Protein powder... what's your favorite?

Body by Vi is my favorite ever. (Vi Salus) Its great I love it, only 90 cals and you can mix skim milk to add even more protein and fruit or whatever you want, it tastes good alone too. I'm tryin to lose weight not get muscular, idk which your lookin for but its a good one and I think its good for both!

I meant to say that its about $27 au in supermarket but lots more at sports shops and that lasts me for a fortnight just using it for breakfast! Oh and congrats on the super amount of weight you have lost!

Lean Shake 25 at GNC. PACKED with protein (25 grams). Chocolate is the best flavor. Be sure to only buy the powdered version, no matter what flavor, because the mix has WAYYY more fiber than the pre-made version (already mixed, like liquid). Fiber helps you feel fuller btw

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i use BSN lean dessert because i cant stand the foul tasting protein powders. tastes yummo!

Average prices are usually 14-50dollars for a 2lb container from low end to high end.

I just started it yesterday so I can't tell you much.

I bought the Target Market Pantry chocolate and tried it yesterday not bad, not great but not bad added some pb to it.

It was 15 on sale at target, and it has 140 cal 2g sugar and 25g protein per serving. It tastes ok its like a slightly off chocolate milk flavor to it.

From Chicago, I love Optimum double chocolate, won 1st place for last 5 years, 5 pounds for around $55, but if you buy cheap protein it will make your stomach upset, This one is the best one out their. 120 calories and 24 grams of protein and 3 grams of carbs.

People's knowledge on whey is fairly elementary and I don't blame them.

When you want to buy whey, you want to look at the processing first. You generally have three processes: ion-exchange, ultrafiltered (or microfiltered), and cross-flow microfiltered. Starting from left to right, you have inferior processing to the best. Avoid ion-exchanged whey. They're garbage, seriously.

Next thing you want to look at is the macronutrient profile. Honestly, what's the point in having whey if there's a ton of fat and carbs? I take whey because it opens up my options for more different foods. XF 2.0 is one of the best tasting wheys out there but that isn't particularly surprising considering it's high fat (for whey at least).

Next thing you want to look at is servings and protein. If you buy a 5lb and there's 60 servings but only 22g of protein per serving then it ain't worth it, especially if the other macronutrients are high by whey standards.

After that, you want to ask yourself this: do you want an isolate, casein, or concentrate? They're all different. The first one (isolate) is quite pure, resulting in a shake that is almost purely protein per serving. Casein is expensive but the flavour is great. Concentrate is simply a blend and the most popular.

I consume two scoops a day, so affordability, great taste, and good quality is important to me. What I like to do is take the number of servings on the bottle, times it by the protein, and then divide that by the amount of dollars after taxes and what not. This gives you grams of protein per dollar. Mine has around 47g but I live in Canada so finding better whey is almost impossible.

Considering this, here are brands that are popular but I suggest you avoid:

ON 100% Whey - This is probably the most popular whey on the market. Why? It tastes great, it's affordable, good profile, and great servings. Sounds perfect, right? Well, the isolates are ion-exchanged. Sounds pointless but ion-exchanged proteins contain more of a protein fraction called beta-lactoglobulin, which is a crappy fraction and the one most people are allergic to. If you don't really care, this is worth buying but I suggest avoiding it since there are equally affordable, better quality wheys.

Anything by GNC

Promasil - I actually laugh when people go to GNC and the employees convince someone to buy this. It's so damn expensive that it isn't even worth it. 20g of protein per serving @ 80 servings for $113? If you got money to burn, why not?

Dymatize - They're notorious for having purely ion-exchanged whey. They're affordable for a reason and it's because their whey isn't of particularly good quality.

BSN Syntha-6 - The profile sucks a major one. 14g of carbs just for 22g of protein? No thanks. The taste on these are awesome, though. If you don't care about the shoddy carb-to-protein ratio then this might be worth a purchase.

My recommendations:
Myofusion - Tastes amazing (creates a really thick drink especially with milk), great profile, GMP certified, and their whey is entirely microfiltered and cross-flow microfiltered. They're not much more expensive than ON 100% but they're better in terms of quality. This is my go-to whey if I ever lived in America.

Anything by ALLMAX - They're on the pricier side but they pretty much make the best quality stuff. You can't go wrong with them. Great tasting stuff as well.

MusclePharm Combat Powder - Affordable, tastes great, and awesome profile.

VPX Zero Carb SRO - Good tasting stuff, incredible quality, and on par with ALLMAX Isoflex. Both are relatively expensive ($1.00 per serving but this is cheaper than something like Lean Dessert) but Isoflex pulls a fast one since it tastes much better.

Xtreme Formulations Ultra Peptide 2.0 - Probably the best tasting whey out there but the macronutrient profile sucks. I only mention it because they have the best customer service and best taste as well as great quality. It only comes in 2lbs and it's expensive ($32.99 for 24 servings).

www.canadianprotein.com - this is where I get my whey.

LeanFit Whey - a brand you can only get it from Costco. This is another whey that I get and it's the most affordable whey in Canada (to my knowledge) unless you get 25lbs from Canadian Protein.

Well, I didn't get my doctorate degree in "Whey Protein--ology", but it seems pretty simple to me. Eat ample protein, carbs, and healthy fats, train hard, see results....not ao complicated. Btw, my husband was a competitive bodybuilder for 10 years, competed at around 230 lbs, never came in less than 2nd place, and he uses Optimum Nutrition, and so do 3 of the female fitness competitors he currently works with as a personal trainer...less talking, more lifting...PEACE!! :drinker:

Sadly, I'm uneducated in many fitness things, including protein supplements, but was recently turned on to Amplify (GNC) chocolate. I put a TBSP of natural peanut butter in it - best tasting protein shake I've ever had plus I've been assured by several people that it is high quality. Downside - with a GNC card, it's at the higher end of the price range - $40 for 2lbs. I like EAS premade drinks, too, for post workout quickies.

Side note - I just started NROLFW. Hoping I can get results like thistime! You look amazing!