I look forward to the holidays every year, just so I can drink my SF peppermint mocha coffees! Now lemme warn ya upfront...if you're a purist, then leave this thread--I mean it! Runaway! Runaway! This is choc full of craptastic chemicals that brings new meaning to "better living through chemistry." Hahaha! But they make me sooo very happy and my tummy warm and toasty!

Decaff SF Peppermint Mocha Protein Coffee

1 serving

8-10floz brewed decaff (your fave--my surgeon lets me have decaff from Day 1 after surgery)

4floz Premier Protein Drink RTD (either mocha or vanilla)

1floz SF Peppermint DaVinci Syrup

16g SF Hershey's Chocolate Syrup

3g Benefiber or 5g whole psyllium husks (optional)

Mix it all together and enjoy. Great warm or cold!

Nutritionals: 81cals; 11g protein; 1g fat; 6g carbs; 4g fiber; 2g net carbs (if you don't want to use fiber, subtract out 18 cals, 4g of the carbs and 4g of the fiber)

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by FluffyChix

No issues with either--I just have to chew chew chew and take it slow. I'm super happy with my progress thus far, and I can't wait to get down a bit more, get back to the gym, and hopefully it'll melt off

You'll do great. What a super Christmas present to yourself, right?

That's what I was thinking!

Just this morning, I walked into my living room and my boyfriend looked at me and went, "yeah, you're totally slimming down, I can tell."

And that's less than two weeks post surgery!

6 hours ago, Mstlawrence said:

No issues with either--I just have to chew chew chew and take it slow. I'm super happy with my progress thus far, and I can't wait to get down a bit more, get back to the gym, and hopefully it'll melt off

Great job! So excited for you!

How are you feeling? Just wondering being 10 days out if you are still sore and what you can/can't do

Thanks! Not sore or anything really. The incisions are still healing, but I've been up and around since the day of my surgery. I'm eating a little bit more gradually, but otherwise don't have much of an appetite, and when I do, the protein fills me pretty quickly! The thing that sucked most was the liquid diet, and that part is over now

I am 5 days post-op and although I am sore and gurgly, I am also hungry! I have been doing the liquid diet (water, bone broth, jello, popsicles) but I am so anxious to get to stage 2 to get some thicker, more satisfying protein in me! Down 5 pounds in 5 days! But I'm fairly sure if I hadn't had the surgery and only did liquids I would have lost 5 pounds anyway. When do the gurgles go away?

Did the gurgles ever go away? I'm 4 days post op and it's so bad I'm just nauseas almost all day

7 days post-op and I'm wondering about the gurgles, too. Does it want something or is it just whining? I need a new course in deciphering my body language. The sounds seem loud to me! I have felt hunger pangs, though, which was a surprise. Didn't expect that at all. Will things keep changing for a while until everything settles down?

Woww sounds yummyyy. But where did u find the peppermint davinci syrup

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I look forward to the holidays every year, just so I can drink my SF peppermint mocha coffees!

Zomg this sounds so good. Do you notice a taste with the psyllium husks? I would worry it would be gritty.

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7 hours ago, ummyasmin said:

Zomg this sounds so good. Do you notice a taste with the psyllium husks? I would worry it would be gritty.

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With benefiber or inulin in the hot coffee, you don't notice it at all. I use psyllium husks when I make it into a smoothie and no, I don't notice it then. I'm up to using about 10g in a smoothie now.