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I started my pre-op diet yesterday and I have been plagued with nausea since I drank my first shake. My surgeon's office requires us to buy Bariatric Advantage Protein Shakes and I'm not fond of the taste or texture and they make me feel nauseous and bloated. I actually feel better when I don't drink them, so at this point I prefer to eat nothing than trying to force the shakes down. I've mixed and blended them with different fruits and it's still not helping. Constantly feeling like I'm going to throw up is getting old....Any suggestions?

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Have you tried blending with ice and or frozen fruit? A little yogurt to change the texture?

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Have you tried blending with ice and or frozen fruit? A little yogurt to change the texture?

Yeah. They definitely taste better when blended with ice and fruit but I still get SO nauseous after I drink them :(

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The nausea is probably coming from not eating regular food. I would try something else like the EAS already made they taste good.

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What Cheryl said! Our bodies do not like change and your body could be throwing a tantrum trying to persuade you into feeding it food it likes?

When you went on a diet before this, did you also get nauseated?

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Call your surgeon's office and ask them if you can try a different brand of shake. They're all so similar.

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I use BA shakes as well. Do you mix with Water, or will they let you mix it with milk? My doc says skim milk is ok, and I love the chocolate ones that way. I find that you need to go a little fast with them though, or they will congeal a little which is icky.

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I had to drink a brand of shakes that I was not fond of, at all. Some days I only managed to have 2 instead of the required 3. They were really gross. The first 3 days were the hardest for me.

Some suggestions that helped me were to add flavourings to them. I added sugar free Carmel Torani Syrup to the vanilla ones, as well as different flavors of Dasani Drops and Crystal Light. With the chocolate ones, I added some Decaf instant coffee and also used a packet of Truvia to sweeten it. I also blended them with A TON of ice cubes, sometimes 9 or 10. Then I would take my time drinking as much as I could.

Now that I'm post-op, I discovered something else I could have done with the chocolate ones, adding pure cocoa powder. You could also add sugar free hot chocolate. It makes it taste more chocolatey and less gross. I sometimes have this for Breakfast now. I'm also blending them in the blender with skim milk instead of Water. It makes a big difference. They still aren't the best, but definitely drinkable!

Good Luck! :)

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I would just buy some pre made shakes. When I went to my pre op appointment at my surgeons office the lady doing my paperwork told me I needed to buy their Protein powder for shakes. I said no thank you I have found one I like. She said he really wants you to drink this one because it is high Protein and low calories. Expecting this, I pulled one of mine out of my purse and the numbers were actually better on the pre made shakes that I had purchased. They are Premier Protein. 160 calories and 30g protein. But look around and find one that you like and has comparable numbers. I think they just want to be sure you are not drinking shakes that are 350 calories, and some of them are.

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I found for me that the EAS shakes don't seem to keep me full. I buy the the Protein vials from Walmart, they are flavored in watermelon, fruit punch and grape. I use low fat yogurt, frozen fruit and one of those vials which has 42GM of protein (the same as EAS ) , that seems to keep me fuller longer. Maybe it's the powder, milky protein that's making you nauseous.

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