Your input please - Protein :)

Good am,

One of the important parts of this journey is getting our protein in. Those of us post-op know that its one of the main source of nutrients especially early on in our post-op lifestyle. In order to help ourselves and one another we need to stay up to date on the latest and greatest of supplements available to us.

That being said, would you please reply here with the protein you drink, eat, etc. Please be specific and give any recipes you might have to share. Also, if you have the nutritional facts/information please include that too. Communication is key to the success of our journeys.

Thanks in advance!

I'll start!

I have been a long time fan of AchievOne protein drinks. Due to the cost and availability I've been on the hunt for something I can stand the taste of and enjoy at lower cost. Now, I rather enjoy EASAdvantEDGE Carb Control RTD (ready to drink).

Here is the nutritional information:

AdvantEDGE® Carb Control RTD - Chocolate Fudge

Nutritional Information Serving Size: 11 fl oz (330 mL)
Amount Per Serving % Daily Value** Calories: 110 Calories from Fat: 25
Total Fat: 3g 5%
Saturated Fat:0g 0%       Trans Fat: 0g   Cholesterol: 20mg 7%
Sodium: 280mg 12%
Potassium: 540mg 15%
Total Carbohydrate: 4g 1%
Dietary Fiber: 2g 8%
Sugars: 0g   Protein: 17g 34%

Ingredients: Filtered Water, Protein Blend (Soy Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, And Calcium Caseinate), Less Than 2% Of: High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Vitamin And Mineral Blend (Magnesium Phosphate, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Ascorbate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta-Carotene, dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Gluconate, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Manganese Gluconate, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Chromium Chloride, Potassium Iodide, Phytonadione, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Cyanocobalamin), Natural And Artificial Flavors, Cottonseed Fiber, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose, Carrageenan And Xanthan Gum.

Contains Milk And Soy Ingredients.

EAS is my favorite also. I have one everyday.

As a snack I usually add 1 Pure protein bar(sometimes I only eat 1/2 twice a day). They have 190 calories, 6 grams fat, 2 gram sugar, and 20 grams protein.

Penny

Hey Penny,

Where do you buy your EAS and Pure protein bars??

Thanks for replying!

Usually WalMart or Krogers. EAS drinks at Wal Mart 4 pack for $4.97. The bars are 6 box (I think) for $6.27. Krogers has a sale on them often for $1.00 per bar and have more variety of flavors.

I drink Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Protein.  The only flavor I like so far is the double chocolate, the cookies and cream was way too sweet, couldn't even find the cookies and cream flavoring through the sweetness, which is saying something since nothing has tasted too sweet to me so far.  I tried the Nectar Ice Tea and could not get past the protein smell or the fact that my tea was cloudy.  I hope to see lots of posts here because I will admit, I am getting a little tired of my one protein drink and need some variety.  At least until I can add protein bars to my diet, which is still a few months out.  

Here is the nutritional info on the Optimum Nutrition:

Supplement Facts
Serving Size  1 SCOOP
Servings Per Container  70
	Amount Per Serving	% Daily Value
Calories	120	N/A*
Calories From Fat	15	N/A*
Total Fat	1.5 Gm	2%
Saturated Fat	1 Gm	5%
Cholesterol	30 Mg	10%
Total Carbohydrate	3 Gm	1%
Sugars	1 Gm	N/A*
Protein	24 Gm	48%
Calcium	170	17%
Sodium	80 Mg	3%
Potassium	250 Mg	7%
Enzyme Blend   AMINOGEN, LACTASE(STANDARDIZED TO 100,000 FCC UNITS/G)	25 Mg	N/A*

I have a boredom scale with a lot of things so I am always on the lookout for something new. A couple questions.

Is the Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Protein liquid or powder?

What is the cost associated with it?

What other flavors are there?

Thanks for replying! I hope you get some extra ideas from this.

Its a powder.

Comes in double rich chocolate, chocolate, cookies & cream, vanilla, mint chocolate, rocky road, strawberry, strawberry & banana, banana cream and tropical punch.

It is currently on sale.  The 5 lb tub is $37.99 (normally $74.99) and the 2 lb tub is 19.99 (normally $35.99) and they are buy 1 get one 50% off.  I don't know if that applies to the sale prices or not, I guess I will be running by this afternoon to see since I am almost out. 

Now, I have not seen all the above flavors at my vitamin shoppe, but they do have a good selection.  I can't eat bananas, not a surgery thing, just a don't like them thing, so I will avoid those flavors.  I am learning that the more "complex" the flavor the less likely I am to like it.  But I might try the chocolate mint and the vanilla.

I am still in the experimenting phase on protein drinks, so I am trying not to buy the big tubs, so I didn't realize how expensive they were.

My other problem at the moment is that I am still pretty early post-op and am not allowed to add anything to my protein drink with the exception of SF syrups.  So fruit and pb are out for me right now.  But I have started ordering syrups and hope that will jazz things up a bit.

Thanks!!!!!

Thanks for the information. I will be on the lookout for these as well. I tend to try samples of things before I'll invest. Its strange as I'll be 6 years post op 29th Jan yet my taste buds STILL change. I hope you continue to find things that work well for you and hope you get some helpful ideas here. My struggle are the powders. Never been a powder gal. BLECH! But, I TRY them!

I use an immersion blender to really make sure they blend up well.  I also found that when I mix it up and put it back in the fridge for awhile, like when I make it up in the morning and bring it to work, it tastes so much better.  Just like chocolate milk.  At least to me.  I did try to use lite chocolate soy milk and its not as good.  Not sure why.  I am going to order some of the AchieveOne for the mornings I don't have time to pre-mix, but I am not a coffee drinker and most of their flavors seem to revolve around coffee.