Protein Shake HEAVEN!!!
So I'm a week post op as of last Thursday. I go back and forth between Unjury Chicken Protein soup and Bariatric Advantage meal replacement shakes (preferred by my program****il I can finally add soft foods later this week.
I recently bought some unflavored Bariatric Advantage and it actually has its own sweet flavor that I don't mind. In fact, I haven't minded the shakes at all with exception to the monotony and having actual dreams about eating delicious food. Seriously, I ate the most tasty sausage breakfast burrito and scrumptious salsa in my dream last night!
So here's what I suggest if you're pre OR post op and need to shake up your shakes! HEAD to Wal-Mart and purchase every flavor of fat free, sugar free pudding MIX that sounds yummy to you. Here's a shake that I just made and I'm LOVING it!
2 scoops unflavored meal replacement shake MIX
1 cup milk of your choice, I used cow milk) or water
1/4 teaspoon banana cream pudding MIX powder
2 teaspoons chocolate pudding MIX powder
Add milk to blender first, then the other ingredients and ice to your suiting. Blend really well. It will be so light and creamy that you would be hard pressed if I told you that there wasn't actual banana in it.
Bon apetit!
Thanks for the ideas. I'm saving them for down the road when I need them. Do you find that you're tastes have changed after surgery? Looks like you can still tolerate milk. That's good!
58 yo female, 5'9" HW: 297 SW: 285 Surgery W: 252. CW: 224.8 GW: 160
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ~ Frederick Douglass
My tastes haven't changed that I've noticed yet and I can tolerate milk just fine. I like almond milk too and add a smidge of water to my shakes also. I have noticed that my sense of smell is even sharper now. Sometimes I can smell people's breath and that's not the best perk of the surgery but I'm 25 pounds down from when I started the pre op diet so ill take it!
