I haven't even had the surgery yet and I'm already concerned with the 2 weeks before and however long after I have to be on the protien drinks. I tried the Adkins, Cafe Au Late, and I nearly hurled at the smell. It didn't taste much better. Does anyone know of any that actually taste good?

I have the nutrition class on Wednesday and will find out exactly what they mean by liquid protien diet, but I'm wondering if anyone had to do it. Was it three of these drinks a day and only that? Were you able to have any food at all? Water? How were you able to manage it? I'm thinking that if I can't stick to Weight Watcher's for two weeks, how do I do this. It's different when you have a stomach the size of a finger.

I also noticed the price of the Adkins was about $8-$9 for four. Is that anyone else's experience?

Laura

Atkins Advantage is great tasting . I love the chocolate flavor . Each drink has 21 grams of Protein. Another good one is Pure Protein (vanilla flavor) it has 35 grams per drink . I have tried carb solutions and Yuck I hated the after taste and another one I tried was the designer whey Protein powder mix Yuck!. I like the convenienve of just having them in the can in the fridge ready for me to grab whenever needed. Dr Ortiz has his patients eating 60 grams of protein a day. Every Dr. is different though.

Michelle

265/244/160ish

Dr Ortiz

4/6/04

In the US, which for a while anyway had the worst banding results in the world, the doctors want patients on lengthy, bizarre pre-op diets. A couple of New Zealand doctors also wanted patients on two weeks of pre-op liquids. They were convinced that doing so would "shrink" the fat around the liver. They were running a test, which they said they'd publish, on their theory when one of the doctors wrote back to me. Two years ago. I still haven't seen a word published showing any proof at all that two weeks of liquids does anything other than make patients crazy and stressed and guilt-ridden when they don't follow it.

And many US doctors want to adopt a "fill schedule." And they often titrate the patient up to restriction so slowly that s/he gives up long before any restriction is reached. Or they say "lose 10% of your body weight or I won't do the surgery."

Why can't these know-it-alls stop assuming that everything American is better just because it is American and look around? There are very expereinced band surgeons all over the world, whose patients do just fine. Do our guys pay attention and follow their lead? No. Makes me so glad I went to Mexico. End of this rant, but I'm sure I have a couple more in me.

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1 scoop is 20g of protein.

Good Luck!

Bonnie

-69lbs

I'm hearin' ya, SueG. I was treated better in the Mexican hospital by staff that didn't even speak English compared to the way American docs handle things. I learned about the band a couple months ago, which lead me to a Bypass vs. Band seminar. I wanted surgery but my insur only covers bypass, and I decided to go thru w/ it. I asked my doc for a referral to get my required pre-approval, and she agreed since my BP & cholesterol were sky high along with my history of weight-related anxiety/insomnia, which causes my severe sleep apnea. But she begged me to try one last diet pill before surgery. I was prescribed Bontril - side effects: "Elevated BP, anxiety, and insomnia." So I was prescribed Valium to take at night.

Let's recap: my American doctor's answer to my lifetime problem of obesity was "Speed for breakfast and downers for dinner." But those Mexican doctors don't know what they're doing when it comes to LapBands, right? Because they've done so few.... NOT. Other than the pain & misery, which comes with any surgery and my lung infection, I loved my Mexico LapBand experience. Yo gusto mucho!

Where can I buy Unjury?

I just ordered some yesterday and you will have to go to unjury.com I heard it was great

i meant to reply last week!! you are right. the cafe au lait atkins is AWFUL!!! but i do love the chocolate and the vanilla is good too. i haven't tried a big spectrum but it is the best i've tasted so far and packs in a bunch of protein IMHO.

I wished slim fast had a sugar free drink. I've always loved their milk chocolate flavor. Oh well.

Atkins Advantage Chocolate tastes exactly like the chocolate slim fast to me...

the slim fast low carb shakes have no sugar, the have splenday & twice the protien as other slim fast. and they are good.:clap2: