Hi, I started mine yesterday too. I have bought a whole pack of 4 weeks liquid diet from better md. you can go to their website, anyway, their shakes are very good, im really surprized, i have had protien shakes before and they leave that gritty taste in your mouth, these really taste like chocolate or vanilla shakes. I mix mine with skim milk and ice in the blender. My situation is a little different though, My surg is sched for aug 5th, and im getting the run around from insurance. they told me yesterday that i only have 2 co morbidities, and that the med director needs to look at my case, the insurance lady told me that its not looking too good, but its still in review, this is soooo stupid to me though because i have a bmi of 41, i only need one more co morbi, or 1 more risk factor, i told my dr, fine,,, i smoke then, i mean i have in the past, well, i should find out something in the next couple of days. Try looking into this better md stuff. it really is good, im just having a hard time because i really want to eat..... Jo