:thumbup: Hello Sleever family,

I DID IT!!!! I DID IT!!!! OMG! I have never been so excited to be a loser in my life :lol0: I had my surgery on April 12th went home the next day, no drain of any sort. I had my surgery at Kaiser Wt LA for those who are interested in about Kaiser. It was in and out. I had a little pain but the nurses seen to it that you were always comfortable and nausea under control the whole time. I am walking over a mile. At this time im trying to make the transfer from Clear liquids to solid liquids but it seems that my sleeve is still to sensitive cuz i get the sqirts :blushing:. (I will keep inmind of what Tiffkins said about never trusting a fart) :eek: I can eat cream of wheat with lac milk and yogurt but as far as the protien solid dirnks im having a bit o a problem. Any pointers plus i can't find a solid drink i really like, I tried muscle mile lite..... sicker then a dog..... If u have a favorite one please let me know. I Love you Sleever family..........

Woohoo many congrats. The only Protein I like was Optimum whey. You can get it online at vitacost.com or bodybuilding.com. or at GNC. The GNC sales people tried to tell me that their brand was the same, it was not.

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I had chronic liquids in to liquids out until I got to mushy food stage. Great job on your walking, and keep it up ! ! ! Keep us posted on your progress.

Okay so this one took me a while to figure out, but I bought Brown Cow Greek Yogurt which is 23g protein per one cup. I think its yucky on its own, so I blended 1/2c yogurt w/ 1 Tbs of blackberry spreadable fruit and it tastes like yoplait. It is yummy. It will take you quite a while to eat if you are still this early out, but it feels better to my body to eat something that is actually food rather than eating phony protein shakes all the time. My body just was not a huge fan! Good luck!!!!

Oh, and when I do have to do a protein shake, I sometimes will double up the protein on em (two scoops) and then just take it slow! This is just the icky crap you gotta get through.

Congatulations!! Wow already walking a mile...Great news. It's terrific that you are so excited and happy to have your sleeve. I add 1 scoop of Solgar Vanilla Bean Whey, (16gms protein) to Uncle Ben's multi grain Cream of Wheat (7gms of protein per packet). I also do the same with the various brands of greek yogurt-1 scoop solgar whey to a 6oz container of yogurt. Other than that I still have not attempted to make any type of whey shake. I've been using soy, almond or hazelnut milk to mix in my cream of wheat. Hope that helps. Best wishes to you in your WL journey.

Welcome to the losers' bench! I recently bought Unjury's strawberry sorbet protein & the unflavored kind too. I was doing the brand Tiffy suggested, but I got burnt out on milk & the flavor I liked tasted icky with water. So I looked for something I could mix with water & my dietitian recommended the Unjury & gave me some samples. I mix the strawberry or unflavored with crystal light. It's pretty yum to me. But it is more expensive than some of the other proteins, which I would say is the only downfall I've found with it. Good luck on your protein search and keep up the great work! :blushing:

Congratulations sleeve sister!! I had a hard time with choking down protein shakes in the beginning too, they all tasted soooo gross and made me gag! I started drinking the Atkins low carb shakes and found the taste to be (in my opinion) much better than most (and cheaper too). I haven't got sick of them yet! The only down fall is that they only have 15 grams of protein, so I usually add in a premier protein shake from costco and they have 30 grams of carbs, just to make sure I get all my protein in. I hope you can find one that you enjoy, everyone is different, and with so many different kinds out there it might take you awhile!! You are doing great though, keep it up!! Welcome to the family!!

The PrescriptFit chocolate tastes just like brownie mix to me...it's really good.

I don't care for their vanilla at all though.

I get it at my surgeon's office but I'm sure you can buy it online too.

I tried Chike banana flavor today and it was ok but to me it had a powdery taste.

Thank you for all the responses, wow I'm bound to find one now.