Okay. I'm on a pre-op diet and have to drink these EAS AdvantEdge drinks...they're awful...does anyone have any suggestions on how to make them a little easier to stomach? Please any help is greatly appreciated.

Drink something else.

Seriously.

You'll only make yourself miserable and frustrated and angry. I found that I could ONLY drink Atkins shakes and SlimFast Lo-Carb shakes. I can also drink Muscle Milk chocolate and Chocolate Milk, but it was too high in calories for my doctor's approval.

I hated the EAS shakes.

There are 5 flavors of the EAS shakes...I found I only like the chocolate ones. Have you tried all five? If you can find another shake with similar nutritional info, then switch. GNC Isopure, i think, is low carb and low fat. Just make sure the calories carbs fat and Protein are similar. Too many diet shakes are low cal but wonky in the other stuff.

AND do what your surgeon says. I didn't and he couldn't do my surgery the first time.

OH and I put the EAS shakes over ice. That helped a lot.

I was going to try the Atkins shakes but they have too many calories...my Dr. wants me to drink the EAS that has 110 calories and the Atkins have 160...I'm doing it...it's just nasty...lol. My options were MediFast and EAS AdvantEDGE...blah :smile: lol.

I am currently on the shake only diet as well. (I have really wanted to cheat by the way). Getting banded on 9/8. I am drinking the Optifast 800 shakes. They are not bad, especially the vanilla. They are expensive though IMO. I paid $250 for a two week supply. But they arent that bad. Good luck.:smile:

hello i still drink eas drinks they are yucky but i mix mine with a little milk, i also like the vanilla an strawberry kind, the best at first i put a little carnation instant breakfast mix in it with the milk to get rid of the taste.

I used Splenda Coffee flavors. I added Hazelnut to the vanilla and the chocolate and Mocha flavor to the vanilla. It made them much better. I have 3 more days of shakes to go.. woohoo!! I never thought I'd survive the 2 weeks! Hang in there!!

I was going to try the Atkins shakes but they have too many calories...my Dr. wants me to drink the EAS that has 110 calories and the Atkins have 160...I'm doing it...it's just nasty...lol. My options were MediFast and EAS AdvantEDGE...blah :wink2: lol.

You might want to call him and tell him that you hate the EAS shakes and see what he says. I drank Atkins shakes on the liver shrinking diet the ENTIRE time and I lost a ton of weight and my surgeon said my liver was super, super small and he did the surgery in a fraction of the time that he did other people's surgeries who didn't follow the liver shrinking diet.

The liver shrinking diet is less about calories and more about carbs . . . because you are trying to reduce the glycogen stores in your liver. I'm NOT saying to shirk your doctor's advice, but I am saying that you could call and ask.

The point is, you are going to need a shake that you are comfortable with. For one, you don't want to get dehydrated and malnourished from not eating . . . and if you can't tolerate the EAS shakes, then you run the risk of just plain ole starving yourself to death if you don't find a better substitute.

Also, you are going to need something that you enjoy often -- because it will be a long-term relationship with these shakes. You'll need them for recovery time and you'll need them for after your fills.

I have a very strong gag reflex. There was NO way ANYONE could have told me to drink those EAS shakes. I've got a bunch of them in my fridge. Want them? :smile:

Put them in a blender with ice and add SF flavoring.

these liquid shakes are only temporary soooo just down them!

I agree with all the other responses. The atkins are SO much better. The dark chocolate is really creamy reminds of drinking chocolate milk as a child. I also like the low carb slim fast. The EAS was the pits! I drank 4 a day and lost 15 pounds in 10 days pre-op. My doctor said that I had to be on CLEAR liquids for the last 5 days and I was honest- told him that I couldn't do it. Could I please have the atkins shakes for the entire 10 day period and he agreed. Here I am post-op, recovering very well and still drinking those same shakes.

I didn't like the eas shakes at first (when I am hungry, I want food, not something sweet and chocolate or vanilla or fruity) but they did the trick for me. They don't taste that bad after the first few days, either. Now I'm on liquids and don't get even shakes until next friday ...

Do what your doc says until you can ask him if you can switch. Seriously. Let me be a horrible warning!

I'd call your surgeon and ask. I do think it is interesting though, since the EAS AdvantEdge CarbControl are the only protein shakes I can stomach.

not sure if this will help but i heard that if you mix it with soy milk it will taste alot better