10 months post op or more, how many protein shakes are u drinking a day?

[dejaseana 41]

I'm 10 months out and I still drink 3 a day. Was wondering if anyone else still does this?

[crstalww 228]

I'm 9 and I do

[annav562 40]

I'm 7 mos post op and I get no less than 3 Protein Snacks a day which include shakes

[Dawnolson 85]

I'm three mos out and I drink two a day.

[melhealthy 103]

I'm 4 months out and I drink two a day.

[Dorian 683]

I'm 7 mos post op and I get no less than 3 Protein Snacks a day which include shakes

Almost 4 months and I do at least 2, sometimes more.

[DLCoggin 1,788]

I'll be two years post-op in October and I've had at least one shake a day (usually for breakfast) since shortly after my surgery. Instead of how many shakes a day are you drinking, perhaps the more important question is how do you get ALL of your doctor's recommended Protein, every day? My doctor recommends 100g a day. That's a tough number to hit on a daily basis without my 35g shake. With the shake, I hit the 100g about 95% of the time.

So if you can get the required 60, 80 or 100g of Protein a day in the food you eat - that's always the way to go. Without exception (at least none that I ever heard), doctors and nutritionists recommend getting as much of your nutrition as possible from "real" food. But they recognize that's not always practical. And that's where supplements (shakes, Protein Bars, Vitamins, etc.) come into the picture.

You're drinking three shakes a day. You might want to consider a goal of replacing one of those shakes with high protein food - chicken, fish, turkey, low-fat cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, hummus, turkey Jerky, and the list goes on. Lots of options. If you can consistently hit your protein goal with two shakes and food for a few weeks, then you might want to consider trying to move on to one shake a day and getting the rest of your protein from food. I hit my goal weight of 155 lbs in December of last year. My daily weight maintenance calorie goal is 1620 calories. I've been able to hit that daily average, and get 100g of protein a day in (with one daily shake), for over eight months. And my weight this morning was 151.8.

[annav562 40]

I get about 100 g a day my shakes each are about 26g Protein plus my bars are 30 g..I want to say that 60% of my protein is from that and the remainder from "real food" ...I completely agree with you though...I know many doctors have different plans for their patients. ..my dr has me on this plan and luckily I have been doing really good...calories however are a different issue...I am supposed to be between 800 & 1000 and sometimes I barely reach 700...

[bakawaka 108]

I eat two Protein bars per day. Why? Because I do not like to cook and I like knowing portion sizes and calories in advance. I won't cook anything unless it can go in the microwave. I know that it is better to eat "real food" and I do so occasionally but life is too busy. But I am trying to eat more canned goods and frozen vegetables (convenient) and I am trying to learn how to cook more "real" food in a microwave.

Another advantage I Protein bars: no clean up

[anm1063 24]

i am 4 months out and drink none! They made me sick, i get my Protein through lean meat and yogurts and such.

[califmomto4 84]

I am 4 months and had stopped drinking them. However, it seems like a lot of people have better weight loss after increasing their Protein so I am adding back one per day.

My drs protein requirement is 60g but I'm shooting for more. I don't think I could get there without a supplement.

[DLCoggin 1,788]

i am 4 months out and drink none! They made me sick, i get my Protein through lean meat and yogurts and such.

I am 4 months and had stopped drinking them. However, it seems like a lot of people have better weight loss after increasing their protein so I am adding back one per day.

My drs protein requirement is 60g but I'm shooting for more. I don't think I could get there without a supplement.

Most if not all doctors and nutritionists would agree that it is always best to get your protein (and all nutrients for that matter) from real food. The key is that you need to get ALL of your doctor's recommended protein. That's where supplements come into play. My doctor requires her patients to get 100g of protein a day. I drink one 35g Protein Shake for Breakfast practically every single day and I hit that 100g goal 95% of the time. Without the supplement, I found it pretty much impossible to do that consistently.

[music1618 879]

My doc and nut said that your body is able to break down real food Protein better than the supplements. They also warned us about Protein Bars. They said most of them are just a glorified candy bar and have lots of bad things in them. He said when choosing a protein supplement make sure to calculate the calories vs protein amount. Example: my Protein Shake mix has 30g of protein and it has 130 calories. Since each gram of protein is 4 calories I know that my Protein Powder only has 10 extra calories from the other ingredients. I just looked up a Quest Protein Bar and it has 20 g of protein and 170 calories. So 80 calories is from protein and nearly 100 calories are from other stuff.

I recommend adding egg whites to your drinks. You can't taste it and it adds whole food Proteins to your diet. I add mine to my Powerade everyday. I am going to drink it any way might as well get protein out of it. It is 3.3 g of protein per pump. I will add 8-10 pumps for my powerade. I promise you can not taste it, but I have learned not to shake it up once added to a drink. You need to stir it. Shaking it just adds foam. My nut did warn not to get the grocery store egg whites as they are made for cooking. I have added a picture of what I use.

[DLCoggin 1,788]

My doc and nut said that your body is able to break down real food Protein better than the supplements. They also warned us about protein bars. They said most of them are just a glorified candy bar and have lots of bad things in them. He said when choosing a protein supplement make sure to calculate the calories vs protein amount. Example: my Protein Shake mix has 30g of protein and it has 130 calories. Since each gram of protein is 4 calories I know that my protein powder only has 10 extra calories from the other ingredients. I just looked up a Quest protein bar and it has 20 g of protein and 170 calories. So 80 calories is from protein and nearly 100 calories are from other stuff.

I recommend adding egg whites to your drinks. You can't taste it and it adds whole food Proteins to your diet. I add mine to my Powerade everyday. I am going to drink it any way might as well get protein out of it. It is 3.3 g of protein per pump. I will add 8-10 pumps for my powerade. I promise you can not taste it, but I have learned not to shake it up once added to a drink. You need to stir it. Shaking it just adds foam. My nut did warn not to get the grocery store egg whites as they are made for cooking. I have added a picture of what I use.

Wow, how great is this?! I've been doing this a while and this is the first time I've seen the formula of protein calories vs. total calories. I drink Pure Protein Shakes. 35g of protein and either 160 or 170 calories depending on which flavor I'm drinking. So 140 calories from protein, 20 or 30 from other stuff. Check. I also occasionally have a Pure Protein bar. 20g of protein and 200 calories. So 80 calories from protein, 120 from other stuff. So with the shakes, other stuff calories are 15-20%. With the bar, other stuff calories are 60%.

And pumping egg whites to boost your protein - how cool is that!!

Thank you Music!! Great stuff!!

[califmomto4 84]

Where did you get the egg whites?