I went to my first post op visit yesterday and my doctor told me that I need to increase my protein and water intake. I was sleeved on March 30th. Can anyone give me SPECIFIC names of some GOOD protein and vitamins I can take. He said he prefers I get protein that has at least 45g per serving. HELP!!!!!

My doctor actually recommended Body Fortress Whey Protein powder. You can buy a two pound tub at Walmart for $15. I mix two scoops with 16 ounces of skim milk. I know this seems like a big shake but it takes me 1 to 2 hours to drink it all. I usually do this for my dinner at work. It ends up being 450 calories and 70 grams of protein. When I add this to my breakfast and lunch I usually end up getting around 800 - 1000 calories for the day, almost half of which are coming from protein. As far as vitamins go I am taking Opti Source Post Bariatric Surgery Formula. I just do two in the morning as opposed to the 4 throughout the day. I bought the bottle at the hospital pharmacy for $38. Good Luck!

Try Syntrax Nectars- they have all kinds of flavors- you can buy a sample pack at barriatricpantry.com. They have 23g Protein per pack and can be mixed with as little as 8oz of Water. A drinkable amount in 40 minutes or so and most of the flavors are YUMMY! Also- they have a vanilla, chocolate & cappuchino flavor that you can mix with 8oz of skim milk and up the protein by 10g.

Isopure has a Gatoraide-like drink that has 40g protein in 20oz... they have a few flavors but I am not a fan of the flavor.

I love my chewable Vitamins from costco. They are like little fruitsnacks and I really dont mind taking them. The only bummer is that even the sugarfree kind has 3 carbs per serving- and since we need lots of Calcium (3 servings/day)... we will have to count them as our carbs. They also have chocolate & carmel flavors, but I havent tried them yet.

Good luck!

I should also mention that after my bottle of Opti Source vitamins are gone I am going to buy some vita craves at Walmart for $13 a bottle (and you get the same number of pills). That is of course if I still have to take a chewable. If they say I can do a pill then I will buy a bottle of one-a-day men's formula. I feel that $38 dollars is just too much even if they are better vitamins.

I used Centrum Chewables both pre and post-op. I just switched, at 7 months, to a vitamin I have to swallow. As for the protein, protein shakes are the only way to go while on the liquid diet, but I couldn't stand any of the protein shakes early post-op. They were just too sweet for me. I drank a lot of broth, which doesn't have that much protein, but my doc said it was more important to get the liquids in than the protein until I was back on solids.

THANK YOU ALL!!!! I am going to try a couple of these suggestions!!!!!!!!!!

Premier protein shakes are the best cause they aren't thick like the others and they have 30g protein 1g sugar they come in chocolate and vanilla both delicious you can't buy a case of 18 at Costco for a lil over $20 I think you can get them at SAMS also !

Thank you Krissy20!!!! I will check them out as well.