Preop liquid diet: I feel....

like I need to .  What am I going to do? I need to drink 3 more of those shakes today and I am SOOOOoooo full!   Should I just mix them up and choke them down or what??  Any suggestions?  I mean, I know if I don't have them then I'll be deficient of everything and that won't be good...I don't wanna starve myself or anything but ewww I don't know if I can put any more of those in my mouth today.... HELP!!

Are the shakes pre-made or do you make them yourself???? Can you cut down on the amount of liquid you are putting into them???  Do you have a variety or are they ALL just the same??? What I do hen i feel full is drink an isopure it's lighter and more like a koolaid drink but has 40 grams of protein. If you do that tho don't drink it all at once because somone has said our bodies won't absorb that much protein at one time. Sorry you're uncomfortable to be quite honest I have never made it to number five but have used isopure. Love ya!! Hugs

I make them myself, but I usually put a little extra liquid b/c if I don't they are SO sweet and WAY too concentrated.... They are vanilla but tomorrow when I go grocery shopping I'm gonna get some SF stuff to mix in with them.....I am currently drinking one (VERY slowly since I'm SOOO full) that I mixed SF apple cidar with and it is SO good.... I tried the apple isopure when I was on vacation and it smelled SO good like a jolly rancher, but holy cow it was the nastiest thing I've ever put in my mouth.....ewww..... I'm seriously doubting that I'm gonna get all 5 in.....but we'll see.......as long as I get at least 3 in I won't feel as bad...but..... Oh well, maybe I will lose more weight this way.....;-) love ya!  **hugs** 10 days til our future starts over again!

Rianne You can dilute the isopure the apple is great in the diet lipton green tea. MMMMM it's really good Also the grape frost is good I like it the best Hugs

eww...no grape for me....every since my grandma made me take grape dimeatap (sp?) for everything....

Just curious--- Did you surgeons say you could only drink protein shakes for your pre op liquid? Or can you drink any supplemental shakes (ie: slim fast)? Nothing but shakes would drive me crazy--- can you drink a little fruit juice or something?

I can ONLY drink the shakes I had to pay $129 for.....:-(  plus water of course..... And said I could have a LITTLE bit of broth each day if I needed to cut down on the sweetness.... *sigh*  Oh well....9 more days....9 more days....that's my mantra for now!

Are you on the HMR shakes?  I was on them to satisfy my 6-month Dr. supervised diet program and there are tons of recipes to make them taste good.  Do a google on HMR recipes and you'll find the recipes that I'm mentioning which will work with any protein drink mix.  I hope you are using a blender with ice, otherwise they can be nasty no matter what brand.  My favorite blend was vanilla shake mix, ice, water and butterscotch flavoring.  Another choice is to use diet rootbeer with the vanilla shake mix - jus****ch you lid on your blender or you'll ahve the fizz all over. Trust me, after 6-months drinking the shakes they do grow on you and is what is allowing me to go into surgery without any pre-surgery dieting requirements (yea).