Wow, today was hard. I usually don't snack or eat alot at work....but knowing you can't WOW !~

Now Im home, and it doesn't bother me. I HATE the vanilla shakes....any suggestions to make them better. Someone mentioned an orange powder you can put in them ? Please pray I make it though this week...easier sailing after that. Sitting here concerned if my husband went out to eat or is going to come in expecting me to cook...which I will but it will make it that much harder. What types of sf drinks/shakes got you through this?

Day 1 of 14 day diet. Bought the planned diet from my doctor.

I used visalus shakes during my pre-op diet. They are really good, and actually taste like cake batter. To give my shakes flavor I used sugar free torani syrup. The peach and raspberry are both realllly good!

What is Torani Syrup and where can you get it? Also, has anyone added decaf coffee to the vanilla shakes? How was it?

Try orange flavored crystal light or mio drops. OR if you can find some sugar free torani syrups, you can find them in the coffee section of the grocery store. That will help the vanilla-iness of the shakes. I don't like the vanilla shakes either. Another thing I've seen people do on here is using a little powder from the sugar free Jello and pudding boxes.

Best wishes!!!

http://www.torani.com/

Thank you ! Going to try something. Sorry about the Jerry Montgomery message...my husband logged into facebook and didn't log out ! >

Cost plus also has a really good selection of the torani syrups. There are a lot of favors to choose from.

You can also use any bottled flavorings or extracts. I googled extracts and found a great company that has just about any flavor you could think of. The root beer extract in a vanilla shake tastes just like a root beer float

Hi,

I know exactly what your going through. I am on day 13 of my pre-op diet. Quite honestly it gets better. I started of drinking the vanilla flavored Protein shakes from slimfast....horrible...just horrible. I remember people telling me that it takes a couple of days before the shakes start to taste better. That is SOO true. I'm not saying that they will taste delicious after a couple days but there will be a big improvement in taste.

I am currently drinking the Royal chocolate flavored Protein Shakes from Slimfast and I am enjoying them a lot better than the vanilla ones. Sooo....my biggest advice is....be strong for a couple of days...don't give up. It will get better!!

I'm on the Bariatric Advantage shakes and just love them - the banana is by far my favorite. Oddly enough, when I make my shakes in the shaker cup that the company provides, they are better mixed than doing in my Magic Bullet. They have this neat plastic screen on top of the glass that catches all the weird foam.

Or Crystal Light a lot of people use. Or they go to Starbucks and buy a bottle of their sugar free syrups. I started today also, but clear liquid only. It is really hard. I am not exactly hungry, just so tired.

Good luck, you can do this! I've heard people add sugar free jello pudding. Perhaps butterscotch or banana? Or can you swap them out at our doctor's office for a different flavor. I'll add my vote for the Torani syrups. They have a cinnamon brown sugar flavor I'm dying to try.