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I'm 2 weeks out. These Protein Shakes are killing me!!! I can tolerate them for a little longer but I've GOT to have something besides strawberry banana to drink!!!! From here to eternity! I've found a powder I like - I'm weird, I don't like chocolate of any kind in any form so PLEASE give me your ideas and tips l!!!!IMG_1925.JPG

The pic is a one month change!

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I hate chocolate too for the most part.

I used unflavored powder with broth. I got sick of drink sweet stuff.

There is also a lot of variety in the Syntrax Nectars.

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Jay Robb dreamsicle. Or Isopure blue raspberry pre-made - it is tart, pour over ice. Bone Broth.

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Quest Caramel Powder (comes in single serve envelopes if you just want to try one), 1 cup of cold coffee. Ice. 28 G Protein caramel frappucino. You're welcome. (I add Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup to mine.) (I was allowed regular coffee, but you can use decaf.)

I use a lot of coffee house type syrups (sugar free) to flavor vanilla. This morning, I had 8 ounces of Fairlife Skim milk, 1/2 cup frozen tropical fruits, 1 scoop vanilla Protein Powder and a couple squirts of coconut sugar free syrup. Blender. 31 grams of protein. Using 1/2 cup of frozen fruit should be OK with your plan, but check with your team.

There's a great frozen mix at my supermarket that is blueberries and pomegranate. I use 1/4 to 1/2 cup of that with vanilla powder and Water or milk, depending on mood.

I still drink a shake for Breakfast most mornings and I'm 13 months and 102 pounds out. It is easier for me when I'm busy and I can drink it in the car while dropping kid at school and commuting to office. My other two go-tos are

Chocolate powder, water, 1 tablesppon of PB2, caramel syrup, ice. Snickers shake

Vanilla powder, coconut milk, frozen mango and pineapple (about 1/2 cup) coconut syrup. Tropical delight

Take a look at pinterest - there are so many ideas there. It does get better.

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Ok so my very favorite is my green smoothie. Don't know if you're allowed to have spinach or blueberries if they are blenderized to smithereens or not? If not, maybe you can use powdered spinach from vitacost? I keep meaning to try my spinach powder in it. I do it two ways: with/without powdered Peanut Butter.

Green Smoothie:

1/2-1 scoop (16-32g) Isopure Bananas and Cream Protein powder

1 oz frozen blueberries

1 1/2 oz frozen chopped spinach

5g whole psyllium husks, Now brand (or equivalent in Benefiber)

6g Peanut Butter Slim, Vitacost brand powdered peanut butter (has less sugar/carbs than PB2)

12oz ice Water

4 cubes ice

Blend the crap out of it. It's fabulous! It's not very sweet, so if you want it sweeter, then add a couple of drops of vanilla stevia.

(Because I'm still pre-surg I don't need to have as much protein out of a Protein Drink, so I opt for the 16g of the protein powder. If you use the full scoop, it may be sweeter.)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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