I'm 10 months out and I still drink 3 a day. Was wondering if anyone else still does this?

I eat two protein bars per day. Why? Because I do not like to cook and I like knowing portion sizes and calories in advance. I won't cook anything unless it can go in the microwave. I know that it is better to eat "real food" and I do so occasionally but life is too busy. But I am trying to eat more canned goods and frozen vegetables (convenient) and I am trying to learn how to cook more "real" food in a microwave.

Another advantage I protein bars: no clean up

You need a Pampered Chef covered baker! You can cook a whole chicken in the microwave in 30 mins. Pork tenderloin in 20 mins. You can make meatloaf, cake, pasta etc...

Thanks for the suggestion re pampered chef - never heard of it before but will check on amazon. Sounds like a great idea. Another benefit of the microwave: less to clean (something else I don't enjoy).

My doc and nut said that your body is able to break down real food protein better than the supplements. They also warned us about protein bars. They said most of them are just a glorified candy bar and have lots of bad things in them. He said when choosing a protein supplement make sure to calculate the calories vs protein amount. Example: my protein shake mix has 30g of protein and it has 130 calories. Since each gram of protein is 4 calories I know that my protein powder only has 10 extra calories from the other ingredients. I just looked up a quest protein bar and it has 20 g of protein and 170 calories. So 80 calories is from protein and nearly 100 calories are from other stuff.

I recommend adding egg whites to your drinks. You can't taste it and it adds whole food proteins to your diet. I add mine to my powerade everyday. I am going to drink it any way might as well get protein out of it. It is 3.3 g of protein per pump. I will add 8-10 pumps for my powerade. I promise you can not taste it' date=' but I have learned not to shake it up once added to a drink. You need to stir it. Shaking it just adds foam. My nut did warn not to get the grocery store egg whites as they are made for cooking. I have added a picture of what I use.

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Do the egg whites have a taste or texture that you had to get used to?

There is no taste added to your drink. As far as texture there is a little difference, but I'm not sure if that is real or just my Brian knowing there is something different.

I truly believe that you would not be able to tell it was there if you did not know.

The key is to stir it not shake it.