TweetDepends on the diet, I have 3 different diets. 2 of which have lots of shakes like I'd say 6-8 a day, the other is just a pwo shake. All 3 have 300+ g of protien.

TweetNice.. yeah my daily total is 400-500g's ed.. I just never really drink that many shakes.. Mostly tons of Chicken.

TweetI usually drink one a day just to help get my numbers where they are supposed to be. I was going to work on that tonight to get rid of the shakes from my diet completely and just adding a little more food. Is there anything bad about drinking shakes versus eating whole foods?

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Originally Posted by tn94z

I usually drink one a day just to help get my numbers where they are supposed to be. I was going to work on that tonight to get rid of the shakes from my diet completely and just adding a little more food. Is there anything bad about drinking shakes versus eating whole foods?

thats one of those questions everyone will have an opinion on, all I know is there are plenty of 250+lb dude who get a lot of there protein from shakes. Much more than the all I eat is chicken type. I go on whole food as my primary protein source on my maintanence diet, but when bulking or cutting I use shakes a ton.

TweetI couldn't go without them really, I ran out for a day and thought I was getting small..LOL

I'm 6'1 248lbs. and like I said above.. right now about half my protein intake is coming from shakes.

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TweetI used to do anywhere from 6 to 10 a day, sometimes more. One small meal of chicken and greens and that was it as far as a regular meal. Oh, and I have put every possible mustard there is on chicken breasts. But protein powder and water Every 2 hours around the clock except when I was sleeping. If I woke up in the middle of the night, I got up and drank protein. I did the protein powder thing out of convenience. I didnt want to take time cooking. I got down to low single digit body fat doing it that way too. Oh yes, I got lectured from people I know that said I needed real food to get ripped. But I was supplementing with handfuls of greens like chlorella and spirulina all day long, which I still do. I totally think you can do it on protein powder. I wish I could cook like FIST, it might make life less boringLOL...but for someone who doesnt know how to cook outside of a george foreman grill and a paper plate like me, protein powder was a God Send. I remember seeing guys carrying their meals in tupperware and thinking "Wow, what a hassle that is", just give me a can of powder and a blender with water and Im good to go. Thats a meal. I know my energy levels were always very high on that regimen and never lost any muscle. It does seem strange to some people.

TweetI 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.

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Tweetaround 3..Speaking of which I just ordered 10 more lbs of Muscle Milk - Vanilla Creme!

TweetIs it more expensive to drink protein shakes or eat the food? I have heard that protein shakes end up being more expensive that just eating the foods...

Tweetright now i am doing 2 protein shakes a day and the rest is solid food. Sometimes it will be 3-4 day. the key is making sure you are getting a blend protein in my opinion. whey/casein. Im making good progress with what im doing right now and am going to stay on track. Cooking chicken is so easy though guys. Get the tenders lay them 1 deep in a metal baking dish season 25 min at 375 in the oven bam done and tasty.