Question: I have asked this question before but I need to rephrase it. I'm 4 weeks today, and I can only get 1/4 cup of anything in, so again I ask, How do you get your protein in when your only allowed 3 meals a day if a shake is not included in the mix. Please explain to me because I hate cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, refried beans, scambled eggs and plan cheese. I do not like the taste of shakes.

If you can't get your protein in with regular food, shakes are the only way to go.

And you can have 3 meals and 3 snacks or 6 small meals, however you want to look at it.

Yes Shakes will be your best bet which unfortunately you don't like. Try different brands to see what will work for you. Although I have Whey Gourmet (peanut butter chocolate) and Jay Robb, I tend to use the ready to drink shakes by Pure protein with 35gm of protein. The rest of the days I work on eating my protein. Since you can only eat 1/4 then you might want to try two shakes a day. But eventually (according to my NUT) you will really need to work on eating you protein. Examples you mentioned are all a staple for me. Since you don't like it, then try Turkey sausage, ground turkey, deli meat turkey, Tuna, baked fish (I use orange roughy), sauteed shrimp etc. I suggest you check out "the world according to eggface" blog site. She has really good recipes. Even right here on the forum under "Food and Nutrition" I've seen quite a few receipes. With time you'll be able to eat more.

I recommend adding some milk or soy milk and sticking with the higher Protein meats. Here's a menu I used early out that provides 62 grams of protein:

6 a.m.: Latte with 1 cup milk or soy milk: 8 grams (I bought myself a stovetop espresso maker so I could have lattes at home.)

Breakfast: 2 oz. Ham lunch meat rolled around 1 low-fat string cheese: 18 grams

Lunch: 1/4 cup Tuna mixed with light mayo: 10 grams

Dinner: 2 oz. chicken breast with BBQ sauce: 18 grams

After dinner Snack: 1 cup milk or soy milk with sugarfree caramel syrup: 8 grams

I don't like the protein shakes either, but I have tried the natural flavor and it's worse than the flavored shakes. Also tried the New Whey liquid protein- gross. I will suffer through the shakes, which in retrospect aren't that bad. LOL

Publix protein powder really isn't that bad - no funky aftertaste... And the EAS Myoplex original isn't bad either... I got it in French vanilla and I actually like it. 2g sugar, 20g carbs, 42g protein and tasty!

Take your protein powder (20g protein) and add it to 100g of 0% greek yoghurt (10g protein) mix and eat! The yoghurt will go dry at the first mix but keep on stirring and it will come good.

Friday I managed to get in almost 70 grams of Protein.

My Breakfast was about 3 oz. of ground turkey for 14.7g of protein

My lunch was three egg whites and about 2.5 ounces of ground turkey for around 25.5g of protein (it took me hours to finish this meal)

My dinner was 2oz of carving board turkey for about 12 g. of protein

My snack was half of an ISS Cookies n' Cream Protein shake for 16g of protein

That gave me 68.2g of protein and about 432 calories for the day.

What helped me that day was 1) waking up earlier so that I had more time to get it in and 2) I'm getting back into my normal exercise routine so my digestion is accelerated.

I'm weaning myself off shakes as well, although mine are tasty.

skymall.com offers protien in various forms from ketchup,to crystal lite like drinks to sugar free candy. I saw it on the plane last week you might try some of those options.Expensive though it might be worth it for you.

meat, fish and poultry will have to be your staples as well as eggs and milk products, maybe a hot decaf latte in the morning and an iced one in the afternoon or evening. Try soft scrambled eggs or poached eggs if you can tolerate them.

You can cook the meat and poultry in a crock pot to get it really tender for the mushy stage of eating. Cook the fish on the stovetop with sauce, or in a foil packet in the oven or on the grill.

Canned meats work well too - canned chicken drained mixed with chicken gravy and tuna mixed with mayo/sweet relish. Some people like canned corn beef too and it is very soft.

You might be able to tolerate ground meats too - ground turkey or beef chili without the Beans?

Good luck!!

Later on you can add Protein bars - some of them are great like the Atkins Protein Bars and Power Crunch.

I am about 5 weeks out.

I am getting lots of Protein with tilapia fillets. They cook up fast and with blackening seasoning and go down very easy. Another trick is a poached egg over some corned beef hash (well browned). It goes down very easy and tastes like normal food. I got that one from the Bariatric Foodie site. I also found Boston Market meatloaf is very sleeve friendly. All that said. I am still hitting at least one shake a day to get my numbers up. My doctor told me to shoot for 100 grams of protein. I am losing weight pretty quick.

Full liquids include shakes and that is where you will get it from. Plan on sipping all day. It would take me all day to drink my shakes. I would have 2 drinks going at all times my shake and my G2.

Take your Protein powder (20g protein) and add it to 100g of 0% greek yoghurt (10g protein) mix and eat! The yoghurt will go dry at the first mix but keep on stirring and it will come good.

Wow I will try this today. Thanks!

I recommend adding some milk or soy milk and sticking with the higher Protein meats. Here's a menu I used early out that provides 62 grams of protein:

6 a.m.: Latte with 1 cup milk or soy milk: 8 grams (I bought myself a stovetop espresso maker so I could have lattes at home.)

Breakfast: 2 oz. Ham lunch meat rolled around 1 low-fat string cheese: 18 grams

Lunch: 1/4 cup Tuna mixed with light mayo: 10 grams

Dinner: 2 oz. chicken breast with BBQ sauce: 18 grams

After dinner Snack: 1 cup milk or soy milk with sugarfree caramel syrup: 8 grams

I wasn't looking at it this way. I will try this too, thanks a lot!

Friday I managed to get in almost 70 grams of Protein.

My Breakfast was about 3 oz. of ground turkey for 14.7g of protein

My lunch was three egg whites and about 2.5 ounces of ground turkey for around 25.5g of protein (it took me hours to finish this meal)

My dinner was 2oz of carving board turkey for about 12 g. of protein

My snack was half of an ISS Cookies n' Cream Protein shake for 16g of protein

That gave me 68.2g of protein and about 432 calories for the day.

What helped me that day was 1) waking up earlier so that I had more time to get it in and 2) I'm getting back into my normal exercise routine so my digestion is accelerated.

I'm weaning myself off shakes as well, although mine are tasty.

What shakes do you use?