Hello my surgery is Monday. I am going out today abs do my final shopping. My doc office to get some protein mixes from this place that is just too dang expensive. Does anyone have any good and cheap protein mix,shakes,and or drinks suggestions????

Thanks

Lay-lay

I really like whey protein its softer and the powder protein is much cheeper then pre made drinks. I also know that costco sells it in a bag way cheaper, yes its still like $45 but just remember its pretty much the only thing ur eating for about two weeks before u really get soft good .

Congrats on this new journey..

God bless

Serene

P.s. I was sleeved wed may 30th

I really like the EAS Vanilla Soy proteing powder from Wal-Mart. I bought the small container for $10 to make sure I liked it. I also bought chocolate and strawberry sugar free syrups to change up the flavors a bit every now and then.

If you want a ready-to-drink kind, EAS was my favorite. It's also the cheapest RTD kind I've ever found - you can get them at wal-mart.

Everything gets cheaper once you can rely on real food for your Protein sources (eggs and cheese are low cost good sources of protein).

Good luck with your upcoming surgery!! And congrats!

Well making sure it's 100% Whey Protein is the most important part, also checking out exactly how much Protein is important and to make sure they aren't high carbs. I like the big tubs of Pure Protein in Frosty chocolate from Target they are about $28.00, but they have more nutrition and more protein than some other brands.

Are you suppose to be on Clear Protein (like Isopure) at first or regular Protein shakes? All doctors are different.

Isopure is liquid clears like in Grape, Ice Tea, etc. and have 40 grams of protein, you can buy them from GNC. Each bottle is like $5.00 and they always have buy one get one 20% so two bottles are 8 bucks.

Ugh, unfortunately Protein is expensive. Please remember though, you are not going to be buying "regular" food for yourself for quite awhile!!! I have a very tight budget and I have found the best for me is the GNC brand protein. I don't remember the numbers exactly, but it worked out well. Plus it was 100% whey protein which is VERY important!! There return policy is amazing as well. If you open it, try it, and don't like it? No problem, just bring it back.

There are also a lot of pre-made Protein drinks that include Vitamins in them. Those are really great as well. You might want to try the ones your doc suggested, even if its just at first. It IS the only thing you'll be "eating" for awhile.

The cheapest place I found to get stuff is www.supplementwarehouse.com and when you order from them you can add a lot of free stuff to your order but choose the free items wisely as it does raise the shipping cost. But I bought muscle milk light for $21 and it is $42 at gnc

I like premier protein from Costco and the bariwise fruit drink protein mixes in wild berry, lemonade, and pineapple orange( tastes like orange with a little kick, I don't like pineapple normally.)