So, I am about the pickiest person in the world about what I eat and drink. I like absolutely no type of artificial sweetener which presents a huge problem in finding a Protein source for the preop and post op diets. I have tried so many already and cannot stand them. They all make me gag. Needless to say, I have been very stressed about what to do and was even trying to figure out if I could do this without having to use a protein powder/liquid. Yeah, I know, not a good thing and I knew that. However, in being totally honest, it crossed my mind to try and avoid the liquid/powder forms of protein and just start getting it in once I could do it post op with food.

I totally understand that we all have different likes and dislikes but in all my reading and trying to find something that could work, I noticed that for every person who recommended a protein powder/liquid, there were just as many or more that said they couldn't stand that particular protein. But, recently I noticed so many posts recommending Premier RTD Protein. The opposite though wasn't true. Unlike the other protein recommendations having just as many or more people hating a particular recommendation, I didn't see that trend with Premier RTD Protein. I thought there just has to be something to these things so I made a decision to try yet another protein recommendation. However, you can only get it at Sam's or costco and I don't have a card for either of those places but my Mom does. We had plans to hang out today so I asked her if we could go there to get some so I didn't have to buy a membership only to find out I don't like the darn drinks. Off to Costco we went and I bought the chocolate ones. As soon as I got home, I put one in the freezer to get it cold quickly. After about an hour and a half it was nice and cold. I opened it up knowing I wouldn't like it, but I was wrong. Yippppeee!!!!! I've never been so happy in my life to be wrong about something..

The chocolate has no Vitamin, protein, gritty, lumpy or chalky taste. I cannot taste any artificial sweetner and it has absolutely zero aftertaste. It tastes just like a chocolatey chocolate milk. Just like the full flavor stuff with all the calories and sugar. It was really good, If I had to pick one thing "negative" to say about it, it would be that it is very chocolately. That could be good if I'm having a craving for sweets. If I'm not, I could tone it down with milk. The benefit of that is I've added a little more protein to it by using some milk. I totally cannot wait to try different things with this drink lke making it more of a shake and by adding some banana and/or PB2 to it.

So......to all of you out there who have yet to find a liquid/powder protein souce and you haven't tried Premier RTD protein, I highly recommend you try these. I seriously cannot tell you how picky I am and the fact that I'm highly recommending these is something else. Now, all this being said, I know not everyone will lke these. I just wanted to tell others my experience in hopes it can help someone else like others helped me by what they posted about it.

~Amy

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I find the Premiere RTDs "just OK". Kind of like how Ron Perlman might be "just OK" if he & I were the last two on Earth. So really it's a lot less than "OK" but I can force myself into it being tolerable if there's absolutely nothing else available, just barely. Plus they leave little chocolate flakes on my lips if I don't use a straw (they dry into a sort of skin, blech). The first sip seems OK, and then it goes downhill from there.

I used to love my Protein drinks pre-op, and with previous WLS. Can't stand them now. It's the thickness. They sit so heavy/uncomfortable in my sleeve.

I'm currently doing the Isopure fruity RTDs. I've tasted 3 of them now and "grape frost" is the only one (truly) that didn't turn my stomach. Seriously I tried "apple melon" lastnight and thought I just might hurl. I actually heard/felt my stomach lurch. I know when I read "Eww it almost made me throw up" I think I'm reading the words of a drama queen, but this truly did almost make me throw up and I have a cast Iron stomach... err... sleeve. I put them (grape frost) in the freezer for a while before I drink them so they're as cold as I can get them without being frozen. I drink themabout 5oz at a time (10g protein), which I pour into a cup and I add a small squirt of grape mio (it's not actually Mio brand, it's the generic Walmart stuff). To me, it ends up tasting exactly like grape koolaid that inexplicably leaves my mouth feeling a little dry.

Flavorwise I like the strawberry EAS Carb AdvantEdge RTDs. They have to very cold or they get nasty. This seems to keep them thinner, too. But in terms of protein gms/oz they aren't great. That was the allure of the Premieres. 30gm in the same oz as EAS's 17gm. But if I can only drink half of it, it's a wash. The Isopures have 20gm/10oz <-- winner!