post op and protein??

Ok so how does a person get all their protein in in a day when they aren't able to really eat or drink a whole lot! It's hard to mix in the extra powder when it's only a 1/4 cup portion of food.

I know in my experience, I had to work up to the amount they want us to have. I didn't get up to 60g per day until at least 4 weeks out. I think people assume that the first day home & forward, we will be consuming 60-90g of protein a day, but I don't remember that being expected by my centre (Ottawa). They told me to work up to it over the first few weeks.

The first week, I was lucky to get one shake (30g of protein) in each day. 

Around 4 weeks, I could get 60g in per day (half from food, half from protein bar or shake).

I think by about 2-3 months out I was able to get all of my protein by food.

Ok well that's re assuring like u wouldn't believe.

Agreed, working up to your 60-80 g of protein is the way to do it. Add protein powder where you can, and drink your protein shake if your centre allows them, but don't try and jam all that protein in during the first few weeks :) I wasn't hitting 60 grams of protein until I was on soft foods!

Its very hard...idk.about u.but protien tasted sooooo gross to me in the beginning

I take one of the premium protein drinks (Costco 30 grams of protein) divide it by 3 and use that as the snacks thru the day. At each meal i have 1/4 cup Siloette Greek yogurt (8grams of protein) and add one tablespoon of skim milk powder (2 grams of protein) so that adds up to 60 grams and then the other things I eat are just a bonus

Protein powder tastes horrid to me as well, I put baby scoops in my yogurt and such so I *almost* (ha) can't tell.

Also, my sister told me to add it to my favoured water which depending on the amount did work, it made it easier to be getting it in nearly water form instead of something thick...

seriously none of it tastes or smells "good" and it NEVER will

...the trick is to find a unflavoured protein that you can "doctor" with Sf syrups etc...when I was a new post-op...I must have tried at least 2 dozen different types, of shakes and protein whey powders..at that time the only thing I could handle were protein bullets (which were very expensive)

 

I finally settled on ISO Pro  LOW CARB/unflavoured and I put my own spin on it with either a couple of shots of SF syrup or a smal banana and 3 ice cubes and 2 tablespoons orange juice.

 

I also put it in a mug with a lid, that way you can't smell it. Even at 5 yrs post-op if my family is having Chinese food for dinner I make myself a shake, although I don;t drink them as much as I used to, I still do

 

And a reminder to all the NEWBIES..you CANNOT double up on scoops of protein in a shake and think that you are getting 40/60 grams of protein in a shake, it doesn't work like that your body will ONLY absorb approx 24-30 grams in any sitting, the rest is eliminated..thus  your attempt to double up on protein is just flushing $$$ down the toilet (literally)

 

 

 

 

I read this Mary elsewhere as well. Do you know if there is a time lapse needed for the protein to absorb? I'm able to drink 3 shakes a day and one yogurt and spread them out. Should I make sure they are spaced out over an hour apart for the protein to absorb? 

I had the same issue too but I found the isomax peach chiller that had 27 gm of protein.  I would have 2-3 of those a day and it wasn't as thick and filling as the other protein drinks.