Hi!  Any vegans here?  What kind of protein do you eat after surgery that keeps you full?  And that you digest well?   I'd love to find solutions that aren't processed.   I'm also struggling with finding vegan protein shakes.   Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!

Oh sure, you can use it anywhere you would use sugar.  It's a little less sweet than sugar but measure and looks like it so you have to use about 1/3 to 1/2 more of it.  I used to use 2 tsp of sugar in my coffee, I use 3 tsp of erythritol.  You can bake with it and everything from what I read about it.  I saw a post somewhere that a lady made a cheesecake with it and her family had no idea it didn't have sugar in it.

Before surgery I used it in my hot cereal as well.  After surgery my taste buds seem to be different, I actually prefer sucralose in hot cereal now.  If you watch carbs, it is 4 carbs per serving, but they are sugar alcohol carbs so your net carbs are zero and it doesn't affect blood sugar if you're diabetic (like me).  

I could never tolerate artificial sweeteners in my coffee, no matter which one I tried.  Then I stumbled upon Erythritol, and it turned out to be the best thing ever!  It is a sugar alcohol, but I had no issues with it, either before or after surgery.  I'm sitting here right now with a nice cup of hazelnut coffee, FF cream, and erythritol.  Tastes just great.  I highly recommend giving it a try, it's a totally different animal than the other artificial sweeteners (Equal, Splenda, etc.).

Sometimes I crave bacon. I will cook off an entire package in the oven (lay the strips out on a rimmed cookie sheet and bake at 350 until almost crisp about 20 minutes). Then I pack up the bacon strips in individual serving sizes (2 strips per package) and freeze them. On those evenings when I don't feel like cooking, I can nuke the bacon for a minute or so, and crumble it over a green salad with shredded cheese, or make my own version of a BLT by wrapping it in a large lettuce leaf or a carb-free pancake. I also make up the "pancakes" on a day when I have a little time and freeze them individually.

I'm also loving cauliflower rice. You can make your own and freeze it or buy it already prepped in the freezer section. It's pretty easy to top it with a few steamed shrimp, or a bit of chicken. Like a writer above, a crockpot is wonderful. You can also cook a hunk of beef in a slow cooker with sugar free BBQ sauce (or Carolina BBQ sauce) and then shred it and again freeze in individual portion sizes. I use those little 1/4 cup plastic ware containers for stuff like this for freezing. I just pop it out on a plate when it's time to eat and nuke it.

For snacks I eat cheese sticks, measured portions of nuts (too easy to get lost in the can/bag), pork rinds.

Our mouth and brains get used to sweet, sweet, sweet. With RNY you will likely find that regular sugar is not a good option. Just smelling it makes me nauseous.

The Premeir Protein has Splenda in it as does the Torani Syrups both of which I use. I'm allergic to soy so have to avoid most of the other products out there. I also use the Quest Protein bars from time to time...

I'm finding that my tongue can be retrained and sometimes I can just have a few blueberries or a couple of strawberries in my plain yogurt (I make my own to avoid soy additives) is often enough sweetener. I've figured out that fresh yogurt is much sweeter than "old" yogurt (even one day makes a difference). So, I make up my yogurt and have one serving and then divide the rest into single servings and freeze them. I let them thaw out in the frig as I need them. It requires planning ahead, but tart yogurt just doesn't make me happy.