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How many of you continue the shakes in your diet after many months after surgery?



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I plan on using the Protein for good, it does the trick for me, and I want get back into weight training again, I did have to research to find the right one, paid 24.95 and get 2 servings for 32 days lots better than 90.00 for a month

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@@TammyDTM, yes. I just had my consult with her the day after I scheduled my surgery and she just went over what was on the handout sheet. She just said how many grams of Protein the shakes should have and she also emphasized I stop the Protein Shakes at 3 weeks... It's strange they don't do Protein Shakes because all I see on here is people talking about Protein and their shakes.< /p>

I do a shake once if not twice some days. I can still meet my protein intake on food source along, but the additional protein I am getting in from the combination of food and shakes, helps greatly with the whole sore weak feeling muscles. Plus if you can incorporate the shakes in pre and post workout they will help greatly with muscle building.

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Im 6 months out and I still drink 2 drinks a day. I don't get enough Protein in with food. My doctor has no problem with it.

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I'll be 2 years out in 4 months. I do one or 2 Protein supplements per day. Daily, one in my coffee to make a "latte" and often, but not always one in "bar" form later in the day. The "bar" one is really more of a "cookie fix" when I use it. PowerCrunch is da bomb! I'll probably never give up my Protein latte at this point. It's my morning treat!

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