I am having my operation in 2 weeks. Very nervous and today news is bad press for the lap band . Also I am looking for a protien drink , so could you please suggest your favorite and what it tastes like.

thank you

I am not a fan of the protien drinks. I personally hate them, but I would not be having surgery without them.

A good one is:

1 serving protien vanilla

1 tsp frozen pinapple concentrate

1 tsp frozen orange juice concetrate

1 tsp coconut extract

4-5 ice cubes

Blend it all together. Kinda like a pina colada. I can drink this one!

I have been on the protien 5 days now and lost 13 lbs! SO it is worht it by far!

:faint:

It is interesting indeed to learn how other countries work with the band. Thanks for the link. I will do some research on that product. Initially, it reminds me of a product I used to take called HMF Replete http://www.naturallyempowered.com/html/products/pharmacy/super/hmfrepl.html . It contains the human strain rather than the animal strain. Maybe this came up so I'll start taking it again. Thanks for the feedback!!

Way to go Boo Boo!!! I will have to try your drink, it sounds so yummy.

Here's another one that I haven't tried personally, but was given by the instructor at our support group:

2 scoops of powder Isopure

3 c milk

1 heaping t sugar free chocolate pudding powder

Blend and put in fridge. shake b4 you pour to mix the Protein. Drink 4 oz at a time.

Oopps....forgot to write down the grams of protein per serving. :phanvan

I know I am way far out of my liquid and mushy stage, but I still love unjury. I put it in my sugar free hot chocolate with milk in the morning, and I swear it holds me over until about 11:30 am. I have also mixed it in with sauces and other stuff to boost my protein intake. I haven't been feeling so well lately (a lot of pb's) and can't seem to stomach chicken (WHICH I LOVED PRE-BAND) so unjury is a godsend!

Ok I messed around this morning and tried to make something new. This one was SOO good, I made it for all 3 shakes! yummy...

1 scoop chocolate flavored protien

8 oz soy milk

1/4 bananna

1 tsp Peanut Butter (SMALL amount because of calories)

2-4 ice cubes depending on how you want consistency!

It was very very good.

Oooo....sounds yummy. I use peanut butter sometimes too. I love peanut butter anything. :biggrin1: