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[On A Journey]

I am having problems liking protein shakes.  While I am waiting for my approval from the insurance company I have been trying different protein shakes.  When I drink them my stomach gets upset.  I even got the lactose-free ones to see if that is the problem but my stomach still gets upset. Generally I am not a shake kind of person.  I have to do two weeks of protein shakes before my surgery.  What can I do to get my protein before and after my surgery?  I have learned so much from everybody in this site.

[baka]

How are you making the shakes and what brands are you using?

Ian

[On A Journey]

My nut gave me a list of shakes.  I have been getting the already made ones ( Oh yea, Pure protein,Muscle Milk) .  I have samples of powder mix coming in the mail.  I am hoping that I will do better with the powder and mixing it with water.

[baka]

Experiment is the key imho

Use SF Syrups/Fruit/Extracts/Ice/Decaf Coffee to enhance the shake

I hardly ever use water as it tastes like crap even with my fave shake - I mix mine with Plain Soy Milk

Try some of the RTD's too like Isopure and Protein Blitz

Tip: Even though it may say use 8oz of water/liquid I often use just 4oz if I don't feel like drinking that much

As your taste buds will change make sure you don't go overboard buying stuff before you get sliced and diced

Ian

[SHEMAEBE]

Any suggestions on the best unflavored protein powder?

[Maddie]

I like the Jay Robb unflavored.  When I make anything that has multiple ingredients, like a casserole or mac and cheese, I put some in.

[Indykitty]

What is it about the shakes in particular that you don't like? I think ISOPURE is good if you prefer a more fruity thin drink, although I had to add splenda.  I also love the Isopure Dutch Chocolate Low Carb  and the Strawberry Cream mixed with light almond milk (it's very light and not thick at all) but I also like the thick shakes like the BSN Lean Desserts in Chocolate Fudge, Cinnamon Bun, and especially Banana Nut Bread flavor.   Muscle Milk has a weird aftertaste, but I'll drink it in a pinch.  The EAS Low Carb Advantage ready to drinks are thin, but taste better than Muscle Milk - the dark chocolate is my favorite. I didn't care too much for the Myoplex ones.

[Seht]

I have a pretty extensive list of protein shake recipes.  It's a 39 page pdf file.
If you send me a message with your email address I can send it to you.
I haven't tried all of them, but the ones I have tried have been good.

Also some of them won't be early patient friendly, you will have to use some caution/common sense when you chose which ones you want to make.
Here are a few examples of some of the recipes.
These will vary on nutrition data depending on which protein powder you use.

Apple Pie Frosty
1 1/2 scoops HDT 5+1 vanilla protein powder
1 apple, peeled, cored, and sliced
(or 1/2 C no-sugar-added applesauce)
2 packets Splenda
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t nutmeg
3/4 C water
8-10 ice cubes Blend thoroughly and drink up

Banana Cheerio Quickfast
· Great for a super fast morning meal
· 1 to 2 scoops of chocolate protein powder
· 6 to 8 ounces of water
· 4 to 6 ice cubes
· 1 banana
· 3/4 cup cup or original cheerios
· Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Banana Mocca
8 oz milk (carb countdown, 2%, or whatever you use)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/2 banana
1 tbsp. instant coffee
Ice
Blend

Banana/Peanut Butter Shake (12 grams protein)
8 ounces fat-free milk
1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
1/4 - 1/2 banana
Blend until smooth in blender.
Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie
8 oz skim milk
1/3 small banana
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
2 packets of splenda
5 ice cubes
1 scoop unflavored protein powder (Could use chocolate if you wanted a choco banana PB smoothie)
In blender combine milk, banana, peanut butter and sweet n' low. Add ice cubes and pulse.

BANANA PROTEIN NOG
1 scoop Matrix Simply Vanilla protein powder
1 cup skim milk
A one inch chunk of banana
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Place all ingredients in blender and process until smooth.

