Protien drink and breakfast

I have a protein shake or a homemade NFSF latte or mocha every morning as a way to get protein first thing in the morning.  I have not been able to eat solid food until around noon since very early after my surgery - even when I had very little restriction, I was always tight in the morning.  But I always wake up hungry so I need something to get a little protein in the morning.  Alot of people are like this and it's not a problem.  It's the only time I do have a shake unless I've had a fill.  Otherwise I try to get my protein from solid sources.  I do think you need to be eating more solid protein for lunch and the rest of the day.  Maybe you could move your greek yogurt up to breakfast and then have tuna or something for lunch.  And you need to add some veggies into the program as well.  And fruit. Maybe for a snack consider having half an apple with peanut butter for a change every once in awhile.  Just a thought.

Good luck!

cat

My nutritionist told me that it is ok for me to have a shake or not eat in the a.m., if I am not hungry.  Now, before anyone tries to jump on me and that advice, it's not advice she gives to people with other surgeries and it's only if I'm not hungry.  Her reasoning is how the band is often tighter in the morning after the body being horizontal for several hours.  I typically will have my first meal after I get to work, approximately 2 or so hours after waking up.

After reading all your replys I would like to give you all a word of caution with the whey protein.  I too drank protein for breakfast.  At my yearly physical it was found that I had way to much protein in my urine, which indicates kidney disease.  Reading on the internet about this I found that people who use whey protein can have protein in their urine.  I stopped all Whey protein and got protein from food.  After six weeks and tested again, my reading was normal at 7 , which normal is a reading 0 to 30.  I had tested before at 311, which was a big concern and it really scared me.

I think it is better to be less filled so your not so tight in the morning.  I find a hot beverage is helpful to relax any tightness before breakfast.  I do miss the protein shakes in the morning but I'm working on getting over that feeling.  After all my kidneys are too important to damage!!!

Be careful with protein shakes !!!

Have a great day everyday !

I also think it's the amount of protein in the drink.   I see people posting about drinking something with 60grams of protein and I think.. didn't anyone tell them that our bodies can only process about 20 to 25 grams of protein at a time?

I do a protein drink after my workouts that has 23 grams of protein.  Many times, I'll make it with 16 oz of water and drink half of it one day and save the other half for the next.   I do need to have my labs run again soon, it will be interesting to see what they are.

Glad that your physician caught the protein spilling into your urine.

Tiger,

I just had all my bloodwork done and my protein levels were fine.  In fact they were actually in the low normal range which kind of surprised me.  I assumed they'd be higher.

A hot drink doesn't help me in the morning.  I drink coffee or hot tea every morning when I wake - so I'm drinking by 6:30, but I still can't eat solid protein until around 11 at the earliest.  I am always hungry in the morning, so I need something before 11.  And I'm not too tight, but 11 I can eat anything.  But I do appreciate the caution.  It may depend on how much solid protein you're consuming along with the shake, I don't know.  This is why we need to have blood work done yearly.  I found out this time that I'm Vit D deficient, so I'm working on that.

cat