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I've been watching a bunch of YouTube on things people have be consuming during this getting ready but I'm hitting a wall of not finding products I like.
EVERY Protein Shake I've tried is so nasty! And I don't like hello or popsicles... so would love anyone's suggestions EsP on the Protein part !!
Thank you !

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whey Liquid Protein. It's like a vile of fruit punch you can add to your Water. 42g of Protein per vile. Found at Walmart.

Premier Protein ready to drinks also found at Walmart. I only personally like the chocolate flavor. 32g Protein.

** I add 1 vile of Liquid Protein to 32 ounces of Water so it's not so strong. Tastes decent and the highest protein I've found in a liquid form.

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I've been watching a bunch of YouTube on things people have be consuming during this getting ready but I'm hitting a wall of not finding products I like.
EVERY Protein Shake I've tried is so nasty! And I don't like hello or popsicles... so would love anyone's suggestions EsP on the Protein part !!
Thank you !


..... sorry I meant PRE-op but it wouldn't let me change it.


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whey Liquid Protein. It's like a vile of fruit punch you can add to your Water. 42g of Protein per vile. Found at Walmart.
Premier Protein ready to drinks also found at Walmart. I only personally like the chocolate flavor. 32g protein.
** I add 1 vile of liquid protein to 32 ounces of Water so it's not so strong. Tastes decent and the highest protein I've found in a liquid form.

Thank you !!!! I'll def try those out! I've been getting so frustrated but how gross some of these are!


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36 minutes ago, tarabee7 said:

I've been watching a bunch of YouTube on things people have be consuming during this getting ready but I'm hitting a wall of not finding products I like.
EVERY Protein Shake I've tried is so nasty! And I don't like hello or popsicles... so would love anyone's suggestions EsP on the Protein part !!
Thank you !

Have you tried the unflavored Protein Powder? You can add it to juice or maybe crystal lite you don't taste it. You can add it to Soup or hot coffee/tea, but it can't be any hotter than 140 degrees or it changes the texture. You can use a kitchen thermometer to check before you add it. I like to use it in my coffee.

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I HATE most protien drinks. But I love my premier protien.

Walmart has 4 packs and costco has 18 11 oz bottles for lime $25. There are 5 flavors I know of. They have bananas and cream (I hate banana usuallybut this is tolerable), the vanilla is the best vanilla shake I've had (usually another think I hate) and the chocolate is definilty my favorite. I ordered the strawberry flavor on COSTCO.com (like strawberry quick) and caramel which is pretty goodness too.

Thing I like is that it's smooth- not gritty or chalky. I haven't found a powder yet that I can get past 2 sips.

It is a bit sweet, but you can cut it with almond milk (or any milk really- I just gave up milk bc it made me break out).

The dannon oikos greek has 15 gms of protien.

You can have cottage cheese.

I never did it, but chocolate pudding (sugar free) with a scoop of protien powder.

Lasagna bake- basically one egg and one cup of ricotta cheese with Italian seasonings on the bottom of a small glass dish. Top with sugar free (or low sugar) sauce and bake 350 for 25 minutes. I cut that into 4 servings. There are actual recipes out there for it, I just wing it, but that's the basics.

Good luck! Find stuff now you like bc you won't want to have nothing when you get to the soft food stage post op.

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Sorry for the typos- I sound like an idiot. But you get the point. ;)

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I HATE most protien drinks. But I love my premier protien.
Walmart has 4 packs and costco has 18 11 oz bottles for lime $25. There are 5 flavors I know of. They have bananas and cream (I hate banana usuallybut this is tolerable), the vanilla is the best vanilla shake I've had (usually another think I hate) and the chocolate is definilty my favorite. I ordered the strawberry flavor on COSTCO.com (like strawberry quick) and caramel which is pretty goodness too.
Thing I like is that it's smooth- not gritty or chalky. I haven't found a powder yet that I can get past 2 sips.
It is a bit sweet, but you can cut it with almond milk (or any milk really- I just gave up milk bc it made me break out).

The dannon oikos greek has 15 gms of protien.
You can have cottage cheese.
I never did it, but chocolate pudding (sugar free) with a scoop of protien powder.
Lasagna bake- basically one egg and one cup of ricotta cheese with Italian seasonings on the bottom of a small glass dish. Top with sugar free (or low sugar) sauce and bake 350 for 25 minutes. I cut that into 4 servings. There are actual recipes out there for it, I just wing it, but that's the basics.
Good luck! Find stuff now you like bc you won't want to have nothing when you get to the soft food stage post op.

Premier does seem to have the smoothest and great flavors. And your recommendation of the lasagna bake is great, I had this after surgery (soft food stage) and it was awesome!

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I have recently found individual packets from my local CVS whey Protein and the strawberry and Cookies and cream are amazing. I cant do protein powders with Water always fat free milk. I have also found waters on Amazon with protein i will be using in my liquid phase. 4 bottles a day and get all water and protein requirements. I will not be worrying about can i handle this, when trying to recover from what I've read so far. The trick with protein powders is to blend WELL, like shake hard for 5 minutes. Coworkers now tease me that I'm about to start "tagging the place" because it sounds like a spray can lol.

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Need some help, Monday May 1st is my surgery date I will be getting the gastric bypass. I am doing my pre op diet doing Protein shacks Jello Water and I am starving. Is there anything else I can try to stop wanting to eat everything? I keep counting down my days until Monday just so I can get over this part. Ideas?


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