I had my surgery 3 and a half months ago. I have lost quite a bit of weight. The problem is is I am not getting in nearly enough protein and just about anything I eat I throw back up. I am under an immense amount of stress right now and I need all the physical and mental strength I can muster. Please give me any tips to get back on track since I feel totally out of control.

I go against conventional wisdom/advice and use the forbidden straws to get my fluids in. I get way less air in my stomach using it than rushing and trying to take a swig from a bottle of shake or Water. Maybe try sipping with a straw?

Is the stress causing vomiting, as in you've had this problem before surgery when under duress, or it's just exacerbating everything you are going through now?

I plan my day around getting my two Protein shakes and 80% of my water in by lunchtime so I don't get distracted and forget. Can you regiment your day so you can bang out some Protein Shakes in by a certain shift? Driving to work/from work maybe? Some sort of set time that you know you have X amount of time to drink Y amount of protein shakes and/or water.

Try different temperatures, too. If cold shakes are hard, how is Soup with Protein powder? Or water with unflavored protein? I hear good things about the Syntrax protein flavors to go in water.

What is the right protein to buy? I can't afford to buy stuff I won't like.

Everyone on this site seemed to speak highly of Premier Protein, so I went with those. They are sold at my local BJs/Costco (costco had better prices,) and I get a case of, I think, 18 for $25? I think I figured it out, they came out to like $1.85 a shake or something.

I think they are pretty good. I hate the malty bad breath I get after drinking them, but it's a means to an end. I mix the vanilla one in my morning coffee and to wash down my a.m. Vitamins -- takes me an hour to drink the 8 oz of coffee and leftover 5.5 ounces of vanilla shake with vitamins.

Then I hold off another 1-2 hours to let that settle, then drink at least 24 ounces of Water mixed with Crystal Light.

By late morning I have another Protein Shake while I'm busy at work and getting hungry, but it's not quite lunchtime for me.

I have a big, late lunch of "real" protein/food, and then eat again about 3-4 hours later another serving of "real" protein/food, and will have another 16 ounces of water after that has settled the required 30 minutes to hydrate for the rest of the evening. I try to finish all food/drink by 3 hours before bedtime so I'm not peeing all night long.

What is the right Protein to buy? I can't afford to buy stuff I won't like.

So Syntrax nectar is really good. You can buy individual serving packs online to try flavors at bariatricpantry.com. once you've found flavors you like, you can get huge containers on jet.com for i think $27.

You can also get samples of powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury online (search for their website). Both are good quality 100% whey isolate.

I like the nectar better. It comes in tons of fruit flavors, plus the standard chocolate, vanilla, etc.

liz