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I am almost two weeks pre-surgery and trying to get accustomed to different Protein shakes since I will be on all liquids by Oct 8... I have tried Water, Water and ice in a blender... Can I use skim milk? I have heard some use soy milk..I am not a big fan of soy milk and would rather skim milk, but I can try it... I just think that making them with water is going to get really old, fast. I am also going to purchase some frozen fruit to add to them (like a few frozen strawberries in the blender)... Any other suggestions?

I ordered one of those shaky-cups-with-the-whisk thingy to take to work as I will be working through my two week liquid pre-diet. I am starting to get more confident that I *can* do this!

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I mixed mine soy milk because I couldn't tolerate milk post-op. I don't like the Protein powder in the blender because the kind I used foamed up. I blended stuff then just shook or stirred in the Protein powder at the end. I like the cup with the blender ball. it does a good job of mixing in the Protein Powder without adding foam. And it's so easy to travel with.

Here are a few of my favs:

vanilla Protein powder with instant Decaf coffee and soy milk

vanilla protein powder with soy milk

unjury chicken protein powder with Water

Blend soy milk, couple of strawberries and two ice cubes. shake with vanilla protein powder.

Lynda

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It really depends on what powder you use, the one I use tastes the same whether I use Water or milk. You maybe lactose intolerant after surgery so you may want to get used to mixing with water.

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Yuck to Soy Milk, love Unsweetened Original Almond Milk or Vanilla. I like Blue Diamond brand better than Silk. I find the Silk brand gets frothy in the blender. 45 calories more protien and Calcium than regular milk and tastes more creamy than 1% milk in my opinion.

I just finished an Sobe Lifewater mixed with Unflavored Unjury whey Protien Isolate. 110 calories in the protien, zero in the sobe and 20grams of protien...so I have plenty of flavor options there.

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I use Jillian Michaels Protein Powder, and I add one cup skim milk. To add flavor, I will add a teaspoon of natural Peanut Butter and 3 nilla wafers and it will take just like a NUTTER BUTTER cookie!!

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I put lottsa ice cream in mine.....only way I can get it down....

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Vanilla powder and a teaspoon of sugar free Jello powder. Yummy tastes like a dreamsickle

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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