pre-op diet shakes

 HI, was wondering what pre-op shakes u guys do in the states ?
here in ontario they only seem to offer optifast, my main problem is that I am allergic to milk and these have milk in them
any ideas?

 theres tons out there that dont have milk or require u to make them with milk... i personally use isopure protein waters.. the most.. ready made an great to keep on hand.. 40g of protien per 20 oz bottle... and body fortress why protien powder from walmart.. is great u can put it in coffee.. or jus****er an ice..  its better then some of the really expensive CRAP i have bought over the last yr.. 

 I am on preop right now and using optifast too.  I use the powder, but been wondering if there was powder milk in the mix too.  Cause I am feeling it.... :(  This is the only one my doc prescribes.  But so far I have lost 25 lbs!

I'm with Peg I love Isopure too! They also sell them in little 8oz bottles that I have for snack time!  Though they get their protein from milk, so I don't know if they would give you an allergic reaction.

What about soy protein? I got some good vanilla stuff from Trader Joes...

Good Luck

I'm on Optifast ... here is the ingredient list (from the Nestle website):
Ingredients

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Vanilla: total milk protein, fructose, maltodextrin, canola oil, soybean oil, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, sodium caseinate, sodium chloride, potassium phosphate dibasic, artificial flavour, mono and diglycerides, citric acid, magnesium oxide, choline bitartrate, aspartame*, ascorbic acid, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, niacinamide, copper gluconate, manganese sulfate, d-calcium pantothenate, BHA/BHT (to preserve freshness), colour, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin, chromium acetate, Vitamin E acetate, folic acid, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, biotin, Vitamin D3, cyanocobalamin.

*aspartame contains phenylalanine

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Chocolate: total milk protein, fructose, maltodextrin, canola oil, cocoa, soybean oil, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium chloride, sodium caseinate, potassium phosphate dibasic, citric acid, artificial flavour, mono and diglycerides, magnesium oxide, choline bitartrate, aspartame*, ascorbic acid, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, niacinamide, copper gluconate, manganese sulfate, d-calcium pantothenate, BHA/BHT (to preserve freshness), thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin, chromium acetate, Vitamin E acetate, folic acid, sodium molybdate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, biotin, Vitamin D3, cyanocobalamin.

*aspartame contains phenylalanine


Liane

 Liane,

Thx so much for the ingredient list..ya may be a problem, it has total milk proteins and sodium caseinate- both are cow's milkproteins

also soy protein is very similar to cow's milk protein..sometimes makes me even sicker

so tried some protein powder that is whey protein and tummy is not too happy
will try brown rice protein powder next and then hemp protein to see which is better

so funny the docs only use Optifast but it uses old school aspartame*LOL* I think there is Meditrim that has no aspartame will try to find ingredient list for that one

being doin low carb, high protein- no carbonation-low sugar and low fat etc..10lbs in 2.5 weeks so far..need to step up the exercise to make things move along faster:-)