Ugh! Shake tastes awful!

Hi all! Today is the first day of my pre-surgery liquid diet. Omigosh, I just made a shake that I am struggling to down. The brand of protein shake that I bought was "EAS" 100% Whey Protein (bought at Walmart). I got the vanilla flavor.....added some water and ice and......instant yuk! gag! What can I do to improve? Please help me.. Beca

I dont know i tried it all different ways , a friend gave it to me and i dont like it I will stick with my ON 100% Whey I get from Food 4 Less or online. that stuff does taste a little better mixed with 2%milk but not much. add a little splenda too. Jan

Hi Beca I feel your pain-when I started out, I bought SEVERAL different kinds....and wasted a lot of money-its not that I expected it to be mind shattering good-but some I was literally vomitting before I could swallow-a friend gave me some samples of Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Instantized Whey-I get it at Food 4 Less, the 2# tub is like 14 or $15-and the 5# is $30-but it makes close to 80 shakes. I add 4 oz of 2% milk and it tastes like chocolate milk or strawberry milk-and it NEVER makes me gag or anything-in fact, I dont mind drinking them at all.....Its the best I have come across. IF you dont have a Food 4 Less around you-you can get it for nearly the same price on line at allstarhealth.com and its a flat fee shipping......ok-so onto what you have right now-if you want to continue with that brand-maybe mix it with milk instead-for flavoring you can add the sf davinci syrups, yogurts or sf jello in different flavors-spice it up and you can always add some splenda to give it a better flavor. I sure hope this helps. I know it gets expensive-but the ON brand I use now-its awesome and I really havent come across a flavor I dont like! They rock!! DO you live by Springfieid? If so-and you come to our COF meeting on Monday-I will bring you some samples to try before you buy~Let me know Beca, and good luck sweety.....Love and prayers, Janet

I am still in the Pre-Op phase but I wanted to try some of the sample shakes to get an idea of the tastes. I got some samples from www.bariatriceating.com and I think I love the Matrix Protein that they sell on that site. The sample I recieved of that was the cookies and cream. It tasted just like melted ice cream. I also recieved a sample of the nectar. It was good too! I could drink both of those everyday and be satisfied I think. Michelle

If you are wanting a brand that you can find at Wal-mart, the best tasting I have found there is Designer Whey, french vanilla and chocolate are the 2 I have tried and both have been good. (choc is the best). Now I havent bought any, because its expensive, but I have tried samples of Matrixx from the sight listed above and it was sinful!! So if you dont care to order over the computer and spend a bit more money, then I suggest that one. I had the plain vanilla, but I hear the cookies and cream is to die for, hoping I can try it soon.

well I havent tried it just strait vanilla I have mixed the vanilla with sf choc pudding and sf butterscotch pudding fresh strawberries and banana and skim milk instead of water. I wasnt to bad. I bought the stuff that was 12$ now I also have the chocolate and I mixed it with 1tbs of peanut butter skim milk, is yummy....just have to keep trying all the choices till ya find one you can live with. nutti

Beca, I use that EAS stuff because I bought it, paid for it, and I will get rid of it. You got good advice of how to doctor it up. I never eat it with water, always use skim milk. Sometimes use Decaf coffee and SF hot chocolate to flavor it up like a mocha latte. Sometimes use fruit, sometimes SF pudding or yogurt. Just keep experimenting. Now I admit that I'm not really crazy about protein drinks and mostly I just consider them medicine/fuel that my body needs and just get them down as quickly as I possibly can. I do like the New Whey bullets because they are 42g in 3 ounces. Many folks say you can't absorb that much protein in an hour but I just drink them anyway and hope I get more. I like the grape flavor. They are a little pricey but I don't have to add anything to them which decreases the unit price. You can Google them and find places that sell them or they advertise on the Main Obesity Help board on the left side. I know you can do the pre-surgery diet. It actually gets easier about 2-4 days out. And the reward is so great. A new you with new better health and energy. Hugs and love, Lana