Hello everyone, this is Cindy, who is also be getting banded March 21st.

Anyway regarding the Protein shakes -

I have tried a couple different ones and they are awesome although I put a little twist on mine. I put one scoop of Protein powder in my magic bullet/blender with either 8 oz. skim milk or I use crystal light orange sunrise drink mix(100% Vitamin C) with half of a banana (fresh)and/or frozen strawberries,pineapple or peaches(walmart brand(should be frozen if you want a thick shake). Really good. All you need is 4-5 strawberries or pineapple (tastes like orange julius with orange drink mix). Blend real well and there you go. I have put a whole banana in the choc-mint and that is also very good. I bought a magic bullet for 50.00. Good investment considering you will be using it everyday. It comes with cups and everything. Pretty cool.

Protein Shakes -

Amplify is one brand - 20 grams protein

- 1 gram sugar

- $44.00 for 30 days

MaxProtein is other brand - I think 22 grams protein

- 1 or 2 grams of sugar

- $44.00 for 30 days

Both of these are what GNC recommended for people who are doing what we are doing - they are pricy but if you join the gold card club for $15.00, the first week of every month you can get 20% of the first item and 50% of the second item, 20% off third item and 50% item and so on. So you can save some money on them. These do not have any after-taste, powdery taste or gritty at all. I have tried strawberry (awesome), Choc-Mint(ok)and Cookies n Cream (aweseome). They have a wide variety of favors - banana, choc and etc.

Also - they also have a liquid vitamin - it is fruit punch favored. Not bad at all. I'll have to check on the name of it. I'll let you know. I paid 10.99 for that - 30 days (20%)on first week of month again.

Just thought I would let people know what my experience has been these these products. I have been using them for approximately 1 month already. I use every day for Breakfast. Really holds me over till lunchtime. Let me know if anyone has any questions.

Cindy

ah, I miss my shakes. I'm on solid food now and I don't want to get my calories from liquids that don't give me that full sensation. Too bad. I loved Muscle Milk. The only time I get to have it is when I'm too restricted in the morning, and I haven't been for at least a week......

For Vitamins, I take Solotron from GNC. Chewable lemon-lime flavor.

Cindy,

I got my vitamens from the vitaman shoppe and your protien sounds so much better.

I just got banded on the 13th of this month and seem to be doing ok still sore.

But have a long way to go.

I take two scoops in my protien suppose to take 40 mg. per day.

I wounder if I should take two shakes a day .

Thanks for listening.

Sie:help:

I still do protien shakes for breakfast cause I'm tight in the morning and food in the am never has sounded good to me. I use Atkins advantage, it's only 15g of protien but as i chicken or fish with lunch and dinner that is fine for me. I hated the powder ones that you had to mix yourself, yuck. This I can grab and go

Muscle Milk has a ready to drink premixed too. Sooo smooth and rich! 25g protein.I like Muscle Milk lLight...or the regular one diluted 50/50 with water and ice. It's almost too rich!

Can anyone suggest vitamins that give you all your requirements and still taste great.... What about meds??? What does everybody do when they have to take a antibiotic or something that is only in pill form. I hate liquid, yuckie stuff.

I take the GNC Solotron Chewable. It is very complete and more for grown ups than taking a childrens. I have the berry flavor and it is not bad!

Since my surgey whcih will be a year on Feb 13th and I have lost 70 pounds Yeah!!!

I take the vitemans from Baiatric Advantage and they have everything the best chewable I think any ways.

I get my protien Shakes from Arbonne since I sell it and I do like it better I have tried ever kind of Ptotien shake there is out there

You will have to ask your doctor what kind of meds you can take I know Liq. is yuckie but if that you have to take you do not want the pill to get stuck..

Big Trouble......so glad you've already found Protein supplements you like and are getting creative with them. That's a key to successful weight loss and staying healthy. There's no way we can eat enough protein to reach the 80 plus grams a day we need with our little pouches.

However, I would caution you to watch out for those bananas.....a whole banana is lots of carbs and sugar and is going to sneak a lot in that you don't even realize. The banana calories come mainly from carbohydrates, i.e. starch and sugars. An average banana will have 30-40 grams of carbs and that's about the amount we need in a whole day....and it's the wrong kind of carb, at that, not complex carbs like greens, Beans, etc.

For flavor variety you might want to collect some of the great SF Davinci or Torani syrups....they come in dozens of great flavors.

Keep up the good work!

Hi Gayle, I never knew about the bananas but I thihk I put them in beause it had a good taste I also use strawberries and waiting for summer to start so I can differnt more fruti and were we I find syrsups that you were talking about. Thanks for the input.

Sue