a 90-day supply!

I like it also. I found it on Walmart.com and it comes in a 3 or 5 container bundle. Great price! Called the company and asked for coupons so they sent me three $5.00 off coupons. I thought that was terrific. I like the Cookies & cream but can only find that flavor on line. So far I have found 5 different flavors. Unlike a lot of powders out there Body Fortress does have 30 grams of Protein and I haven't been able to find higher.

How'd you get those $5 off coupons? Can you get them more than once?

This sounds like a lap band question. Have you tried the lap band forums on bariatricpal.com?

Add to all of the above:

pureed sauerkraut, yes!

And a little dill pickle relish. Relish the relish!

I add each, as relish a little at a time, to appropriate meals.

Has anyone tried Protein powder, like chocolate flavor, added to cream of wheat or oatmeal?

Sorry Linda, I meant you when I wrote Laura above.

In addition to most of those above that Laura mentioned: split peas, pinto Beans, garbanzos, refried beans, 1% milk, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, frozen cauliflower, SF popsicles, hash browns, white fish fillets, oranges, lemon juice and Crystal Light to add to Water, non-salt seasonings, Clif bars, Body Fortress whey powders, GNC whey powder, canned Soups like split pea and Tomato, tomato juice, vegetable juice, Special K Protein flakes, potatoes, tortilla chips. Now that I look at it all, I'm doing more with more variety than I thought. Thanks for starting this Christi, I fell less deprived than I did!

The vanilla is really good added to black iced coffee!

I like those Protein Shake recipes at the eggface blog.

I use it as well. My nutritionist told me was fine. I've used since right immediately after my surgery

Me too. My dietitian tells us repeatedly at our support groups and office visits that it's most important to get the Protein in. Body fortress is low sugar and low fat. And low price!

It's what I use because like you I'm motivated by price.

My tiredness comes and goes. Just ate some chicken salad and I think my pouch who I named Stella doesn't like pickle relish

And I relish relish! Let's trade, you get my chicken and I'll get your relish!

I am always tired. What is wrong . I had my surgery December 5th. So for I have lost 50 pounds. But the feeling of being tired and wanting to sleep all the time has me down.

Just some ideas: low blood pressure, need for healing sleep, not enough calories, fat burning requires rest, blood loss from ulcers? Any of these could use a call to your doctor or nurse.

chicken is actually a safe food for me. I have issues with beef.

I'm having trouble with both. I'm also getting dumping with too fat/oil or too sweet. My standby Protein is whey powder shakes, with frozen fruits blended in.

A few things.

1) we can only absorb 30-40 g of Protein at once.

2) Go to Vitamin Shoppe and gt a bottle of this or that to try before buying a big tub of something

you may not like. ( they also have sample pack sizes of Syntrax Nectar that you can mix with Water and its a very good juice type protein NOT like Isopure.< /p>

3) I personally have the best luck with Nectars ( fruity ones) and OhYeah! ready to drink ( they are lactose free) in strawberry and banana.< /p>

Thanks! I needed to know that about the protein grams absorption per feeding But what's your source?

chicken is a food that alot of us have a hard time with. I have read that it is because of the stringiness of it. I can do turkey fine so not sure why chicken bothers me so.

I'm with you. I've only been able to tolerate it in cream of chicken Soup, and even then only in small quantities.

I drank and continue to drink Nature's Best Isopure (glass bottles, not the powder). I buy them at GNC. One bottle has 40 grams of whey Protein, and most of the flavors taste pretty good.

How much Protein can an RNY patient's body process in one sitting?

I just had a nice surprise. My husband and I are going to Italy and Greece for 2 weeks in June. I don't know what made us start talking about our passports but we did. So he goes and pulls mine out of our lockbox. We got it renewed in March of 2008.

Here is where I digress a bit... so, my 'ah ha' moment was in november of 2006 while at my moms house. I didn't own a scale and she had one in her guest bathroom. I jumped on it and saw 267 pop up and realized I can't do this anymore (at 5'2", I was easily 140lbs overweight). It was right there that I decided to do whatever it took to take the weight off. If someone told me shooting horse pee into myself would work, I'd do it. Luckily for me my answer wasn't as gross. I scheduled a consult at the mayo clinic to get the lapband. Mayo has an extensive bariatric program and requires six months of appointments prior to surgery. I jumped in full force. By March of 2008 I was 25 lbs down, tracking my food religiously and exercising regularly. So when I had that picture it wasn't even my 'come to Jesus' moment but wow five years makes such a difference. As many of you know the band didn't work for me. I had it placed in June 2008 and did well the first 2 years. Then I started having terrible reflux and playing what I referred to as my food games ( waiting until 2 or 3 in the afternoon to eat, get stuck, throw up, look longingly as others ate around you knowing darn well you can't even swallow Water but you are starving). In December of 2012 I couldn't ignore it anymore. I made an appointment with mayo again to get an EGD and find out what was going on. I found oyt later that week that the two years of vomiting, reflux and heartburn had manifested itself into intestinal metaplasia. It was then I decided the band has to come out and I wanted converted. Having a friend die from Barrets several years ago, I knew I was done playing.

June 2013 (almost five years to the day from my lapband) my band was taken out and I was converted to RNY. I was 220 on the day of surgery and am 160 this week. I am confident I will reach my goal if it takes me another 20 years. God willing horse pee won't factor in.

So back to my NSV.. Seeing that picture was a great visual reminder of my journey to this point and reminded me how every step along the way helped me get here. My relationship with food is better than it has ever been, I feel healthy and while I have the all too damiliar freakouts from stalls I never take my eye off of the prize. Me and my worth to achieve anything I desire.

Another NSV is people double-taking on my passport and DL. I'll have to get new ones. But at $200 for the new passport and $25 for the new DL, I'm thinking it'll be the DL first!

NSV's are everyone's territory! :-) Congratulations!

Thanks Terry!

Doubt if Walmart sells Isopure-you may have to order online

Wal-Mart does sell whey isolate, but not the Isopure brand. Their whey isolate is a Body Fortress brand too, about $5 more than the regular Body Fortress brand. And it only gives the same amount of Protein grams per scoop as the regular brand. So, I just get the regular, one vanilla and one chocolate.< /p>

I know this is women's territory. But I'd like to share my own NSV, if I may. I was going through my old clothes, (mostly suit coats and sweaters), which I haven't worn for over ten years and found out they all fit! A couple of my suit coats could even be altered now to make them double-breasted! But my 19-year-old daughter saw me styling them and said "Ugh Dad, those are so '90's!" Little does she know they're actually '70's and '80's! Oh well, more donations for the thrift stores.

This is what I'm using! Still pre-op but my dr said this was perfect for after surgery. It's 60 grams of Protein, low sugar, very low carbs, and it comes in chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla. It's $15.86 a 2lbs tub on Amazon.com or $18 at Walmart. Cheap and a ton of Protein in one shake!?! Does it get much better than that!?! Lol

That's what I use plus GNC's unflavored.

I hope it passes quickly

It'll pass, eventually. Pouch pain is the biggest pain of all.

Ok it's official I hate everything today tried Mahi Mahi, chili, Peanut Butter, tuna either it hurts or I hate it after one bite

Why does it seem like my ability to tolerate food is going backwards? I ate all of the above before without any issues.

Finicky a-- pouch! Sorry had to vent

I'm with you on all but chili. I like it in half-cup quantities, eaten slowly.

I'd like to know about salad friendly ingredients as well! I'm pre op but am a vegetarian and I eat a very plant based diet.

Welcome! I was vegan pre-surgery. But since then I've tried to get in the Protein however possible. I'm leaning back toward lacto-vegetarian, eating legumes and dairy for the protein. I just have such a hard time with pouch pain and meats. My nut says it's impossible to get enough vegan- only protein. The veggies I tolerate now are all soft, like tomatoes. I'm thinking my salads will be mostly soft, diced tomatoes with other soft, diced veggies.

I'll have to try the avocado and sauces. I can tolerate cream of chicken Soup. I just don't want to stay in the pureed stage with chicken.