Help! Blue Bell NSA Ice Cream? How Bad is it?

I use MAX Protein from GNC.  It's the best tasting chocolate one I've ever tried.  Unfortunately it's not sold at most GNC's.  It might be worth driving to Rowlett from Plano just to get some.  It really is good with no aftertaste. 

I have wanted to try this but never see it in any of the GNC stores in Dallas (and I have looked many times!).  Where in Rowlett is the GNC that has it?  And how much do you pay for it there?  I've seen it online but it would cost more than twice as much as the protein I usually buy at Vitamin Shoppe.

Thanks,
Cynthia

The GNC is at the intersection of Dalrock road and Lakeview Parkway (hwy 66).  I believe it usually costs about $60 for the large container but I always manage to get it for "buy one, get one 1/2 price".  So I get 2 big ones for about $90.  They always seem to have that offer going but you might want to call them before you make a special trip.

Thanks for the info.  I am going to check it out this weekend.

Kim,

Trust me, as Liz was my witness and Terry Ann too, it's NOT worth it.

I tried NSA ice cream for the first time in 2 1/2 years out about 3 weeks ago.  It was on a piece of SF apple pie. I wanted to die!  Seriously.  Now the next night I had just the pie and was fine.

I lasted 2 1/2 years, don't start it early. Cuz if it does work for you now, it might not work later.  There are many of us that can eat things at first and later it dumps big time.

The pudding works well. That reminds me I need up get more O.N. from GNC. Best stuff I have found.

Thanks guys! I'm going to go buy some optimum nutrition this weekend and switch out with the unjury....

So...just do chocolate flavored and the milk at first? Any additional ideas?

Yall are the best... Sorry, this is where I struggle the most!

if you haven't tryed milk - be careful - I can do aprox 1/2 cup in a given 24 hour time frame unles it is cooked/steamed/frozen

I never add milk to my shakes - I am wierd like that - I would rather just use the water than pay for moo milk (the milk beverage a LOT of peeps love) - I down my shakes 2 a day most of the time - sometimes more and I have issues if they make me sick/dump - milk is iffy with me even 3+yrs out

I do eat the nsa ice cream (make my own most of the time - check out the world according to eggface for ideas) but I live in a house full of kids and a hubby who loves sweets and I get resentful when I don't have the option to have sweets too - so I keep a pint around most of the time (sometimes that pint lasts 3 months sometimes 1 week)

I agree that you won/t find a shake the tastes like DQ but hey DQ was not kind to my figure or healthy kwim

I use EAS chocolate - not great but cheap and easy to get and drinkable and then add in ocasional fuzzy navel nector for fruit fixes - there is a place by frankfort and the tollway where I got the nector - EAS from sams or cost****ostco works out cheaper - same price bag holds another pound than teh sams one)

I am a firm beliver in that you need to find a shake you can make and drink easyly on a daily basis - I can make the 3 I drink pretty fast - the 2 I make in less than one min - the other one has to wait for the coffee to brew and then takes one more min past when that is done - I do love to make protien ice cream (eggface agian) made strawberry cheesecake protien ice cream one day - yummo!! but that is a treat not my reg daily fare

peace
Danni

Just because it says No Sugar Added, doesn't mean it doesn't have sugar in it.  If you want ice cream, try the sweet freedom bars.  They are made with Splenda and they taste good. 
I also buy the instant SF pudding and mix my unflavored protein in it for a healthy snack.  Since I am on liquids and puree for awhile, I try to get my protein anyway I can. 

Just be care with anything that says "NO SUGAR ADDED".

DeborahL.

Kim, I'm not sure if I am just severely lactose intolerant these days or if it is just another type of dumping, but this stuff makes me extremely sick.  Bending over in pain from gas, the foamies, light headed, dizzy.  It is so totally NOT worth it.  When I have a craving for ice cream I'll make protein ice cream in my own machine or I'll make pudding pops by mixing ff/sf pudding with cool whip and freezing.  Egg Face has a ton of protein ice cream recipes and our own Danni makes it too.