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Mind you I haven't had surgery yet so if these go against post-op rules or anything, I'm here to learn about it.

My store was out of Premier Protein vanilla, but these were right next door on the shelf so I decided, heck, why not see if they suck or not. These shakes are VERY VERY tasty, folks. Equally as tasty as Premier (if you like Premier). By themselves and in my coffee, holy cow :blink: Both the vanilla and the chocolate. They claim to have 30g of Protein in 11oz....now, the TYPE of protein might be the kicker. It's not whey protein isolate.

**FYI** Fellow Keto Peeps (if there are any here):
If you're eating strict ketogenic (i.e. Ketovangelist style), these shakes are NOT "keto legal" :840_x:
Dirty Ketonians, should be fine :973_ballot_box_with_check:
LCHF/Atkins - obviously :973_ballot_box_with_check:

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Theres nothing wrong with these. I drank Atkins shakes for a while post-op. These just have lactose in them. Some people cant tolerate it after surgery, some can. I dont even drink whey anything anymore, just soy. Egg and rice Protein is fine, too. Pea protein needs to be supplemented with amino acids.

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The only thing my dietitian grumbled about is that the regular Atkins is 7g fat and the shakes should be 3g or less. But I wasn't tolerating the others so she was like whatever. lol. I don't know how much fat is in these. The fat content didn't bother me... ultimately it ended up I can't tolerate anything with whey at all... including Atkins. wompwomp.

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5 minutes ago, mousecat88 said:

The only thing my dietitian grumbled about is that the regular Atkins is 7g fat and the shakes should be 3g or less. But I wasn't tolerating the others so she was like whatever. lol. I don't know how much fat is in these. The fat content didn't bother me... ultimately it ended up I can't tolerate anything with whey at all... including Atkins. wompwomp.

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Eating LCHF for so long I'm down with ALL the fat. It's NOT scary unless you pair it with a crap ton of bad carbs. Fat content in these particular shakes is 5g. Eating LCHF is how I dropped 55lbs in the past 15mo...fat is not the enemy. Bad carbs and sugar are :1296_raised_hands_tone2:

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49 minutes ago, Kimmie K said:

Mind you I haven't had surgery yet so if these go against post-op rules or anything, I'm here to learn about it.

My store was out of Premier Protein vanilla, but these were right next door on the shelf so I decided, heck, why not see if they suck or not. These shakes are VERY VERY tasty, folks. Equally as tasty as Premier (if you like Premier). By themselves and in my coffee, holy cow :blink: Both the vanilla and the chocolate. They claim to have 30g of Protein in 11oz....now, the TYPE of Protein might be the kicker. It's not whey protein isolate.

**FYI** Fellow Keto Peeps (if there are any here):
If you're eating strict ketogenic (i.e. Ketovangelist style), these shakes are NOT "keto legal" :840_x:
Dirty Ketonians, should be fine :973_ballot_box_with_check:
LCHF/Atkins - obviously :973_ballot_box_with_check:

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Great product - all I've ever used unless making my own - like my famous Pina Colada Protein shake!

recipe on YT

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1 minute ago, AddyJoeTVGatricCouple said:

Great product - all I've ever used unless making my own - like my famous Pina Colada Protein shake!

recipe on YT

Say wuhhh?! Piña colada shake? ?? <drool>

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Eating LCHF for so long I'm down with ALL the fat. It's NOT scary unless you pair it with a crap ton of bad carbs. Fat content in these particular shakes is 5g. Eating LCHF is how I dropped 55lbs in the past 15mo...fat is not the enemy. Bad carbs and sugar are :1296_raised_hands_tone2:
Yeah, but fat post-op with cause dumping. That's why your diet will be low carb and low fat.

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Just now, mousecat88 said:

Yeah, but fat post-op with cause dumping. That's why your diet will be low carb and low fat.

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Ohhhh, I didn't know fat did it too :blink:

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I lost 60lbs on Atkins last year. You can't follow similar diets. And Atkins is all about fat. You really need to watch carbs, sugar, and fat post-op unless you want to poop forever. loll

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Ohhhh, I didn't know fat did it too :blink:
Yeah... my entire diet plan is very low. Must buy the low or nonfat options of everything... cheeses... dairy... lean meats... no fatty bacon or full fat cheese or anything, ever.

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Just now, mousecat88 said:

I lost 60lbs on Atkins last year. You can't follow similar diets. And Atkins is all about fat. You really need to watch carbs, sugar, and fat post-op unless you want to poop forever. loll

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That's awesome!!!

Poop forever?! No thanks! My biggest "fear" about surgery is possibly having to poop at work LOLOL Right now I can control my sugar and carbs with no problem. Adjusting my fats should be do-able too considering most of it currently comes from high fat meat and dairy.

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I sit here drinking my normal 15g Protein Atkins. i cry silently realizing these are the only edible Protein Shake i like and they have too much fat.. Im on preop diet and now i feel like ive f*cked up royally. Surgery is in 3 days...

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49 minutes ago, HannahRB said:

I sit here drinking my normal 15g Protein Atkins. i cry silently realizing these are the only edible Protein Shake i like and they have too much fat.. Im on preop diet and now i feel like ive f*cked up royally. Surgery is in 3 days...

Poor thing...well, the Atkins 15g Protein Shakes have 9g of fat....these Atkins 30g Protein shakes have only 5g. I found them at Walmart on the aisle near the pharmacy where they keep all the other general weight loss supplements and junk.

EDIT: Just saw that the Atkins 15g Mocha Latte flavor has 10g of fat <gasp!> Apparently the flavors matter when it comes to the fat for some reason :blink:

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