Protein Shakes

I personally love the myoplex shakes in the morning for breakfast. I mix them in the blender and add a tsp of peanut butter. Very good!!

I use EAS Whey Protein powder and mix it with fat free skim milk. the skim milk is only 90 calories and the EAS whey is 130 calories per scoop. You can get a 3 pound bag of Choc. Van. or Straw. at Sams club for around $25.00.

I like the Muscle Milk Light. It is lower calorie and half the protein of the regular MM. As a powder, it is easy to store and transport and prep on the go. 195 calories per shake. And, if I can make another recommendation, there is a water bottle called "Blender Bottle" that I absolutely love. It has this whisk ball inside that stirs everything up and whisks out any lumps in the powder. I have bought two of these and think they are the coolest thing.

--Carter

I use Vega protein powder and add in half a banana and three large spoon fulls of greek yogurt.

I want to get stuff to make protein shakes, but not sure what to buy. I know some drink them to bulk up in muscle, but I want to lose a significant amount of weight, but also tone up. What do you take?

There's nothing about protein shakes that will inherently make you "bulk up" or "lose weight" or "tone up"! Protein shakes are simply supplements to help you reach your dietary goals -- whether it's because you're low on calories for the day or low on protein. For that reason, they can be used for all the purposes you listed!

- For people bulking up or toning up (i.e., eating more calories per day than their maintenance): Protein shakes are a quick and convenient source of calories in ADDITION to their regular meals.

- For people losing weight (i.e., eating fewer calories per day than maintenance): Protein shakes allow you to add protein to your diet without adding sugars or carbohydrates... which are, unfortunately, too easily found in most of the food we eat.

Regardless of what you drink them for, it's important to keep the nutritional aspects in mind. Protein shakes won't help you LOSE weight if they knock you over your calorie limit for the day. Where they are invaluable, however, is in planning your meals and after your workouts. If your options are (1) a bagel or (2) a protein shake + fruit, the latter makes far more sense.

(Also, as for recommendations, I use Optimum Nutrition 100%. Tastes bland but mixes easily.)

I just wrote a post similar to this..but. I use the Gold Standard brand, I think it is optimum nutrition.. I get the vanilla ice cream flavor. For a morning, when I used to have it as my biggest meal of the day, I would add one scoop of protein powder, half a banana, 5 strawberries and some blueberries, 1Tbsp flax, 1/2C FF plain yogurt and 1/4c oj. Sprinkle of cinnamon on top, it was really yummy and filling. I had mine with a low calorie english muffin and more cinnamon. Not cinnamon sugar, but cinnamon...it is good for your metabolism.
Now, I take half of the vanilla and half of the chocolate and mix that with 1/2c water and 1/2c almond milk. Not too bad really, has good flavor. Mixes well, unlike a lot out there that get clumpy. I use a blender bottle..