Berry Berry Smoothy
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1-2 scoops low carb ice cream
1 cup skim milk (or 1% milk)
¼ cup frozen fruit medley
Mix in blender until smooth

Blueberry Blaster
· 1 to 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder
· 6 to 8 ounces of water
· 4 to 6 ice cubes
· 20-30 blueberries
· Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Butterscotch Pecan Liquid Pie
2 scoops ProScore 100 vanilla
8 oz cold water
2 T sugar free butterscotch pudding mix
4-5 ice cubes
1/4 C pecans
Blend protein powder, water and pudding mix.
(The pudding mix thickens the liquid considerably).
Add ice cubes and blend till ice slivers.
Add pecans and blend again for a few seconds.
Pour into nice huge parfait glass and enjoy.
(about 300 calories).

Cherry Vanilla
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
4-5 maraschino cherries
2 scoops low carb vanilla ice cream
1 cup cherry sugar free kool-aid
Mix in blender until smooth

Cherry Vanilla Protein Shake
1 scoop vanilla powder
1/2 cup SF cherry yogurt
4 ice cubes
splash water
vanilla extract (to taste)
cherry extract (to taste)
Put all of it in a blender and hit liquify! Enjoy

Cherry Vanilla Coke Float
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
2 scoops low carb SF ice cream
1 cup diet coke
4-5 cherries
Mix in blender until smooth

Cherry Vanilla Protein Shake
1 scoop vanilla powder
1/2 cup SF cherry yogurt
4 ice cubes
splash water
vanilla extract (to taste)
cherry extract (to taste)

Chocolate Almond Shake
2 scoops ProScore 100 chocolate
1 cup of soy milk
2 T Sweet N Low chocolate syrup
1 t almond flavoring
1/4 cup of almonds
6-8 ice cubes
Blend all ingredients,
Except almonds and ice cubes,
Then add nuts and cubes and blend again

Chocolate Banana
(Lean Mass Gain)
· 12 oz. Water
· 4 to 5 ice cubes
· 1 banana
· 1 tablespoon heavy cream
· 2 scoops chocolate protein powder

Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter De-Lite
3/4 c. cold water
1/4 c. Toasted Marshmallow s/f syrup
2 scoops PS IOO Chocolate Protein Powder 4 packets. equal
1/2 small banana
1T. low sugar Peanut Butter
1T. s/f White Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix
Put everything in blender
And whirl till smooth.
Scrape down sides if necessary
And whirl some more.

Chocolate Banana Smoothie
1/2 cup banana Fat-Free NutraSweet Sweetened Yogurt
1/2 cup Non-fat Milk
1/2 cup ripe banana peeled and sliced
Dash of Vanilla
1 Scoop Chocolate Protein Powder of Choice
Put all ingredients except ice in blender,
Blend until smooth.
Add ice and blend
To give it a frozen smoothie consistency.

Chocolate-Banana-Coffee Shake
1/2 tsp coffee (I dont like coffee)
1 small scoop low carb ice cream
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 scoop chocolate protein
1/2 banana
then I hit blend...

Chocolate Banana Shake
· 1 to 2 scoops of chocolate protein powder
· 6 to 8 ounces of water
· 4 to 6 ice cubes
· 1 banana
· Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Chocolate-Banana Shake
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1/2 banana
1 cup skim milk
2 handfuls ice
Blend thoroughly.
Hint: if you can't use a banana,
Try banana extract...tastes good!

Chocolate Coconut Shake
2 oz Coconut Milk
6 oz Cold Water
2 scoops Chocolate protein powder
1 tsp Chocolate or Banana Sugar-Free pudding
Hand Shake well.

