Looking for high protein shots. Not sure what bougie size my Dr used, but my sleeve is very tight, and i'm having trouble getting in 8oz. of anything. I have my first follow up with him tomorrow. Any suggestions??

My suggestion is do NOT use the protein shots. All of them I have seen contain "hydrolized collagen", which is a protein that is NOT available to our bodies. So, you could choke the shot down (I understand they taste awful) for basically no benefit. In another forum, I read a post from Tiffykins (one of the vets here) saying the same thing. She even goes so far as to say that you can only count a few of the protein grams in a protein shot, even if it says that whey protein is one of the ingredients. So, if your protein shot has supposedly 60 grams of protein, you can only count about 10-15 of those protein grams. There are MUCH better tasting ways to get that much protein.

Suggestion = don't look for high Protein shots. Search "protein shots" or "incomplete protein" here and you will see why.

Is 8oz your limit at a time, or during the course of an entire day?

BTW Lissa, I heard back from one of the "shot" manufacturers and about 8% of their "combination of whey isolate and hydrolized collagen" was the whey part. So in this shot that's maybe 45gm protein, about 17% of it was worth anything. Ugh, so much wasted sleeve space.

I hate to triple post, and I feel like I've become their biggest fan, but look at the Isopure RTD fruit flavored Protein drinks. I too have a hard time with regular drinks. They're thick, and I've figured out that my sleeve doesn't like thick things very much. I tried these drinks (40gm per 20oz bottle) and they go down like Water for me. I'm drinking them 1/4 bottle as needed. And they actually taste good (at least the one flavor I've tried, "grape frost" + a squirt of grape mio stuff).

I just ordered 36 bottles. I hope they don't get gross overnight.

Thanks, Wheetsin! I'm starting to feel like a Protein shot hater around here, but they are so useless to us that I hate to see people spend their hard earned money on them. In addition, they give folks a false sense that they ARE getting in their protein, which is so necessary, when that protein isn't even usable by our bodies.

I think we need to gather up all of the information about Protein Shots being bad, put it in a thread and ask for it to be pinned in both Pre Op and food and Nutrition.

Just to throw this out there ... Protein shots are bad for early sleevers thinking this is an easy way to get their protein in. It isn't. Serious athletes and weight lifters prefer the blend of whey and collagen based Proteins. Google for more detailed info.

But, for our purposes here on the board as sleevers, the girls are correct ... stay away from protein shots.

Pure protein ready to serve shakes are best - you can get them at Sam's club, Walmart, etc.

I learned that about protein shots also. I gagged a couple down, and for what? A poor source of protein that our bodies don't absorb like whey isolate. Not only that, but someone here told me that collagen protein can be obtained from boiling cow hides. I was so disgusted I googled it and found that it is true. I like Lissa's idea, people should be warned. Even my NUT had told me they were okay to use! I need to educate her!

Yes - it largely comes from cow hides. Yeah, I eat the dead muscle tissue of animals and really is it that much worse? But still... a girl is entitled to a little hypocrisy...

To PdxMan's point - yes, he is exactly right. In lengthier posts on this even I (shot hater) will admit that collagen Protein has a place in the protein world (but they taste so bad!). It's just not with us, right now, for what we're trying to get from protein supplements.

Yum:

The basic extraction is generally done using a process of cooking cartilaginous animal materials, such as bones, connective tissues and skin. This process creates Gelatin (a form of collagen that has experienced partial hydrolysis, combining with the Water at a molecular level) and can often be witnessed in the home during the cooking of meat bones into Soup.

Wow! Thank you everyone!! I was just sleeved a week and a half ago, and i get full rather fast! I do like the Isopure. Guess I will stick to those!

Just to throw this out there ... Protein shots are bad for early sleevers thinking this is an easy way to get their protein in. It isn't. Serious athletes and weight lifters prefer the blend of whey and collagen based Proteins. Google for more detailed info.

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Thanks for the input. I am 7 days out and actually had a protein shot sitting on my desk. I was about to open it until I read this thread.

Anyone liking the Isopure RDTs I posted above, they are buy 1, get 1 half at GNC this week. I bought 4 and basically got 1 free. (I ordered 3 cases from a different store online - much cheaper, but they haven't arrived yet).

OMG, those are soooo gross! I tried one and threw it out. Now that I know the skinny on them I am so glad I didnt like them , what a waste. RTD protein drinks do it for me but I try to get most of my protein from foods now.

*gagging*

Isopure rtd are the nastiest protein drink I have tastes- blleck!

Ditto on everything said about the shots. I like the cytosport whey isolate drinks. They are super syrupy so I mix one 16.9 oz bottle with 16.9 I of water. I think the isopure is too tart and leaves a terrible after taste.