Your Thoughts On Soup, Yogurt And Protein Shakes, Please

[nikki914 1]

I like Soup and Greek yogurt a lot (and some Protein shakes) but not sure if they could be slider foods, or considered drinking with your meal. I know many of you eat them regularly - do they keep you full? Or do you eat them because at times you are too tight for more solid meals?

I will check with NUT, just wanted your thoughts and experiences.

Thanks!!

[Gigi_Girl 77]

I like Greek yogurt for Breakfast or for an afternoon snack. It has lots of Protein and is fillings. Nothing to do with tightness.

[Sojourner 2,446]

With the band, and limited size portions, it's important that every food choice deliver big on nutrition.

Greek yogurt and whey Protein shakes deliver well on nutrition. These two choices could become "slider" foods if you allowed them to be. Most important is to not develop the habit of using them as sliders. Portion Control is imperative for weight loss success.

I use Protein shakes occasionally now if I have not met my daily Protein goal, and for 2 days following a fill, never as a snack.

As for Soup, my surgeon said no to any and all soups; they fall way short on the level of nutrition that bariatric patients need. The amount of nutrition per serving size by volume is just not high enough.

[Jachut 487]

Yogurt is my almost daily breafast, about half a cups worth it some berries or banana. A tablespoon of LSA and some walnuts, and its a very nutritious meal - and definitely gets me through.

Adding crap empty calories like Syrup or splenda though, not so much. I would be hungry quickly if i ate that.

Thick homemade Soup is another staple i make them full of chickn, vegies, brow rice. Theres no way that is an inadequate meal. Again, quality counts. Canned soup is rubbish, again just empty calories.

[TracyW2 137]

I have greek yogurt just about every day. And I have a Protein Shake every morning for breakfast and a Casein Protein shake every night before bed. I dont do much Soup.< /p>

[JinTx 19]

My homemade Soup is not a slider. I make it chunky with meat amd veg. When i go to my fav mexican rest i get chicken soup easy on the avacado and cheese. It is basically all

Chicken and i dont eat the broth. Canned Soups are sliders imo.

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Unless the Soup has a lot of chunks and pieces, most would consider it a slider because it goes right through the band like a liquid. Technically speaking, yogurt and Protein shakes would be sliders too.

With that said, some are very good for you in moderation. Some surgeons won't allow them though so be sure to check with yours to be sure. As for myself, I have a Protein shake for breakfast every morning and I enjoy a nice cup of soup for lunch sometimes, too.

With all of them the key is Portion Control and moderation regardless of how much we can physically consume.