Chocolate Covered Banana
1 scoop Chocolate Isopure
1/2 c 1% milk
splash of sugar-free chocolate syrup
1/2 banana
4 maraschino cherries
2 handfuls ice
Blend

Chocolate Covered Cherry Shake
1 1/2 scoops HDT 5+1 chocolate protein powder
1 cup soy milk
2T Sweet N Low chocolate syrup
10-12 cherries - (no pits please)
8-10 ice cubes
Put all ingredients into blender
And mix to desired consistency

Chocolate Frosty Shake
1 rounded scoop Optimum Nutrition Pro Complex Chocolate Protein Powder
1 rounded tsp. fat free sugar free French Vanilla International Coffee
1 rounded tsp. fat free Creamora (non-dairy coffee creamer powder)
10 ice cubes
Use a blender to get a shake-like consistency

Chocolate Fudge Shake
2 scoops ProScore 100 chocolate
2 T chocolate fudge sugar free pudding mix
8 oz water
5 large ice cubes,
tiny silver spoon (optional)
Blend ProScore, pudding and water, add ice cubes,
Blend till crushed with ice slivers still un-melted,
Pour into insulated cup (makes about 16 oz)
And eat it with a tiny silver spoon.

Chocolate Mint Shake
1 1/2 scoops HDT 5+1 chocolate protein powder
1 packet sugar free hot chocolate mix
1 teaspoon mint flavoring
1/2 cup of soy milk
1/2 cup of water
6 large ice cubes
Put all ingredients into blender
And mix to desired consistency. Serve cold.

Chocolate OrangeSicle
1 1/2 scoops ProScore 100 chocolate
1/2 Scoop OrangeSicle protein powder
8 oz water
Shake very well

Chocolate Peanut Butter Death
2 scoops PS100 Chocolate Protein Powder
8 oz Cold Water
2 tsp Chocolate SF Pudding Mix
1 packets Splenda
1 Generous splash (probably 1 1/2 ounces) of SF DaVinci Peanut Butter Syrup
1 Generous splash (probably 1 1/2 ounces) of SF DaVinci Cookie Dough Syrup
1 Heaping Tablespoon (Daloop) of Fat Free Cool Whip Light
1 Heaping Teaspoon of Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
approx. 6 oz of crushed ice
Mix until entirely smooth - pour - sit back and enjoy pure indulgence

Chocolate Peanut Butter Shake
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 tbs. peanut butter
1 cup skim milk
2 handfuls ice
Blend thoroughly

Chocolate Peanut Butter Supreme:
(Lean Mass Gain)
· 12 oz. water
· 4 ice cubes
· 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
· 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
· 2 scoops chocolate protein powder

Chocolate Raspberry Shake
2 scoops ProScore 100 chocolate
8 oz water (or skim, lactaid or soy milk) sugar free raspberry syrup
Blend and enjoy

Chocolate Strawberry Blast
· 1 to 2 scoops of chocolate protein powder
· 6 to 8 ounces of water
· 4 to 6 ice cubes
· 8 strawberries
· Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Chocolate Vanilla Swirl
1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
splash Vitamite
splash water
ice
Blend thoroughly

Cinnamon Roll Protein Shake
2 scoops vanilla protein powder
1 tbsp sugar-free instant vanilla pudding
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp imitation vanilla (or 1/4 tsp extract)
1 packet artificial sweetener
a few dashes butter flavor sprinkles or butter-flavor extract
8 oz. water (or low-fat milk)
3 ice cubes

