Protein Shakes

So, one thing I’ve found that I enjoy are protein shakes. I’m not  a vegan—I require protein. A lot of it. I’m actually probably anemic. So I like to take protein shakes as meal replacements to get protein.

As a side note, you shouldn’t really try protein shakes or muscles milk if you’re not working out. It will make you fat—I’m speaking from personal experience.

At first I was trying the SlimFast protein shakes. It was supposed to suppress your appetite for up to four hours. I’ve noticed that anything that’s supposed to make me not eat usually makes me ravenous. No clue, maybe it’s all in my head. So I started shopping around for something that was in price range and I liked.

I stumbled upon TrueSource and the thing that compelled me to buy it was the coupon attached to the top. The SlimFast stuff is in Chocolate, but I’m not really a Chocolate fan. Sometimes I’ll use it still just because it’s there. The TrueSource is in vanilla. It has 20g of protein, and is gluten free.

So with protein shakes you need the shake mix, a liquid base, and you can other things if you want. Personally, I like mine to be a frappe/smoothie consistency so I add ice cubes and blend.

Here are a few of the recipes I personally like.

Coffee Shake

• Ice cubes
• Vanilla Protein Shake
• Coconut Milk
• Cold coffee
• Combine. Blend. Enjoy

Pina Colada

• Coconut Milk
• Coconut shavings
• Pineapple chuncks
• Ice
• Vanilla Protein
• Combine. Blend. Enjoy.

Fruit Frenzy

• All the excess fruit you can find chopped up. 
• Ice
• Vanilla Protein
• Combine Blend.Enjoy.

Carrot Cake Protein Shake

This one is not original to me. I found it on Crazy Adventures in Parenting and adapted it.

• ½ cup of grated carrots
• 5 to 10 Ice Cubes
• 1/2 to 1 cup of coconut milk
• Vanilla Protein Powder
• Nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon.
• Combine. Blend. Enjoy.

Gingersnap Protein Shake

Here's another adapted protien shake from My Recipe Magic 

•  ice cubes 
• 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
• 1 Scoop Vanilla Protein powder 
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• Combine. Blend. Enjoy.

I hope you all enjoy some of these as we pretend to get fit together. Although, sometimes these are just good to eat. 

Sorry no pictures of my own shakes. They're kind of anticlimactic. I don't get all fancy with them.