I thought I was prepared. I tried a bunch of shakes pre-surgery and found that Premier RTD was the most palatable, and almost good when mixed in coffee. All of the other shakes were gag inducing after one sip, and that was pre-op. Well, I moved from clears to full liquid yesterday and I nearly puked trying to choke down 2oz. of Premier...and I bought so many of them! I know it isn't a great option but this morning I used some Carnation Instant Breakfast (the sugar free kind) in the higher protein Fairlife milk and I was able to get down half (4oz.) because it was a lot less sweet. 4oz. of this combo has 9 grams of protein, which isn't a whole lot but I figured it was better than no protein at all. It took me 40 minutes to drink and that was with great effort and a lot of disturbing gurgling. Maybe I can add some unflavored whey to it to boost the protein. I knew to expect that tolerance for sweets would change (and that was part of the reason I wanted to get sleeved) but I was shocked that it happened immediately. Sugar free Jell-O, which I really liked before, is positively disgusting to me now. In an attempt to get rid of the dead raccoon taste in my mouth I took a sugar free mint and had to spit it out. This is a good thing, but not in the liquid phase when shakes are so important.

After surgery your taste buds change. So the protein shakes that are acceptable pre-op can be quite awful post-op. The key is experimentation. There are a lot of formulas for protein shakes and you need to find the right one. Remember this is only temporary. As your meal volume increases over time, you can offload the shakes for the protein you obtain in meals.

I just started full liquids today. I am attempting my first cup of decaf with some caramel protein shake as creamer.. WIll see how it goes since its only 830 in the morning. I have a lot of these shakes myself so hopefully I can drink them LOL.. I have 2 weeks of this liquid phase.

Thin out the protein drinks with Fairlife Milk. Or as others mention, mix with coffee and tea, make frappacinos out of them.

Love bananas and cream in coffee and also love chocolate with SF peppermint torani for holiday coffee, also vanilla or the caramel with sf pumpkin spice torani is remarkable!

Oh, I also love the Isopure protein powders: unflavored, dutch chocolate, vanilla (ice cream?), bananas and cream. Then I use something like coffee or tea or even Fairlife FF milk as the liquid. Now that I don't need so much liquid protein, I just use almond milk with it to make green smoothies or matcha or green tea or celestial seasonings tea or decaff.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I liked PP in coffee pre-op, but my stomach is so sensitive that I'm afraid to try something as acidic as coffee just yet, even though decaf is supposed to be ok. I'm going to try thinning out the PP with Fairlife milk as Fluffy suggested. Thanks, everyone.

10 minutes ago, Swanton_Bomb said:

Thanks for all the suggestions. I liked PP in coffee pre-op, but my stomach is so sensitive that I'm afraid to try something as acidic as coffee just yet, even though decaf is supposed to be ok. I'm going to try thinning out the PP with Fairlife milk as Fluffy suggested. Thanks, everyone.

I've recently switched to a low acid coffee, still decent with caramel PP. I use the peach flavor in tea, amazing. I took some time for me to adjust to the flavor also but once I did, it became pattern. Stick it out if you can.

Also, you can start by only adding 2oz to your cup of anything. Love Tea's idea of low acid coffee!!!! I drink decaf, so start with 2oz which will make it very light tasting. Also vary the heat of your coffee!!! If you need it lukewarm or cold, doooo eeettt. Anything to find something that works for you for now.

But if none work, then use Fairlife Milk + a 1/8 to 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, some frozen fruit and maybe even frozen spinach blended to smithereeens...and thinned down with Fairlife to the consistency you need.

54 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Also, you can start by only adding 2oz to your cup of anything. Love Tea's idea of low acid coffee!!!! I drink decaf, so start with 2oz which will make it very light tasting. Also vary the heat of your coffee!!! If you need it lukewarm or cold, doooo eeettt. Anything to find something that works for you for now.

But if none work, then use Fairlife Milk + a 1/8 to 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, some frozen fruit and maybe even frozen spinach blended to smithereeens...and thinned down with Fairlife to the consistency you need.