Coco Loco
1 1/2 scoops 100%Whey Vanilla Protein powder
4 oz Vitamite
6 packets Splenda
splash Luzianne Peach Mango Ice Tea flavoring
2 drops Coconut extract
2 drops Pineapple extract
1 drop Rum extract (optional)
5 ice cubes
Blend and chop ice thoroughly
Colossal Cranberry Smoothie
Serves: 2
1 1/2 cups lite Cran-Raspberry Juice
2 cups frozen mixed berries
1 1/2 cups nonfat vanilla frozen yogurt
2 scoops unflavored protein powder
Put all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth
Cookies & Cream
Splash of Cookies & Cream coffee Splash of Vitamite
Splash of water
1 tsp. Sugar Free DaVinci Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Syrup (optional)
1/3 scoop ProBlend 55
_mocha/cappuccino
1/3 scoop Pro V60 Chocolate Thunder
1/3 scoop Pro V60 Vanilla Crème ice Blend
Creamy Peach Melba
6-8 frozen peach slices
4-6 oz water
1 tbsp peach mango Luzianne Tea Flavor
1 tsp DaVinci Raspberry flavor
2 packets splenda
1 tbsp heavy cream
2 scoops Keto Peaches & Cream Protein Powder
Blend peaches,
Water, flavorings, & splenda until liquid.
Add protein powder.
Drizzle in cream last. Blend well.
Donna's Delicious Protein Smoothie
6 to 8 oz sunrise orange crystal light (premade)
3 ice cubes
3 frozen raspberries
1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
Optional: tablespoon of light cool whip
Mix crystal light with the ice cubes and frozen raspberries,
Add the scoop of vanilla protein powder
And mix only for a few seconds
(mixing the protein too much causes it to foam)
Double Berry Smoothie
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup vanilla or plain low-fat yogurt
1 ripe banana, peeled and broken into pieces
1/4 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup blackberries, fresh or frozen
1 scoop unflavored or vanilla protein powder
Double Chocolate Fudge
½ cup skim milk
1 packet, no sugar added hot cocoa mix
1 scoop Chocolate protein powder
4 ice cubes (or ½ - 1 cup crushed ice) Mix in blender.
Egg Nog
1 scoop of Vanilla HDT 5+1 vanilla 1 cup of soy milk
1 teaspoon of rum extract
1/2 teaspoon of all spice
4-6 large ice cubes
Elvis IS IN MY KITCHEN RIGHT NOW making a PB & J Milkshake
2 scoops ProScore Vanilla Protein Powder
1 Tbsp. vanilla sugar-free instant pudding
8 oz cold water
1 Tbsp or to taste berry, raspberry or peach (or other) sugar-free syrup
3-5 ice cubes
1 Tbsp. crunchy peanut butter
Combine the protein powder,
Pudding, and sugar-free syrup into blender
And blend for 30 seconds.
Add 3-5 ice cubes, blend until ice slivers,
Add crunchy peanut butter,
Blend for a few seconds more.
Pour into 16 oz glass.
Extra spicy ProScore Mocha Chai
2 oz of any strong (i.e. Starbucks)
left-over cold coffee with half & half
piece of fresh ginger
4-5 cloves few peppercorns
1 oz cold strong unsweetened Chai tea
4-5 ice cubes
2 scoops ProScore 100 Chocolate Protein Powder
pinch nutmeg
splash vanilla extract
in a COLD blender, add cold coffee,
ginger, cloves, peppercorns, cold Chai tea.
Blend, adding 4-5 ice cubes one at a time
until ice cubes are broken up.
Add 2 scoops protein powder while blender is moving.
Add cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla extract.
Frappachino
1 tbs. instant coffee or a splash of cold coffee
1 scoop chocolate or vanilla protein powder
2 handfuls ice
1/2 cup skim milk
blend thoroughly.
Frappucchino On-the-Go
1/2 can Blue Luna light _mocha (or Starbuck's light Frappachino brand)
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
Shake in Blue Luna can and pour over ice.
Fruit Freeze
½ cup skim milk (substitute water if you don't do milk)
1 scoop unflavored protein powder
5 strawberries, frozen, no added sugar
2 peaches, frozen, no added sugar
¼ cup pineapple, canned, packed in juice (or Lite syrup)
4 ice cubes (or ½ - 1 cup crushed ice) Mix in blender.
