I’m dying for real food but have a few days left. First week post op for me is liquid (not just clear liquid) so I’ve been living on:
- Premier protein chocolate &vanilla shakes...i blend half a shake at a Time with some ice. I also added 1.5 T of PB2 to the chocolate to make a peanut butter chocolate shake...pretty good
- outshine no sugar added popsicles. I ate 7 of these yesterday so decided i need to cut down lol. They are really delicious though
- FF non fat Greek yogurt... light n fit has some pretty good non chunky flavors like vanilla, toasted coconut, and strawberry cheesecake
- Quest cookies n cream protein powder w/ Fairlife skim milk (milk has 13g protein /cup). There is a recipe to make cookie& cream ice cream using the powder, so I must try that soon. This powder only has 1 g sugar per serving and 2 grams net carb (taking out the erythritol which doesn’t raise blood sugars)
- Unjury chicken soup flavor protein powder- this stuff is a life saver since everything else is sweet!

I haven’t had much trouble getting in my protein and water after day 2 but am definitely feeling hunger. I hope that goes away when I can start to eat solids!

PS Milk of magnesia is a life saver. I hadn’t had my first BM yet and the nurse told me to try it so I took 30mg and within a few hours I was all cleared out with minimal pain.

The only thing I am having are sugar free popsicles, chicken broth, water & protein drinks

I’m 8 days post op and struggling with only having liquids. I hate the protein shakes. I can tolerate one choc one and that’s it. I’ve been making soups from fresh which are nice and I use unflavoured protein powder if my soups are low in protein.

Cream of chicken is a good one. I also enjoyed a V8 if I was able to get all my protein in for the day.

I've made some homemade soups that i have for lunch and dinner along with herbal tea and my protein drinks.

I ordered Unjury chicken soup... it’s taking the slow boat... can’t wait to get it... I did have a bunch of bone broth I had made in the freezer.... absolute heaven... because I am so tired of sweet stuff!

On 05/29/2018 at 20:06, Bryn910 said:

The only thing I am having are sugar free popsicles, chicken broth, Water & Protein drinks

Any particular brand of chicken broth? And do you add protein to it?

7 minutes ago, gully90 said:

Any particular brand of chicken broth? And do you add Protein to it?

Ingot the pacific bone broth. It had protein so I didn’t add any to it. It wasn’t much but protein powder doesn’t mix well with a hot liquid so I didn’t attempt.

Unjury makes a chicken soup flavored protein that’s really good

On 06/04/2018 at 15:17, Bryn910 said:

Ingot the pacific bone broth. It had Protein so I didn’t add any to it. It wasn’t much but Protein Powder doesn’t mix well with a hot liquid so I didn’t attempt.

Unjury makes a chicken Soup flavored protein that’s really good

Good to know I’m headed to the store now to get some broth. I am using the Premier Protein Raspberry that you recommended. And I have my sugar free popsicles! Surgery is Wednesday.

1 hour ago, gully90 said:

Good to know I’m headed to the store now to get some broth. I am using the Premier Protein Raspberry that you recommended. And I have my sugar free popsicles! Surgery is Wednesday.

Awesome! Can’t wait to read about your update after surgery! Good luck & congrats

I had my surgery on friday. Have been given two weeks of liquid. Protein shakes are disgusting and I hate them with all my heart. Is there anything you guys recommend to try instead?

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Better Than Bouillon is very good. I think chicken broth is pretty watery and unflavored.

I now add some decaf coffee in small amount to my Premier protein - with ice in a glass. It’s really good. With vanilla it tastes like a cappuccino. With chocolate it’s a mocha. Try it!

DOES anyone actually take gatorade or is that bad?

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On ‎6‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 11:38 PM, eso0402 said:

DOES anyone actually take gatorade or is that bad?

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Regular Gatorade has a lot of sugar but I do drink some Powerade Zero which has several flavors and is pretty good.

I swear by the blue G2 Gatorade. I just add a little to my big huge glass of water. Maybe 3 parts water, 1 part blue G2. It helps me drink more fluids. I think that slight light blue color might be a factor. It makes it look more pleasing like cool spring water? I dunno. The slight flavor added gives it a fresh tasting flavor. It’s working for me and helps me drink more water