Anyone else completely protein shake free?
HW 254 SW 242 CW 148
**Down 106 pounds from highest weight!**
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
HW 254 SW 242 CW 148
**Down 106 pounds from highest weight!**
To strain the yogurt, I line a mesh colander with cheesecloth, then put the colander over a bowl. I pour the yogurt into the colander, then sit the whole thing in the fridge for a couple hours. It usually takes about two hours to get to the thickness I want, but it depends on how thick or thin the yogurt is to start with. If you leave it long enough, you end up with cream cheese, which happened to me the first time I tried to strain yogurt to make Greek yogurt and I left it straining overnight.
The liquid that drains out of it is whey, and I've read that you can use it in baked goods and things. It's high in protein. I've never tried to do anything with it, though.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
HW 254 SW 242 CW 148
**Down 106 pounds from highest weight!**
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
"Just keep swimming." ~ Dorrie
Highest weight : 315 lbs, Surgery weight: 298.5 lbs, Current weight: 183.5 lbs
Surprisingly, "back in the day" when I had my surgery protein shakes were not really part of the post op eating plan, at least at my practice. We went home on a "diet as tolerated".
I only started drinking protein shakes a few years ago when I wanted to become a runner but didn't want to eat a solid breakfast before heading out. I have since given up the running but still occasionally have a shake, mixed with coffee, when I first wake up. I call it my homemade mocha.
I never have more than one in a day...it's more like one every couple of days.
Marilyn (now in NM)
RNY 10/2/01
262(HW)/150-155(GW)/159(CW)
(updated March 2012)
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