I go to my pre op appointment and to get my surgery date on July 20th. YAY! I have to lose weight and am having a hard time getting motivated to do that. I have good intentions and always have a good breakfast and lunch but after work it all goes out the window. Anyways, My biggest problem and favorite food is bread and pasta.. I want to start a low carb diet such as the atkins diet. I was also told by my dr to start drinking the protein drinks. If I'm doing the low carb diet, can I still have the protein shakes? Please help! And thank you all in advance. Im hoping to lose 20 pounds before my dr appointment so I really need to get to moving.

I go to my pre op appointment and to get my surgery date on July 20th. YAY! I have to lose weight and am having a hard time getting motivated to do that. I have good intentions and always have a good Breakfast and lunch but after work it all goes out the window. Anyways, My biggest problem and favorite food is bread and Pasta.. I want to start a low carb diet such as the atkins diet. I was also told by my dr to start drinking the Protein drinks. If I'm doing the low carb diet, can I still have the Protein shakes? Please help! And thank you all in advance. Im hoping to lose 20 pounds before my dr appointment so I really need to get to moving.

I would say that you can have Protein Drinks. It just won't fill you up for too long because it's a liquid rather than a solid food. At least that's what worked for me. When I was in pre-op I would drink 2 protein shakes and one meal. I lost 22 lbs like that and I stuck to a low carb diet which made me feel better. Once you get over the cravings you should be fine. Find yourself a good and tasty Protein shake. My favorite is Muscle Milk Lite chocolate. It's kind of high in carbs about 9 g but it's so tasty and the only thing I could look forward to when I was hungry. Good luck to you.

My doctor and nutritionist has me on low carn/high protein. I drink a protein shake for breakfast, one for lunch and then a lean, high protein dinner with at least one cup of veggies for dinner.... Minimum butter and salt. Last night I fix have about 1/4th of a cup of whole grain rice with my dinner... But honestly, when I take a bite of something super carby I just ask myself "is it worth it?" and most of the time it isn't. I've been doing this a little over a week and honestly, the cravings are mostly done with. The first three days are the hardest. If you can get through those with no cabs you'll do great! I've lost 9 lbs in a week... You can do it!!

Sorry... I should have proof read. My phone likes to make up it's own words :-)

I go to my pre op appointment and to get my surgery date on July 20th. YAY! I have to lose weight and am having a hard time getting motivated to do that. I have good intentions and always have a good breakfast and lunch but after work it all goes out the window. Anyways, My biggest problem and favorite food is bread and Pasta.. I want to start a low carb diet such as the atkins diet. I was also told by my dr to start drinking the Protein drinks. If I'm doing the low carb diet, can I still have the protein shakes? Please help! And thank you all in advance. Im hoping to lose 20 pounds before my dr appointment so I really need to get to moving.

Yes, you can have protein shakes on a low carb diet. You just need to pay attention to the carbs in them. Slim Fast has a protein shake with 25gm of carbs but they also make one with 3gm. When I'm home, I use EAS powder mixed with unsweetened almond milk for a total of 5 carbs.

The only 'trick' to following a low carb diet is to understand that it is the carbs that cause the cravings. Even one bite of bread or potato or rice will start me on that craving path again. Protein and green vegies are all I eat now.

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I follow a high protein diet and I have lost 60 lbs in just under 6 months

Sorry... I should have proof read. My phone likes to make up it's own words :-)

I laughed at this comment because I hate when my phone "fixes" my words for me.....one day something smelled like "ribs" instead of smelled like "him" - - - -