Patt asks what others are doing . . .

[Guest guest]

Patti -

I use very low sugar protein drinks from VitaLady.com. My surgeon (who has 16

years of WLS exp., done over 3000 surgeries himself, is one of the few qualified

to *teach* bariatric surgery by ASBS) has a couple of guidelines for us . . .

1. NO MILK, NO SUGAR - we are supposed to keep our per meal sugar to 6 grams.

2. Minimum of 4 (30 grams of *protein*) shakes/day for even his proximals.

3. A full range of specified vites.

My regular (use every day) proteins include Fuzzy Navel by Nectar, which is a

whey isolate (30 grams of protein, 0 sugars in 1.5 scoops); Pure Whey Stack by

Champion Nutrition (Chocolate) which is a whey concentrate (30 grams of protein,

about 6 grams sugars (from whey concentrate, mostly) in 1.5 scoops); and

ProPlete Gold by LaBrada (also a concentrate, stats similar to STack). I do

6/day. Each has about 130 calories per shake. I also eat 2 to 4 times per day,

about 1 oz. by volume of dense protein, with some added veg.

This is my plan - I was doing 4-5 shakes/day until the 6 month mark, when I

upped my intake to 6/day. And my weight loss speeded up at that point. I've

lost 140 lbs, I'm 11 months out, still losing rapidly (8-10 lbs/month), and

have lots of energy, good color, good skin recovery. I've gone from a size 28

jeans on morning of surgery to size 12 today, which are rapidly getting baggy.

3X or 4X shirts, now small to medium. Life is *goooooood*! )

320/180/150ish

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:54:11 EST

From: kouzzie@...

Subject: Re: Post-op Nutrition Breakdown..To Candi

Candi,

Yes, the calorie breakdown is from the milk, carnation instant

breakfast and

protein powder mix. I took the information from all the labels, put

them in

the www.fitday.com site to get the breakdown. I'm wondering what other

people

have been asked to do by their surgeons and what the nutritional

breakdown is.

Patti

Hawkridge in Washington State.

[Guest guest]

Patti -

I use very low sugar protein drinks from VitaLady.com. My surgeon (who has 16

years of WLS exp., done over 3000 surgeries himself, is one of the few qualified

to *teach* bariatric surgery by ASBS) has a couple of guidelines for us . . .

1. NO MILK, NO SUGAR - we are supposed to keep our per meal sugar to 6 grams.

2. Minimum of 4 (30 grams of *protein*) shakes/day for even his proximals.

3. A full range of specified vites.

My regular (use every day) proteins include Fuzzy Navel by Nectar, which is a

whey isolate (30 grams of protein, 0 sugars in 1.5 scoops); Pure Whey Stack by

Champion Nutrition (Chocolate) which is a whey concentrate (30 grams of protein,

about 6 grams sugars (from whey concentrate, mostly) in 1.5 scoops); and

ProPlete Gold by LaBrada (also a concentrate, stats similar to STack). I do

6/day. Each has about 130 calories per shake. I also eat 2 to 4 times per day,

about 1 oz. by volume of dense protein, with some added veg.

This is my plan - I was doing 4-5 shakes/day until the 6 month mark, when I

upped my intake to 6/day. And my weight loss speeded up at that point. I've

lost 140 lbs, I'm 11 months out, still losing rapidly (8-10 lbs/month), and

have lots of energy, good color, good skin recovery. I've gone from a size 28

jeans on morning of surgery to size 12 today, which are rapidly getting baggy.

3X or 4X shirts, now small to medium. Life is *goooooood*! )

320/180/150ish

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:54:11 EST

From: kouzzie@...

Subject: Re: Post-op Nutrition Breakdown..To Candi

Candi,

Yes, the calorie breakdown is from the milk, carnation instant

breakfast and

protein powder mix. I took the information from all the labels, put

them in

the www.fitday.com site to get the breakdown. I'm wondering what other

people

have been asked to do by their surgeons and what the nutritional

breakdown is.

Patti

Hawkridge in Washington State.