YES! I just got my surgery date. July 29th!!! I need to start my protein supplement today though. And as a poor college student...I don't know if I will have enough money... anyone have any tips on what I can do? It might take a week or two to get the protein supplement stuff.

Others will have better advice on Protein than I will (I bought my protein from Amazon.com, just got simple whey protein in a ridiculously large amount), but I'd recommend that, for the liquid diet, you do what my docs had me do: Slimfast Optima, 6 cans a day for a week. That's about 1100 cals, 60 g protein a day, plus a buttload of nutrients. In NYC they go for a bit less than $9 per six pack, which isn't too bad.

I did mostly that for the week before and the week after surgery (liquid diet part). Even now I still like the convenience of the premade drink, and have it every day (as a Protein shake for breakfast: 1 can French vanilla SFO, three heaping Tablespoons of whey protein, one banana, a big pinch of salt (esp for the summer), and two tablespoons of PB2 (powdered Peanut Butter, a quarter of the calories of the real deal, but unpleasantly expensive)).

2 cups of skim milk and a packet of sugar free carnation is 21 g of protein. i think the carnation says to use 1 cup of milk but i like it with 2...i was all freaked out about protein powders and stuff too and then my husband informed me that the carnation and milk was 21 so that's as far as i go with protein supplements.

I also use the carnation sugar free stuff. It taste good and is not expensive. I can't tell you how many times my band is too tight in the morning so breakfast would be next to impossible. So I have a carnation instant breakfast, low in calories, high in protein. Works perfect for me.

send me a PM with your address and I'll send you $40 for a huge can of protein supplement from GNC. You may even get it cheaper at Walmart.