Question about Protein

First of all, I had my surgery on the 18th of February. Before the surgery my room mate was the lovely Ellie. She is the sweetest lady ever! I was in the hospital for 5 days after as I had a collapsed lung, but AM DOING FINE NOW.

So the protein powder I bought was the beneprotein and i don't like it. I find it clumps. I was wondering if the GNC or different brands are a different consistency. I have the Costco protein drink with 40 grams of protein per drink for now.

Hi Livewire!  So glad all is well and your home.  Ellie is a friend of mine too.  I have tried the lean protien premade shakes from GNC and they are very good.  That being said, I havent had my surgery yet and from what I hear tastes can change.  The good thing about the gnc ones is that you can buy individual flavors to try them before you buy a box and they are on sale all the time....if you get a gnc card you also get discounts. I was going to try the costco powder premium protein and was wondering if they are any good?  I am not a real sweet or chocolate lover and have been trying to find flavorless protein but cant.  Hope all is well!

Kim

Hi Kim. I only got the high protein drink in chocolate. It reminds me of quick mix. The good news is I haven't felt hungry at all.

Hi Kim, 

i looked for the non flavoured protein powder as well and the beneprotein was the only one I could find. Costco and gnc only carry the flavoured ones, I think. It does clump but I only put it on my cereal and it doesn't bother me much. I think it dissolves better in warm products. 

Hi Live....glad to hear your doing well...I cant tell you how much i wish i got my call....Dr. B's office told me when I signed the papers for surgery in Sept that it would be 4-6 months....it is now 6 months  just waiting for the call.  Trying to keep calm and wait this out but it is hard.  Hope you are doing better and better everyday!

Kim

I bought the orange flavoured protein powdet from GNC.  It doesn't taste bad but I find it very sweet.  It almost puts me in mind of the orange stuff I had to drink to test for gestational diabetes when I was pregnant.

i agree with karasmom. i found the orange from gnc to be so sweet as was the banana. i could only stomach the vanilla or chocolate still to this day.  i like the shakes you can buy from costco but i try to watch the carbs on it (i am over two years out).   in the first few months i think that is not quite as important as getting all the proteins etc in. i also use s brand of whey protein powder from walmart jsut to get some extra on some days. i put it in my coffee but you have to be careful, if you put the whey powder in hot liquid, it has the tendency to curdle