I went to wal-mart this weekend and found New Whey Liquid Protein by Body Fortress. It has 42 grams of protein, 180 calories, 2 carbs, its gluten free, sugar free, fat free, and caffein free. It comes in a 3.8 oz bottle. They were 2.50 per bottle or a pack of 6 for $9.99. they had different flavors such as watermelon, grape, and fruit punch. I figure a couple of these bottles after surgery and you would be good on your protein for the day while you're on liquids. i dont know how they taste but I would imagine you could add them to crystal lite and make them taste better. If anyone has tried them let me know how they taste and if they made you feel better right after surger. Thanks.

I bought a variety case of these from Sam's Club (maybe 24 of them) and personally, I think they were disgusting. I bought them before surgery thinking they would be good to get all my protein in. After surgery I tried a fruit punch flavored one and had to run to the bathroom and almost throw up. I was heaving over the toilet for quite a while. (Sorry for the image... lol) They are thick almost syrup-y and I could not get past the whey taste. The only way I could possibly see getting them down is by chugging them, which you can't do right after surgery. I suppose you could water them down too, but that defeats the purpose of them being only 3 oz. I ended up giving about 20 of them away. YUCK.

Hi,

I use these Protein bullets. Yes they are thick but I put them in Water with Crystal light and they taste like kool aid! Really good!

I think you are just going to have to give them a try and see how they work for you. I've read both reactions: like leahG above, who can't tolerate them at all, and like ITSMEMRSJ who can totally make them work. I'm more like Leah. I could not get down any of these types of protein drinks. I tried them all, on their own, in crystal light, cold on ice, room temperature, you name it. They totally gross me out and give me the heaves :-) But, for some they work really well. So the bottom line, you'll have to give them a try and see what it's like for you. It is nice to be able to get all that protein in easily. I know some places give you/sell you samples so you don't have to buy a large quantity until you try it. Perhaps you can give that a try. Congrats on your surgery!!!!! See you on the loosers bench!

I dilute the New Whey protein shots with water & freeze until just slushy...they go down so much easier!

i am glad to see this thred..Because i am 2 weeks post op and really cant get hardly any protien in at any given time. I am struggling to even get my water in. I have been drinking vitimin water and such just to make sure i am getting my fluids in. After that i seem to be done. I am lucky to get much of anything in.

I tried these too I think. What I tried was the punch flavor in a long tube type thing. My God.............. that stuff was awful! I'm glad I only bought one to sample. I did eventually get it all down and keep it down, but it was tough to do. So bad I don't care to try that again. Some people may be able to tolerate it, if so, great for them, because there is A LOT of Protein in them. I now use the body fortress choc whey isolate powder or the EAS vanilla isolate powder. I do make some smoothies out of them some with crushed ice which seems to help me and they taste better to me.

I took one sip of the Orange flavor and refuse to ever try them again. Ohhhh not good (to me anyway).

Everyone's tastes are different though, I'd suggest only buying one so you can try it and see for yourself!

What is the source of the Protein in these shots? I looked the one up that I bought from Walgreens and it's protein source was collagen. If I remember correctly, Tiffykins had a post and links to weight lifting boards about how collagen protein is not available to our bodies. So, we could be putting this stuff down, but it's not doing us any good and is actually causing a protein shortage.

I may be thinking of the wrong protein shots and, if I am, I would be thrilled to be able to get half my protein for the day from one small bottle!

Would one of the better informed people chime in here?

You are right about the collagen. I did some research on it and I ended up taking the protein shots back to the store and bought more protein powder with whey isolate in it. Thanks for your help!

I was going to buy these last weekend while stocking up @ the VItaminn shoppe and was thankfully for-warned by one of the guys working there about their nastiness.. I found 4 other new proteins to try and have LOVED them! Muscle Milk lite, Isopure, Pure PRotein and 1 more I cannot think of the name- they are all on the reccomended list from my doc and taste great! and make good slushies (pre op) of course...

Post op may be a different thing since most people say their taste buds change- don't know- will cross that bridge when I get to it.

Shae, I'm glad that you did more research. I had read the weight lifting board links about how collagen-based protein isn't readily available to the body. I actually have this question on my list for my surgeon next week.