Lynne Nova

I just got my sleeve done on the 12th, and am also struggling with Protein shakes. However, my nutritionist had me drinking them before the surgery as well, and so I got a lot of discovery out of the way then. Still, would love to have folks to talk to about it... so I signed up for this forum today! For pre-mixed, ready to drink Protein Shakes, I love Premier Protein. I got a big pack each of the chocolate and vanilla off Amazon and they're great. The "AdvantEDGE" stuff is ok, but the vanilla I think has an unpleasant aftertaste, I prefer the Premier Protein Vanilla. For shake mixes, I've been primarily using the "Optimum Nutrition" whey powder in Double Rich Chocolate flavor, from Amazon. At 2 lbs (28 servings) of the stuff for $30, it's also the cheapest option I've seen. (Compared to, for example, the Bariatric Choice, which is 35 servings for almost $70). I mix that with a little unsweetened vanilla almond milk (ok'ed by both my nutritionist and the one in the hospital), and it's literally like drinking chocolate milk. However, I got some Bariatric Advantage samples and... I *really* like the flavors, so I went ahead and bought a bag of the Orange Cream to mix things up. But they're so thick, and they get thicker as they sit, so having to drink it slowly over the course of an hour or so means that by the end I'm drinking this hyper-sweet sludge. Not great. Anyone have that same experience? And in regards to your complaint, Apurnell, about being stuck with a huge jar.... you're going to be drinking protein shakes for a while, right? Like, make it part of your lifestyle type of thing? If so, then... go buy some more jars in different flavors! Keep the lids on and keep them in a dry place and I'm sure they will last a long time. Switch between the flavors so as not to get too sick of any one. If you like the Bariatric Choice stuff, they sell those in single-serving packets for $3 something apiece, so I got a few of those in different flavors just to mix things up.