Ah-MAZ-ing protein shake!!

So I'm on my two week pre-op diet.  Fun fun.  I'm trying to spice up the protein shakes a bit so they don't get old.  Today I came upon a very yummy concoction! I mixed a single serving pack (supposed to go into 16 oz of water) of Walmart brand "Orange Early Rise" drink mix (like Crystal lite) in with 8 oz of skim milk, 6 cubes of ice and a scooop of vanilla protein shake mix.  Blended it all up and OMG it was good! 

Tastes just like a orange creamsicle.  Do you remember those ice cream things?  Well dang, it was yummy!!

Just thought I'd share something good and hope it helps someone else! 
Ginger

 It does sound good! I may have to give it a whirl!   I have to admit, post op everything tastes yucky to me! I am always looking for something to make me want to drink my protein!! 

I'm not looking forward to the yucky tasting stage after surgery but at least while I'm on this side of things, I'll enjoy it!  You might as well try it, you never know.  Good luck!!   :) 

Ginger

Thanks so much for posting this!  I'm gearing up to begin my preop diet August 14 and need all the pointers I can get.  I hate protein drinks.  What kind of protein were you using?  I'm going to go to VitaLady and order a bunch of samples.

I guess the way I look at protein drinks is like this..... you gotta, so why complain?  Just make the most of it and know that in the near future, they won't be the STAPLE of your diet.  :)  

Ginger

P.S. I was just using Vanilla Flavored Protein from Body Fortress.  Nothing special.  Picked it up at Walmart.  

That was one of the first shakes I thought was "not horrible" myself. If you're interested in more good recipes, check out this my blog, www.bariatricfoodie.com. There's a lot of recipes on there to make shakes taste like whatever you want them to taste like!

Another good one is www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.com.

I'm currently printing out a ton of recipes so that I can have them in a binder and ready to go for post op .... can't wait to check yours out.  I think I've skimmed your website and eggface's ... but I'm gonna go look now more indepth.  Thanks!! 

Ginger

Sounds fabulous! I'm going to try that today!

Oh it was yummy!! When you give it a shot, let me know how ya liked it!

Ginger

That does sound good!  Think I will try that tonight.