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Shakes Versus Bars - Switching Back

My instructions are to have three meals, plus two Protein "snacks" (a bar or a shake) per day. No matter what shakes I drink I find them to be nauseating, so for a while I switched to the bars (Quest bars) and was eating two of those a day, or occassionally a bar plus a shake a day. (Premier Protein Shakes.)

But I'm just finding it too hard to get all of my protein in when I just do the bars so I'm switching back to shakes at least once, if not twice daily. I'm not super happy about it, but I just don't know any other way right now to get enough protein in. Some days it works out, but other days if I'm not paying attention I'm way under goal. Did anyone else find it too hard to get enough protein in when they don't drink shakes? (Or am I the only one dumb enough to have cut out shakes at all?)

One thing I haven't tried is making smoothies or adding fruit to my shakes. I may have to start trying some recipes soon because I dread the shakes like you have no idea.

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@@heynowkc My favorite shake recipe is 1/2 glass skim milk, 1 container of greek yogurt (usually about 5 oz) any flavor, 1/2 cup coconut milk, and 1/2 cup fresh berries. If I need more Protein I toss in a scoop of Protein Powder.

The taste is wonderful and it has about 200 calories depending on what brands you use. Protein is about 16 Gm without the powder.

Milk adds Protein and makes a Protein shake creamy and delicious. If not milk, maybe yogurt?

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