Is this common?

[healthyroad69 0]

I was recently banded on April 13, 2011. I'm so glad to finally be a bandster. I'm on the post op liquid diet and I find that I can't drink a whole shake. If I try I feel so miserable. I'm drinking half shakes for Breakfast, lunch and dinner as of right now. I know I'm supposed to get a certain amount of Proteins in so I'm a bit worried. Did anyone else experience this?

[kcharr77 0]

Hi-i am not trying to do the Protein Shakes right now (i was just banded on the 15th) they just seem too "thick" to me right now----i am able to get down the Isopure though-i alternate between that and water-one bottle of that stuff has 40 grams of Protein so that is my plan for this first week-they have it at gnc-good luck!

[tnt21705 8]

I was banded on the 11th and yesterday was the first day that I was able to get a whole shake 8 oz shake down. You'll get there.

[CheckYes 46]

I didn't finish a whole shake at a time for at least a week. Just do your best. No need to push it to an uncomfortable level.

[TKW 501]

Don't worry about your protien the first few days after surgery. It is nearly impossible to get it all in. Do the best you can. It will get easier in a couple of days... no harm done. Hard to get 64 oz of Water too.

[hopetolose 192]

I am having the same problem getting my Protein in (banded 14th). I am trying to drink Water through out the day and get 1/2 shake in 4 times a day. I only have to do this till wednesday and then I am on mushies, cant even imagine that I will want to eat anytime soon. Doctor said that I wouldnt feel hungry for the first three weeks. But I think i need to tell my stomach that because it is really mad at me and is growling at me constantly. It is really pissed off right lol

[Jess55 97]

My first week post op I was on Clear Liquids and my instructions said only 4oz at a time, so that's all I had, I probably could've taken more but I was being careful. That first week I probably only got like 1/4 of the recommended Protein in a day. I had tried things like Isopure before hand and could not even swallow it. So the only protein I had was the Unjury chicken Soup flavor at 20 grams a scoop and u had 1/2 of that 3 times per day. Ok so maybe I got 1/2 the protein in lol. Yeah so if you can't finish it, I wouldn't worry.

[GoCubbies79 31]

By the time my preop diet ended and I had my band put in I was so over the Protein Shakes. My doctor told me about Boost, its sold at walgeens. Its a high Protein Shake that comes in 8 ounces, has 15 grams of Protein, and it tastes like chocolate milk. It goes down easy, especially when cold. I sipped at that stuff along with Water throughout the day for the first few days. Good luck to you and wish you the best.

[54Shirley 105]

I am having the same problem getting my Protein in (banded 14th). I am trying to drink Water through out the day and get 1/2 shake in 4 times a day. I only have to do this till wednesday and then I am on mushies, cant even imagine that I will want to eat anytime soon. Doctor said that I wouldnt feel hungry for the first three weeks. But I think i need to tell my stomach that because it is really mad at me and is growling at me constantly. It is really pissed off right lol

Whenever you drink a shake or Soup, or anything made with Water. You measure that water, and put that twords your 64oz of water,

Because it is your water consumption. A lot of people think that besides the shakes, you still have to get in all that water. Not So , my surgeon explained to me. He said not only will you feel miserable, you'll float away... So count that water. It will make a difference.

I put a 64oz bottle in my fridge every night, and the next day I use it for everything. If I have any left over, I drink a glass, or have hot tea or soup. My surgeon loved that Idea, he said he was going to tell all his patients to do this.

Check with your surgeon.

[healthyroad69 0]

I am currently drinking the Boost shakes so I'm not adding water.<br class="khtml-block-placeholder">Thanks everyone for your responses. I was getting a little concerned. I appreciate it.

[54Shirley 105]

I am currently drinking the Boost shakes so I'm not adding Water.<br class="khtml-block-placeholder">Thanks everyone for your responses. I was getting a little concerned. I appreciate it.

But their is Water in that mixture. Say 50%. so if you drink a 11oz. shake say 5 oz was water.

Trust me.... This all adds up.

[ElizabethNYC 1]

I am over a month banded and I still can't get the full 8-10 ounces down at a time. It takes me pretty much all day to finish it.