Posted: 4/11/2010 8:44:13 AM EDT
| Curious what your favorite weight gainer or protein is. I'm currently rebounding from a loss of 20lbs from pnuemonia and having a hard time getting it back. Right now i'm using muscle milk and loving it, but its pretty damn expensive. |
| I like BSN True Mass a lot. It blends well, tastes good, and has a lot of extra vitamins and mineral. One serving is 3 scoops which is about 45 grams of protein in water. I usually only mix 2 scoops in about 16 ounces of milk and that comes out to about 46 grams of protein. Kind of expensive but, I think it's a little cheaper than muscle milk still. |
| As far as my favorite protein goes I would have to say All the whey protein.5lbs is like $29.Just make your own weight gainer.It will be much cheaper.Now when you say you lost 20lbs I'm sure that wasn't all muscle.So get on a high protein,moderate fat(healthy fats such as olive oil,red meat whole eggs,almonds,walnuts etc) and a moderate carb diet.Try to spread your meals out so your eating at least every 3 hours.Your weight will come back trust me.Just don't try and make it come back too quick or you will gain too much fat.If you haven't already invest in a blender.This way you can come up with all kinds weight gainer shakes.Use whole milk with protein.You could add chocalate syrup,honey,whipping cream,bannanas,ice cream or whatever excites your taste buds.I bought a coffee grinder from walmart and I will grind oatmeal up sometimes and put in my shakes.The instant cinammon bun is really good with vanilla protein powder.Anyway sorry for the long rant and I hope this helps a little. |
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I like BSN True Mass a lot. It blends well, tastes good, and has a lot of extra vitamins and mineral. One serving is 3 scoops which is about 45 grams of protein in water. I usually only mix 2 scoops in about 16 ounces of milk and that comes out to about 46 grams of protein. Kind of expensive but, I think it's a little cheaper than muscle milk still. True Mass is OK, although as you said its really expensive. I personally don't care for the taste very much. Try Up Your Mass, brownie flavored. Best tasting weight gainer hands down. A bit cheaper than BSN too. I gained roughly 25 pounds using this and working out 5x a week in about a 5 month period. I went from a skinny 170lbs at 6'4" to a lean 195lbs. |
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Pre-made weight gainers are no good IMO. Too much sugar and not a good macronutrient breakdown.
Take a simple (chocolate is what I like) whey powder: http://www.trueprotein.com/Product_Details.aspx?cid=22&pid=6740 http://www.trueprotein.com/Product_Details.aspx?cid=22&pid=6842 Add in some plain oats, peanut butter, and maybe 1-2 TBSP of extra virgin olive oil. You get tons of protein, healthy fats, and calories, but no sugar. If you do a low/no-carb diet, simply take out the oats. I do a keto/cyclic carb diet, and my favorite shake is 1 scoop of the chocolate whey, 3 tbsp PB, 2 tbsp EVOO. *5% off that protein above, or 10% off the 25lb one with discount code SNB120* |