protein shakes

Pre-packaged- Orgain Organic Nutritional shake
Powder- Garden of Life Raw Meal- Meal Replacement

Both focus on fruit and veggie formulas which I like.

I LOVE pea protein isolate. I use a brand called Vegn. I have a sensitive stomach, and whey protein gave me HORRIBLE stomach pains where I couldn't eat for hours and was keeled over on my bed in pain! Vegn protein has never given me this problem. It is light and tastes pretty good, and it is neutral enough where you can add anything to it.

I usually make a protein drink with this recipe:

1) 1 cup of almond or soy milk (better for you and didn't give me stomach problems)
2) 1 scoop Vegn protein
3) 1 cup of greens (kale or spinach)
4) 1 cup of any fruits (my favorites for shakes are watermelon, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, mangos, and bananas)
4) honey or agave nectar if you desire, but the fruit should sweeten it up enough!

A shake like the one above will definitely keep you full all morning! It will also give you adequate energy in the morning.

Based on quality and taste, Optimum Nutrition is my favorite. Go with cookies & cream mixed in milk FTW.

I buy this too, only vanilla. It has 30 grams of protein and only 1 gram of sugar. My favorite is to mix it with Light Chocolate Soy, 1 T peanut butter and 1 cup of ice. YUM!

Drinking a protein powder will not have you lose weight, eating in a deficit will have you losing weight!

Protein is simply powdered food. I stick with Optimum Nutrition, pretty solid brand. The coffee flavor is really tasty!!

Trutein chocolate peanut butter-- non-veg multi-source
Trutein cinnabon
Nitrofusion (vanilla)-- vegetarian multi-source

No one can tell you what you're going to like ----
I personally think Optimum nutrition is one of the absolute worst tasting, yet someone mentioned its their favorite.

I often make protein shakes for breakfast...and if you mix them with almond milk and coffee you can mask the flavor of any crappy tasting protein you don't like A little sugar-free hazelnut or any other creamer and voila -

My typical:
Made in a large blender bottle (27oz) I take to the gym
1 cup almond milk or flax milk
2 cups decaf cold coffee (regular is fine too)
1 scoop protein (i prefer chocolate or coffee flavor -- i use whey protein isolate, a few different brands i like)
1-2 tbsp sugar free hazelnut creamer -

--- another good one for summer
1 cup almond milk
1-2 cups diet v8 splash tropical
1 scoop jay robb pina colada protein
Add what you like... i sometimes add pineapple or bananas and put the blender

-- experiment a little
The BIGGEST difference is what you mix it with
Most taste horrible just in water I try lots of things.

I use Nutrisport 90+, cheap as chips - tastes like dog chocolate (yes, yes I have tasted this before anyone asks :sick:). I mix it with water & throw in a shot of soy milk.


Per 53g Serving
Energy 852.2KJ
Energy 199.2KCAL
Protein 45.58g
Carbohydrate 3.6g
(Of which is sugars) 2.5g
Fat 1.48g
Saturates 1.48g
Fibre 1.0g
Sodium 0.047g

I like Whole Foods' 365 Whey Protein Powder. It's 80cal per serving and blends well because it's super fine. I grab the random protein shakes at Trader Joe's sometimes too (look carefully there's one that's 100 cal and one that's triple that, with nearly the same packaging)

I'm using Herbalife too for breakfast and lunch and healthly dinner and over 12 weeks have lost just over 12 lbs which is fab for me. I am finding that using it in conjunction with MFP where I track at around 1200 cals per day, keep up my protein levels and eat back some exercise calories at the weekend works for me.

Since May 2006 I have had the Chocolate Champion Pure Whey Stack in my morning cup of coffee as my breakfast. It doesn't throw up that awful "whey smell" in your nose as some can. It has (in a 1.6 scoop serving) 195 calories, 35 g protein, 3g. fat and 18g calcium.