I am currently drinking A couple of the Nectar fruit drinks and it is all I can do to get them down. They. Are to sweet! I think I would much rather have a great tasting yet a good quality shake that is. Vanilla or chocolate not fruitty. I know I will have to have something that I enjoy because I will be drinking it from now on. I would appreciate hearing your likes and dislikes.

I liked the both the Light and Regular Muscle Milk (vanilla and choclate, not the other flavors) and it was pretty readily available wherever I happen to be.

I'm a fan of the Premier Protein shakes from Sam's Club. That said, NOTHING sweet tasted good to me early post-op.

I tried Unjury before my surgery and I liked the product. They have an unflavored one that works well with everything.

Post 04/30: The Nectar drink is way too sweet and even the "unflavored" protein has something that makes me gag when I drink it. So, I appreciate the suggestions as I was wondering the same thing.

Nectar was way too sweet for me early on too... sweet anything tasted horrible then....now NO problem. I tried 4-ever-fit fruit flavors and they were good natural tasting fruit drinks, nice to not have milk sometimes. I ended up using them all the time. Mango is my fav. Not too sweet, pretty natural flavors, no ultra bright colors ...You can get them at vitamin shoppe or vitamin world. While on vacation I used muscle milk light chocolate.. only 100 cals and 15 grams of pro in the small 4 pack size. Not tooo sweet.

Have anybody tried The Body Fortress protein from Walmart? It has 30 gr protein.vanilla cream.

Have anybody tried The Body Fortress Protein from Walmart? It has 30 gr protein.vanilla cream.

Stay away from body fortress so early out because it has creatin in it and with you not getting in enough calories, it could actually hurt you.

Have anybody tried The Body Fortress Protein from Walmart? It has 30 gr protein.vanilla cream.

I have had the body fortress it was pretty good. I have tried the strawberry and Cookies and cream which were good. Don't know what are the rules for post op.

I have had the body fortress it was pretty good. I have tried the strawberry and Cookies and cream which were good. Don't know what are the rules for post op.

It is good but the creatine that is in it can hurt you this early out in this surgery.

It is good but the creatine that is in it can hurt you this early out in this surgery.

So when can I start drinking them? I'm sure I've asked you millions of times so sorry for this next questions but which Protein shake are you having

You want to wait until you are getting in enough calories. Creatin helps you bulk your muscles. You want a protein that doesn't have creatin in it. You want the first ingredient to be whey protein but keep reading the ingredients. My doc told me to stay away from body fortress because it could make me sick right now.

Creatin produces weight gain

You want to wait until you are getting in enough calories. Creatin helps you bulk your muscles. You want a Protein that doesn't have creatin in it. You want the first ingredient to be whey protein but keep reading the ingredients. My doc told me to stay away from body fortress because it could make me sick right now.

I'm surprised because it was on the list for protein that my doctor recommended.

Your best bet would be to go to the food forum here and look at all the places you can get samples. It's hard to settle on one this early out. I would get a whole bunch of different samples for now.

I think Matrix is a really good product. It's low calorie and low carb.it's also made by Syntrex, the same co. that makes nectar, but it's not very sweet. You can get it at vitacost.com

Slim fast ready to drink low carb chocolate is my favorite for Breakfast and lunch I have power Protein which has 35g for only 11ounces they are 3.45 a can at my Vitamin shop bannana cream and chocolate is good the Cookies and cream I couldn't drink. Then I sip on Isopure 40g thru the day. At 20 ounces. And 4$ bottle squeeze in one shot of matching flavor mio and it doesn't taste like Protein Drink just like koolaid.

Then I have eggs for breakfast tune for lunch and then some sort of dinner tonight I made roast chicken with garlic and onion stuffed in the cavity and between skin then baisted every twenty cooked till just done but supper moist, sweet potato chucked tossed in olive oil red pepper chilli powder and pinch of salt and brown sugar roasted 45 min on 400 then made steamed carrots mine cooked all three baby ones till the were mush. I chew everything till it is nothingness before swallow and I have had no problems I am three weeks out and was alllowed saltines today yay! They went great with the tuna salad i made..... I can't wait for raw veggies!

Btw I only had three baby carrots, 1 ounce of sweet potatoes and 2 ounces of chicken and it took me a hour to finish. I been working on eating slower between bites hoping to help heartburn... And I chew everything to nothingness. It felt so great to cook a real normal meal for us tonight. Next week I'll be a month out I can't wait