Protein shakes

LRH94

I just invested in some whey protein for me to use on a workout day.
I like to workout in the early mornings before breakfast (like 6-7am), and have heard that you should consume the shakes after working out. However, I do like to eat a proper breakfast, and feel I would be too full having the shake in addition to this?
Taking this into account, what would be the best time for me to drink the shakes? I was thinking I could have them as an afternoon 'snack' to fill me up between lectures when I'm at University all day, but would this be far too late to consume them?

jemhh

Nope. If you want your normal breakfast anf then a shake later it is fine.

livingleanlivingclean

I prefer to eat my calories so I don't have protein shakes. They're fine if you need to up your protien intake and you struggle to eat enough. You can have them whenever you like... Just like you can eat whenever you like. They're just "food"

californiagirl2012

It doesn't matter what time you eat anything. Base on how you like to do it and how you feel. I'm not a fan of drinking my calories, but I like to supplement my protein intake with protein powder recipes like protein custard, pancakes, and waffles mostly using egg whites and a few other ingredints to make nice texture and flavor.

Ditch any rules about when to eat, how long to break a nightly fast, pre and post workout, etc. Just experiment and find what works for you. What matters in the end is getting all the macros and nutrients in a rolling daily average over time, the same with the deficit for losing fat. That is why what you do on one day is not the end of the world. It's the rolling daily average over time on everything that matters.