I have tried whey protein and Special K protein shakes and I can't stand either one of them. I have to make myself choke them down. I have even tried adding fruits to the whey protein and it is still yucky. Does anybody know of a good protein source that is not so awful?
Oooh.. you might want to see if you can get a sample before you buy a bunch.
Syntrax chocolate truffle was my fave while losing, and now I use Optimum Nutrition, with Cake Batter flavor being my most fave.
And too, with the two above, they arent really thick, so you dont have to add them to 2 cups of water to down them. You can mix them in a smaller glass and just shoot it!
That's what I do when I am on vacation, or am running and need to slam down a shake to get my shakes in. I dont bother with going thru the whole shebang, I have an 8 ounce ball jar and have my scoop in there, add water, shake, shoot, and go! If you shoot it, you dont have to smell it, which affects your taste buds too!
Like we say when we pass a roadkill cloud IF YOU'RE SMELLING IT, YOU'RE TASTING IT!!
yea. We're nasty. Its part of our charm. :}
Surgery/Date: VSG, 05/04/2009 Surgeon: Dr. Guillermo Alvarez
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
The cake batter only comes in 5 pound containers, if you will P.M. me your address I will send you some scoops. I promise not to stalk you much! :}
The Chocolate truffle, I think you can get a syntrax sample pack, from netrition.com (that's where I buy my stuff, the flat fee for shipping is 5 bucks, which helps when they are sending you 10 pounds of protein :s)
Or do you have a Vitamin Shoppe near you? Or even a GNC? If you purchase some powder there, and do not like it, KEEP YOUR RECEIPT and you can trade even an open cannister for another flavor. Also, if you do have a GNC near you, go in and ask them about samples! They tend to have them stashed away and are glad to share!
Surgery/Date: VSG, 05/04/2009 Surgeon: Dr. Guillermo Alvarez
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
Here's a deal- I found my favs this way since I can't handle the milky-type of shake.. Turns out I love the Iced Tea.. Call these guys for a 13 flavor asst.. Some were icky, some good, a few great.. Mix with room temp water in a shaker then add ice. If the water is freezing cold some clump like any protein powder likes to do.. I prefer mine diluted in about 25oz water.
We are currently offering a one time only, limit one per person special on the Nectar ‘Variety Sampler’ containing 13 full serving packets of the following flavors: Apple Ecstasy, Caribbean Cooler, Crystal Sky, Fuzzy Navel, Lemon Tea, Pink Grapefruit, Roadside Lemonade, Strawberry Kiwi, Twisted Cherry, Chocolate Truffle, Strawberry Mousse, Vanilla Bean Torte and Latte Cappuccino. The price is $13.00. The Nectar Variety Sampler receives FREE SHIPPING and orders typically arrive in 2-5 business days via UPS Ground. If you would like to take advantage of this offer, please give us a call at 866-333-7403 x 801. Our hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm Central time.
I love me some Unjury Chicken Soup. But not all do, that's for sure. I'd definitely give the Nectar sample pack a go. I *hated* the iced tea, but loved the cherry and the fuzzy navel. No accounting for taste!
I probably don't *have to*, but I *love* my protein coffee in the morning. Isn't that weird? I'd probably have one now that I know about them even without WLS.
Where do you get protein coffee? I loved coffee before my surgery but now I do not have much of a taste for it...but I would probably do pretty good with it!
The cake batter only comes in 5 pound containers, if you will P.M. me your address I will send you some scoops. I promise not to stalk you much! :}
The Chocolate truffle, I think you can get a syntrax sample pack, from netrition.com (that's where I buy my stuff, the flat fee for shipping is 5 bucks, which helps when they are sending you 10 pounds of protein :s)
Or do you have a Vitamin Shoppe near you? Or even a GNC? If you purchase some powder there, and do not like it, KEEP YOUR RECEIPT and you can trade even an open cannister for another flavor. Also, if you do have a GNC near you, go in and ask them about samples! They tend to have them stashed away and are glad to share!
I second the Optimum Nutrition Cake Batter, it is tasty. The folks at Vitamin Shoppe and GNC are always friendly
My second vat of morning coffee is a double protein delish!! I like it too, a lotz!
Susan, here is my video link for how to make warm protein drinks for visual learners!
Then words to explain below!
Video! GAH the damned link should work now!
For eveningtime - you could make a warm protein drink, be it coffee, or tea (I will use Chai tea that I have made and Cake Batter as my milky creamer) or I will often just use unsweetened almond milk, so the *what* you mix it with is not as important as getting your technique down so you do not curdle your protein. Also, green tea and niller protein goes well together (in my book!)
Words for folks who do not care to be stunned by my morning amazingness. :}
Put protein in small container with lid. Put small amount (I use the 1/3 cup, but only because that is what I use to measure my almond milk for my vatOjoe) of liquid in there, shake into slurry.
