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I do all Atkins products for shakes. Was doing muscle milk but sugar was to high. I don't have issues with sugar so I was fine with Special K shakes or muscle milk but truth Atkins taste good to me. I also got the bars..

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You guys are all very very helpful! !! I would have never thought of all this on my own. ... even tho it's all common stuff. Lol thanks so much!

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I am 12 days post op and in the same boat as you. I am getting nowhere near the Protein and fluids I should be getting. I know I should get some unflavored protein but I've been too chicken. Afraid of how it will make things taste.

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I am 12 days post op and in the same boat as you. I am getting nowhere near the Protein and fluids I should be getting. I know I should get some unflavored Protein but I've been too chicken. Afraid of how it will make things taste.

I bought unflavored three weeks ago and still too chicken to try it!

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I know how you feel. But this is when I had the greatest loss. I love Syntax nectar and Unjury

strawberry. I also have unjury unflavored you can put it your Soups. Protein help build muscles and help you recover from this Major Surgery. Feelings wise I totally get you. But it will pass. We are here

For you.

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I know how you feel. I'm going on week 4 and cannot stand the taste of artificially sweetened anything including all my Protein shakes-Pure Protein 35g. Pre-op, I couldn't stand diet soda or any of the drink mixes and had long given up on regular soda after low carbing so many times.

I've been diluting my shakes with ice and almond milk and that's helped a little. I've also experimented with plain protein-Isopure unflavored-26g per scoop in my diluted shakes. I've put it in mashed potatoes and creamed Soups and even broth. I'm not doing all 26g at once in my soft foods--I tried that and mashed taters came out like pastey potato Soup, not good--but it helps me get some here and there. It doesn't seem to interfere with the taste of things.

Today I tried fresh strawberries Water and ice and a scoop of plain for Breakfast in the blender. It came out a little too foamy but it wasn't that bad and not overly sweet. Before that, I attempted a little Greek yogurt and just NO-too much Pink berry tang. I know I'm wasting a lot of powder with my trials but I'm determined to find something I can manage AND I've already saved so much on groceries and eating out so far anyway so it's a wash in my mind. :)

Long story short, you'll find someone that works. Hang in there and just keep experimenting.

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If you can drink milk, I read that you can add dry milk powder to it to make "double milk" and double your Protein.< /p>

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Try this . New Whey liguid protien shots. They are 3.8 oz tubes with 42 gr of protien. I do one in AM one in PM for a whopping 84 gr without all the mixing and drinking, They are thick and minimal after taste but I like getting it over with quick and spend my time drinking Water . I can handle better than the rest. Walmart cheapest I have found by a dollar.

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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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