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I agree. I've been drinking the chocolate and vanilla Premier Protein shakes everyday since 8/5/15, usually only once a day. However, since my surgery I had to drink them twice a day. I'm still okay with the chocolate shakes but beginning this weekend I cannot choke down the vanilla shakes. Today I ordered Torani surgar free syrups to hopefully make the vanilla shake palatable to me once again.
67 yrs old, 4'10", BMI 31.8 (51.8 at start), HW 256.4 (8/4/15), SW 217.4, CW 152.8 (4/30/18), GW 125.0, RNY 12/4/15 Dr. RoseMarie Jones, Breast Cancer DX 2/16, Bi-lateral mastectomy 8/9/16.
Since I have gotten to the soft food stage I haven't been drinking the protein shakes! I am very careful to get my protein in without having to have one of those! I tried the strawberry Premier shakes, but I started having "dumping" of sorts! My face would get red hot! Like....almost a maroon color red! I haven't tried the other flavors of Premier yet. I have been getting this powder from GNC that is ok...for a protein shake lol
How are you getting 70-90 grams of protein in at this stage without using protein shakes? (I'm not criticizing, I'm seriously asking.) I am just under 13 weeks post-op and I can only eat 2oz of dense protein per meal. Most of the protein I eat only has 5-15g of protein for 2 ounces. I'd have to eat 5 meals a day to meet my minimum goal.
Age: 40 | Height: 5'3" | HW: 245 | Program Start: 231 | SW: 208.5 | CW: 148.2 | GW: 130
M1: 15 M2: 15 M3: 6.7 M4: 10 M5: 6.6 M6: 3.3
^ Total weight lost
I try very hard to eat every 2 hours, a little bit at a time. Cheese sticks, Greek yogurt, protein bars, and I make a roast in the crock pot. I can eat a little roast all day and it's super soft and moist. It can be done! I HATE protein shakes and would much rather eat a protein bar worth 20g of protein than my 30g worth of protein in my shakes. A cheese stick is about 7g, Greek yogurt is about 12g, protein bar is 20g. I don't really have meals....I graze all day. The only real veggie I eat is spinach. I don't really bother with veggies at this stage.
That's just my journey, it may not work for everyone! I am single and don't really have to worry about anyone else but me! It's. Blessing and a curse haha :)
A few things that might help
mix 1/2 with 1/2 water then add crystal lighy
othet trick is to put it into a glass with lid where you can't smell it.
goes down much better
HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8
RNY 12/15/2015,
GB removal 09/2016,
Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017
M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8
