:help: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS A DRINK THAT WILL HELP GET ME THROUGH TO SOLIDS THAT WILL HELP ME WITH THE HUNGER BUT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF MY WEIGHT LOSS? I WAS BANDED 8/23/06 AND SINCE THE SECOND DAY, I HAVE BEEN RAVENOUS!!! I AM ALLOWED FULL LIQUIDS NOW AND I WAS DRINKING SLIM FAST OPTIMA WHICH I LIKE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE BEST DRINK TO SUPPORT WEIGHT LOSS? I BOUGHT A DRINK FROM GNC THAT IS A "SMOOTHIE" WITH LESS CARBS AND LESS CALORIES AND SUGAR, BUT IT IS JUST NOT VERY TASTY. IN FACT IT LEAVES A HORRIBLE AFTER TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH. I JUST FIGURE IT IS BETTER TO DRINK ONE OF THESE HEALTH DRINKS INSTEAD OF DRINKING FATTENING LIQUIDS LIKE BROTH, SUGAR-FREE PUDDINGS ETC. THAT DON'T FILL ME UP. I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE MY HUNGER IS MENTAL EITHER BECAUSE MY STOMACH IS GROWLING SO LOUD. I AM TRYING SO HARD NOT TO GRAZE ON BAD THINGS AND IT WOULD REALLY HELP IF I COULD FIND A SATISFYING DRINK THAT WOULD TAME MY HUNGER AND SUPPORT MY WEIGHT LOSS. PLEASE, PLEASE SEND YOUR ADVICE MY WAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE!

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Isopure protein drink is nice. It is fruity in flavor, an has massive amount of protein. Personally I also lived on fruit smoothies with frozen bananas blended in. it really fille me up and stayed there. and i could make them myself so i could play with the flavor and different types of fruit.

I think anything high in fiber and protien will help. Protien especially. I was making a protien shake with a soy protien, an egg, water, bananna, vanilla and splenda. It was tasty and filled me up and with the protien and fiber from the bananna it helped with the hunger.

Your tummy will be making lots of noise - even when you AREN'T hungry.

Hang in there - what worked for me was just reminding myself that this phase was temporary.

Egg Drop Soup is yummy, too. Warm, filling, full of protien. Concern yourself more with staying nourished than losing. Let that band heal. Good luck!

I favored the Carnation Instant Breakfast drinks...that went down nice, had a nice flavor and seem to make me feel a little full.

I drink Boost, Slim Fast, and other pre mixed protein drinks. Find ones that have the most protein. You are in the beginning stages and should concentrate on healing, not losing. My doc had me drinking 3 protein drinks a day, in addition to other liquids. Try to get enough water, juice, sugar free popcicles, etc. to keep hydrated. I also found Won Ton soup from the Chineese restaurant helped satisy me, sans the won tons.

Once you can go to thicker liquids you can try yogurt, activia, yogurt drinks, creamed soups. That stage I could get full from since the soups had more bulk to them.

When you get to mushies you can really get variety. Anything you can blend pretty much you can eat.

Good luck.

I did a lot of the carnation instant breakfast with a couple of scoops of protein powder added. And yogurt, and gourmet soup that I put in the blender with skim milk. That was really good. After a week or so, I was having really bad loose bowels, probably from no fiber for almost a month (including the presurgery liquid diet), so my dietician said I could add half a banana to the shake. Or applesauce. Or add benefiber, which I didn't try. When you get on the scale and see what's gone, it'll be worth it.

I spent my pre-op on Carnation Instant Breakfast blended with ice and a little chocolate syrup. It is excellent if you truly like milk products and very filling. I preferred the chocolate by far, but have now switched to Isopure after banding.....

Good luck to you.

oooo i forgot about boost. i love that stuff. it was the right amount, and had good protein in it.

I saw the isopure at the GNC store and I almost got that, but I was concerned about having too much protein??? Isn't too much bad on your kidneys? I don't know really how much is too much, but if I was thinking if I drink it a couple of times a day, it might be too much protein? Is the carnation and boost bad for sugar and carbs? Thank you so much for all of your replies. I am so thankful to have people who know what I am going through to turn to with my questions. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

GE mom Where do you get protein powder? Can you buy that at Wal-Mart?

I was banded on the 24th and I just started my second week, liquids/purreed foods yesterday after calling my docs office and telling them I was starving So last night I had egg beaters :drool and I've never tasted anything sooo good!

I had Carnation Instant Breakfast today and that was really good. I can do that. I also have the Isopure fruit protien drinks but find them far to sweet with a bad aftertaste. I diluted some with water a little while ago and that wasn't to bad.

I clipped out some member favorites from a previous protein drink thread. Unfortunately, I couldn't locate the thread, but here are the clips:

"Nature's Best makes a carb free, clear drink that comes pre-bottled and in fruit flavores. Its called Zero Carb and from what I've read the Frosty Grape is the best."

"New Whey Liquid Protein is like 4 oz of clear protein with 25 grams and it tastes like liquified jello @ only 100 calories. www.fitnessfirstUSA.com has them!"

"My brand is called New Whey Liquid Protein and I get it from: http://www.wholesalesupplementstore....idprotein.html

It tastes fine to me and is easier to get down than protein shakes."

"...started with Carnation Instant breakfast mixed with milk and unflavored Unjury protein powder. I have tried a few since being banded (10/04) and now use GNC's whey protein in french vanilla - I mix it with oj, van yogurt & milk and it tastes like an orange julius, or I mix it with frozen strawberries/banana/milk and its kind of like a daquiri."

I saw the isopure at the GNC store and I almost got that, but I was concerned about having too much protein??? Isn't too much bad on your kidneys? I don't know really how much is too much, but if I was thinking if I drink it a couple of times a day, it might be too much protein? /quote]

Yes! Your kidneys can only process so much protein. Try to keep it to the level your doctor recommends.

I saw the isopure at the GNC store and I almost got that, but I was concerned about having too much protein??? Isn't too much bad on your kidneys? I don't know really how much is too much, but if I was thinking if I drink it a couple of times a day, it might be too much protein? Is the carnation and boost bad for sugar and carbs? Thank you so much for all of your replies. I am so thankful to have people who know what I am going through to turn to with my questions. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

well here is the theory. Your body can only digest, it think it is, 20 -25 grams of protein at a time. the rest can get stored as fat, or flushed out of your body. As for the kidneys, my doctor recommends upwards of 150g of protein a day, so 40g can't be that bad. I just drink the bottle in small amounts. about a 1/4 at a time. the only thing bad for your body when it comes to protein is when you ONLY have protein, and nothing else to balance it out. It creates ketones in your body that can then hurt your kidneys as well as your heart if i am correct.

Have you tried Via Viente' yet? I call it my Prada grape juice but I'm hooked regardless of the price.