Chose a shake

I was in the kitchen looking for something to eat.  I went shopping so there are a lot of options.  I thought what the heck I will have a shake instead.  This brand is really not too bad.  I have tried slim fast in the past and I thought it was so incredibly nasty.  The box of premade shakes sat in my refrigerator well after their expiration date.  I don't even think I finished the first shake I tried.

When I started the weight loss surgery program, the dietitian says you have to start taking 2 multi vitamins a day and 2 calciums with vit d.  I have been slacking so much on my vitamins.  I started again today.  I wish I could take them together I think I would remember better.  But you can't take them together because of the iron not working well with the calcium.

Still nervously waiting for my surgery date :)

Playing video games doesn't make Andrew fat!

First go at Whey Protein

I have let all of my friends and family know I am about to go through the journey of bariatric weight loss surgery.  I will describe in another blog what I have gone through so far.  But tonight I wanted to share my first taste of protein shakes.

Today I went to walgreens, their selection of whey powders is quite lacking.  I picked up one of the cheapest ones to try and a shaker bottle.  The bottle is pretty cool it has a wire ball inside to break up all the chunks.  I also bought a small container of lactaid milk.  Milk has been giving me some stomach problems so I figured I would try the lactaid.

Super easy to make the shake, 8 oz's of lactaid and 1 scoop of triple chocolate powder.  Shake shake shake it up.  Then drink it.  It wasn't that bad.  I have had a lot worse.  I am skeptical of it keeping the hungers away for my first 2 weeks.