Fruit Smoothie
1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
4 fresh strawberries frozen and sliced
1/2 fresh banana frozen and sliced
1 scoop Vanilla or Strawberry protein powder of choice
Put all ingredients except ice in blender
And blend until smooth.
Add ice and blend until frozen smoothie consistency.
Ice to desired thikness while blending.
Fudgesicle
1 1/2 scoops chocolate protein powder
12 oz cold water
10 packets splenda
1 sugar free fudgesicle
1/2 oz DaVinci sugar free vanilla syrup
6 ice cubes
put all ingredients except protein into blender-
blend on high until no more pings from ice on blades-
turn down blender until top of mixture is moving
but not splashing-add protein-replace cover and whirl-
but not too high or it will puff up to about 40 oz!
German Chocolate Cake:
(Lean Mass Gain)
· 12 oz. water
· 4 ice cubes
· 1 tablespoon heavy cream
· 1 tablespoon cream of coconut
· 2 scoops chocolate protein powder
Good Morning Smoothie
1 small banana
3/4 cup skim milk
1/2 cup non-fat sugar free strawberry yogurt
1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1 scoop vanilla protein powder of choice
Put all ingredients except ice in blender and blend until smooth.
Add ice and blend until frozen fruit smoothie consistency.
Hulk Protein Shake
2 scoops vanilla protein
1 ½ tbsp sugar-free pistachio pudding mix
1 mint leaf or a few drops peppermint extract (optional)
a few drops green food coloring (optional)
8 oz. cold water (or low-fat milk)
3-5 ice cubes
This tastes great without the mint so don't worry if you don't have it around.
Instant Breakfast
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup milk skim
1 package of carnation instant breakfast
1 scoop protein
4 ice cubes
Iced _Mocha Latte
2 scoops ProScore 100 chocolate, leftover cold coffee (decaf Hazelnut)
1 T fat free sugar free vanilla pudding mix
a splash of sugar free hazelnut coffee syrup
and a few ice cubes
Lemon Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie
1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
1 scoop unflavored protein powder
1/2 cup lite orange juice
1 & 1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup crushed ice
1 T. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. lemon zest
Combine all in blender until smooth.
Light and Dark Symphony
1 scoop ProBlend 55 _Mocha Cappuccino
splash coffee
splash water ice
Blend thoroughly for light symphony;
for dark symphony add 1 tbs. white chocolate SF syrup and blend
Luscious Pina Colada
2 scoops ProScore 100 vanilla
2 T vanilla sugar free pudding mix
dash of coconut flavoring
dash of pineapple flavoring
ice
Blend and enjoy
Mango Morning Smoothie
Juice of 1/2 of a fresh lime
2oz cold water
meat of 1 mango
small piece fresh ginger
1 tsp vanilla extract (or almond extract)
7-8 ice cubes
2 scoops ProScore Vanilla
Blend lime juice, cold water,
meat of mango, ginger and vanilla extract until smooth.
When blended, add 7-8 ice cubes, one at a time until blended.
Add ProScore Vanilla protein powder
one scoop at a time while blender is still moving.
You can substitute soy milk instead of water
and soy ice cubes instead of plain ice,
but you will need to watch calories with those substitutions.
Mocha, Ginger & Cinnamon
2 scoops ProScore 100 Chocolate
4 oz left-over coffee with half & half
a few good sprinkles of cinnamon
small piece FRESH ginger 6-8 ice cubes
Blend on low, then on high.
Add about 6-8 ice cubes, one at a time –
chuck each one HARD into the blender while blending.
Blend until creamy.
Mocha Instant Breakfast
SF Carnation Instant Breakfast
2c. NF low carb milk
1 tsp decaf coffee
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/2 scoop protein powder
Mix until smooth
This gives you 38g of protein!

