Ok so today I started on full liquids and protein shakes. I'm trying to get this protein shake down and it tastes too sweet and its taking me forever to drink. Blah! It's Boost Glucose Control Rich Chocolate flavor... It's 15g of protein for 8 oz. Any suggestions on getting this to go down? I'm thinking I should put the drinks in the fridge. I'm drinking this one at room temp.

I would try the fridge!

I put my protein drinks in the fridge, I drink the Special K vanilla, it has 10 grams of protein, but it's not so sweet. I'm 7months post op & I still can't get a whole bottle down, their very filling. I'm 7 months post op & eatting is still trial & error, but I've lost 115lbs, so it's all good. Good luck on your weight loss journey, Peace, Mary

My nut said that those drinks have a lot of sugar and extra stuff you don't need. He said look at the calorie content. It Should be 4 calories to each gram of protein.

Lets use the Special K protein shake as an example:

It has 10g of protein - so 40 calories are for protein.

It has a total of 190 calories so 150 calories are from other items. It has 18g of sugar. 1 gram of sugar has 3.87 calories. You are consuming more calories from sugar than you are for protein.

Just something to keep in mind.

That's why I thought the boost glucose protein drink would be ok. It has 190 cal, 7g fat, 16g carbs, 4g sugars, & 16g of protein. But the chocolate flavor is icky to me.

That's why I thought the boost glucose Protein drink would be ok. It has 190 cal' date=' 7g fat, 16g carbs, 4g sugars, & 16g of protein. But the chocolate flavor is icky to me.[/quote']

The one thing I have learned is that if you don't like the taste it is hard to stick with it. There are so many options out there. Keep trying different ones.

My Nut said anything we whey isolate protein as the first ingrident. I have a few different types. I really like this one I got from GNC called Amp. I got the vanilla. It was good.

I am on full liquids as well, I had surgery on Friday the 9th, This morning for breakfast I made a very yummy protein shake.. 2oz skim milk, 1/2 banana, 1/2 scoop unjury vanilla protein powder, 1TBSP peanut butter, 4-5 ice cubes, blended it all in a blender and it was sooo goo, only able to drink about 4oz of it at one time.. For dinner I got some minestrone soup from a italing restraint, took out the noodles, blended the soup, added 1/2 scoop unflavored protein powder and had a delicious dinner....

I am on full liquids as well' date=' I had surgery on Friday the 9th, This morning for breakfast I made a very yummy Protein shake.. 2oz skim milk, 1/2 banana, 1/2 scoop unjury vanilla protein powder, 1TBSP Peanut Butter, 4-5 ice cubes, blended it all in a blender and it was sooo goo, only able to drink about 4oz of it at one time.. For dinner I got some minestrone soup from a italing restraint, took out the noodles, blended the soup, added 1/2 scoop unflavored protein powder and had a delicious dinner....[/quote']

Those both sound yummy!