Mega Shake

[bbbanded 70]

So I'm on my 2 week pre op, decided not to use my moms fried chicken as 3 ounces of meat. Went with a super high Protein shake.

1 container of plain chobani greek yogurt

1 Atkins advantage vanilla Protein Shake

1 dole fruit cup (any fruit)

1 tea spoon of splenda

no blendy, just poured it all into 28 oz Water bottle I got from the med center

yuuuum and oh the protein!

[elcee 3,341]

Isn't this a bit high in fat and calories for preop? My Dr was very strict with what was and wasn't allowed. I was allowed an optifast(or similar) twice a day and some low carb veggies at night. No fruit, extra yogurt or anything like that.

[bbbanded 70]

To my knowledge the only thing that has any fat is the shake with 9g. That's pretty much all I can have though.

Protein shakes, fruit cups, low/no fat yogurt, veggies, and sugar free Popsicles and Jello.

[ready4changein2011 70]

Start my pre-op tomorrow. I can have 2 Protein Shakes (breakfast/lunch) and for dinner (1 meat (high protein), 1 veggie (green mostly no carrots, or corn), and 1 fruit (no sugar added). Does not sound like much but glad that I do get dinner. Shopped today for some chicken breast skinless/boneless, fish/tuna fish, turkey burgers, jello/sugar free pudding, water/vitamin Water zero cal and frozen veggies. Think I'm set for 2 weeks at least. Very excited gonna enjoy some good food tonight. No surgery date yet, awaiting approval but office say should come quick have UHC. Goodluck on your journey.

[bbbanded 70]

For the most part all of my dinners if I've chosen to have food instead of the shake I had lettuce. Its pretty shocking how you can honestly be satisfied by just that. I tell ya they really know what theyre talking about when they say chew chew chew, the time in between is marvelous.

[workinprogress0180 9]

You girls are lucky.....At preop all I was allowed to have was Optifast shake every 2.5 hours, and water...That was it. No yogurt, no lettuce, no fruit or veggies. I did drop 11 lbs before the surgery though. Good luck ladies....The 2 weeks after surgery were the hardest for me on the liquid diet. I am 4 days shy of being 4 weeks post op. I start solids on Friday and I cannot wait

[bellarn09 1]

Yeah, that sounds much better than my 3 to 4 proten shakes a day and Water. It was a long 2 weeks!

[B-52 7,113]

I'm sure it's good, but something about the term "Mega Shake" gives me images of the old days before being banded.....attitude I suppose, pleasure in makeing anything "MEGA", such as MEGA Ice Cream Sundaes, MEGA sandwiches, MEGA Steaks, Mega order of Fries, etc, etc.

Looking at your recipe, and after being banded a year, the word Mega is just not appropiate to me anymore in terms of portion size. Now it is more a Taste of this, and a Taste of that.

I can take any of the 3 items you mention, Yougurt, shake, or fruit Cup, and that can be a meal (portion size) in itself! Let alone combine all three.

Like I said, after being banded a year, and living in the green zone, my attitudes, and terminology I suppose regarding food, has changed. The terms "Mega or Super Size, or Jumbo are just not used when referring to anything I eat/drink!

But I read all sorts of things here, and I find everyone is different, It's the end results that are important.

Good luck on your weight loss journey!