Sell me on Whey Protein.

Sometimes I don't have the appetite but know I know the protein. Well did, when I was lifting.

I use it when I don't want to make a meal just for me or if I'm in a hurry. I also use it in a smoothie with fruit to give myself a "treat" It mixes up thick and I feel like I'm eating ice cream. Works for me!!

I usually have a shake after I workout or if I need my goals met...but like today, I have been craving sweets all day, so after my workout tonight, I get to have my shake and it helps with my sweet tooth, but i have to work out before I get a shake, lol
And when there is a million things to do at home and with the kids, Ill grab a shake just because I can...even though I eat fairly well, I cannot consume 100-150 grams of protein in a day...ive tried and it just about made me sick...so, its cheap, its easy, and it helps your body after a workout...so why not?

One advantage I really find with it is per gram of protein, it is generally lower sodium. Not everyone has to worry about sodium levels, but I've got negative family history there, so.. yeah.

I could nosh on chicken all day if I wanted to, but unless I bought the tasteless stuff that is really low in sodium (would require more prep time and effort too), I would destroy my sodium goal every day, and not in a good way. Eggs are still relatively high in sodium - whey protein is usually much lower.

It's definitely more a supplement to hit your goal than anything else though, in my eyes. I use the stuff religiously - no way, like today for example, I would have hit my protein goal and stayed around my sodium limit if I didn't use whey supplements!

I only drink a protein shake when I'm short on protein for the day.

Ditto.
I also get lazy once in a while, easy fix is protein powder.

convinience, can drink it on the way to work as breakfast, or on the way home from the gym.

however, if you drink to much of it you start smelling like stale coffee. :noway:

What, is this true?

for Casein powder... yes.

Ha! Good to know!

I use it as a convenient snack...lots of protein, no carbs...tasty. It certainly isn't essential, and I do get most of my protein from meat or other places, but its a nice option to have available.

Chocolate Whey + Peanut Butter/ PB2 + Ice + little bit of water = High Protein Milkshake! =D

Low calories, High Protein and easy to drink in just about every situation. Not to mention the added benefit of variety.

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25% BF

What's the point? I find that for the same calories and less carbs I can eat lean meat and actually fill up. So why do I see so many women drinking protein? (If you are figure or power lifter I get it). But why should your average fitness-minded woman drink protein?

You don't need it. It's a convenient way to supplement protein if you're not hitting your protein target naturally. Since it sounds like you are, then it's a non-issue. Why are you looking to be "sold" on it?

It's the quickest breakfast I know. I can make it in under 4 minutes, put it in a shaker bottle, and be out the door for work.

Mine is always 1 scoop powder, 1 cup almond milk, frozen fruit, flax, and then cocoa powder or PB2 depending on what I want.

Studies have shown only hot people buy whey protein:laugh:

For me whey-protein is a no-brainer. I often have two a day - as meals, not just as protein. (I typically add 1/4 to 1/3 cup heavy cream, a small handful of berries and a handful of fresh baby spinach leaves. Sometimes add some peanut-butter to my chocolate whey if I'm hungry.)

I've found I need a minimum of 225g of high-quality protein a day to build muscle mass. Any less and my gains suffer tremendously.

I also eat 6 times a day - both to get the calories I need and to help stabilize my blood glucose. (I'm diabetic).

I'd have to spend a LOT more time cooking (meat, eggs, whatever) to get all my protein without the whey powder.

BTW mine also has only 1g of carbohydrate per 35g of protein... The key to whey protein is use a VERY high-quality isolate, NOT a crappy concentrate.

As for milk - If I drank milk for a protein source I'd be injecting insulin... A typical cup of milk has 13g of sugar and only 7-8g of protein... To get my 35g of protein in one scoop of my whey I'd have to drink about 4-1/2 cups of milk which is about 60g of sugar...

After actually tracking my food with MFP, I realized I was nowhere NEAR hitting my protein goals, even though I had thought I was doing pretty well. I cannot tolerate eating within an hour of my morning workout (I'll be nauseated all day) and don't have time for breakfast, so I'd regularly skip it all together. I don't like drinking a ton of sugar (juice) post-workout, because I wind up feeling bad from that about two hours later, so I just didn't do ANY post-workout recovery, which sucks too.

I finally discovered that I can tolerate whey protein shakes post-workout, and I LOVE it. I've got one that makes a nice malted-milk flavor and 25g protein for 1g carb. I can drink it on the mornings I work out as a recovery, a protein boost to help me hit my macros, AND as a quick breakfast. So for me, they do triple duty. I'd love to get my protein from 'real food' but I just don't love fish, chicken and eggs enough. Either eating or cooking them. Bacon, steak and sausage would do it, but I'm pretty sure I'd wind up pickling my insides with all the salt, nitrates, and fat that go along with them.