Has or does anyone take protein vitamins instead of the shakes, bars, yogurts ect??? I am just over 2 months out and cannot get myself to stomach another protein shake or even the yogurt, I do eat mostly protein like chicken and cheeses and drink plenty of the protein waters, but I still don't think I am getting enough. looking for suggestions on the best vitamin supplement to start taking to help boost. Thanks in advance

SD 4/23/2018

SW - 262

CW- 214

GW- 160

There might be products i'm not aware of....but all of the protein vitamins I've looked at don't really have much protein in them. A few grams...in half a dozen pills. Just doesn't make sense to me.

If you can eat yogurt and chicken and cheese and protein water....these are much better choices. More bang for your buck, too.

Edited June 21, 20188 yr by Creekimp13

Count your grams. If you're getting 60+ grams per day....you're doing great.

1 hour ago, morganmary said:

Has or does anyone take Protein Vitamins instead of the shakes, bars, yogurts ect??? I am just over 2 months out and cannot get myself to stomach another Protein Shake or even the yogurt, I do eat mostly protein like chicken and cheeses and drink plenty of the protein waters, but I still don't think I am getting enough. looking for suggestions on the best Vitamin supplement to start taking to help boost. Thanks in advance

SD 4/23/2018

SW - 262

CW- 214

GW- 160

How much would you say you are getting on a daily basis? Do you log all of your food? Even on days where I think I haven't met my goals, usually I surpass my protein goals. I always make sure that everything I eat has protein in them. When you consider that 4 oz of chicken breast has upwards of 25 grams of protein. Have you tried unflavored protein powder? You can add that to coffee, soups, you can bake with it, oatmeal, cream of wheat, ect. Here's a couple recipes I add protein powder, flavored or not, and helps me get it in! I do soups as well, which are easy and you can freeze the left overs.

https://www.bariatriccookery.com/strawberry-banana-loaf (for this one, I use whole wheat flour instead of regular & add unflavored protein powder)

https://kalynskitchen.com/cottage-cheese-and-egg-breakfast/ (add unflavored protein powder)

https://kalynskitchen.com/recipe-for-low-sugar-whole-wheat-and-2/ (add unflavored protein powder)

https://kalynskitchen.com/whole-wheat-zucchini-muffin-feta/ (add unflavored protein powder)

https://www.bariatriccookery.com/simply-gorgeous-protein-brownies (best dessert ever...mmmm!)

Edited June 21, 20188 yr by AshAsh1

1 hour ago, AshAsh1 said:

How much would you say you are getting on a daily basis? Do you log all of your food? Even on days where I think I haven't met my goals, usually I surpass my protein goals. I always make sure that everything I eat has protein in them. When you consider that 4 oz of chicken breast has upwards of 25 grams of protein. Have you tried unflavored Protein Powder? You can add that to coffee, Soups, you can bake with it, oatmeal, cream of wheat, ect. Here's a couple recipes I add protein powder, flavored or not, and helps me get it in! I do soups as well, which are easy and you can freeze the left overs.

https://www.bariatriccookery.com/strawberry-banana-loaf (for this one, I use whole wheat flour instead of regular & add unflavored protein powder)

https://kalynskitchen.com/cottage-cheese-and-egg-breakfast/ (add unflavored protein powder)

https://kalynskitchen.com/recipe-for-low-sugar-whole-wheat-and-2/ (add unflavored protein powder)

https://kalynskitchen.com/whole-wheat-zucchini-muffin-feta/ (add unflavored protein powder)

https://www.bariatriccookery.com/simply-gorgeous-protein-brownies (best dessert ever...mmmm!)

When you bake with it, do you replace part of the flour with PP or do you just add it in to the batter? Hopefully, some day, I'll be able to eat baked goods!

4 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

When you bake with it, do you replace part of the flour with PP or do you just add it in to the batter? Hopefully, some day, I'll be able to eat baked goods!

I just add it to the batter.

3 hours ago, morganmary said:

Has or does anyone take Protein Vitamins instead of the shakes, bars, yogurts ect??? I am just over 2 months out and cannot get myself to stomach another Protein Shake or even the yogurt, I do eat mostly protein like chicken and cheeses and drink plenty of the protein waters, but I still don't think I am getting enough. looking for suggestions on the best Vitamin supplement to start taking to help boost. Thanks in advance

SD 4/23/2018

SW - 262

CW- 214

GW- 160

You *COULD* try to pack your own pills. Get some unflavored high quality protein (to max your protein per gram of material) and then either get them online or a local supplement shop, buy some empty pill caps, whichever the largest size you can stomach is and fill your own pills. Be warned though, You'll need to take like, 15-20 000 sized pills to get all the protein from 1 scoop of unflavored powder, *BUT* if that doesn't phase you, you won't have to drink it any more.

@AshAsh1 Great links, Thank You for those. The cookery one looks like it has tons of info and recipes.

Thank you all! I have been pretty bad about logging my grams. I eat chicken almost every day, I drink a 15g protein drink every day and a boiled egg every day, other than that I’ve been pretty lazy ? I will start logging again

Protein pills aren't really a thing

I suggest looking into protein powder recipes (or eating more lean mean)

My personal favorites is protein pudding, protein mug cakes, or protein coffee.

If you like coffee or lattes it's very easy to make a protein concoction like that