Help! Anyone have a sample menu that works. I go back to work in the morning, 6 weeks post op. How much protein do you drink vs food. 

I stopped drinking my protein (except for a high protein yoghurt drink I sipped on most afternoons) from day 1 of the purée stage. It was always my intention to get all the protein I needed (60g a day) from real food & not from shakes or supplements. (They were disgusting & I hated them.) Did I make my goal every day? No & it took a little while to be able to consume enough those first 2 months but eventually on average across a week I did or was pretty close. I just made sure everything I ate contained protein (except fruit). I also looked for ways to boost the protein like made scrambled eggs & rolled oats on milk & added more to make them sloppier. Add skim milk powder to your milk to boost the protein (can be sweet though). Didn’t care if I grazed on a meal for ages either. Lunch usually was just protein - a chicken tender, fish or any leftover meat from the night before.

I had my surgery in late May.

I drink two Premier Protein protein shakes a day, one for breakfast and one for an evening snack.

Most days, my lunch is one fried egg, one strip of bacon, and an English muffin or a slice of toast.

For an afternoon snack, I have half a cup of low-fat cottage cheese and half a cup of canned pineapple tidbits.

For dinner, I'm eating four ounces of protein (chicken, pork, beef, or fish), two ounces of starch, and two ounces of salad with 3/4 ounce of dressing. (The first couple months I ate half this amount.)

I generally have a couple sugar free popsicles during the day.

I drink two bottles of 30grams protein shakes a day and one 20 grams protein clear drink. One 15 gram of Greek protein yogurt.

I drink coffee with almond milk and a scoop of Genepro and 2 tsp of Verisol Collagen Bioactive peptides every morning. After that, the rest of my protein comes from food. My protein intake varies but right now 65g/day is working for me.