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Originally Posted by alluprbdy

Depends what food. I pay $32 for 76 servings with 23g of protien, so thats $2.38 a meal. Now I buy my boneless/skinless at Walmart for $1.97/lb so thats 4 servings of apprx 23g so you have $0.49 there + I add seasoning that costs about .50 and a little oil so maybe .50 so all together a $1.50 for that. Steak is another story though. However even with the chicken I eat it with something else so my one meal you have to add lettuce and a wrap and that brings it up to a little over $2. However like I had said earlier you can get huge, lean, or maintain with majority coming from a shake. You can also do it with real food, evan centropani is a big protien from food advocate. But majority of Pro's from what Ive heard are more likely to slam down 80g of a shake and then a shit ton of junk food with it.

I don't really think of protein shakes as a "meal replacement" though. If you add in the entire cost of a meal compared to a protein shake, I can see the food being more.

As far as the pro's go, I would imagine they would have to drink shakes because of the large amount of calories they are taking in. With my lower calories, 2600 at the highest, I could do it either way really. It is a lot easier to use the shakes, so I may just stick with them. I have been doing a zig zag style diet the last month and have lost weight but I am getting tired of weighing out my stuff and counting every calorie so I may experiment a little with my own way of doing things without weighing and what not. If I do, I will keep the protein shakes in there too so that's the reason for all of my questions.

Where do you guys get your protein?

TweetI started buying mine from American Pure whey. 5lb jug of whey isolate for 34.99 and they always have sales. I think its 29g per scoop.

TweetEveryone is different. I am sure not telling everyone to just drink protein drinks instead of food. I am saying I have done it, and the only effects from it was I was the leanest I have ever been and I took 1st place in a statebbcompetition. Of course I was working out all day long. I had my own gym at the time and would work out for a few minutes every hour or two while I was at work.I realize thats not practical for most people, but I still believe in short bursts of extreme all out effort spread out throughout the day with a constant supply of high quality protein.. I learned that from the bulgarians and other eastern european lifters

TweetIf anyone has ever read Guytons Physiology, theres a section in there about the dynamic effects of protein ingestion on metabolism. Its amazing how much it elevates compared to fat and carbs

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Originally Posted by tn94z

I don't really think of protein shakes as a "meal replacement" though. If you add in the entire cost of a meal compared to a protein shake, I can see the food being more.

As far as the pro's go, I would imagine they would have to drink shakes because of the large amount of calories they are taking in. With my lower calories, 2600 at the highest, I could do it either way really. It is a lot easier to use the shakes, so I may just stick with them. I have been doing a zig zag style diet the last month and have lost weight but I am getting tired of weighing out my stuff and counting every calorie so I may experiment a little with my own way of doing things without weighing and what not. If I do, I will keep the protein shakes in there too so that's the reason for all of my questions.

Where do you guys get your protein?

I get mine at BJ's wholesale

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Originally Posted by Pittsburgh63

I started buying mine from American Pure whey. 5lb jug of whey isolate for 34.99 and they always have sales. I think its 29g per scoop.

hey pitt wats a jug last?

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Originally Posted by baby1

I think you can overdo protein shakes and especially a large amout ingested at once. For some people it is hard to process that much protein at once, and at all. I take a digestive enzyme with a higher amout of protease if I am taking in a lot of protein. For me I only consume about 1 shake a day.

i drink only 3 shakes ed , like you baby, i get bloating from to many shakes. i look like i got growth gut when i drink just one. i have about 275grams protein through shakes ed then real food to 400 . it can be taxing on your kidneys to wright baby1 if to much protein? but i most deffinitly agree w/ u baby on this also. we are like twins we agree on alot of things from my part anyway.

Tweet2-3 here and it's usually 42 gms of protein per shake.

TweetOld thread, but I drink 2. One before my workout in the am and another post wo. It equals around 65gms. The rest is all whole food, but mostly chicken and lean red meat.

TweetI've changed my routine since this thread started.. Down to 1 shake ED post workout. Been eating at least 4-5lbs of grilled chicken every day. So there isn't much supplement my protein intake.

TweetI have done as many as 6-8 per day when my protein intake goal was 600-700g a day. I just got tired of eating solid food and used a shake with 75g of protein and took fish oil to slow absorption. Now I try to limit it to 3 a day. I stay home with my six month old daughter, trying to make a solid meal and watch her don't go together. So, when she has a bottle, I do too.

Tweet[QUOTE=Anabolic5150;989788]I have done as many as 6-8 per day when my protein intake goal was 600-700g a day. I just got tired of eating solid food and used a shake with 75g of protein and took fish oil to slow absorption. Now I try to limit it to 3 a day. I stay home with my six month old daughter, trying to make a solid meal and watch her don't go together. So, when she has a bottle, I do too.[/QUOTE]

haha.. that's funny!!

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Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

I have done as many as 6-8 per day when my protein intake goal was 600-700g a day. I just got tired of eating solid food and used a shake with 75g of protein and took fish oil to slow absorption. Now I try to limit it to 3 a day. I stay home with my six month old daughter, trying to make a solid meal and watch her don't go together. So, when she has a bottle, I do too.[/QUOTE]

haha.. that's funny!!

Gotta do what you gotta do!!!