I am set to have my surgery October 7 . I have so excited to began this new journey of my life. I have always been a big girl but after the surgery I can Finley unzip my fat sute once and for all lol. I have been reading posts that are very incourgeing and hopeful that I have made the right choice for me. I would like a surgery buddy lol....

Ok friends ...I need to vent a minute. My pouch is finicky. Only getting 40-60g of protein. Some days less. Not enjoying protein shakes. They make me want to hurl. Anyone ever go to a whole food place and see what they have for protein? I'm desperate. My creatinine is low and that can indicate a protein deficiency. Aaarruuggggh!

I've grown sick of the protein shakes, too. I've since switched to Isopure (kind of like Gatorade) and hot chocolate protein drinks.

Molly 10/2/13

Same here. Im going to talk to my doctor today. Let you know what she said

Same here. Im going to talk to my doctor today. Let you know what she said

Good luck!

I've grown sick of the protein shakes' date=' too. I've since switched to Isopure (kind of like Gatorade) and hot chocolate protein drinks. Molly 10/2/13[/quote']

I saw your post about the Isopure tasting like Gatorade this morning and ran out to grab some this myself. OMG, it's so yummy and I'm so tired of the shakes.

I've grown sick of the protein shakes' date=' too. I've since switched to Isopure (kind of like Gatorade) and hot chocolate protein drinks.

Molly 10/2/13[/quote']

I do have some isopure. What brand of hot cocoa do you like? What brand of protein bars do you guys like best?

I do have some isopure. What brand of hot cocoa do you like? What brand of protein bars do you guys like best?

I like Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter.

1 bar is 20g protein.

I do have some isopure. What brand of hot cocoa do you like? What brand of protein bars do you guys like best?

I drink the hot chocolate from MyBariatricPantry online. They have variety boxes. I ended up reordering just the plain and adding my own flavors. I also have a sample pack of protein bars from MyBariatricPantry, but I haven't tried them yet since they aren't part of soft foods which is the stage I'm in.

Molly

I like Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter. 1 bar is 20g protein.

What stage are you at that you are allowed to eat bars?

What stage are you at that you are allowed to eat bars?

Soft food stage. I have soft, not hard, protein bars.

Just got banded on Oct 11th. Still very excited about it. I go in for my first fill in just a couple of hours. I can't wait!

Just got banded on Oct 11th. Still very excited about it. I go in for my first fill in just a couple of hours. I can't wait!

Wow, this is such a learning experience! I had my 2 week appointment with my doc yesterday, which was actually 18 days post op. I have lost 22lbs, which I thought was great, but my doc says it is too fast and I need to eat more calories. At the moment, I am eating between 150-350 calories. He also says I need to eat more each meal. Normally I eat around 1/4c-1/3c depending on the meal. He wants me to get up to at least 600 cal, protein of course, and 3/4c -1c of food. So tonight I had a 1/2c of chili (homemade, high protein). It took me about 60 min to eat it. Now I feel so locate and over-stuffed. And he wants me to do this 6 times a day. Eugh! I hate eating lol. So after tonight I am dismissing what my surgeon says and going back to following my nutritionist lol. He specializes in surgery, she specializes in food. Hahaha. Missing your updates October!

Ok friends ...I need to vent a minute. My pouch is finicky. Only getting 40-60g of protein. Some days less. Not enjoying protein shakes. They make me want to hurl. Anyone ever go to a whole food place and see what they have for protein? I'm desperate. My creatinine is low and that can indicate a protein deficiency. Aaarruuggggh!

I can hardly get my protein shakes down too!! Way too sweet!! But I bought some unflavored protein powder and add that to it so that helps calm down the sweetness a little plus adds protein! What kind of Isopure do you guys like? I've only tried one and it was grape and it was so gross!!!! But there's a lot of protein in those things so I wanna try more!! I just started eating regular foods today!! Exciting but ended up bawling cuz I'm so frustrated with trying to count the calories and protein in everything I'm eating. I don't understand how to do it!!! I get how to figure out how much is in an ounce of something but what if I don't eat an ounce??! I know I doesn't have to be exact but I have gone through all this and I don't want to screw it up by eating too many calories and not enough protein. Ugh maybe I'm over thinking it. And I'm still not getting full from these stupid two ounce meals!!!!! . And I haven't lost anymore weight in over two weeks. FRUSTRATED!!!