Okay, let me tell you, I love coffee. I don't think it is the taste so much but what it represents. It is a social thing for me and just part of my routine. All through the six month preop diet they told me to stop drinking caffine and coffee. I could stop drinking pop, but coffee? Come on. I was honest with my NUT and she just told me to keep trying. One day I was reading a post how a person said the caffine withdraw after surgery wasn't good. A light when on and I switched to decaff. I didn't want to deal with both (caffine withdrawl and just post op misery). I still got the taste and my routine of drinking coffee. I would drink about 5 cups daily (10 cups accoording to my pot but I drank big cups of coffee). I haven't been making coffee daily since surgery because I know that I should be drinking a Protein shake or something better than plain coffee. I've tried mixing in protein and it would clump all up.

I purchased some Bariwise Cappuccino. I made it like instructed one day. It was doable... hot and (almost too) sweet but not enough coffee flavor. Today, I made decaf coffee, poured half my package of the cappuccino and my coffee straight from brewing. Perfection. No clumps, enough coffee flavor, perfect temperature, and not too sweet. I used to put half and half in and like a 1/4 packet of sweetner so this was perfect...I didn't add any half and half or milk. I drank 2 cups, used the full package of cappuccino and got my 15 grams of protein with my coffee. I think it is going to be a good day.

Syntrax has a nectar protein powder that is cappucino flavored; I plan to mix that with my decaf in the mornings. I hate to give up my caffeine but at least I can have my decaf.

Way to go to find a way to get your Protein in and your fix for coffee even though it was decaf I bet it tasted good. I was one of those who did the 3 day liquid diet with a horrible headache from cafeeine withdrawal it sucked lol. Haven't touched the stuff since lol

I drink about 3 cups each moring (6 according to the coffe pot) and 1 to 2 diet cokes a day. I am dreading the day I have to quit. I can't even imagine. I know I should do it now but I figure I have until atleast mid October before I have to quit. I think I'll enjoy it while I can.

I've had coffee almost from the get-go post surgery. I just have to be careful with acid, so finding a low-acid coffee was the key, plus I have it iced with milk (added protein and buffering!). Yay that you found a good-tasting and protein-rich way to enjoy it.