favorite protien drink

Croatica · July 21, 2006

First of all, congratulations on your band!! :clap2: Who was your doc? I only ask b/c most of them require approx 65 g of Protein a day to prevent PCM (Protein Calorie Malnutrition)....something that would be a challenge with just milk. My doc has a recipe for the 65 daily grams made of 4 c of 1% milk and 1 c of nonfat dry milk....yucko. :huytsao Not my thing so I do other forms of Protein. So, in a sense, I agree that milk does contain protein. Do you get your 65 grams a day? I agree with you on the protein being difficult on your kidneys, but that is only if you take in too much at one time. If what you say is true, it's a very interesting thing that perhaps I should bring up with my doc b/c he also has me taking Vitamins.

I am from Croatia, you know, one of those extremely small postcommunist contries of South East Europe. :biggrin1:

Well, I dont just drink milk. I also drink yoghurt and this special type of yoghurt, I dont know if you have it in the States, but its a speciality that comes from Causasian mountains. I dont know the word in English, I think its Kefir. To see what it really is, go here http://www.kefir.net/

But I believe in really depends on the age of the person. I am only 21 and I perfectly healthy(except being a whale :biggrin1: ), but the Protein Drink is really a big issue here. I guess some banded people drank both Protein shakes and other stuff at the same time and this made them gain weight instead of lose.

However, I see there are veggies here too, so how dont they get PCM, since they drink only soya milk? Anyways, thats just for the first month or so. Nobody died. :biggrin1:

Boo Boo Kitty · July 21, 2006

I am not a fan of the protien drinks. I personally hate them, but I would not be having surgery without them.

A good one is:

1 serving protien vanilla

1 tsp frozen pinapple concentrate

1 tsp frozen orange juice concetrate

1 tsp coconut extract

4-5 ice cubes

Blend it all together. Kinda like a pina colada. I can drink this one!

I have been on the protien 5 days now and lost 13 lbs! SO it is worht it by far!

:faint:

3loves · July 21, 2006

It is interesting indeed to learn how other countries work with the band. Thanks for the link. I will do some research on that product. Initially, it reminds me of a product I used to take called HMF Replete http://www.naturallyempowered.com/html/products/pharmacy/super/hmfrepl.html . It contains the human strain rather than the animal strain. Maybe this came up so I'll start taking it again. Thanks for the feedback!!

Way to go Boo Boo!!! I will have to try your drink, it sounds so yummy.

Here's another one that I haven't tried personally, but was given by the instructor at our support group:

2 scoops of powder Isopure

3 c milk

1 heaping t sugar free chocolate pudding powder

Blend and put in fridge. shake b4 you pour to mix the Protein. Drink 4 oz at a time.

Oopps....forgot to write down the grams of Protein per serving. :phanvan

lookingout · July 23, 2006

I know I am way far out of my liquid and mushy stage, but I still love Unjury. I put it in my sugar free hot chocolate with milk in the morning, and I swear it holds me over until about 11:30 am. I have also mixed it in with sauces and other stuff to boost my Protein intake. I haven't been feeling so well lately (a lot of pb's) and can't seem to stomach chicken (WHICH I LOVED PRE-BAND) so unjury is a godsend!