Investigating taste& pricing before I start pre-op diet in Sept.

I don't do protein shakes because of their taste. I have found that Boltman Farms Vanilla Chai Tea tastes like eggnog and is really good. The have them at most grocery stores by either the juices or produce.

Ariel Ortiz and other leading developers of modern gastric banding strongly caution against using Protein shakes or soups because the band is not designed to work with Fluid, soft food or crispy (crackers, chips ect) foods. They will go right through without providing saitity at all or for long. A person will consume all those calories and then be hungry. My MD (at a teaching hosptial) also pointed that out. I do keep an Atkins drink with me in case I'm stuck someplace with no decent food choice but the bulk of protein should be from desne meats/fish. The denser chicken/salmon will stay in the pouch for many hours and is far better quality protein than any drink.

It's essential to use Protein Shakes during the times you are required to be on a liquid diet...i.e. pre and post op and after fills.

It's accurate that we should not rely on protein shakes for our daily nutrition, and that eating healthy foods should become the primary source for protein and proper nutrition.

But all bandsters will need to be on a liquid diet at some points during their weight loss journey...so it is imperative to have one or more that you find tolerable or even actually like. Using protein shakes during those times is necessary.

I don't believe that any bariatric surgeon would tell patients not to use protein shakes for augmenting their diet while newly banded and while having to be on a liquid diet. Protein shakes are not designed to replace food; only to augment proper nutrition.

Ariel Ortiz and other leading developers of modern gastric banding strongly caution against using Protein shakes or soups because the band is not designed to work with fluid' date=' soft food or crispy (crackers, chips ect) foods. They will go right through without providing saitity at all or for long. A person will consume all those calories and then be hungry. My MD (at a teaching hosptial) also pointed that out. I do keep an Atkins drink with me in case I'm stuck someplace with no decent food choice but the bulk of protein should be from desne meats/fish. The denser chicken/salmon will stay in the pouch for many hours and is far better quality protein than any drink.[/quote']

But she is looking for pre-op suggestions. My surgeon didn't give options, it was two weeks of Opti-fast. It was expensive, but it did the job. I had some extra shakes leftover from pre-op, I use them in the morning when I'm not very hungry.

Best of luck,

Bibi

Personally, I like the isopure. They have several favors including mango and vanilla, but my favorite is chocolate chip cookie dough. It's a little pricy, but taste much better than the other brands I've had.

Has anyone tried Matrix Mint Cookie?

I really like Matrix mint cookie!!

Has anyone tried About Time protein?

Thanks, Doodledo73...I'll go ahead and order it. Does it taste at all like Girl Scout Thin Mints?

I wouldn't say it tastes like thin mints, but it's good.

I have several I like. I normally am too tight in the morning to eat real food so I rely on a shake to hold me over until lunch.

powders I like:

unjury chocolate splendor, vanilla, unflavored, chicken Soup

Syntrax nectar Cappuccino, Caribbean cooler, strawberry mousse, roadside lemonade.

All of these are currently in my pantry so i don't get bored with one flavor.

I also stock several flavors of crystal light, MIO, and torani sugar free syrups so I never have the same flavor. Another option is to add a teaspoon of sugar free instan pudding mix. Yummy!!

Chocolate powder + coconut torani syrup + splash of almond extract = almond joy

Chocolate + Peanut Butter + caramel torani syrup = snickers

Cappuccino + chocolate torani syrup = mocha cappuccino (hot or cold!)

I will often make the caribbean cooler or lemonade with my snowcone maker and have it like a slushy.

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Got my Unjury sample pack today. Had chicken soup for dinner....a bit salty, but tolerable. I wouldn't say good but not bad either