Hi all!

I had my surgery August 13th, 2018. Unfortunately there were a few complications but thank goodness all is well now!

Since the surgery I have lost 43 pounds.
Today was my third post op appointment was was cleared for the stage 4 diet and to head back to work! Yay!

My only issue so far is trying to get that protein intake at about 60 g.

I’ve tried so many shakes and supplements and have yet to find one that I like.
I used to take body fortress before my surgery and my favorites were vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon bun, but now I can’t even handle the taste of those.

I’ve discovered ripple nutrition, which is pretty good and my doc said it was ok. I also found fairlife core power but I was told to avoid that one since it contains 26g of sugar.

I want to know what other shakes or protein supplements you guys recommend so I can try them out, in case I haven’t already.

I’m clear to eat solids, but I’d like to keep my two shakes as meal replacements and one solid meal a day, as it’s still very hard for me to eat, as I’m not hungry all the time anymore. But I want to make sure that protein is in....

Please help! Thank you !!

Isopure low carb in Dutch Chocolate flavor (its a powder so you have to make it yourself)

If you can tolerate food even though you do not feel hungry it is good to get protein from food.

You can eat small portions of Greek yogurt...I like Oikos triple zero.

You can eat small amounts of cottage cheese, tuna pouches, etc.

Glad your complications are over and good luck returning to work.

Even with being able to eat food I have trouble getting it all in. I have a couple of go tos for protein. I have isopure unflavored that I add to soups etc. I love syntrax cookies and cream. I use fairlife skim milk 13g protein before adding powders. If I'm short for the day then I'll grab that. I also will take a peach tea crystal light packet and syntrax lemon tea protein powder and mix with about 20oz water and so pin that through the day

I’m 5 weeks post sleeve. Getting most of my protein from cottage cheese and scrambled eggs, both of which taste really good to me right now. Just drinking one shake a day (Unjury made with Fairlife milk) which gives me 34 g of protein for breakfast. Not a fan of protein powder products though.

Have you considered converting your shakes to smoothies? For breakfast two days a week (and I'm 2 years out) I use 1 cup of Fairlife skim milk (13g) plus one scoop of vanilla protein powder (25g) plus a handful of frozen tropical fruit (pineapple, mango, peach) and I have a 200-ish calorie smoothie from the blender that has more than 30G of protein. I also do a cup of cold brew coffee, a scoop of chocolate protein powder and sugarfree caramel syrup with ice in the blender for a 25-30g frappucino.

Get creative.

I’m doing the protein waters now I love Protein20. I get a 6 pk at Walmart and the come in berry blast or pineapple coconut!

My bariatric surgery people gave me some Premier Protein clear in a fruit punch flavors Gosh it is Trong and sweet, cut it Down to 1/3. 1/3 Minute Maid 15 fruit punch and 1/3 bottled water. Made something good to sip on and still plenty strong.

I HATED protein shakes. They all had this whey flavor that made me extremely ill. I tried everything, and it simply didn't work. But what I did finally end up not only tolerating, but actually enjoying, was fairlife milk. It is filtered to remove much of the sugar and lactose, and fortified with extra protein and calcium. So, I could drink the fat free fairlife milk with either sugar free strawberry syrup, or heat it up and put sugar free hot chocolate mix or sugar free hershey syrup in it, or blend it with some PB2 or other fun things. It was how I survived for a few months!

On 9/26/2018 at 6:34 PM, GreenTealael said:

Isopure low carb in Dutch chocolate flavor (its a powder so you have to make it yourself)

My friend told me that this one is really good! I like the cookies and cream, but I'm not a big fan of the mint chocolate chip.

23 minutes ago, FancyChristine15 said:

My friend told me that this one is really good! I like the Cookies and cream, but I'm not a big fan of the mint chocolate chip.

It is! (and expensive too)

I only bought one bag 10 months ago. I use it for specialized recipes.

Omgosh. In struggling as wells w/ my protein and fluid intake

Omgosh. In struggling as wells w/ my protein and fluid intake

Omgosh. In struggling as wells w/ my protein and fluid intake

Omgosh. In struggling as wells w/ my protein and fluid intake

Omgosh. In struggling as wells w/ my protein and fluid intake