So I've got two weeks left on the liquid stage. My crazy doctor requires 3 weeks of liquids, 3 weeks of mushies, and a fill before you eat regular food. What I'm confused about is how big my liquid Protein drink should be. The nutrionist said 4 oz. and while I can understand that once I'm on mushies, it makes no sense for Protein drinks. If I only did 4 - 4 oz protein drinks a day I'd be way under the level of protein and calories I need in a day. I'm already down 11 pounds in 10 days. If I do 8 oz and sip I seem to have no problems, especially if I take my time over 15-20 minutes.

What did you do?

Thanks!

Britt

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The protein drink I took was over 8oz in size, and I was allowed to have as many ounces of other fluids as I wanted. I wasn't given a restriction on fluid levels at all. I was also allowed to mix my protein drink with other drinks, etc. I would take my protein drinks 3 times a day, and then I had additional protein powder I bought that was tropical fruit flavor and mixes clear/thin in water or juice. I also drank v-8 juice, skim milk, and dannon silhoutte yogurt drinks. I had about 1200-1400 calories total a day, and I aimed for 80-100 grams of protein a day. Protein is really important when you are healing post surgery. I did lose weight during that time as well, and protein keeps you feeling full, so little bits of protein continually throughout the day was key for me to keep me from feeling hungry.

I used the Isopure and it has 8 oz servings per 2 scoops. You can always 1/2 the serving and drink as you can until you work upto what your supposed to drink. Isopure has 50 grams of Protein and 300 calories plus it tastes like chocolate milk.

Best of luck to ya!

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