Protein through whole foods only

[Islandswole]

Am I the only one who doesn’t purchase protein powders? I used to purchase them often when I was a vegetarian only because I found it difficult and/or expensive to meet my daily protein needs as a vegetarian without using powders. Now that I eat meats, I never buy protein. find it super easy to meet my daily needs through whole foods.

 

[Andrew0409]

I use them intraworkout or right after. It’s hard to eat then. But I don’t rely on protein powder anymore. I try to get it all from Whole Foods. And I’ve made so much more progress this way.

 

[John]

Dam near

 

[John]

However I have only used mine recently to put my kratom in

 

[Raphael3636]

That’s the best way to go is with whole foods. Only shake I do post workout (zero appetite) is Redcons MRE which actually is made from whole foods and not whey. I will admit sometimes when my schedule gets crazy especially with work ill do a quick muscle milk or protein bar just so I hit my 3hr. windows for eating. @Islandswole are you doing more poultry, beef, or fish? Which do you prefer?

 

[Ironside]

I use grass fed whey as part of my pre-workout and post workout meals. That’s the only time I drink them myself.

 

[Swest]

I always have a shake post workout but it’s made from whole eggs, strawberries, raspberries or blueberries, oats and water and maybe a scoop of weight gainer powder for the calories. Throw the lot through a blender and then down the hatch- delicious and probably a third of the cost of a protein powder shake. Bit more effort but I’ve just spent an hour beating the shit out of myself in the gym what’s another 2-3 minutes. I used to rely on powders but I just don’t trust that you’re getting what it says you’re getting from them.

 

[Bigmurph6]

I use 1 scoop in my oats to give it flavor. The rest of my protien comes from real foods

 

[Islandswole]

Thanks for correcting my category bro, the drop down was working on my phone

 

[Islandswole]

Occasionally I’ll have beef or bison, but majority of it is chicken, ground turkey, and fish. For whatever reason, I’m not too fond of beef.

 

[Islandswole]

That sounds good bro

 

[John]

Turkey sucks as a burger or meatloaf, but boy I will eat me some fucking hamburgers, all weekend

 

[John]

My mum likes turkey bacon, shits garbage

 

[John]

Any other way turkey is good though

 

[Islandswole]

Haha you gotta flavor it right man! I mostly just make a giant pot of ground turkey with beans and such, very similar to what @TG posted a while back

 

[Ironside]

I just ate ground Turkey every day for the last 3 weeks. I hated it to begin with but I ate it because well, that’s what I was supposed to do. I did find that seasoning it similar to taco beef made it far more palatable

 

[John]

Yes on taco Tuesday’s the woman uses ground turkey and it’s good

 

[KodiakGrrl]

I use one to two shakes per day mostly to meet calorie requirements and I’m not interested in force feeding. I am also on the go often and it is easier to drink my meals …

 

[Andrew0409]

Here Tuscany, I eat boar and rabbit, both really high in protein and low in fat. In fact, if you eat only rabbit, you will die from lack of fat.

 

[John]

Interesting