Can someone recommend a good protein shake

[Stef]

I have just started out doing exercise daily and would like to get more protein into my diet (and loose weight of course!)

Can someone recommend a good protein shake i could have for morning tea and afternoon tea to stop cravings and lower my overall calorie intake and boost my protein? Theres so many on the market I wouldn't know where to begin! Thanks

[Stef]

Oh and i should add that i would prefer to mix it with water (less calories) so a nice tasting protein shake that mixes well with water

[poos_n_wees]

I know its been beaten up a bit lately, but I like the dymatize elite range :shifty:

Cost is so-so, but the taste is the best - whether its with water or with milk or in oats

Have just gotten the cookies'n'cream flavour from Optimum Nutrition and while it smells pretty funky :shock: its actually pretty nice! PVL's got some yummy-looking whey flavours too :nod:

[Stef]

Thanks poos n wees, i have just ordered some of that online, i got the choc mint flavour

[Pseudonym]

the cookies'n'cream flavour from Optimum Nutrition ... smells pretty funky

I know what you mean. I'm using ON's "Extreme Milk Chocolate" and there's definitely a funny smell. I don't know how to describe it, but it's close to alcoholic. Still tastes fine, but I'd love to know what makes it smell that way...

[Cammo]

Optimum Nutrition is the only stuff I'll buy (chocolate all the whey :pfft:).

http://www.nzmuscle.co.nz stocks it.

[2guns]

(chocolate all the whey)

:pfft:

[ED_AISH]

I really like the Horleys ICE range it tastes great in milk or water or the Horleys ripped factor with fat burners also tastes good. The are not thick and gluggy like some.

[2guns]

how much money would u like to spend on it?

i use dymatize elite if i had more money to blow on protein powder id get a better one.

its all about the doe!!!

[NZPT]

im also a dymatize elite range fan, i usually go for the plan choc but using the choc mint at the mo and its a nice change. i also mix the majority of my shakes with water and found the dymatize range easiest to mix and best tasting with water.

[Flex]

So even though Dymatize has been ragged to crap and has been tested and shown not to meet label claim falling short by 10g protein per serve you guys still use it. How cheap are you getting it for that you don't care about the fact that it might not be as good as what it's meant to be?

And don't you care that the retailers you're buying it off are still willing to sell it to you even though they know it might not be up to spec?

[waldo]

So even though Dymatize has been ragged to crap and has been tested and shown not to meet label claim falling short by 10g protein per serve you guys still use it. How cheap are you getting it for that you don't care about the fact that it might not be as good as what it's meant to be?

And don't you care that the retailers you're buying it off are still willing to sell it to you even though they know it might not be up to spec?

I'm 100% sure that if anyone went to a service station to fill up their car, and see the price as $1.56 per litre, only to find out afterwards that the litre wasn't a litre but only in fact 900ml they'd be completely pissed off. I know I would be!

[poos_n_wees]

Can't speak for everyone, but I prefer the taste of Dymatize, and am also still progressing while using it. I think its called denial :pfft:

[AK]

I use Balance's Night time growth .... Ok taste.... I choosed it due to its containing casein. Kind of keeps me full for a while....

[2guns]

So even though Dymatize has been ragged to crap and has been tested and shown not to meet label claim falling short by 10g protein per serve you guys still use it. How cheap are you getting it for that you don't care about the fact that it might not be as good as what it's meant to be?

And don't you care that the retailers you're buying it off are still willing to sell it to you even though they know it might not be up to spec?

ok then.. so flex, wat sort of protein powder does an expert such as yrself use?

i eat lots of different types of proteins and carbs from alot of different foods so it doesnt really matter wat sort kind of powder i take. dymatize tastes good on my oatrs and i eat shitloads of oats, its cheap to and is still protein! u see my point?

I'm 100% sure that if anyone went to a service station to fill up their car, and see the price as $1.56 per litre, only to find out afterwards that the litre wasn't a litre but only in fact 900ml they'd be completely pissed off. I know I would be!

maybe it is :pfft:

[Flex]

ok then.. so flex, wat sort of protein powder does an expert such as yrself use?

i eat lots of different types of proteins and carbs from alot of different foods so it doesnt really matter wat sort kind of powder i take. dymatize tastes good on my oatrs and i eat shitloads of oats, its cheap to and is still protein! u see my point?

