I dislike the liquid diet in general, but it’s a necessity. I had been struggling simply because adding unflavored protein powder to all my liquids sucks. It doesn’t make them taste right, and not even always palatable. Unflavored protein to cranberry juice? Blech. And I LOVE cranberry juice (I get Giant brand, diet, 2g sugar per serving).
So I decided to try something else out, as a way to still get my 70+g of protein a day in, and still get all my liquids. I’ve made massively proteined shakes, particularly chocolate and peanut butter ones, which 8oz worth and two scoops of chocolate protein powder plus the peanut butter almost covers my entire protein needs for the day. Plus they taste really good.
Then the rest of the day I can focus on regular liquids without protein powder, and actually enjoy drinking them. This method seems better than trying to put protein into every damn liquid. So long as I make two of the big protein shakes a day, then I can also focus on getting my required 8 8oz glasses of liquids a day (or as much as I can for now), and actually enjoy them.
I can eat jello now too, but you can only eat so much jello.
Next week I should be able to start having pudding and grits and cream of wheat. And then next Friday I’m supposed to start the Pureed stage, and have already picked out this garlic chicken salad that I’m going to have as my first meal. It’s going to be…….awesome.