So I got my sleeve surgery *yay* on July 18th. My surgeon has me on a liquid diet for 21 days, so until Tuesday. I was first allowed Ensure/Glucerna the first 3 days and then I moved onto being allowed broth, jello, & natural fruit juices as well. The whole time, I was super concerned because Ensure has a lot of carbs & sugars, and very little protein. When I went for my 1 week post op, I asked him about this and he said to trust him basically (Might I add that my mom who knows nothing about macros/micros kept talking over him) So I was doing pretty fine on the shakes. I would alternate between Ensure & broth. I did have watermelon juice (remember, all allowed) and it had too much natural sugar for me. So, I got my surgery in Colombia. I came back to the States on July 27th. On July 28th I believe, I went outside of his orders and tried Premier Protein Shakes (since I had bought some for my pre-op diet) and HOLY MOLY I ALMOST DIED. My stomach was NOT happy. I was in pain for the first time ever since surgery. Drank broth 3 hours later & was fine. Decided to give the premier shake another try, making sure I was drinking it slowly and yep... still same effects. Later that night, I also tried Crystal Light... same effects. Gave me light headedness and I felt so nauseous, dizzy, etc. So now we're in present time and I can't stomach the Ensure anymore. I don't throw up, but now it feels icky and sometimes causes pain. I can't drink anything with artificial sweeteners (sugar free jello, vitamin water, crystal light) without getting the gross dizzy feeling. I'm so frustrated! What can I do?! Did anyone struggle through this?

I was the same way and my nutritionist recommend triple 0 yogurt it has 15 gm of protein and fairlife milk 13 gm protein. Mix them together in my blender bottle and then pour it in 9 of my 2oz cups and drink for the next 2 hours (I do this twice a day minimum and that yield 56 gm(s) of protein then I drink 4oz of milk to get to the 60 minimum). I struggled with the shakes and have about 6 brands in powder forms and the vitamins are just horrible. maybe you try that and see if that helps. She gave me another brand of yogurt but I forgot the name so for now I just use the triple 0 ( she recommended that as well). They have many flavors so you can change up the taste so you don't get tired of it. Let me know.

The triple zero yogurt is the only one I can tolerate out of the regular sf brands because it has no artificial sweeteners. I tried yoplait 100 and it made me so sick- realized I don't tolerate sugar alcohols hardly at all. So glad the triple zero comes in great flavors!


Mich W
Hw 223, SW 217 CW 194 GW 135

I should explain- the sugar alcohols are what made me feel sweaty, nauseous, dizzy. Google why does sugar alcohol make me sick after vsg . Made so much sense.



Mich W
Hw 223, SW 217 CW 194 GW 135

Thanks for that suggestion!!! I will def be trying that. I miss yogurt! I currently took the dive & having some mashed potatoes bc I have literally been getting in maybe 100-200 calories and every time I get up I get blurry vision and dizzy. Have been wanting yogurt and I was already an avid fairlife milk fan. Thank ya'll!!!! Today seems like a better day