I had my surgery on September 5 and I have purchased protein powder, shakes etc. and all of them are nasty!!! I know I need to be drinking them. Does anyone has any suggestions for me??

My favorite is Syntrax powder. I mix the orange cream and mint chip with unsweetened almond milk. Try buying some sample sizes, lots of companies have them. That way you can find the ones you like without wasting money on ones you don’t like.

I like the Simple Truth chocolate or vanilla shakes. Premier protein is pretty good too.

On 9/15/2019 at 6:10 AM, Rays of Sunshine said:

have you tried Isopure they have many choices in flavors andn a unflavor and luckily doesn't leave an after tastes like all the ones I have tried the tastes is good but I have only use the dutch choclate and add the unflavor to Soups and other drinks

I was throwing up or getting very nauseous with almost every shake and powder I tried -- Premier, etc.

Then for two months, I drank Isopure Apple Melon protein drink (40 g. of protein) and loved it. But it was too expensive to maintain -- $43 for 12 drinks. I've now switched to unflavored Genepro, at the recommendation of my nutritionist. I will be adding it to flavored water.

I add a few drop if extracts to the really nasty ones to get them down. Somehow the Muscle milk choc that I can't get down becomes more tolerable when I added a few drops of coffee extract. Still not awesome but I got it down. Unfortunately I am struggling with lactose issues and am allergic to Stevia so my choices for shakes available locally is a bit limited

I'm with you on the not liking protine shakes the trick I found was to add a spoon of instant coffee to mine and it was tolerable I got my morning coffee in and my protein shake in at the same time I have a vanilla flavor and I mixed it with milk

Have you been able to find a protein you can handle?

Edited October 1, 20196 yr by KaysMommy

I had a hard time finding protein I could tolerate, texture, flavor, and that didn’t have added iodine. I couldn’t tolerate isopure zero or premier protein clear they felt like they coated my throat in hair. I didn’t care for syntrax, I was hoping I would. The smell of isopure plain was nauseating alone. 100% whey protein isolate didn’t agree with me.

Ones I found worked for me are for powder mix I used PEScience Select. So far I liked cookies and cream, peanut butter cookie but they have other flavors that look good.

For RTD labrada lean body is good I especially like salted caramel, banana is good too

if I need quick protein from the grocery I get Boost Max

if I want a non dairy protein in RTD I get Koia. The cinnamon horchata is the best.

I like to mix my protein powders in either unsweetened Ripple milk, unsweetened Edensoy, or TwoGood yogurt since they add more protein. (For breakfast)

My mom bought me performix io whey protein powder in banana nutello flavor to try.

Everyones taste is different. Also BariatricPal has quite a selection of juice flavor protein mixes, hot cocoa and cappuccinos with protein, protein bullion’s and soups. The protein shots also come in handy for post op when you can’t drink a lot. I wish I had them then.

I can only drink the premier chocolate.

Fair life 26g protein! Tastes like ice cream!! I hate protein powder etc these are great!

Golden Standard whey isolate is pretty good.I hated protein shakes after surgery.2 weeks of liquid diet was nightmare.I actually stopped drinking them after this 2 weeks.I do not recommend to do that.I think you should listen other people and find something that you can drink on regular basis.I lost so much hair due to lack of protein in my diet.I actually started to drink them again after a year of surgery,and I find Golden Standard pretty tasty.

I was the same way and found herbal life to be the best for me! It's kind of pricey but soo worth it and you can make all kinds of shakes with them!

Tastes will change.
At first I couldn’t stomach any protein shakes bc they were so over-the-top sweet.
So I drank nothing but fairlife milk bc it has so much protein in it.
I also use a lot of savory products.
Love the bariatric cream of chicken and tomato.
Lots of times I’ll add a scoop of beef bone broth powder to miso soup. It’s pretty decent.
I’ve also done the bariatric hot chocolate and the oatmeal.

Lately though, I tried the premier protein again and I get the caramel and bananas and cream and add to iced coffee over a lot of crushed ice (1:1 ratio) and it’s pretty delicious.
In fact, I just ordered their pumpkin spice and I can’t wait to try it out.

Don’t be afraid to try new things and even periodically go back to previously tried things.
Your tastes will change over time

There was no right shake for me. They all taste bad but the premixed Premier were least offensive. I froze a few to eat like ice cream. I preferred the fruity clear drinks bc they weren’t so thick and heavy. 

I don’t drink any of them now. In fact I was off of them as soon as I went on solid food. My docs prefer if you can get your protein without the drinks and avoid drinking extra calories, and I was totally ok with that. I usually am able to get 60-80g of protein daily so I don’t use them at all but I was also lucky enough to heal rapidly. 

The only ones I like are the Fairlife Core Power shakes. They are delicious!