What is your favorite way to get protein?? I drink protein shakes, eat fish and other meats. Anyone have another way they like to get their protein??

Meat, beans, cottage cheese, protein bars, the occasional shake.

I use a pure isolate whey protein powder. I add it to my cooking. Bulksupplements.com has an excellent one with no flavor!

I live on low fat string cheese and oikos triple zero yogurt. I have it for breakfast every day and sometimes lunch too. I don't know why I haven't gotten tired of them after a year but I still look forward to my cheese and yogurt lol. Do you find that you eat a lot of the same food now? I used to get bored with foods and change often but after the surgery I eat the same foods happily and don't want to change. It's a weird side effect of the surgery for me at least. Grapes are my other food I live on but that's not the protein food you were looking for.

Yes, I do eat the same foods and I don’t really get bored of them. Thank you for you suggestions.

3 minutes ago, Hope4NewMe said:

I live on low fat string cheese and oikos triple zero yogurt. I have it for Breakfast every day and sometimes lunch too. I don't know why I haven't gotten tired of them after a year but I still look forward to my cheese and yogurt lol. Do you find that you eat a lot of the same food now? I used to get bored with foods and change often but after the surgery I eat the same foods happily and don't want to change. It's a weird side effect of the surgery for me at least. Grapes are my other food I live on but that's not the Protein food you were looking for.

Yes!! I tend to stick to the same foods. I'm not sure (for me anyway) is:

1. Fear of food effects

2. Not losing the weight

3. My hatred of cooking

4. I just know I like what I'm eating or

5 A combo of all of them!

Of course I'm only 6 weeks out sooo we shall see, but, to be honest I've always been a picky eater (I almost died as a toddler because I was picky) - I just know what I like!

At almost 2 years out I can almost eat anything. Some meals are always the same. Breakfast is always Greek yogurt and berries. My lunch is usually a bit like pick and mix - a bit of a few things, Which could be a selection of these, Smoked salmon, deli meats, burrata, cashew nuts, walnuts, blue stinky cheese, any fruit, tuna, boiled egg or any left over from a previous meal. The evening meal is usually food cooked from scratch for the family with carbs that I can not fit in my stomach yet, casseroles, roasts, pies, stews. I eat what I can. Later in the day I either eat my meals, left overs or have a protein bar or a protein yogurt. My protein is about 80 grams a day now and my calories are between 1200 and 1500

To be honest I hate protein...it's my least favorite thing I have to eat. I do a lot of egg white scrambles and protein bars. I just really don't like meat very much.

Frozen Yoghurt. I have a Ninja Creami and it's been the best thing ever. I have one or two serves (170mls a serve) every day. Always one at night, sometimes for breakfast too. They're usually at least 23 grams of protein a serve, up to a whoppimg 30 grams, depending on the brand of yoghurt I use and flavour. My faves lately are good old Vanilla and Malted Milk.

I often have at least one low carb wrap with cheese a day too, that's around 15 grams of protein. Lately I've also been adding salsa before heating it up, nom nom.

I'm a vegetarian and it can be hard to get my meals anywhere over 12 grams of protein, so the frozen yoghurt and wrap help a great deal and are delicious,

I'm consistently getting 80 to 90 grams of protein a day at 21 weeks post sleeve. Yesterday was 101 grams! I've had the Creami for a couple months now I think.

Edited October 3, 20232 yr by CarolineLittle

I get mine from real food. Haven’t touched a protein shake or protein powder since my purée stage began. They were disgusting & I didn’t want to spend my life drinking any of my meals.

Of course it’s easier to meet your protein goals as you progress & your meal size increases & additional protein via a shake may be needed (I ate a yoghurt with 20g to boost mine & often still do).

I breakfast on oats with seeds & blueberries made on milk. Lunch is often mostly protein like prawns, calamari, yoghurt with seeds, savoury egg muffins, (gone off chicken tenders & omelettes at the moment). Dinner is meat & vegetables. My snacks can be any combination of cheese, multi grain crackers with liverwurst or labneh, peanut paste, nuts, jerky & I have a protein bar most nights to top up my protein. I used to make a chia pudding as a night time top up but wanted a change (mmm, I might make some today). I often add barley, chickpeas or lentils to any soups, stews or mince based dishes I make for extra protein too.

8 hours ago, CarolineLittle said:

Frozen Yoghurt. I have a Ninja Creami and it's been the best thing ever. I have one or two serves (170mls a serve) every day. Always one at night, sometimes for breakfast too. They're usually at least 23 grams of Protein a serve, up to a whoppimg 30 grams, depending on the brand of yoghurt I use and flavour. My faves lately are good old Vanilla and Malted Milk.

I often have at least one low carb wrap with cheese a day too, that's around 15 grams of protein. Lately I've also been adding salsa before heating it up, nom nom.

I'm a vegetarian and it can be hard to get my meals anywhere over 12 grams of protein, so the frozen yoghurt and wrap help a great deal and are delicious,

I'm consistently getting 80 to 90 grams of protein a day at 21 weeks post sleeve. Yesterday was 101 grams! I've had the Creami for a couple months now I think.

I've thought about buying a Creami, but, after reading the reviews and looking at that pictures I worry it wouldn't be worth the $200+ price tag...how often do you use your Creami? I've notice the time line for the Creami lasting is about 5 months plus all the reviews with burned counter tops.. it makes me worry! Do you think it's worth it?

4 hours ago, BlondePatriotinCDA said:

I've thought about buying a Creami, but, after reading the reviews and looking at that pictures I worry it wouldn't be worth the $200+ price tag...how often do you use your Creami? I've notice the time line for the Creami lasting is about 5 months plus all the reviews with burned counter tops.. it makes me worry! Do you think it's worth it?

I use it every day, it's definitely worth the money and the best appliance I've bought this year. There's definitely a few bad stories out there but I think those instances are exceedingly rare. When things do go wrong Ninja seem to be very good at quickly replacing it from what I've read.

I still do a shake most days, but mainly because I drink Proffees so I figure I might as well get in a good dose of protein in with my coffee - dual purpose. I love meats, tuna, eggs, string cheese, cottage cheese and Oikos yogurt. I also like adding in Catalina Crunch cereals into my yogurt which provides texture with a boost of protein and fiber and no added sugar. Also so far love my Ninja creami.

Sometimes I throw in a protein water - Protein2O. Also try to have high protein snacks around when I want a bit of something extra or can't quite stomach a full meal - Quest chips, Quest crackers, Built Bars, Wilde Chicken chips. I don't have them daily, but I like to keep them around to travel with so I always have a healthier option on hand.

What stage are you at OP and what surgery did you have?

I had a sleeve 22 months ago and from a few months post up I have got my protein mainly from meat/dairy (CHEESE but also yoghurt)/pulses/nuts. Deli meat is my go to snack even now.

I often cook a little more meat than I need for family dinners and keep the leftovers in the fridge for easy grabbing.

I make a point of eating nuts and seeds absolutely every day, even if small quantities, because I think they have loads of micronutrients that it's hard to get from elsewhere.

I haven't done protein shakes or bars or added powders in forever but I'm sure they're a godsend if you're having difficulty in the longer term with getting your protein in - I just don't need them because of my sliced turkey addiction, LOL.

I think meat is your best source of proteins. However, here are some other sources of proteins like beans, eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, nut butters, jerky, some protein chips like quest chips and Wilde protein chips.