Hey everybody. I had my surgery on 12-30-10. I was sleeved. So my surgery was two weeks ago. I went yesterday to the health food store and bought a few Isopure protein drinks (it has 40g) of protein in one 20 oz bottle. I have been trying to drink this one bottle since last night and I still have about 5 oz left. I am scared to death of not eating enough protein and scared my hair will fall out. But its almost like I have to force myself to eat/drink something. I mostly only drink the protein drinks and chicken broth or beef broth. I have tried eating jelly. I can only eat maybe 2 bites. Afraid I am not getting enough of everything....Any help or suggestion would be much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I was sleeved on Dec 29, so I am on the same time line as you. I found that the Protein drinks were really hard to stomach until about 4 days ago. I think they were just too heavy. I use the EAS Myoplex in chocolate with 23g protein. I got a 5lb bag for $30.00 at Sam's Club, which at three shakes a day, lasts a little over 3 weeks. Mixed with skim milk, I get 31g protein per drink. I tried the Gator-aid that has the protein in it, and I still can not drink it. So maybe it is the type of protein your are choosing.

I hope your able to start with some more substantial foods soon. I was allowed to move to pureed foods today, although, I have had one pureed meal a day for the last 3 days. I would try to stay away from the jelly, very high in sugar. Have you tried some yogurt or cottage cheese? I found those to be very easy on my stomach. I haven't been able to do oatmeal at all yet, also too heavy.

Interesting side note, I have a bad dream last night about losing my hair and so I have started to be very vigilant about getting everything I that I am supposed to. I am praying that I don't lose my hair.

Good luck to you, This journey has a huge learning curve.

We are all 3 on the same timeline. I was also sleeved on 12/30/10. I am eating pureed at this point, and tend to mainly eat cottage cheese, cream soups, yogurts, and SF puddings. I am not meeting my protein goal yet, so I am going to start adding the flavorless protein powder to my pureed foods. I also drink the Myoplex Lite. I drink the premixed individual ones. They are more expensive, but I can't handle the texture of the powdered kind. Good Luck.

fitnessroad.com. They are the company that beliteweight that I scheduled my surgery with referred me to. They have a liquid protein that 2 spoonfuls fulfill your daily protein need. They strongly advised me to use that right after surgery to avoid hair issues. I have not been sleeved yet but that is who I ordered my pre-op stuff from. I don't have their number handy but I'm sure it's on their website and they are very familiar with the surgery and what all you need. Hope that helps.

I did the protein shots 25g of protein. I bought mine from Wal-Mart. I would drink one first thing in the morning to get some protein in. I got tired of the shakes quick. I started adding a little water to them to water it down some to drink it.