How many protein shakes per day?

[Pirates07]

Before I get flamed.........I tried to search but it isnt working.

Im curious to know how many protein shakes people are drinking a day. I know it depends on goals and body weight but yall get the point.

Im 220lbs and sometimes, on days Im too busy to fix meals, I drink 200 grams worth of whey and micellar.

I drink one in the morning with a big bowl of oats, one pre wo, one post wo, and one right before bed and I always use two scoops for my shakes. Im currently using the ON whey during the day, cytogainer post wo and ON micellar before bed. Yes, it gets expensive!

On top of this I eat usually 3 full meals a day. I know whole foods are always better than shakes, thats why they are called supplements.

So, who else uses this much? Anyone else use more?

[cyingling]

[QUOTE=Pirates07;107491181]Im 220lbs and sometimes, on days Im too busy to fix meals, I drink 200 grams worth of whey and micellar.
/QUOTE]

wait, 200g in one shake?? dude you are pissing away 3/4 of that.. if you can, try upping your meals..

i hope i read that wrong, cause if you are doing 200g a shake and i believe doing it more than once a day, you are wasting A LOT of protein and money..

[inkedouttrucca]

im bout 211 10 bf. i have one first thing in the morning (1scoopp in ff milk) preworkout(2scoop in water w/bbcas glumatine , 1 hour before workout 45 mins before n/o supp) postworkout (2scoops in water w/bccas glumatine) before bed 2scoops in ffmilk so.. 4 shakes.... round 175g whey. this goes with a pretty clean diet...

[ibcritn1]

I try to do 5 solid whole food meals and 1-2 shakes, I always have a Casein shake with cottage cheese+Natty PB pre bed.

[Pirates07]

[QUOTE=cyingling;107492731]

Im 220lbs and sometimes, on days Im too busy to fix meals, I drink 200 grams worth of whey and micellar.
/QUOTE]

wait, 200g in one shake?? dude you are pissing away 3/4 of that.. if you can, try upping your meals..

i hope i read that wrong, cause if you are doing 200g a shake and i believe doing it more than once a day, you are wasting A LOT of protein and money..

I said 4 shakes totalling 200 grams per day. Thats 50 g's / shake

[cal62887]

Instead of relying on pure whey to cover your meals, you may want to look into MRPs or make your own with added healthy fats and healthy carbs....

[ibcritn1]

Just know Whole food > Shakes keep this in mind when you are making a meal. If you can do whole food do it, but if life/school/work is in the way a shake is def. better than nothing.

[eldawg]

The folks getting 150-200grams of their daily protein through whey are not doing themselves any favours. In my opinion whey should only be consumed around the workout window.

[dirtdogg]

The folks getting 150-200grams of their daily protein through whey are not doing themselves any favours. In my opinion whey should only be consumed around the workout window.

I agree. I always have a whole food meal pre-workout vs a shake. Just try to eat more and drink less. You will notice a difference.

[Pirates07]

Thanks for the input. I realize whole food is whey better than whey........you like that.
I guess Im just tryin to justify it cause I dont like that I have to do it....

[cal62887]

Thanks for the input. I realize whole food is whey better than whey........you like that.
I guess Im just tryin to justify it cause I dont like that I have to do it....

I guess you do what you have to do....but an MRP or whole food would be better. Pure whey is pretty useless unless it's post workout.

[BB_Surf]

1 or 2 per day. Each containing about 55g of protein. The rest of my protein is made up of eggs, lean meats, tuna, milk and pb

[Mr13percent]

ya some of us have to eat a lot during the day and having multiple shakes to get x amt of protein in us is sometimes needed

[aguilar_2009]

1 or 2 per day. Each containing about 55g of protein. The rest of my protein is made up of eggs, lean meats, tuna, milk and pb

Yeah I agree i usually do two protein shakes one an hour before i work out and one for post workout. bout 60g of protein each. The rest i usually get from eggs, chicken (lean meats), tuna w/ omega 3 and cheese.

[Rique]

eat meals man dont rely on shakes too much they say take them 3 times a day i usually have 1 or 2 shakes depending on how large my meals were

[Adawg4929]

i have 3 shakes a day with 4-5 whole food meals.

My 1st shake is in the morning, its been 7-9 hours with no protien and your body is in a catabolic state, so first thing you need is some quik digesting protien, so i use 1 1/2 scoops Natural Whey mixed with Milk

Then post workout i have 1 cup oats, 1 tbsp. Natty penut butter, 3/4 scoop Whey and 3/4 scoop Casien.

Then right before i go to sleep i ahev 1 scoop casien, 1 scoop Whey mixed with milk.

[ObedEdom]

I wouldn'[t bust out w/ any more than 2 shakes a day without digestive enzymes...

[kcinnitram91]

real food is better so try and eat as much as possible. 1-2 shakes is fine but more than that and your pushing it. If you want real big muscles you gotta eat real food

[Built Ford Tuf]

first thing in the morning, pre and post are good times for shakes... 50g of protein per shake is more than enough so if your going over that then you should eat more whole foods

[ab-swing asianbabe]

Not really shakes, but protein powder twice a day - in the AM with oats and casein at night.

[Ace28]

2-4 depending on schedule, i gotta do what i have to sometimes. Prefer to eat whole meals like chicken breast and steak, but sometimes time doesn't permit it. At a minimum i always add peanut butter to my shakes and depending on cutting or bulking i will add oats and/or dextrose around the workout window.

[FlyingIllini]

I have one whey shake when I wake up, one PWO, and one casein shake before bed.

Once in a while I will down another whey shake if I had to go a long time w/o a real meal.

[Vanity_Gurl]

Before I get flamed.........I tried to search but it isnt working.

Im curious to know how many protein shakes people are drinking a day. I know it depends on goals and body weight but yall get the point.

Im 220lbs and sometimes, on days Im too busy to fix meals, I drink 200 grams worth of whey and micellar.

I drink one in the morning with a big bowl of oats, one pre wo, one post wo, and one right before bed and I always use two scoops for my shakes. Im currently using the ON whey during the day, cytogainer post wo and ON micellar before bed. Yes, it gets expensive!

On top of this I eat usually 3 full meals a day. I know whole foods are always better than shakes, thats why they are called supplements.

So, who else uses this much? Anyone else use more?

if you're in your first year of bodybuilding you should be taking in mostly protein shakes

[BreakingPoint8]

I would suggest only 1-2. You really should be getting a majority of your cals/protiens/carbs/fats from whole meals.