Hi,

Do you class your Protein shakes as meals, or supplementary? Do you leave the half hour between drinking a shake and drinking Water also?

Thanks in advance.

I do. I also count them as fluids. I am one month out and can only handle 1.5 oz of protein per meal. The surgeon told me, yesterday, there is no schedule - you will know when you can handle more; and to keep up the shakes.

I eat six meals a day... it's really three meals and three snacks but they are all around the same number of calories and ounces. I usually have my shake as my first or last meal of the day and it also counts towards my liquids intake for the day!

Thank you for the replies. Much appreciated. x

I don't have alot of shakes anymore, but although I counted them toward my fluid goals in the early weeks (NUT said I could!) I tended to treat them like food. I would wait the 30 minutes before drinking water but partly is that it helped me feel a little fuller from it longer.

I drink one for breakfast because I am not a breakfast eater. I do wait 30 min to drink because I am too full. If I have one for lunch or dinner, I usually have something else with it, like a piece of cheese or meat.