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Okay, for me, Isopure made me gag. I'm 10 months out and I still have unopened Isopure bottles in my fridge. I need to just throw them out. The odd thing is that before surgery, I tried some and thought it tasted good. I bought a whole bunch in prep for surgery and then afterwards, I couldn't even gag it down so I purchased some unjury at the recommendation of my NUT. It was okay, but not great. I found this recipe that has helped get down the vanilla Protein powder:

banana bread shake
1 scoop of vanilla Protein Powder
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 Water
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon oats
1/2 large or one small banana (I freeze mine)
6 ice cubes

If I had to choose, I would pick Unjury over Isopure. Or even better, I'd choose Syntrax nectar over both of them. I'm to the point now where I am pretty much exclusive to the chocolate Premier Protein shakes from costco.

Having said all of that, everyone is different so what I like may make you gag and vice versa. You might want to get a sample of each and try it out for yourself to determine what you like best. It will save you a ton of money if you do that instead of buying a whole bunch of one (like I did), and end up gagging on it.

(sorry for using the world gag so much!)

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I've had both. I can stomach both just fine. I prefer the Unjury tho myself.

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The best shake ever is Syntrax Nectar Cappuccino, I am 5 months out I have one every morning, mix one scoop with 1 cup fat free milk, half cup cold coffee, and two ice cubes, put in my magic bullet blender and go. Total 28 Gram's of Protein, no fat, no carbs, and 110 calories. Delicious, I have tons of other kinds of powders here and they make me gag ! Bariatric Choice is the site I go and order, they also have high protein oatmeal, that is really good. Good luck!

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I prefer the Unjury powder of any that I have tried

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I have never tried the ready to drink isopures, but I have tried 3 flavors of the Isopure Protein powder. I liked the chocolate and the creamy vanilla but hated the Cookies and cream. I also did the sample pack at unjury. I like the taste of the Unjury except the strawberry. But the isopure is cheaper and is fortified with Vitamins. Since we eat such small quantities it makes me feel better to use the isopure since it is Protein plus other nutrients. I mix a scoop of the creamy vanilla with milk, coffee and benefiber every morning. The good think about vanilla is it's easy to add other ingredients to it so you end up getting more variety. I do also have some unjury unflavored and chicken Soup flavor to use on those days when I'm low on protein. You will just have to try them and see what you like.

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      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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      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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