I am four days post vsg. I have tried the Protein Drinks but they just taste terrible. Has anyone tried a pill Protein or recommend a protein that pairs well with Soup broth. I feel like I’m starving.

Any clear protein drinks?

8 minutes ago, lexie007 said:

Any clear Protein Drinks?

I hated the sweetness of All the shakes immediately post surgery. I was able to drink the premiere protein clear.

Did it have a diet taste?

6 minutes ago, lexie007 said:

Did it have a diet taste?

Well it’s artificial sweeteners if that’s what you mean but I don’t mind them. My best advice is to go to convenience stores and try the ones they have so you can buy just one of a few flavors to try.

Edited July 9, 20224 yr by ShoppGirl

I use the Premier Protein peach drinks and now I like the Fairlife protein shakes. They taste like milk. Flavored milk actually, but not as sweet as commerical flavored milks.

The thing about Fairlife is, it's ultra filtered, so it filters out the excess sugars and lactose in milk. So there's no weird whey powders or that sort of egg protein in it. I love them all.

Edited July 9, 20224 yr by BypassingMyPhatAss♡

Try full skim milk with extra dried milk powder stirred in. You can flavour them if you wish with fruit or peanut butter. Plenty of protein and much better for you than artificial drinks

Once you are allowed to have caffeine the premiere protein caffe latte is really good too if you like coffee drinks. I am 16 months out and I still have one every morning cause I like the taste and it’s convenient to get a jump start on my protein.

On 07/09/2022 at 17:18, ShoppGirl said:

Well it’s artificial sweeteners if that’s what you mean but I don’t mind them. My best advice is to go to convenience stores and try the ones they have so you can buy just one of a few flavors to try.

This is a good idea. I will try out a few different ones. I have the caffe latte premier protein but I’m not allowed coffee yet. Saving if for then.

On 07/09/2022 at 17:19, BypassingMyPhatAss♡ said:

I use the Premier Protein peach drinks and now I like the Fairlife Protein Shakes. They taste like milk. Flavored milk actually, but not as sweet as commerical flavored milks.

The thing about Fairlife is, it's ultra filtered, so it filters out the excess sugars and lactose in milk. So there's no weird whey powders or that sort of egg Protein in it. I love them all.

I was gonna try fairlife but they’re in the middle of a scandal with how their treat the cows. So currently boycotting but I was sooo about to try it!!! I saw the peach drink online and I was going to buy it but it’s a pack of them and I was afraid if not liking it. My mom just did her revision same day as me. Maybe she will drink if I don’t like. I wish I would have done this before getting sleeves so I’d feel more prepared.

07/09/2022 09:22 PM, summerseeker said:

Try full skim milk with extra dried milk powder stirred in. You can flavour them if you wish with fruit or Peanut Butter. Plenty of Protein and much better for you than artificial drinks

You might be on to something ?

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26 minutes ago, lexie007 said:

I was gonna try fairlife but they’re in the middle of a scandal with how their treat the cows. So currently boycotting but I was sooo about to try it!!! I saw the peach drink online and I was going to buy it but it’s a pack of them and I was afraid if not liking it. My mom just did her revision same day as me. Maybe she will drink if I don’t like. I wish I would have done this before getting sleeves so I’d feel more prepared.

I found a couple I liked before I did sleeve and I hated them post surgery. Too sweet tasting to me after.

I hate protein shakes, too! After surgery, they tasted too sweet and made me vomit.

I tried to get my protein from savory foods at first. Bone broth with canned chicken, chewed very well, worked. However, initially I was not able to eat enough of this.

What helped me was finding an unflavored protein powder, and mixing it into soup, cream of wheat, etc. Try Syntrax unflavored protein powder.

Yeah, the shakes can be disgusting. Bone broths, cream soups, milk enriched with powdered milk, blend a high protein yoghurt with milk to make a smoothie (add more milk to get it to a consistency you can tolerate), protein water, are all great sources of protein as others have suggested. Even the strained broths from wonton soup & pho are good additions. You can try making up your own shakes using unflavoured protein powders too.

I struggled through one shake a day (very diluted to dull the taste) for the two weeks of liquids & then never touched another one. (Had soups for my other meal.)

The only protein pills I’ve heard about contain very little protein - 2g. Not worth it to my thinking & I’m not sure if the protein is complex enough for our needs.

I have not heard of protein pills, but that is not to say they don’t exist.

two things you may want to try:

fair life milk. Has 23 grams of protein per 14 oz. tastes and feels exactly like normal white milk. (And I am picky.)

protein 20 water. tastes decent to me. About 15 grams of protein per bottle.

good luck!