Good evening everyone, next week Tuesday (might I add its the day after my b-day) I will be having my surgery. I was notified of my date last week Thursday and I said I was gonna start my protein shakes as of Sunday that just passed and I have yet to dj it because they taste so horribly horrible but that was before I knew the seriousness of needing my liver to shrink. I guess because I've been battling get the surgery for 3 years and finally decided to do it due to graves disease (hyper thyroid disease), hypertension, migraines, gerd and most of all an enlarged heart I choose to live but it's not an easy road and I am glad to have found this forum...so if anyone has any suggestions on protein shakes that aren't so bad I would greatly appreciate it

Hi! If you go to the " food and nutrition" part of this forum then go on the " Protein drinks and powders" there will be lots of advice!!

As for me I drink ready made Premier Protein shakes you can buy them at costco or SAMs club

Oh and start now you've waited so long you wouldn't want to mess it up now

Good luck,

Laura

I use the GNC pro performance AMP chocolate powder (amplified wheybolic extreme 60) mixed with skim milk and it really does taste like chocolate milk. I DO 2 scoops to about 8-10 ounces of skim milk (I was doing half skim and half water but it depends on how I feel). Each scoop has 20 grams of protein. Three scoops has 280 calories. I bought the small bag first and if you do not like it, GNC will take it back. I also drink the Isopure clear protein drinks but some flavors are terrible. I drink the grape (tastes like weak koolaide). And the pineapple-orange-banana. But they are best super cold over ice and if you are preop and allowed to use straws they are not so bad. Each 20 ounce bottle has 40 grams of protein. These too are available at GNC. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

Thank you both so much and I know gnc takes their products back so I'm gonna just go for it

I drink the EAS Advantage chocolate shakes that you can get at Walmart or some supermarkets. They also come in Mocha, strawberry and vanilla. They have 3 different kinds, with 3 different levels of Protein. One is 17 g, one is 20 and the other is 42g. The 42 g of Protein shake is very thick. They taste quite good.

You can also mix it in a blender with crushed ice and make it the consistency of a frosty. Another trick I learned when I tried Optifast a while ago is you can take some Diet soda.. Cola, Cream, Orange,Root beer, Grape etc.. whatever you like and mix it with the Vanilla flavors with a blender. They actually aren't too bad that way either and gives it a much better taste. DO NOT use regular soda. You can also use some flavoring like Vanilla extract (they have all kinds of flavors such as rootbeer, raspberry, strawberry etc.) to mix into a vanilla shake.

There are also tons of shake recipies on the forum under nutrition.

Good luck, you will get them down! Think of your end goal.. Your health!