Dear Protein,

[BlaqBeary 23]

I use Syntha-6 strawberry Milkshake.

I HATE YOU!!!! I can't stand the way you taste or smell. You can be chocolate, vanilla, strawberry or Cookies and cream. I still disgust you!!!! Your version of a shot is awful too. The only reason I do your shot is because it is 3 oz instead of 6!!!! I love my hair and strength and that is the only reason I will continue to use you!!!!! :thumbup:

[BlaqBeary 23]

Have u tried using Biotin.Target has it for $5 with 60-90 softgel tablets. The brand is Nature Made. Its fpr the hair, nails and skin.

ugh, i'm a weirdo! I love Bariatric Advantage Protein powders! I'm 8 months out and still drink it! I love to mix it with 0% milk and add extracts to it or Peanut Butter with flax seeds, or almond butter, or make milkshakes with bananas or strawberries, or add it to plain yogurt. . . . ahhhhh the life of a weirdo! hehehehe . . .

PS: the Protein hasn't helped my hair from falling out though, that is another story! Nothing has helped in that area, but at least i'm not bald yet! thinned out but not bald!heheh

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

yes, I can't count how many bottles of Biotin I have gone through. I take it 3x per day and I think all I have gotten out of it is expensive pee.

[WildIris 4]

I too felt this way, until I met nectar, coffee. My new best friend. Also, their chocolate is a "clean" taste and great texture. I ordered a 13 flavor sample for 15 bucks shipping. Great deal...check out their website. You'll be glad you did.

Now that I'm more or less on a normal diet, I've gotten so I really like the Protein supplement again. I use nectar, but mostly what I use is the unflavored, and I make my own bloody flavors, thank-you-very-much. I've got an entire cupboard in my kitchen full of the sugar-free-with-Splenda Torani syrups, as well as a couple of other brands. Right now, I'm tracking down an eggnog Syrup. I've already got Gingerbread, pumpkin Pie, chocolate macadamia nut, Jamaica Rum, Irish Cream, Toasted Marshmallow, Brown Sugar Cinnamon, and others. They taste fabulous, especially when I make my shakes with low-fat soy milk (it comes in half-gallon cartons at Walmart--the best I've found anywhere, actually). VERY creamy, no weird flavors, and in fact just last night I discovered that Chocolate Macadamia Nut in soy milk makes the best damn chocolate milk substitute I've ever found!

I've posted elsewhere on the forum as well about my chai "addiction" -- Bigelow makes a wonderful chai teabag, which I brew, chill, and then mix with Protein Powder and soy milk and Splenda to make iced chai Protein Drink (sometimes I add ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and/or allspice just for the extra zing). I pretty much do that for Breakfast all the time now.

Anyway, I guess the point of all this is, I've gotten really enthusiastic about my Protein supplement again thanks to some judicious fiddling with flavorings and experimentation. I'm getting all of my doctor-ordered 90grams of protein supplement in now, after a slump.

[WildIris 4]

ugh, i'm a weirdo! I love Bariatric Advantage Protein powders! I'm 8 months out and still drink it! I love to mix it with 0% milk and add extracts to it or Peanut Butter with flax seeds, or almond butter, or make milkshakes with bananas or strawberries, or add it to plain yogurt. . . . ahhhhh the life of a weirdo! hehehehe . . .

PS: the Protein hasn't helped my hair from falling out though, that is another story! Nothing has helped in that area, but at least i'm not bald yet! thinned out but not bald!heheh

I keep running into this stuff about Hair loss. When did it start for people, IE, how soon post-surgery? The reason that I ask is that I haven't had ANY hair loss so far, no more than usual anyhow. Not that I've ever had a problem with thinning hair. I went through a period in September where I couldn't stand the protein supplement, until I started experimenting with flavored syrups. The main reason for me that I've stuck with the whey Protein Powder supplement so closely (once I stopped hating the sweetness) is that frankly, my digestion handles it better than eating most meats. I can do chicken, turkey, and tiny bits of ham, but I couldn't even eat more than a single bite of an otherwise delicious chicken-apple-walnut sausage last night with green Beans and onions. Veggies go down great for me, but not a lot else. Fatty stuff is absolutely verboten--it comes up so fast I may as well not eat it in the first place!

In fact, I told my doctor that I can do one food group per meal, not two or more: veggies OR fruit OR meat, and that I actually prefer to do either veggies or fruit and get my protein needs totally from my supplement. She was actually fine with that.

But yeah, ThinOneDay, I'm totally with you--I guess I'm a weirdo, because I love doing the same stuff you're doing. I'm not so far post-op as you, but I am settling into a routine already that seems to be working for me.