Pass me another.............

protein shake I just can't seem to get enough....WRONG!  For some reason today I just can't seem to drink them. So here I sit not being able to force myself to drink one thinking what in the blazes am I going to do.....It has me questioning if this is all worth it.  Another 33 days to lose the weight and then having to stay on this diet  till surgery....

You will do fine...just keep thinking positive...I think i can, i think i can...lol...  my doc had me drinking optifast and to be honest they were not bad...i got the strawberry shakes and they really tasted like the strawberry milk.  mine also told me that I could drink the SF carnation breakfast drinks...they taste a bit better.  are they telling you that you have to drink the shakes or is that the way you are choosing to lose the weight? Keep positive....

The meal replacement shakes must have at least 15 grams of protein less than 4 grams of sugar and total carbs less than the total protein...the nut recommended slim fast low carb...(can't find any) Atkins Advantage.... New Direction I looked at wally world and then went to gnc they have a product called simplfy that has 20 protein 5 card and 3 sugar. So I bought that. Since I was diagnosed as a diabetic  I have to watch the sugar and the atkins was higher than I wanted. And the s/f carnation was not on my list.

I like the EAS shakes-drinking a myoplex light right now. Think about the alternative Pati-what would you be doing if you WEREN"t following this plan?  Probably gaining.  You are on the right path.

I was on a self made diet before I went to see the doc. I thought my diet was strict but his is more so.  I don't think that I would be gaining but I do think I would not be losing like I am. Thank you for geting m

I am in the same predicament that you are. Just keep telling yourself that it IS worth it. After we have surgery we are going to feel incredible.

Just remember....we are all with you! Sarah

Thanks Sarah! I have 32 + more days to be on this!

So you have to drink nothing but protein shakes for 30+ days? Maybe I misread that, but dang, that's a tall order. How much do you have to lose, and by when? I did 2 weeks of liquid diet after my first consultation with my surgeon and he wanted me to lose 10 pounds. I ended up losing 13 pounds before 10 days was over.  It is so worth all of this though, I have to say. I'm only 5 weeks post op but I feel so much better already and I regret nothing. You can do this!

You read right! I have to lose 40 pounds. What I do not understand is that he has patients that are bigger than me and they did  not have to do this.  I must have really been bad sometime.   I picked   september 12,2007 because the sooner I lose it the sooner I can be scheduled for surgery. My PCP said that I should lose 5 to 6 pounds a week if I do not cheat. That gives me 8 weeks to do it in.  ..yesterday I just could not deal with another shake here and a shake there. This morning I figured if I could make the taste better I could handle it so I mixed s/f choco with the protein powder and it was alot better. You live you learn..lol   Thank you for your cheerleading! 

I was on medifast for 4 months or so, lost 70 pounds and gained it all back plus some more.  Pati, you will only have to go through this one time- and it will all be so worth it.