Suggestions: Good protein shakes ?

Cingulate said:

One of the regulars at the gym mentioned protein shakes to bulk up a bit.
What is a good protein shake/product out there? Any suggestions to
products, websites etc would help. I have no idea at all.

Bill Phillips was nice to me once and he used to own EAS therefore I
recommend Myoplex shakes.

Or you could just try some and figure out what you can find/like/afford.

Trader Joe's has a decent whey protein mix. Soy protein powders make me
gag. YMMV.

Dally

Cingulate said:

I am a squash player, 5'11, 168 lbs and have an athletic body. (I used
to be skinny - real skinny)
Only recently have I started working out to improve my squash game and
it seems to be giving my body some definition as well.

One of the regulars at the gym mentioned protein shakes to bulk up a bit.
What is a good protein shake/product out there? Any suggestions to
products, websites etc would help. I have no idea at all.

Thanks
-C

Try skim milk first.

C:
I enjoy my protein smoothies quite a bit, I even said last night that
I didn't want to ever stop lifting since this would mean that I
wouldn't get to drink them as much.
I use Whey Protein that I buy from Sam's at 6lbs for $20. My recipe
uses
a double serving of protein since I make a double sized smoothie, half
after the workout and half on the morning after.
2 scoops protein powder
2.5 cups of soy milk
1 frozen banana
8 frozen strawberries
1 frozen pear
2 tablespoons of honey

Get creative with the fruit and I sometimes like to use chocolate soy
milk too which tastes like a blended banana split to me. I have
started throwing in peanut butter too. I have used regular milk but
have came back to soy milk because I feel like it is easier to digest
right after a workout. I drink regular milk with my meals.

James

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Quoted message said:

I am a squash player, 5'11, 168 lbs and have an athletic body. (I used
to be skinny - real skinny)
Only recently have I started working out to improve my squash game and
it seems to be giving my body some definition as well.

One of the regulars at the gym mentioned protein shakes to bulk up a bit.
What is a good protein shake/product out there? Any suggestions to
products, websites etc would help. I have no idea at all.

Muscle Milk. Bar none.

Cingulate said:

I am a squash player, 5'11, 168 lbs and have an athletic body. (I used
to be skinny - real skinny)
Only recently have I started working out to improve my squash game and
it seems to be giving my body some definition as well.

One of the regulars at the gym mentioned protein shakes to bulk up a bit.
What is a good protein shake/product out there? Any suggestions to
products, websites etc would help. I have no idea at all.

Firstly, you should eat real food, but if you need
the convenience of a protein shake:

Hi-Health sells XRated brand protein powder, which, IMO, is
the best tasting, by far.

It's so good I'm tempted to have it assayed to find out if it's
not just chocolate-milk mix.

All the rest have distinct wheaty/buttermilky flavors.
One product (an attempted spinoff of XRated unfortunately)
tasted like vomit. Literally. I couldn't tell if it was
going down or coming up.

But the traditional XRated is great. Especially the
triple-chocolate flavor. It didn't used to be. About 8
years ago it tasted wheaty, too. They must have figured
out the secret to eliminating that (they also added a few
grams of carbs and fat, which may be part of the secret).

If you're trying to gain, mix it with whole milk and blend
in a raw egg. You'll swear you were drinking ice cream.

(But don't try to make ice cream out of it; I tried that,
and it doesn't quite work...)

Use a blender or a stick-blender. Even this stuff has
trouble tasting good if it's not mixed thoroughly, and
a little aeration gives it a nice texture.

Play with the proportions until you like it best.

--Blair
"In the end, it's always the same advice."

Dally, T, James, John and Blair -

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm definitely going to try some, the
ones that fit my pocket first 🙂.
In the meantime, I'm getting my fair share of fruits, eggs, meat and
veggies.

-C

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T said:

Cingulate said:

I am a squash player, 5'11, 168 lbs and have an athletic body. (I used
to be skinny - real skinny)
Only recently have I started working out to improve my squash game and
it seems to be giving my body some definition as well.

One of the regulars at the gym mentioned protein shakes to bulk up a bit.
What is a good protein shake/product out there? Any suggestions to
products, websites etc would help. I have no idea at all.

Thanks
-C

Try skim milk first.

Mixed with raw eggs......
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Cingulate said:

Dally, T, James, John and Blair -

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm definitely going to try some, the
ones that fit my pocket first 🙂.
In the meantime, I'm getting my fair share of fruits, eggs, meat and
veggies.

-C

If you want a rich delicious source of whey protein for your smoothie, use
ricotta cheese and milk (experiment with portions, more milk than ricotta) for
your base. Add a pound of berries, a couple of spoonfuls of cocoa and sugar
(big blender), and you've got at least a couple of wonderful quick meals.

T said:

Cingulate said:

Dally, T, James, John and Blair -

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm definitely going to try some, the
ones that fit my pocket first 🙂.
In the meantime, I'm getting my fair share of fruits, eggs, meat and
veggies.

-C

If you want a rich delicious source of whey protein for your smoothie, use
ricotta cheese and milk (experiment with portions, more milk than ricotta) for

Ricotta? Do you mean cottage cheese?

Ricotta's kind of fatty.

--Blair
"Mmm, calzone..."

Blair P. Houghton said:

T said:

Cingulate said:

Dally, T, James, John and Blair -

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm definitely going to try some, the
ones that fit my pocket first 🙂.
In the meantime, I'm getting my fair share of fruits, eggs, meat and
veggies.