I'm not too sure it matters what protein I use as I think you've missed my point. However if you're not too worried about knowing exactly what you're eating it shouldn't be a problem as long as it tastes good and it's cheap, right?

[Stef]

Right well thanks for all the responses I now have my Dymatize Elite choc flavour protein, its delicious

Now my eating plan goes along these lines, (any input would be great!)

Breakfast, Oats with yoghurt or two pieces of toast with pnut butter

10am snack - apple

lunch - tuna & crackers or brown rice with chicken or tuna

3pm snack - protein shake with water

dinner - chicken or beef stirfry

[ED_AISH]

it is a really good idea to have some form of protein with evey meal - also there are a lot of sugars in an apple - some walnuts or something similar would be a good option. Lots of carbs but not much pritein in your breakfast either, you could have some eggs or add some powder to your oats. Another good idea is to have a shake before you hit the sack as well...

[2guns]

I'm not too sure it matters what protein I use as I think you've missed my point. However if you're not too worried about knowing exactly what you're eating it shouldn't be a problem as long as it tastes good and it's cheap, right?

why dont u say wat sort of protein powder u use? you dont want me getting bigger than u? :pfft:

also i do know wat i eat, protein powder to me is only a small percentage of wat i eat in a day,... is protein powder all u eat?

[Flex]

Dude you're way bigger than me already anyway so telling you what protein I use probably isn't going to help you much. And no protein powder isn't all I eat. I'm just interested in how people can use a product that they know isn't 100% up to spec. What if all your other "bodybuilding supplements" were only 90% strength of what they were meant to be - wouldn't you be upset about paying good money for them?

[Pseudonym]

I don't know whether this applies in the case of Dymatize, but a 90%-strength protein would still stack up financially it it's 90% of the price of other protein powders.

(Having said that, I'd probably still avoid the product on the grounds that companies with false advertising don't deserve to be supported)

[Flex]

I don't know whether this applies in the case of Dymatize, but a 90%-strength protein would still stack up financially it it's 90% of the price of other protein powders.

(Having said that, I'd probably still avoid the product on the grounds that companies with false advertising don't deserve to be supported)

Not really - a 90% strength product should be a lot less than 90% on a financial scale - it's an exponential increase in quality vs price. If you pay $1.50 per litre for 91 octane gas, would you think it was a good deal to pay $1.35 for 82 octane - no because you're car would run like crap.

While I wasn't a big fan of most of what the TGA bill was trying to achieve it would have helped tighten up the quality of the products that consumers received so that you knew what was on the label was in the product.

I'm probably being a bit hard on Dymatize as it hasn't been proven 100% that the test results were accurate, however until Dymatize can provide evidence to the contrary it would take a lot of convincing to get me to use any of their range.

[2guns]

What if all your other "bodybuilding supplements" were only 90% strength of what they were meant to be - wouldn't you be upset about paying good money for them?

if your talking about aas then yeah im sure alot of 'underground' gear is under dosed.

just the chance u take right....? paying lets say $200 for 40ml of underground stuff and trusting the guy who sold it to u rather than paying lets say $1200 for 40ml of pharmacuetical gear.

same applys to the dymatize in comparasion to an expenisve one i suppose..

[Pseudonym]

Touche, Flex!

Some good debating going on here. 8)

[NZPT]

Dude you're way bigger than me already anyway so telling you what protein I use probably isn't going to help you much. And no protein powder isn't all I eat. I'm just interested in how people can use a product that they know isn't 100% up to spec. What if all your other "bodybuilding supplements" were only 90% strength of what they were meant to be - wouldn't you be upset about paying good money for them?

supplements in general are a misconception. peolpe dont understand that alot of supplements arnt based on independent research but speculation and in house research so sadly id say we dont know what we are getting for what we pay. i no for a fact that some supplements dont do what they claim to do but people still use them. could be a case of the placebo effect for most.

in responce to your claim about quality vs qauntaty and price im with 2guns, to me a protein powder is only a small percentage of my intake if i can find a product that tastes good, has some aminos in it and mixes well for a resonable price and is working for me i will continue to use it and spend the rest of the money i saved on my "cheaper" protien and go buy some real food protien sources. just another opion for you to think about.

NZPT