[ttowe]

All great suggestions here.

Here's a little secret. Figure out what flavor you really like and then take what is out there...and make your own.

Things you can add to protien drinks.

Sugar free Torani syrups (or even get SF Vanilla from starbucks)
Sugar Free Drinks like crystal light, SF Kool Aide, Propel
Juices - use sparingly cause they are higher in sugar but still strong enough to mask the protieny taste
Fruit - Blending some strawberries, blue berries, bananas can go a long way to  mask protien flavors.
SF Puddings and Jellos - These can also go a long way in masking and thickening up your shakes if you like that.
Sweetners and spices like splenda, cinnamon, nutmeg.

My favorite all time is simple

SF orange sunlight crystal light
a few dashes of SF vanilla syrup
a sooop of unflavored protien
and ice, mix and drink

Another Example:  I loved Jamba Juice before surgery...Love em. Do you know how many calories are in a jamba juice, let alone sugars.

Anyway, i would take a vanilla flavored protien, two strawberries, a quarter of a banana, some orange sunrise crystal light, some SF vanilla yogurt and blend it. Taste like an Orange A peel from Jumba juice.
The real key is to experiement with flavors.

[Lady_J_2008]

Holy Mary that's a lot of recipes for shakes!     Where were you when I was in my infancy!  I think I will use a few of those now...

[Seht]

Yeah my favorite is the rootbeer float.

Shake up a can of diet rootbeer, open it and let it defizz overnight in the refrigerator.
Then add it to a vanilla protein shake and blend it.

Yummy. 

[Maddie]

Yeah my favorite is the rootbeer float.

Shake up a can of diet rootbeer, open it and let it defizz overnight in the refrigerator.
Then add it to a vanilla protein shake and blend it.

Yummy. 

I am so gonna try that. YUM

[Kierie]

Crystal Light sunrise and vanilla protein with a dash of vanilla is DIVINE!

[LowCHO]

I'm with Keilah ... I like the BSN Lean Dessert Proteins.

[ShrinkyMom]

Yeah my favorite is the rootbeer float.

Shake up a can of diet rootbeer, open it and let it defizz overnight in the refrigerator.
Then add it to a vanilla protein shake and blend it.

Yummy. 

Shut up. I am sending dh to the store right now for Diet Root Beer. I can imagine a Diet Orange soda might taste like a Dreamsicle? Will it defiss 100% overnight? Yummmyyy!!

[greebo115]

I've found that you can completely de-fizz pop if you put some in a blender bottle and shake.

[TheDivineMissT]

Lovin all these recipes!  Thanks ya'll!

 And welcome!

[TK]

I am at the same place you are. I am trying a lot of protein products but have a different question.  After surgery is a protein drink or shake a part of your fluid/protein intake or is it a meal replacement.  And if it is a meal replacement do I look for protein with certain nutritional stats.   Or am I way over thinking this protein thing.       

[baka]

After surgery is a protein drink or shake a part of your fluid/protein intake or is it a meal replacement.  And if it is a meal replacement do I look for protein with certain nutritional stats.   Or am I way over thinking this protein thing.       

1. It counts towards your fluid intake although I don't personally count it now - I did as a baby-freak when I was using Isopure RTD's

2. I treat it as fuel/meal/snack

Make sure your protein powder or drink states that it is pre-digested or hydrolized. And the best kind of protein would be a whey blend protein. Second best would be a 100% whey protein.

Ian

[RosieRocks!]

I am also waiting for insurance approval.  Just met the Dr. last Thursday.  I had to loose 5% for my insurance company before I met the doctor.  I use the Premier Protien shakes from Costco and have had no problem with them.  Have you tried those?

[Myshadow]

I try all the protein drinks I can get my hands on don't know how to get samples would love that.  I use the one at WAL MART  body Fortress WhEY protein vanilla, I use cold water splenda hazlenut flavoring 1/2 tsp coffee vanilla flavoring shake and put in crushed ice the drink is very light and good the crushed ice helps me to drink and chew at the same time I have it every am like a ice coffe drink. FOr me using water instead of milk really helps me to be able to driink it much easier, and I love milk so go figure. ftp://  HOPE This helps