Kodiak Cakes

As I posted before im having hard times with my protein intake. A friend that has had this surgery recommend that I use Kodiak Cakes to make protein Muffins. has anyone use this brand before? Any different brand suggestions I was looking at the eat me guilt free brand but they are ridiculous Expensive! Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

There's still lots of carbs in the Kodiak mix. I'd continue to try other protein shakes, and solids (as you are allowed) to get in your protein.

Oh, I actually made Ricotta Pancakes when I was that stage. Let me see if I can dig up the recipe for you and I'll post it.

I think this has way too many calories & carbs & way too little protein. From what I was reading depending on which one you get, has 250 calories, 45g of carbs, 4g of protein. The ratios for me is too out of synch for weight loss/maintenance.

If you're looking for suggestions you should check out the what are you eating threads. Both the vsg & rny are pretty active & the eating is basically the same. Also check out Shelly's blog What are you eating according to egg face. Her recipes are bariatric friendly.

1 cup Ricotta Cheese (I used the full-fat stuff)

2 Eggs

6 TBSP Kodiak Pancake Mix

Mix it all together and fry like normal pancakes. I get 7-8 of them out of this mix and they freeze very well if you put wax paper between them. I serve them topped with SF Maple Syrup. You can also add 1 TBSP SF pudding mix to sweeten them up if you'd like (or stevia, etc). I would often eat them savory with a piece of breakfast meat.

I have chosen the path of low carb, high protein, so I have eliminated most carbs from my eating. I do use the occasional bit of almond flour, but most carbs (including fruit) I avoid. I would suggest using unflavored protein powder to add to warm low fat soup and adding premier protein shakes to coffee to up your numbers. One premier protein shake has 30 grams of protein and very few carbs.

I also try to eat foods that have close to 10 grams of protein per 100 calories. That is the general target I go for. The closer the better.

In general, you should stay away from making "protein-ified" substitutes for the carby foods you ate pre-op. Your food, especially early on, needs to be 10g protein per 100 calories, and your best bet is to stick under 25g carbs per day.

Kodiak Cakes stuff does NOT meet that requirement:

To meet your protein goals, you'll want lean, dense protein. Meat is the best bet, dairy products are great too. Cheese and Greek yogurt are good options.

Some protein bars have OK ratios; Think Thin and Quest bars are the most popular. It's best to rely on "real" food, however, especially if you're triggered by cookies/brownies/candy bars/etc.

YIKES! That's the amount of carbs I stay under in an entire day!

I wouldn't recommend these if your actual purpose is to increase your protein intake. The amount of protein just doesn't seem worth it compared to the carbs that you have to take in, as well.

http://www.todaysdietitian.com/pdf/webinars/ProteinContentof Foods.pdf

That PDF has an excellent breakdown. I had surgery a couple days after you and I am getting the majority of my protein from 1 premier shake a day (30grams.) I also eat between 4-6 oz. of lean meat or fish a day (chicken, turkey, tilapia, shrimp, tuna, etc.) This alone has me at my protein goal, usually. If I feel like treating myself (AND have room for the macros) I'll have a tablespoon of peanut butter, which contains fat but also has some protein or I'll make some PBfit with SF pudding mix!

I also typically have nonfat Greek Yogurt, Cottage Cheese, or lowfat Babybel/String cheese as a snack, which all are excellent sources of protein. OIKOS Triple Zero is nonfat, low in calories, and has 15 grams of protein on it's own.

I had some for breakfast the other day, made with buttermilk and blueberries, and do so on occasion. It isn't something that we would use to bolster our protein levels when we are struggling to get the minimum in, as the protein density is only moderate. If you make it with the suggested alternative of adding milk and an egg to the mix, that will yield three pancakes of about 8 g protein and 100 calories each - not bad, but not a basic high protein food either. Top one with some greek yogurt and berries or add a couple strips of turkey bacon or sausage and you have a respectable breakfast. Once you can consistently hit your protein numbers, it is worth trying to get more variety in one's menu.

AS you can see, many worry about carb counts and the such, but you don't need to if you don't want to - historically, it doesn't make a significant difference to your WLS success or failure; it just happens to be what's in fashion to day in the diet world - twenty years or so ago they would have been worrying about fat grams, with much the same result. Also, look carefully as to whether some of the substitute recipes that are offered that use cheese or nut flour alternatives make sense for you. They are often calorically worse than the real thing, they may make sense if one is genuinely averse to carbohydrates, gluten or whatever, in which case it makes sense to do the tradeoff, but not from a weight loss perspective.