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Shakes versus "real food"

Did anyone find that once they lessened their dependency on Protein shakes and stared eating more real food, their weight loss progressed faster? Been stalled for 3 weeks now after 9/29 surgery. Right now, a typical day is...

B- pure Protein shake

S- dannon light and fit vanilla Greek yogurt (1 carton)

L- canned chicken (3 oz) with light mayo

S - pure protein shake

D - lean protein like fish or chicken (3 oz)

S - pure protein shake

Usually ends up at about 700 calories and 120g protein. So those numbers are OK per the NUT. But, wondering if the shakes may be causing the stall. Going to start tomorrow having a scrambled egg for Breakfast and some nuts for morning snack, keeping 1 shake a day. May have to supplement with some unflavored Protein powder to get to the number. Just wondering if anyone else stalled due to the shakes.

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My surgeon recommends being weaned off of Protein shakes/powders by 6 months. They are all synthetic chemical "crap" so to speak. Don't get me wrong, they have their time and place in this process, and I currently enjoy 2 premier Protein shakes a day (hello 60g of Protein!) Are you eating more protein now since you are eating more "real" food? My NUT has always said that if you stall or whatever, that upping your protein intake is a great way to jump start your losing weight again.

Either way, pretty cool for you that it has increased :)

Just had my 6 mos check up yesterday & NUT said no more than 1 shake/protein drink per day. She wants majority if it coming from real food now.

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