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I am so disappointed. I guess I just never thought I would see this kind of disgust when a sleeve sister finds something that could possibly help her on our journey. Op I'm sorry. We women should hold each other up never tear each other down. There are enough people doing that to us
already. The wt loss journey is hard and sometimes very painful. I wish everyone the best of luck. My surgery in 9 days. I'm on my preop diet and it sure is not fun, but I'm doing it. It has been a long road to get here. Love to all!!!!

OP, I am sorry shakes aren't working for you but you cannot honestly think eating ice cream at 3 weeks post-op is a good idea, right? At 3 1/2 months post-op I am only taking in 600is calories per day (per my NUT which frankly seems a little low but another post for another time). If I were to have a 400 calorie shake, I would pretty much be done for the day. No one here is deliberately trying to be rude or put you down, but you have to understand how ridiculous it sounds to 99% of us that not only would you be eating ice cream at this stage but that your NUT would actually approve it. My NUT, my surgeon, my therapist would all completely flip out if I told them I was eating ice cream.
We all know how tough the first month is truly, and it is so nice to find something you can finally tolerate, but I promise you that your loss is not sustainable with that kind of drink. As others pointed out, there are so many here that don't have a NUT and don't get any guidance and we just want to be sure they know that 99% of us think this is a bad idea. There was another poster a while back that at 6 twas eating bread, rice and Pasta. I am sure your NUT has told you that is a bad idea too and we told him that at that time also. Don't take offense. We are just trying to protect others who don't have a NUT guiding them.

There you go, ladies and gents. That's how it's done. @@Daisee68 has demonstrated that it is possible to be kind and thoughtful while disagreeing with a post. Snark, accusations of malfeasance, name-calling, and rudeness are not necessary to express a difference in opinion.

If you're going to make that shake. You can cut a lot of calories by using the Fat Free Fairlife.
It gives you 80 calories and 13g Protein in 1 serving

Wow this thread went bad quick. I think the op was just trying to let people have an alternative when they crave a milk shake. Like Instead of crashing your diet for the day try this.... It is so strange to me how a site ment for support and community can go so wrong sometimes. I belong to a fb group for Sept sleevers and we are all so supportive and kind to one another.:wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub:

I am so disappointed. I guess I just never thought I would see this kind of disgust when a sleeve sister finds something that could possibly help her on our journey. Op I'm sorry. We women should hold each other up never tear each other down. There are enough people doing that to us
already. The wt loss journey is hard and sometimes very painful. I wish everyone the best of luck. My surgery in 9 days. I'm on my preop diet and it sure is not fun, but I'm doing it. It has been a long road to get here. Love to all!!!!

Can't we all just get along?

The first year after surgery is all about making lifestyle changes. After a year, frequent exercise and following the bariatric diet and guidelines should feel like second nature. I have gotten in the routine of only eating Protein, fruit, and vegetables. It is instinctual now to NOT reach for junk food when I'm hungry, bored, stressed, anxious, or depressed. If I got into the habit of adding ice cream to my food to add flavor, it could be the beginning of a bad habit or lead to other bad choices.
Since you are so early out, you may still lose adequate weight with milkshakes. Heck, there are plenty of people who still lose quite a bit of weight during the first year without changing their diet. They can eat Cookies and junk food and still lose weight because their restriction is so great. However, once their capacity increases after the honeymoon period, they start experiencing stalls because they never learned to change their eating habits. They are confused why they stopped losing. Well, what did you think was going to happen?
I've been on this site for over a year and observed quite a few people that received little or no education about the post op bariatric diet and lifestyle. They decide to follow the behaviors they read about here. Most of the time that is a good thing, but on a post such as this one? Not so much.
Good Luck on your weight loss journey! I know that you were only trying to help others out.

Oh, and I forgot to add... add ice to this to keep it super cold and put it in a vacuum insulated container. I use a 24 oz thermos, works great and stays ice cold for way longer than I'd need to drink it.

