Pre-Surgery Diet - Day 2

I am on day 2 of the pre-surgery diet. This week I get to have 2 protein shakes a day and a Lean Cuisine/Smart One frozen meal that meets certain criteria. I also must drink at least 64 oz of water every day. As a special bonus I can also have as much sugar-free Popsicles, sugar-free Jello and chicken, beef or vegetable broth as I want.

I bought 3 different types of protein shakes: Muscle Milk Light, EAS AdvantEDGE Carb Control and Atkins Advantage all in some sort of chocolate flavor. Here is a small review:

Muscle Milk Light: I could barely get past the smell to drink it. When I finally did drink it I could barely get 2 sips in without gagging. I had about 8 sips of water afterword just to try to get the taste out of my mouth. Most of the first attempt at this drink went down the drain.

EAS AdvantEDGE Carb Control: After the disaster of the Muscle Milk I moved on to the EAS. The smell was a little better than the other, so I gave it a try. It also had an after taste but this one only took a couple of sips of water to clear. It was okay, but I wasn't eager to have another one.

Atkins Advantage: After the disaster of the first 2 I tried, needless to say I wasn't overly excited to have another one. So this morning I cracked open the Atkins one. I poured it into my reusable container and gave it a good shake. The smell wasn't too bad so I took a sip. OMG it was like drinking a milkshake! These drinks are the freaking bomb! They have very little after taste and are just great!

So I think I will be buying more of the Atkins drinks to finish out my pre-surgery diet, and will save the others I bought to try after surgery.

Yesterday I had 1 protein shake in the morning (actually a combination of 2, but close enough) and a Lean Cuisine for lunch. I was drinking my water and actually got my 64 oz in. Because of the disaster of the first attempt of protein shake, I did not drink my second protein shake last night. I had a headache so I did sleep quite a bit last night on the couch.

I did prepare to take some broth into work today last night so that I wouldn't forget. This morning I grabbed my broth but didn't grab a frozen meal because I thought I would be home early due to an errand I thought I had to run. Come to find out the errand didn't happen so for lunch I had broth. I then said, well, I'll have the meal for dinner....wrong again. I have my Upper GI xray tomorrow and I can't eat any solid food after 5 pm. I don't get off work until 5 pm. So I came home, took another little nap, had some Popsicles and at 10 pm I had my second protein shake. I am not supposed to drink anything after midnight and haven't gotten in my 64 oz of water yet. I'm only 32 oz in as of this writing. Not looking good.

Tomorrow I have to drink the chalk. I am so not looking forward to this at all. So here's hoping.