That's great Melanie! You are on your way now!

WOW!  24 lbs in 3 weeks - AWESOME!!!  Maybe I will go back on liquids for a week or two so I can be done with the losing phase already!  lol  My FIL is down visiting for 3 weeks & he keeps bringing junk into the house & doesn't seem to care that I asked him not to....  :S

Hey Mel, no problem!  The protein drinks weren't that thick & I preferred to drink them 'straight' so I had less to get in, but I don't think it would be any trouble to mix it with milk (I even chucked it into the blender with some ice and a spoonful of decaf instant coffee or a 1/2 banana & some water & ice for some variety every now & then).  I could drink more than Jeff could when he was first out too, so everyone is different  :)  It's funny - your tastes change too - before surgery I LOVED the cherry crystal light & after it was so sour!  I just tried some the other day & it tastes good to me again  :) 

When you say it was hard the first few weeks to get the protein in Ang, was the drink fairy high in protein n thick? I know when on my trial my protein drinks each meal were no thick nor high concentrate in protein as say the 30 grams in the premade shakes...i would only use 1/4 of that with milk for my breakfast. I was wondering just how concentrated i would have to make them, to get them down and get my protein...guess i will only know til the time comes lol. Least the trail period gives you a bit of know how to be able to count n figure what to do and not everything be so overwhelming...or at least thats what I think.

Thanks soooo much for replyin.. things that I was assuming, you did confirmed;) and thing you shared I know will be valuable to me

 

xox mel

 

well my trial 3 week Stage 3 liquid diet is over.. I had lost 23.6 lbs in the 3 weeks and 14.5 inches...today i'm going to do the stage 4 diet and then tomorrow back on the 1200 cal (stage5) as Diana wanted until i see them the end of the may the first of june. I learned so much the last three weeks that I know will be very helpful after surgery.

Now to wait for a date...I emailed Diana this morning just to update her...hopefully i will get it soon.