Special K protein shakes

[sharie3 0]

Has anyone tried these for there pre op diet? They have 10g Protein, 5g fat, 18g sugar and 180 calories.

Thanks,

Sharie

[megster27 1]

Thats a lot of sugar, you may want to be careful & stick with what your doctor recomends.

[PATCHELTON 0]

Has anyone tried these for there pre op diet? They have 10g Protein, 5g fat, 18g sugar and 180 calories.

Thanks,

Sharie

I agree with the other poster that they are way too high in sugar. Check with your dietician on what your doctor recommends. A large portion of that 180 calories is the sugar. Your 10 g Protein are only 40 calories.

I try to minimize fat, salt, and sugar. For Protein shakes, ready to drink type, I use Worldwide Protein Shakes. They come in 21 and 35g protein. Cheapest place to get them is Trader Joe's. Target has started carrying the 21g recently in 4 packs, around $6, in vanilla, chocolate, and Cookies n' Cream. Trader Joe sells both 21 and 35 in just chocolate and Vanilla. The 21's are about $1.69 each and the 35's about $2.29. Vitamin Shoppe only carries the 35's but in all the flavors (Vanilla, Chocolate, strawberry, banana Cream an Cookies n' Cream). Individually they are $2.79 each but if you buy a 12 pack for $27.99 that works out to about $2.33 each, pretty close to Trader Joe's. I order them online at vitaminshoppe.com and they often have specials with free shipping or if you sign up for their rewards program you get coupons for money off orders. GNC carries 35's in Vanilla and Chocolate in the stores, all flavors online, but they are the most expensive, $2.99 a can.

WW shakes only have 1g sugar in the 35's (I get them from Vitamin Shoppe), 1g fat, 0.5 sat fat, 10mg cholesterol, 2g carbs in the 160 cal flavors and 140 of those calories are protein. Some of the flavors are 170 cals and maybe have anothe g of sugar but I don't think any are more than 3. I am reading from the can of Vanilla that I drank today. If you are looking for a way to get in more protein, I would suggest the WW shakes, plus you are getting very little sugar and fat. Oh and the sodium on the can of Vanilla is 150mg and Potassium 240mg. I have trouble with low potassium so I am always looking for stuff that has more of that than sodium.

I hope this helps, and good luck on your journey. Please feel free to share the above info with your dietician. I used them before and after surgery I still drink them at least 5 days a week. I bring them to work and have them first thing. You may find you are tighter in the morning after a few fills, and this works for me. I wait about an hour then have Breakfast, usually protein Cereal from kaysnaturals.com and/or yogurt (I mix my own--fat free Greek yogurt from Trader Joe--comes in 2 cup container--22 g protein per cup 0 fat, 6g sugar--I divide into four half cup servings--11 g protein 0 fat 3 sugar--for fruit I mix in Smuckers sugar free preserves 10 cal tbsp, plus some cinnamon) So with the shake (35), cereal (10) and yogurt (11) I manage 56g protein before lunch.

Edited September 4, 2009 by PATCHELTON

[sharie3 0]

Thanks megster27 & patchelton! I thought it was alot of sugar too. Now we know why it taste better then slimfast. LOL

[Dana36 0]

I have tried them. They are super sweet.. actually taste like melted ice cream. They DO NOT keep me full though. About 20 minutes after drinking one, I will be starving. It is like they trigger hunger for me.

[kechianyree 0]

good to know

[Stum-belina 0]

I had a few of these with my preop diet, and actually i did not drink them, I froze them, then ate them like ice cream. It was a nice treat, Good Luck!!!!!!!

[cshytle 0]

I think that they are too sweet for my taste buds...

[pickles123 0]

Thanks for the reviews. I have been testing different shakes and I know that is too many carbs for me. I am very carb sensitive. The more I eat the more I want. It was on the list for me to test. Thanks for saving me a few dollars.