YorkieMommy

I know what you mean about the shakes. :bad: My experiences so far: GNC Whey Chocolate Caramel: has the infamous "protein shake" taste Medifast (all flavors): also has the "protein shake" taste Kashi go lean chocolate: has a weird aftertaste... like the white puffs in the kashi go lean cereal Slimfast coffee: good aftertaste but had a weird creamy feeling going down Ensure chocolate: delicious! like chocolate milk! So, the only one I liked was the ensure. But, the ensure only has something like 9 grams of protein. SO, what I've been having is three Carnation Instant Breakfast drink mixes (choices are: chocolate, dark chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, malt chocolate) a day. They are 13 grams of protein (and about 200 calories) each when mixed with a cup of milk and taste great while being a lot cheaper than ensure. I don't recall ever getting a list of approved protein drinks or how much protein we should have, but it seems to be working for me. For evening snacks I'm having some Special K protein water. I don't know if it's "approved" or in the guidelines people are referring to, but I like it. Hope you find something you like! :lb11:

Hi Angela! I'm Sellie. My sister-in-law is getting banded with me. I'm doing terrible on the pre-op diet. I gained weight after filling out the application form so now I have extra to lose. I'm going to stick to just 3 shakes a day. I do fine except from 7-10pm or so. I need to find something to do besides watch tv and think about all the food that sounds good, haha. Dr. Miranda called me today to see how I am doing, I thought that was very nice of her. How are you doing on pre-op?

I'm being banded on June 4th with my sister-in-law. Just 1 week until I have a band! :cheerleader:

My band date is June 4th! I'll see you there!