I am 3 months out from surgery and down 33 pounds. My start weight was 180.I have been told that I will have slower weight loss because of my start weight. My issue is whether to eat food or drink a premier Protein shake. I have found that I have lost interest in food ( I know... CRAZY) and I find it easier to just drink the Protein shakes. Is this just a phase? I could not wait to eat food when I was on a liquid diet.

I'm pre-op... Healthy eating practices would indicate you can live on just shakes for the long term... It's like turning the sleeve into a binge diet...

Try some ground turkey or chicken, add season to make it flavorful, top it with some cheese... These early days are for retraining the stomach, shakes only are a bad thing to teach it.

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You need to do the real food as much as you can but use the shake to fill in the Protein level you need to be at. I am kind of surprised your dr. would do a sleeve on an 180 pound person. This is such major surgery.

I'm nine months post-op, and "liquid breakfast" is just part of my life now, and has been since I started pre-op almost exactly a year ago. In the morning I have either a PP shake with a Starbucks Via added (my *one* dose of caffeine a day!) or a Syntrax nectar chocolate Truffle with a Starbucks Via, a little milk, a little cocoa powder, and some cinnamon. I make that up really watery -- about 24 oz total. Whatever I'm having, I drink it with my morning Vitamins. I feel like it ensures I start the day with a strong baseline of Protein and liquid.

Edited May 30, 201610 yr by Trinn

I'm two months out and drink shakes a lot - for one or two meals a day. It's just easier and I never get that full icky feeling I get so quickly with regular meals. I'm also having a hard time adjusting to not drinking and eating at the same time so I'd rather not eat. But I'm working on getting over that.

My doctor is ok with the Protein shakes for now.

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