Help! Optimum Nutrition and weight loss (protein powders)

betaleonis

Just curious, as I have never tried protein powders before - I am considering the Optimum Nutrition brand -

Basically, my question is - will drinking this be detrimental to a weight loss program? I do strength training 2-3x a week and circuit training daily with the 30 ds (in addition to 4x a week cardio interval training), eating a net of at least 1200 cal a day (yes, I am working on upping this number ^_^ - I was an under eater before joining MFP).

Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thought I'd ask before I order, in case there are other protein supps people know of that are better for someone trying to lose body fat and build muscle:)

DaveHPT

protein is protein, as far as I'm concerned one brand is as good as another as far as WPI goes... for WPC just check and make sure it is still a very high % of protein compared to other macronutrients.

protein supplements are useful to get your total calories up or just to get your % of protein up. Being on such low calories as you are, it's probably not a terrible idea to take a supplement... in fact just checking your activity level I would say yes, definitely take at least one if not 2 a day.