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60 gms of protein

I FOUND A VERY EASY WAY TO GET 60 GRAMS OF PROTEIN IN THE MORNING WITH JUST MY DECAF COFFEE.  I BOUGHT BODY FORTRESS VANILLA CREAM WHEY ISOLATE PROTEIN AT WALMART AND EACH SCOOP IS 60GM OF PROTEIN.  I MIX IT WITH 8 OZ OF COFFEE AND IT COMES OUT LIKE A LATTE, I JUST REMOVE THE THICK FOAM FROM THE TOP.

I HOPE THIS CAN HELP SOMEONE.
I just want to clear something up for you. The Body Fortress Protein is 56g of protein in 2 scoops. One scoop is only 26g of protein. But I am looking forward to trying this!
YOU ARE RIGHT,  I READ THE CONTAINER AGAIN IT READS 60 GMS OF PROTEIN PER 2 SCOOPS BUT NOT BAD EITHER WAY.  I ALSO BOUTH THE FRUIT PUNCH PROTEIN BULLETS BY BODY FORTRESS AND THEY ARE ALSO 26GMS OF PROTEIN AND NOT TOO BAD IN TASTE.
 Look at the label of the bullets and make sure it isn't "hydrolized" or "collagen" protein. If it is, you can't absorb those and they aren't really of much use to you. 

What should you eat for dinner tonight? How do you make a good protein shake? And just exactly what IS quinoa? The answers to all this and more can be found at Bariatric Foodie!

I used to put protein (chocolate) in my coffee and have started back. It's a tasty way to do it if you're a coffee fan. But yeah, just make sure you're reading the serving amount correctly and that it's the good type of protein for us.

I did have an issue with Click (I ordered two samples). I was so excited to get it. I added it to my coffee but I had a mild dumping episode with it. Pretty disappointed.
KB is right. Body Fortress is 26 grams for one scoop. But also you should try to get your protein throughout the day instead of in one shot. While there is no hard and fast rule about how much you can absorb at one time, since you are still pretty early out, I would say some of that protein is coming out in your pee and not doing your body very much good.

Try doing a few of those coffees a day and see where that gets you.
Maybe I am wrong, but I was told that our bodies cannot absorb more than 20 g of protein at a time. Is this correct? I thought I was doing well with a sliced chicken breast sandwich with low-fat thin cheddar cheese on whole grain bread at over 30 grams of protein, but then the Nut told me I couldn't absorb all of that anyways. I have found it extremely hard to eat 3 meals a day to get in proper protein at proper times; I thought it would be easier to do it in 2, but I guess that is wrong. Anybody else told this?
        
If you actually look for studies on protein absorption amounts, there are none that show that we can't absorb more than 20 g at a time.  It's a question that keeps coming up, but the researchers can't pin it down for sure.

I don't worry about 30 g per meal being too much - but, just in the interests of keeping a steady flow of protein, I do try to get between 20 and 30 grams 3-4 times per day.

I originally had a nut that told me that I wouldn't be able to absorb more than 60 g per day anyway, so don't bother going higher.  I researched, took her documentation, and she changed her tune and started really researching us.  Unfortunately, she got so good she was hired away by a practice closer to her home that paid better.

Nuts learn what they have been trained in, and many don't have the time to research our weird anatomy, even if they work with bariatric patients.  I know the nuts assigned to my surgeon's office (it's a large hospital group, he doesn't get to hire his own) routinely tell post-ops to get 50% of their daily calories from whole grains, with veggies coming next and protein last.  So far they're not real amenable to looking at the ASMBS guidelines, so I don't see any of them.

So that's a long way of saying, if you can do 30 g 2x daily, go for it.  If you can do 20 g 3x daily, go for that.  See how much protein YOUR body wants - we're all a bit individual, mine wants 125-150 g per day, so 60 g is the minimum you are working towards.
Rebecca
Circumferential LBL, anchor TT, BL/BR, brachioplasty 12-16-10 Drs. Howard and Gutowski

Thigh lift 3-24-11, Drs. Howard and Gutowski again!
Height 5' 5".  Start point 254.  DH's goal: 154.  My guess: 144.  Insurance goal: 134.  Currently bouncing around 130-135.