Put small amount of warmed *whatever* in container. Stir, may add a bit more of warmed *whatever* stir.
Pour into vatOJoe.
Yum!
Last Edit: Feb 2, 2012 15:49:55 GMT -5 by Brandilynn
Surgery/Date: VSG, 05/04/2009 Surgeon: Dr. Guillermo Alvarez
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
Here's a deal- I found my favs this way since I can't handle the milky-type of shake.. Turns out I love the Iced Tea.. Call these guys for a 13 flavor asst.. Some were icky, some good, a few great.. Mix with room temp water in a shaker then add ice. If the water is freezing cold some clump like any protein powder likes to do.. I prefer mine diluted in about 25oz water.
We are currently offering a one time only, limit one per person special on the Nectar ‘Variety Sampler’ containing 13 full serving packets of the following flavors: Apple Ecstasy, Caribbean Cooler, Crystal Sky, Fuzzy Navel, Lemon Tea, Pink Grapefruit, Roadside Lemonade, Strawberry Kiwi, Twisted Cherry, Chocolate Truffle, Strawberry Mousse, Vanilla Bean Torte and Latte Cappuccino. The price is $13.00. The Nectar Variety Sampler receives FREE SHIPPING and orders typically arrive in 2-5 business days via UPS Ground. If you would like to take advantage of this offer, please give us a call at 866-333-7403 x 801. Our hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm Central time.
I haven't tried all of those flavors but can vouch for the Twisted Cherry, mixed with a crystal light lemonade pack and about 20 ounces of water and the Crystal Sky flavor, mixed plain again with about 20 ounces of water, it was actually pretty tasty, in my opinion.
Also, have you looked at www.vitalady.com? Lots of different protein available in samples and supports one of your fellow WLS surgery peeps. Shipping can be kind of slow so not great for anybody in a hurry, but a good way to try different brands and flavors from one place.
I use the same protein powder I sent you. You can use any kind. You could use the kind you have, although if you just do not like the taste of it, you may still not like the taste of it in coffee or tea!
Surgery/Date: VSG, 05/04/2009 Surgeon: Dr. Guillermo Alvarez
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
I do not wanna hype it up too much, but its the yum to me. I go through 10 pounds of protein powder a month and the two I use and still like the most are the Caramel truffle fudge for the chocolate and the Cake Batter for the vanilla.
You are very welcome! Its frustrating to spend money on stuff that is not right.
Just wait, now you are doing it with protein, next it will be on DAMNED UNDERWEAR!! Because you cannot try it on, you have to buy it to see if its your size!!! /rant
Surgery/Date: VSG, 05/04/2009 Surgeon: Dr. Guillermo Alvarez
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
Right now I am doing the cold shakes but will be doing the warm once I get my samples in. I watched the video that Brandilynn provided so I know how to do it with warm so it don't clump! BTW thanks for the video!
You are welcome! And by the by, my coffee is HOT!! But the almond milk that I mix with the powder is cold, and I just add a little, a little, a little hot to the cold stuff, then tump it in the hot. But yea, do not just tump cold into hot, or you get cottage cheesey coffee! Yum!not!
Surgery/Date: VSG, 05/04/2009 Surgeon: Dr. Guillermo Alvarez
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
I just put about 4 ounces of milk into my little blender, add a scoop of protein powder and blend away. Then pour about half into my morning coffee - the chocolate protein powder tastes like a mocha latte, but right now I'm doing vanilla and it's pretty good too. I drink two or three bigass cups of coffee in the morning, so I can get in about one to two scoops of protein without much trouble.
Couple other recommendations: Netrition.com rocks, and they do have a protein sample pack (some higher carb, some icky, some pretty tasty) but.. I love unflavored protein for using in my coffee.. I may add some SF flavoring if I want, but mostly it's coffee, half & half & protein.. I have tried three diff unflavored ones, Unjury (didn't care for), Syntrax Nectar Medical (good) and NOW brand unflavored (good as well.) NOW is significantly cheaper in large tubs in comparison to Syntrax, and I just recently got one small tub to sample it.. but will be buying in the 10lb size soon.. so just a heads up, in case you were interested. I also mix unflavored into my yogurts for an extra kick.
Thanks....I will have to try the unflavored protein also. I think I will do good with being able to put it in my coffee! I think part of the reason why I have lost my taste for my coffee is because I quit using creamer after my surgery (I use Truvia for a sweetner), so maybe some of the flavored ones and unflavored ones will do good in my coffee! Can't wait to try it!
I am a big fan of Syntrax Nectar but I don't like the flavors mentioned (iced tea, for example) but I LOVE Strawberry Kiwi the Naturals Peach and Orange