80 grams of protein?

[lynziv 32]

Ok great thanks to all

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

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[lynziv 32]

Ok

[chasingpolaris321 214]

@@lynziv make sure you aren't too hard on yourself. I had a pretty rough recovery and really, truly struggled to get more than 20 grams of Protein in for the first few weeks. I was freaking out about it until I spoke to my surgeon's office and they reassured me that I should just do the best I could and that it would get easier. I eventually felt better and started improving, and now I get between 60-85 grams every day. You'll get there!

[Lynzi Van Houten 0]

Thank you for that. I'm 5 days post op I have no energy and I can't sleep at night. did you experience that

[macman 603]

Try sipping 4 ounces of Water on even hours and 4 ounces of Protein Shake on the odd hours. It was an easy way to get in both water and Protein during the liquid phase. I used Premier Protein ready made shakes as well as carnation which was recommended by my Dr.

[lynziv 32]

Ok

[Stevehud 1,790]

im surprised your eating food 4 days post op. but to each his/her own I guess.

heres a trick put 4 to 5 ounces of milk in a blender then use 1/12 scoops of your favorite Protein mix that should give you close to 40 grams of Protein in a small serving. if you need it colder add some ice cubes when you blend it, but heres a kinda owner for you, get used to drinking not cold or hot things , you have to drink over such a spread of time that things that are cold go warm and vice versa. As for straws, my surgeon and nut have me at 1 year and I was a straw freak, sigh lol.

[lynziv 32]

Not really eating much of anything. Mostly drinking after 3 days I was able to move to protien shakes and yogurt very watery puree stuff.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I think it took me a good week to hit 60 gms of Protein and even then I hoovered between 50 - 60 gms. By week 2 I could get in all 60. I've been sleeping like a log since I came home. Even more so now that I'm working out 4 - 5 days a week.

[mommab4 2]

I loved the hot chocolate from ProtiDiet. 15g of Protein to 6-8 oz of hot Water and it taste good!

[NewBeginning2015 46]

Hang in there, @lynziv, it should get easier. I am on day three and am just now getting in my 80 grams. I am doing it by mixing 1 scoop of Protein powder (Syntrax nectar) into 4 oz of milk. It is half the amount of liquid Syntrax recommends using, but it mixes fine, isn't thick, and is easier for me to get down. I carry that a little Blender Bottle with a shake, and another with Water, and alternate between them all day. BTW, I had the BM problem, too, and yesterday mixed some Miralax into my bottle of Water so when I was getting water I got that too. Worked fine and things were back to normal this morning!

Good luck.

[Mike4132 256]

My favorite trick for getting extra Protein is making sugar free frozen pudding pops. (I add 5 scoops of Syntrax unflavored powder to the pudding mix and pour it into popsicle molds. I also use either 1% or skim milk.) It will give you an extra 13 grams or so per pudding pop and they taste great.

[lynziv 32]

@@Mike4132 and @@new beginning 2015

I think I need to find higher protien options and be more creative. Those pudding pop sound amazing I think I'm going to try that today. I'm still having pain I'm wondering if maybe I should get moving a little bit more or by typing my Protein will help the stomach muscles not hurt so bad what do you guys think? I don't want to take this pain medication but I'm having a hard time not taking them due to the pain that I'm having. It is not excruciating but I'm also a big baby:)

[lynziv 32]

So excited 10 lbs down 6 days post-op