My surgery is on September 24th. I see the dietitian in two weeks. What foods or liquids should I stock my cabinets up with? What protein powder do most people get? I will probably do my shopping at Walmart, target, or green earth (organic food store) what did you eat your first 2 weeks after surgery?

1.Premier Protein is cheap and tastes great and is at walmart. 30 grams per bottle. They come in chocolate,.vanilla, and strawberry. Another good protein source is Optisource- they have caramel and strawberry and they are both delicious very cold or on ice.

2. Also you may want to consider Isopure protein looks like kool-aid but has 40 grams per bottle. They come in many different flavors. If you are close to a GNC, you can sample the flavors. This must be cold to drink in my opinion

3. Powerade zero, different kinds to mix with the Isopure

4. an unflavored protein that you can mix with food like powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury, or GENEPRO

5. sugar free ice pops

6. chicken , beef, vegetable broth

7. Crystal light sugar free

8. SOBE Lifewater is zero calories, and sugar free and is delicious! They carry different flavors. Apple fuji Pear is my favorite.

9. No sugar added grape, or apple juice ( will need to dilute half and half Water.

10. Fairlife fat free milk, has lots of protein and low calories.

11. Different extracts or Sugar free Torani syrups to help with flavor if modifying a shake.

My brain is dead at 3am, can't think of any more right now....anyone want to add

I have heard that Optisource is a good choice and that the unflavored is really "unflavored" so it can later be added to other things later on like jello, eggs, and other foods are you progress. But Dream4tc really hit the nails on the head!!

Your taste buds may change after surgery. Therefore you may want to wait until after the surgery to stock up. Also the amount of food you will consume will be so miniscule, that it doesn't make a lot of sense to worry about food. After surgery I recommend that you sample the many types of Protein shakes available and select one that you can tolerate.

At this stage there are two important things to do.

1. Walk, walk, walk (around 30 minutes per day). It will help the recovery process go smoother.

2. If you haven't already cut out consuming caffeine. Do so now. When I went cold turkey on my 6 diet Coke a day habit, I suffered withdrawal syndrome (severe head aches and body aches) for about a week. It is best not to compound the side effects of removing caffeine from you diet with the effects of surgery. Better to get over with it now.

@@RGraham87, I would not stock your cabinets with anything at this point. As others mentioned, your taste buds will change after your surgery. I made the mistake of doing that and have about 5-6 containers of Protein mix that I do not touch. I have tried many and settled on AMP chocolate from GNC and a close second would be Pure Protein chocolate which I purchased at Meijer.

Sadly, you will not "eat" anything the first two weeks, you will only drink.....and then you drink and drink and drink as the process continues. Good Luck!

@spiceyfrog. - Amp? If you mean Amplify? I love that stuff! Especially the chocolate!