Thanks! This sounds like a good idea. Can we add fruit to shakes? I imagine it would be ok unless it has small seeds like strawberries.

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

I've recently switched to a low acid coffee, still decent with caramel PP. I use the peach flavor in tea, amazing. I took some time for me to adjust to the flavor also but once I did, it became pattern. Stick it out if you can.

Thanks! Do you know a brand of low acid decaf?

1 hour ago, Swanton_Bomb said:

Thanks! Do you know a brand of low acid decaf?

WholeFoods 365 low acid cinnamon roast coffee (caffeine level not flavor)

Its low acid but not decaf, but I'm sure you could find that too

Edited November 11, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

18 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

WholeFoods 365 low acid cinnamon toast coffee (caffeine level not flavor)

Its low acid but not decaf, but I'm sure you could find that too

Thanks! Even if it doesn't come in decaf that brand will come in handy in a month or two!

5 hours ago, Swanton_Bomb said:

Thanks! This sounds like a good idea. Can we add fruit to shakes? I imagine it would be ok unless it has small seeds like strawberries.

I only used frozen blueberries or frozen peaches until I was cleared for all foods to include seeds. But in a pinch, you could always run it through a strainer and press it through while keeping the strained "liquid" and ditching any seeds.

22 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I only used frozen blueberries or frozen peaches until I was cleared for all foods to include seeds. But in a pinch, you could always run it through a strainer and press it through while keeping the strained "liquid" and ditching any seeds.

Good idea, thank you!

On ‎11‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 5:29 AM, Swanton_Bomb said:

I thought I was prepared. I tried a bunch of shakes pre-surgery and found that Premier RTD was the most palatable, and almost good when mixed in coffee. All of the other shakes were gag inducing after one sip, and that was pre-op. Well, I moved from clears to full liquid yesterday and I nearly puked trying to choke down 2oz. of Premier...and I bought so many of them! I know it isn't a great option but this morning I used some Carnation Instant Breakfast (the sugar free kind) in the higher Protein Fairlife milk and I was able to get down half (4oz.) because it was a lot less sweet. 4oz. of this combo has 9 grams of protein, which isn't a whole lot but I figured it was better than no protein at all. It took me 40 minutes to drink and that was with great effort and a lot of disturbing gurgling. Maybe I can add some unflavored whey to it to boost the protein. I knew to expect that tolerance for sweets would change (and that was part of the reason I wanted to get sleeved) but I was shocked that it happened immediately. Sugar free Jell-O, which I really liked before, is positively disgusting to me now. In an attempt to get rid of the dead raccoon taste in my mouth I took a sugar free mint and had to spit it out. This is a good thing, but not in the liquid phase when shakes are so important.

I also had this issue and even almost 10 weeks out and I can NOT stomach any "artificial protein". After telling my surgeon this at my week post op apt he started having me make my own protein shakes. And till this day I eat my protein. I don't supplement at all and can get all of what I need in. Plus knowing what is going into my body really means a lot now.

My taste buds totally changed after surgery. And that yucky taste in your mouth will go away as you start to eat real food again. I struggled with that too.

The unflavored protein was the WORST!

Look up my surgeon on YouTube , Dr. Matthew Weiner. He goes over the set point smoothies and you can get your protein in the natural way. They go down a lot easier and they aren't as heavy in your tummy.

3 hours ago, AshMarie794 said:

I also had this issue and even almost 10 weeks out and I can NOT stomach any "artificial protein". After telling my surgeon this at my week post op apt he started having me make my own Protein Shakes. And till this day I eat my protein. I don't supplement at all and can get all of what I need in. Plus knowing what is going into my body really means a lot now.

My taste buds totally changed after surgery. And that yucky taste in your mouth will go away as you start to eat real food again. I struggled with that too.

The unflavored protein was the WORST!

Look up my surgeon on YouTube , Dr. Matthew Weiner. He goes over the set point smoothies and you can get your protein in the natural way. They go down a lot easier and they aren't as heavy in your tummy.

Thank you, looking him up now!