I am scheduled for surgery with Dr. Roberto Rumbaut in Monterrey, Mexico...my hubby and I are going together and we will both be having Lapbands placed.

We start our pre-op diets on April 2 (me) and April 4 (him).

I am researching the Protein shake thing and trying to figure out which ones are the most palatable.

If anyone cares to share any opinions, they would be greatly appreciated!

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About a month ago there was a whole long thread about folks different types of Protein brands and their favs. Do a search on pre op diet or Protein shakes and you'll find the info.

Mine...I like the 6 star from Walmart....with skim or unsweetened soy. Been on them for a month...so ready for next Friday, 3/30. Good luck!

I tried various Protein powders with skim milk, soy milk, and different types of fresh and frozen fruit and it still had an aftertaste that I didn't care for. My current mix is 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream flavored Protein powder, 4 oz of Starbucks Frappuccino Lite, and a few ice cubes. This is indeed a yummy mix.

Chuck

Here's a couple links to threads that have asked similar questions, hope they help!:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/protein-shake-recipes-t23178.html

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/isopure-t29431.html

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/protein-powders-t28161.html

THanks for the links...I just finished reading all of them and copying and pasting into a word document to take to the store with me...I'm gonna try walmart, GNC and Tony's Vitamins...

3 days til pre-op diet starts!!!

Please be praying for my hubby and I...personally, I'm beginning to get a little nervous!

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i just got a canister of the isofruit protein in granny smith apple.

ok the greeen color was a little weird but YUUUMMMMM!!

it was just lke juice! 100 calories and 21 g of protein. i had had the single samples of their cantaloupe and really liked that one too.

Thanks Sonia...I am going to look into the isofruit.

I just ordered some of the unjury samples to try out.

Hope you do well on the Easter Challenge...you can make ONEderland!!!

I get my protein shakes from GNC. They have 25 grams of protein. The milk based ones are sweeter than the soy ones.