Post Date: 10/28/11 6:13 pm I am almost 5 weeks out of surgery. I can't stand the shakes either and the vitamins...ugh, disgusting. At least now I can swallow my pills rather than crush them. With my shakes, I mix half chocolate and half vanilla and get it super cold. Sometimes I even freeze them and drinking them slushy seems to make it a little easier. I live in Maquoketa, a small town and there is no where here to get the protien mix so I go to Dubuque to get it but don't want to buy too mu*****ase I don't like it. So mixing it works for me. As far as the chewable vitamins go, I found that if I hold them and nibble on them, it's not nearly as bad as popping the whole thing in my mouth and chewing it. Being down 50 pounds is awesome! I am down about 25, but from 2 weeks out to 4 weeks out I lost nothing as far as the scale goes. I did lose inches tho, so that made me happy. Good luck.