ok, my surgeon says he would rather me eat my protein instead of drink it, says protein shakes are "empty calories'! But there is no way I can eat enough to get 60+ gr of protein in a day! I usually get 40-50 without a shake! Has anyone else been able to do it without shakes??

My nutritionist ad surgeon disagree on this as well. My doctor wants us off liquid protein by six months. The dietician wants us at six months to start tapering off and be completely off at one year.

I'm less then 2 months out!

Oh, we had surgery the same day...your doing great! Do you drink shakes?

My surgeon said he would rather I get my protein from real good, but says that a protein drink first thing in the morning to get out of starvation mode after sleeping won't hurt anything. I'm still bad about drinking a protein shake to replace a meal. It's just so convenient!!

I do shakes on occasion. Sometimes in the morning, sometimes late evening if I am short on protein for the day. Dont see how it matters as long as you are staying within your dietary requirements.

I guess it also depends on the protein...it should be the whey isolate protein...I don't know how I would be able to get in all of my protein by food versus the shakes or drinks since they are so packed with protein plus it counts as a liquid....

My surgeon was against the drinks/shakes as well. He never pushed to take in a certain amount of protein daily either. He wanted protein to be eaten first when i did eat. I haven't had a protein drink at all since surgery and I'm 3 months out!!

I can't get all my protein in either so I've started drinking a 'pure protein' shake (35 grams protein, 170 calories) each afternoon around 3pm. I'm hoping the increase in protein will help my weight loss go quicker. It does bring my calories up to 800 so we'll see...