Any tips to get psyched up for the 6-month diet?

[Rainydayz 3]

I went ahead and bought the Muscle Milk (16.00 for 1 lb. at kroger). It's really good. Slight aftertaste but not bad at all. I can imagine it would be wonderful with some Peanut Butter or banana in it. Yum!

[54Shirley 105]

You're the first person I've heard that said Muscle Milk is nasty. Personally I hate strawberry flavored drinks. Oh well. I'll just try them both in hope I like one of them. As far as the Peanut Butter and banana - that sounds excellent. But wouldn't that put the calories above the limit for the liquid diet?

MUSCLE MILK LIGHT has a Peanut Butter, chocolate that is good, also there strawberry Milkshake I think is very good.

There chocolate is terrible ! They have a lot to choose from on ebay in flavors. So,,,, unless you have tried them all !

Don't condemn them for all there stuff. It's hit and miss, just like anything else.

[Rainydayz 3]

Everyone's taste is different. I like the chocolate regular Muscle Milk. It's the only one I've tried yet. Kroger didn't have the light and I didn't want to order it until I knew if I liked it or not. Next I'm going to try the Oh Yeah that my nutritionist recommended. It's more expensive but it's more Protein and fewer calories I think. If I don't like it though I'll be fine with the MM chocolate.

[tinaaw7 7]

I see the nut. Wednesday for the 1st of my 6-month supervised diet. I'm really hoping we can cut that down though because I did discuss diet and exercise with my pcp and took phentermine with her for 4 months. So depending on the insurance requirements I may be dieting for 3-6 starting Wed.

I'm trying really hard to psych myself up for this. Some days I do great. I get in the mindframe that I will do great at this, I will eat right and exercise and i'll be the model patient. Then other days (especially PMS days - sorry men!) I feel like I'll never be able to give up the Swiss Cake Rolls and Snickers! I so want to be healthy. Does anyone have advice on how they got themselves into the mindset for starting this new lifestyle?

[tinaaw7 7]

I worked with a dietician for over 22months while waiting on approval, for my surgury. In this time period, I started increasing my activity, weighing in with dietician and bariatric nurse once a month, started replacing all my sugar habits with other things. For example when i first started i would normally have maybe roast with potatoes extra gravy buscuits and for desert white cake with icing and a pop and some vanilla ice cream. that was horrible.( now that I look back, didnt taste horrible, lol, but....) after months would go, i might would change to roast with, baked potato, and salad, crystal light, and some sugar free Jello with lots of sugar free low cal cool whip, and some Water. or fish with salad and potato. These new sugar fixes didnt come overnight, but they came with changing my mind set with my dietician, that help me. The less sugar i ate, the better i felt. i started to notice that i didnt even want to see little debbie cakes or anything else. You will have to start one item at a time. one day at a time, i think this will be your best bet for success! much luck to you!

[Rainydayz 3]

Thanks. That sounds like great advice! I have changed one thing so far: no Coke! I was up to between 1 and 2 liters per DAY! Yikes. So replacing Coke with Crystal light has got to a step in the right direction. Also I've stopped buying ice cream and candy for the house. DH has asked every night what's for dessert and I tell him fruit or sf pudding. He'll get used to it.

[littledutchee 0]

Rainydayz......After hitting the Protein drinks hard lately (both pre op and now post op) I can tell you some that i have tried and liked/disliked. One of my friends who had the LapBand gave me one of her Protein shakes to try and I loved it! It is by Premier Nutrition and is called Protein. It has 30 grams of protein in one 11oz boxed drink. It come in chocolate and also vanilla. In my opinion they are fabulous tasting. They give you your 30 grams of protein with only 1 gram of sugar and is 160 calories for the whole drink. On the down side the only place you can buy them is Cotsco and off their website premiernutrition.com. They are more expensive on the website, plus you have to pay shipping. If you get them at Cotsco they are around $23.00 for a case of I think 18. On the website they are like $29.00 for a case plus shipping and handeling. I had my friend get me 3 cases since I don't have a Cotsco membership, but will soon be getting one. One side note....I was not able to drink these the week after my surgery since it was not a "clear liquid" protein. This will change after your first week.

Another Protein Drink that I have tried was Isopure, which is a clear liquid Protein. OMG in my opinion (and my families) it is nasty. I tried both the Alpine Punch and the Blueberry (?) Fizz. To me they both tasted the same. Yuck!!! It was the after taste that killed me. It tasted like I was drinking soap powder. The worst past is that they are expensive. For a 20 oz (or so) bottle of Isopure at GNC it was $4.99. On the another note it does have 40gms of protein in the bottle.

Another protein I found that I didn't care for was the Designer whey Protein 2 Go. These can be found at Martins and GNC. They are individual poweder packs that you add to Water (like Crystal Lite). The flavor I got was Mango Orange. I thought it was be tasty. When it is mixed up it is milky looking. The taste was not horrible, but not my favorite. I think for a box of 10 packs it was like $5-$6.

There is also Kellogs Protein 2 GO. I like these alot. They taste like a Crstal Lite drink. Unfortunately, it only gives you 5gms of protein per bottle. The two flavors I have found are strawberry Kiwi (which is my favorite) and Iced tea w/ Lemon. The iced tea flavor is ok . Normal unsweetened iced tea is one of my favorite drinks) The price range is about the same as the Designer whey.

Over the weekend I stumbled on a Protein Drink that has now become my favorite, next to the Premier shake. I found it in Walmart in the pharmacy section where the Whey Protein mixes are located. It is Gatorade Recover 3. It comes in a 16.9oz bottle. One bottle is 2 servings. Each serving has 60 calories and 8 grams of protein. For the whole bottle you get 16 grams of protein, 120 calories and 12gms of sugar. The two flavors I saw were strawberry kiwi and lime. I am sure they probably have others out there. The price was $1.98 per bottle.

I hope this helps some. Everyone's taste buds are different. You may like the one's I didn't and hate the one's I liked. LOL Good luck!