I am so disappointed. I guess I just never thought I would see this kind of disgust when a sleeve sister finds something that could possibly help her on our journey. Op I'm sorry. We women should hold each other up never tear each other down. There are enough people doing that to us
already. The wt loss journey is hard and sometimes very painful. I wish everyone the best of luck. My surgery in 9 days. I'm on my preop diet and it sure is not fun, but I'm doing it. It has been a long road to get here. Love to all!!!!

Wow this thread went bad quick. I think the op was just trying to let people have an alternative when they crave a milk shake. Like Instead of crashing your diet for the day try this.... It is so strange to me how a site ment for support and community can go so wrong sometimes. I belong to a fb group for Sept sleevers and we are all so supportive and kind to one another.:wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub:

Sounds tasty, but maybe a bit much At least it's sugar free!
I improve my shakes by adding 8oz of milk to a Pure Protein shake (chocolate) plus one scoop of chocolate whey Protein and one squirt of sugar free Torani chocolate Syrup.< /p>
I drink this over the course of an hour or so to spread the protein load over time. The body can only absorb so much protein.
I don't do this every day. This generally counts as a "brunch" for me and I'll add in something light at lunch but not much.

One thing I learned early on when I discovered this forum was that the participants could safely hide behind their anonymity, and that opinions and tact will vary.
Before I gave up on yo-yo dieting, I would have ice cream every night at bedtime. It is just one of those things that I will probably never approach again because of instant downfall. What I ended up doing was blending ricotta cheese and Greek vanilla yogurt with some artificial sweetener and use that as a base for my Protein shakes.
However, there are those among us whose nutritionists advise against use of any artificial sweetener....so what are we to do? I just follow the plan I was given and use others' suggestions here as inspiration for modifying their recipes to fit my plan. Some use almond milk. My NUT wants me to use real dairy milk.
She also does not want me to have a shake every day, but I would if I there were no restriction. It's an easy energy source for me. My suggestion is to follow your plan and not get too bent out of shape if someone else's plan is different.

Congratulations on all your success. I am certain it was hard. I am also quite certain I will reach mine as well. I am not telling everyone to do this, I had my share of struggles with the shakes that made me sick and uncomfortable and I was simply trying something new with permission and still dribking my regular morning shakes. But I think the confusion here is were calling it "ice cream" and yes although it is ice cream it is low carb, less calories and even Fiber. I have given up lots of things with this journey and am simply learning new ways just like I'm sure you did. This "milkshake" is not a reward or a cheat meal. And calling my NUT an idiot just because this doesn't work for you is quite rude. I don't understand the negativity in this post. If this doesn't work for you or you don't want this in your life why do you have to ruin it for others. That's just insane. I am well within my calorie goals for the day and we'll below my carb goal. Just because this isn't for you doesn't mean someone else might not want to try it with permission of their NUT after everything is evaluated. Why sit here and judge me because of your struggles. I have my own thank you very much and quite frankly I would appreciate if I would get the same respect you show others on here for simply sharing an idea. Geez.

I am so disappointed. I guess I just never thought I would see this kind of disgust when a sleeve sister finds something that could possibly help her on our journey. Op I'm sorry. We women should hold each other up never tear each other down. There are enough people doing that to us
already. The wt loss journey is hard and sometimes very painful. I wish everyone the best of luck. My surgery in 9 days. I'm on my preop diet and it sure is not fun, but I'm doing it. It has been a long road to get here. Love to all!!!!

Wow this thread went bad quick. I think the op was just trying to let people have an alternative when they crave a milk shake. Like Instead of crashing your diet for the day try this.... It is so strange to me how a site ment for support and community can go so wrong sometimes. I belong to a fb group for Sept sleevers and we are all so supportive and kind to one another.:wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub:

You are on your journey & she is on hers. YOU are not responsible for everyone on this site & you do not have to police every suggestion to make sure it fits into your way of thinking.
It's almost like some of you sarcastic ones are jealous because her NUT said this is OK.
A simple, kind response stating your opinion is enough.
The flippant, rude, nonsupportive comments tell me way more about you and your own personal struggles and issues than it does about your simple opinion on a 'milkshake'.

