Protein
In preparation for the lap banding surgery and in my husband’s case – a boost in his trips to the gym – we have found two great products. The first is a protein mix/drink that to me, the chocolate one tastes just like chocolate milk. We also ordered the strawberry and vanilla. The vanilla was decent, drinkable at least, a slight chalky texture and slightly off flavor, but not so bad that I wouldn’t drink it. The strawberry was just not for us, my husband thought that perhaps our milk had gone bad, but no, it was just the flavor/texture of the strawberry. We did find someone who would drink it so it didn’t go to waste. You can order them online here and some people have said they found them at GNC but I haven’t seen them here locally.
The other thing that we found, and I personally still find fun to use is the blender bottle. Its a heavy duty plastic cup with a flip top lid and a small springy type metal ball that goes in the cup to help mix stuff up. It works really well, it takes a bit of time to get the protein mix to not have the lumps in it, but a heck of a lot less time then it would to use a spoon. I have also used it with Crystal Light and those other drink mixes that you mix with a bottle of water and its perfect. Nothing seems to stain it, its dishwasher safe, we just put the cup and lid in the top rack, the little ball in the silverware basket (just don’t add two balls to one spot in the basket – they somehow magically comingle and join evil forces and are a witch to get apart). We first ordered them online from here and then I found them at a local market (more on that place later).
