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It's been 1 week. I feel really good, but I never want to eat and when I force myself to drink a Protein Shake I gag. Today I was supposed to start on my supplements from Bariatric Advantage and I gagged after chewing the vitamins... Any tips?

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Best tip: Hang in there!

If the stuff makes you gag, try thinner things like chicken broth, juice, or just Water. The only way i could get anything down for a while was i used popsicle molds and just put Water in them, froze it and sucked the water down that way. just take it slowly and if d=something makes you gag or puke, take a break from it for a while. Good luck!

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Thank you. I am doing broth, really, really soupy Cream of wheat.... The problem is, my surgeon wants me to drink three Protein Shakes a day. I just can't do it.... I have tried thinning them out with milk. They just make me feel awful. Ugh!

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Thank you. I am doing broth' date=' really, really soupy Cream of wheat.... The problem is, my surgeon wants me to drink three Protein shakes a day. I just can't do it.... I have tried thinning them out with milk. They just make me feel awful. Ugh![/quote']

I am having the same problem, today I took New England clam chowder, chicken broth and some cheese, I blended it till it was real thin, lots of protien and tatsted ok.

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I am having the same problem' date=' today I took New England clam chowder, chicken broth and some cheese, I blended it till it was real thin, lots of protien and tatsted ok.[/quote']

Holgan how much time in do u have

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Bariatric Advantage Vitamins are tuff for lots of people try other brands until you find one you can tolerate, I use source of life adult chewable and split the dose 1 am & 1pm- $25.00 for 45 days . Early after surgery I had some mild lactose intolerance so mixing Isopure lo carb Dutch chocolate with Water was a game changer. Also check out Unjury chicken Soup 20 g Protein and is a nice savory ( salty ) change. Hope you feel better soon!

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Angelbabys....only 8 days

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Three and a half weeks out and no expert but.....re Protein. I hate shakes as well. What does work for me is cold Decaf coffee with a big scoop of unflavored Protein Powder. Half and half, equal, ice, in the blender. Excellent and no icky taste. There are also protein "shots" out there, about 4 oz, 42 grams. Sickly sweet so I pour them over crushed ice - snow cone! Finally, Carnation Instant Breakfast (sugar free), 8 oz milk, 1/3 cup of dry milk. Tolerable. Good luck!

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I'm about 2 1/2 weeks out - the thing that saved me were the Syntrax Nectar shakes. I got the fruit flavored kind that you can mix with Water. Thick shakes didn't sit well with me at all. I used one packet with about 16 oz. of water and ice. Best thing ever.

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I'm about 2 1/2 weeks out - the thing that saved me were the Syntrax nectar shakes. I got the fruit flavored kind that you can mix with Water. Thick shakes didn't sit well with me at all. I used one packet with about 16 oz. of Water and ice. Best thing ever.

Where do you buy them?

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You can buy them online, I think bariatric pantry has them. You can purchase the sample pack so you can test out the flavors. I added PB2 powder to chocolate chike powder Protein with high protein milk-I used a Blender Bottle to keep it watery. I also used a straw to drink it because the smell nauseated me.

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It's been 1 week. I feel really good' date=' but I never want to eat and when I force myself to drink a Protein shake I gag. Today I was supposed to start on my supplements from Bariatric Advantage and I gagged after chewing the Vitamins... Any tips?[/quote']

There is a thread on here about those Vitamins it seems they make everyone gag.

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Where do you buy them?

Premium protien shakes at Sams have 40 grams if protien in them, I blended one today with a banana and 1/8 of nutmeg, it was the first one I've actually didn't gag on.

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Premium protien shakes at Sams have 40 grams if protien in them' date=' I blended one today with a banana and 1/8 of nutmeg, it was the first one I've actually didn't gag on.[/quote']

Watch out for those if you are lactose intolerant. I took 2 Lactaid pills and it still gave me problems.

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I have a Vitamin Shoppe in my town and they carry Syntrax nectar! I'm going to pick some up to try! Thanks!!!

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