I am so disappointed. I guess I just never thought I would see this kind of disgust when a sleeve sister finds something that could possibly help her on our journey. Op I'm sorry. We women should hold each other up never tear each other down. There are enough people doing that to us
already. The wt loss journey is hard and sometimes very painful. I wish everyone the best of luck. My surgery in 9 days. I'm on my preop diet and it sure is not fun, but I'm doing it. It has been a long road to get here. Love to all!!!!

I am so disappointed. I guess I just never thought I would see this kind of disgust when a sleeve sister finds something that could possibly help her on our journey. Op I'm sorry. We women should hold each other up never tear each other down. There are enough people doing that to us
already. The wt loss journey is hard and sometimes very painful. I wish everyone the best of luck. My surgery in 9 days. I'm on my preop diet and it sure is not fun, but I'm doing it. It has been a long road to get here. Love to all!!!!

@@Babbs comments like that make me wonder why I come here to look for answers. Why do some people on here have to be so nasty? What's going on in your lives that you just can't be kind? Isn't that the purpose of this or is it to throw sarcastic comments around and mock others?

Again everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But my nutritionist looked at the ingredients of the ice cream which I posted and was fine with it. I don't drink this everyday but it's a very low carb ice cream that once it's mixed with Protein and fat free Protein milk is not too thick and just a tasty alternative. If you can't drink it, don't want to drink it, don't like the temptation of it then of course no one is forcing it. Some people were not even aware that ice cream existed and like so many I just wanted to share a postive experience I had encountered and still lost weight for the week.
Adding ice is something that I tried and it didn't work. The protein taste was still very strong but of course, but I have added a sugar free popsicle to a Syntrax nectar shake and it was pretty tasty.
We all have our own journey and are entitled to our opinions, I did not expect to get judged for mentioning the word "ice cream" it was a healthy alternative to regular ice cream and if you want to modify it make it your own. You could make a shake under 200 calories. I posted the ingredients just to share what worked for me under my nutritional guidelines, which I have been following to the book and I feel absolutely amazing and so thankful. Thing is we will have cravings occasionally. I could have gone to mcds and ordered a milkshake with 80g sugar and added in a scoop of protein mix but instead I researched the low carb sugar free option brought it to my nutritionist and she thought it was a great idea. Idk to me that's a pretty solid victory. And when summer comes next year I will be prepared and know what works for me.

Wow this thread went bad quick. I think the op was just trying to let people have an alternative when they crave a milk shake. Like Instead of crashing your diet for the day try this.... It is so strange to me how a site ment for support and community can go so wrong sometimes. I belong to a fb group for Sept sleevers and we are all so supportive and kind to one another.:wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub:

Just be careful what you quote as fact here as some don't do the research and will just eat/drink what someone says. We have a responsibility to be accurate as well as supportive.

You are always entitled to your opinion but when you posted your "shake", include the macros up front.
I personally did find this rude. I don't see what the OP "quoted as fact." The post was simply a recipe that the OP finds tasty and useful. It's one thing to say "it's not for me," but another to say the OP is being inaccurate or irresponsible in posting it.
I also find the oft-repeated demand to prove one's credentials by posting stats a bit offensive. It's not a contest or a caste system, with higher stat people on top and lower stat people on the bottom. To me, "requests" for stats, usually after some kind of confrontation, read more like "prove you're worthy of sharing" than "hey, how are you doing?" Just my two cents.

Wow that's nuts. You're telling me there is not much difference. How many grams of sugar are in the McDonald's milkshake?
Geez you need to chill out..I posted everything I didn't hide anything or try to sell anything. Look it up on my fitness pal when you enter it. The shake I mentioned had nutritional including fiber which most of us seem to not get.
I'm not sensitive you came on this post with a negative attitude not even realizing that this is a healthy alternative. If you think a meal that has 375 calories a lot you're just plain crazy. It had tons of protein, very little sugar and fiber. Quite the opposite of a McDonald's shake.
Again if it doesn't work for you just don't drink it. No one cares. It might work for someone else negative Nancy maybe you can sign yourself up to be the bariatric police. Seriously.

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