-C

If you want a rich delicious source of whey protein for your smoothie, use
ricotta cheese and milk (experiment with portions, more milk than ricotta) for

Ricotta? Do you mean cottage cheese?

Ricotta's kind of fatty.

--Blair
"Mmm, calzone..."

You can use part-skim or skim ricotta if you want.

T said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Ricotta? Do you mean cottage cheese?

Ricotta's kind of fatty.

"Mmm, calzone..."

You can use part-skim or skim ricotta if you want.

Part-skim is still kinda fatty. I couldn't find data for skim.

--Blair
"Mmmmmm, diet calzone..."

Blair P. Houghton said:

Part-skim is still kinda fatty. I couldn't find data for skim.

Quoted message said:

From http://www.calorieking.com ...

1 cup lowfat/light: 269 calories
13.5 grams fat/zero saturated fat
18grams protein/18grams carbs

Check the labels next time you go grocery shopping.

joanne

joanne said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Part-skim [ricotta] is still kinda fatty. I couldn't find data for skim.

Quoted message said:

From http://www.calorieking.com ...

1 cup lowfat/light: 269 calories
13.5 grams fat/zero saturated fat
18grams protein/18grams carbs

13.5 grams is a lot of fat for 18 grams of protein and 18
grams of carbs.

72 protein calories and 72 carb calories, but 122 fat
calories. In percentages: 22/22/45. Good diet if you
want to gain weight fast and don't care what kind.

Now, you're not going to eat a whole cup of ricotta,
but even as an ingredient it's more a source of fat than
protein...and not essential fats at that.

CalorieKing does have a listing for Sargento Non-Fat
Ricotta, however (I musta missed it when I checked it
before): 0 fat, 20g protein, 20g carbs, per cup. I'm
going to look for it next time I'm at the store. At least
one of the chains (Safeway, Albertson's, or Fry's/Kroger's)
has a lot of Sargento products on the shelf.

This would be a great way to try it out:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_26855,00.html

(Without the sugar substitute; if you need that on your
berries, you shouldn't have bought those berries...)

Quoted message said:

Check the labels next time you go grocery shopping.

Always do. The front labels are advertising and
camouflage; many should be illegal. The back label
actually says what is in the package, modulo loopholes
and inanities in the labeling law.

--Blair
"There's no bread in breadfruit."

Blair P. Houghton said:

joanne said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Part-skim [ricotta] is still kinda fatty. I couldn't find data for skim.

Quoted message said:

From www.calorieking.com ...

1 cup lowfat/light: 269 calories
13.5 grams fat/zero saturated fat
18 grams protein/18 grams carbs

13.5 grams is a lot of fat for 18 grams of protein and 18
grams of carbs.

72 protein calories and 72 carb calories, but 122 fat
calories. In percentages: 22/22/45. Good diet if you
want to gain weight fast and don't care what kind.

So first I noted that 22+22+45=89, not a hundred; so much for percentages. Then
I noted that 72+72=144>122, whereas 22+22=44<45. So it was obvious enough that
your math was screwed for me to pull up the calculator.

144+122=266. 72/266=27%. Percentages are therefore 27/27/46.

Quoted message said:

Now, you're not going to eat a whole cup of ricotta,
but even as an ingredient it's more a source of fat than
protein...and not essential fats at that.

CalorieKing does have a listing for Sargento Non-Fat
Ricotta, however (I musta missed it when I checked it
before): 0 fat, 20g protein, 20g carbs, per cup. I'm
going to look for it next time I'm at the store. At least
one of the chains (Safeway, Albertson's, or Fry's/Kroger's)
has a lot of Sargento products on the shelf.

That's what I use, yeah.

Quoted message said:

This would be a great way to try it out:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_26855,00.html

Interesting; maybe I'll put a T of balsamic vinegar in the smoothie next time. ;-)

Muscle Milk!

Add some Lysine, Aspargine and Glutamine... with some Creatine and Alpha
Lipoic Acid to bood. Yum!

--
She wondered, “what is he chewing on?”
And suddenly, she realized...
www.cafepress.com/dwacon

T said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

joanne said:

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

>Part-skim [ricotta] is still kinda fatty. I couldn't find data for skim.

>From www.calorieking.com ...
1 cup lowfat/light: 269 calories
13.5 grams fat/zero saturated fat
18 grams protein/18 grams carbs

13.5 grams is a lot of fat for 18 grams of protein and 18
grams of carbs.

72 protein calories and 72 carb calories, but 122 fat
calories. In percentages: 22/22/45. Good diet if you
want to gain weight fast and don't care what kind.

So first I noted that 22+22+45=89, not a hundred; so much for
percentages. Then
I noted that 72+72=144>122, whereas 22+22=44<45. So it was obvious enough that
your math was screwed for me to pull up the calculator.

144+122=266. 72/266=27%. Percentages are therefore 27/27/46.

Oops. I calculated the 45 and then fumbled on dividing the 55 by two...

Still. 27/27/45 would be a good diet for an underweight
offensive lineman. Someone who already has enough muscle
and strength and needs to pack on mass of any kind to
increase his inertia.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

This would be a great way to try it out:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_26855,00.html

Interesting; maybe I'll put a T of balsamic vinegar in the smoothie next
time. ;-)

Strawberries and balsamic vinegar is a one of those food
combinations you never think would work but may become
one of your favorite things. The trick is to use good,
real balsamic vinegar, the kind that makes your eyes pop
when you look at the price in the gourmet-food aisle.

--Blair
"Now I'm craving."