Rowing, sailing, and just paddling along. What's on your plate?

Sorry, Jules, I didn't notice you are still pre op. We'll back up....how many calories a day (if you know) are you ging to be allowed? My doc/nutritionist say about 700 cals a day the first few months, and a guideline on at least 60-80 grams of protein a day. 50% of those calories should be from protein, 30% carbs, 20% fat. Each meal should have less than 10 grams of fat.

So, looking at your protein drink, there are over 200 cals per serving and 11 grams of fat. This assumes you are drinking one whole serving at a time, which I seriously doubt you'll be able to do for awhile. Having one of these a day only leaves you about 500 calories for our other meals. Now, a most of the fat in this is monounsaturated fat, which is good fat, but still fat none the less. And yes, there is fiber, that's a plus

How many grams of protein are in this drink? That's THE most important component of a protein drink....

Hi Susan

20 grams of protein.

20 grams is okay.  Lots of protein powders  have much more. BUT.......the best protein powders are the ones that you USE!  So.....let us know.

Susan, thanks for your input with this. It is really hard to know which one to get and because I constipate fairly easy, when I saw this product I thought this is the one for me. The taste is really nice. Not sweet. I would sprinkle this through yoghurt, on fruit, make shakes and smoothies without a problem. But i suppose I need to know that it has what I need in it. My dietitian said it was fine. I am not to count calories when I first come out of hospital but just to concentrate on following the eating plan over the 6 weeks. If I stick to that then I won't overeat.

My husband had a taste of the powder tonight. Just stuck a bit on his finger and said it tastes like maltesers or ovaltine. Do you get them over there? So I had a taste and it really does. I never picked it at first.

So thank you for your help susan and anyone else who would like to join in.