Whey Protein - hate to drink it, what else to do w/it?

I'm really trying to up my protein intake, to supplement my meals with whey protein.  I've tried vanilla and chocolate but I HATE it with any beverage.  I tried the 70 cal cupcake recipe someone had posted here and I actually rather liked it.  Does anyone have any other ideas for ways to choke down whey protein?

I usually add mine into a fruit smoothie using frozen fruit (stuck on peaches and blackberries right now) and yogurt (lately been using Fage 0% Greek Yogurt - absolutely awesome!) If it won't blend because it's too thick I either use unsweetened vanilla almond breeze or just plain water until it's thin enough to whirl around the blender.

There is still a bit of a weird taste to it, but at least I get my protein!

I'll be looking up that 70 calorie cupcake recipe, though - that sounds awesome!

I've added the vanilla version with milk to coffee and it comes out pretty well.  Also a scoop in a smoothie (mango juice and kefir yogurt) works out well.

If you don't like it then don't eat it! There's tons of ways to up your protein intake!

Salmon, chicken breast, eggs - especially the whites are pure protein, steak, tofu, almonds, peanut butter, almond butter, skim milk, greek yogurt, cottage cheese

There's no need to eat something you don't enjoy

How much protein intake are you aiming for? Greek yogurt for example has 20g of prtotein and 120Cal per serving.

UD

I have mine with a mix of rolled oats, flaxseed and yogurt.  Sometimes I'll throw it in a smoothie, too.  I've actually never had it just 'straight' with water...though I do imagine it wouldn't taste very yummy.

I just take mine straight with water, and it's nasty ;P (but fast, and I don't always have time to cook after a workout).  It's okay in smoothies, though.  I haven't tried the chocolate one yet, but the vanilla one straight tastes like... milk... (I hate milk ;P).

Original Post by loudflower:

I usually add mine into a fruit smoothie using frozen fruit (stuck on peaches and blackberries right now) and yogurt (lately been using Fage 0% Greek Yogurt - absolutely awesome!) If it won't blend because it's too thick I either use unsweetened vanilla almond breeze or just plain water until it's thin enough to whirl around the blender.

There is still a bit of a weird taste to it, but at least I get my protein!

I'll be looking up that 70 calorie cupcake recipe, though - that sounds awesome!

 Sounds like the smoothie recipe I make - but I use non-fat milk.  IT's great! I put milk and yogurt in blender with whey and get it smooth then add fruit. I've never had a problem with it being too thick.

Whey goes pretty good on oatmeal.  I either mix in chocolate whey with peanut butter or vanilla whey, peaches and cinnamon.

I also make protein bars with whey and ground up nuts.

I'm aiming for about 170 g of protein a day but I find that I have a hard time eating enough protein every day.  And almost everything I put in my mouth I try to make sure has lots of protein.  If I have a salad I def. put chicken, eggs, or something like that in it.  For breakfast I've been having high protein cereal bars, for snacks, usually a high protein cereal bar.  For supper I try to avoid carbs and eat chicken, fish, and just because I have to cook things for my family with it - ground beef.  I've ate a lot of tuna, ate beans and black-eyed peas. I know pretty much where to look for foods that have a lot of protein.  Thanks for the suggestion on the greek yogurt.  I tried some (plain unflavored) recently and hated it, (goes into the 70 cal cupcake along with the whey protein.)

That is A LOT of protein. Why are you aiming for such a high ammount?

A good article.

UD

THanks for the article.  I really thought I was supposed to eat that much protein - some website calculated that's how much I should get.  If I'm 5'7, female, 129 lbs, and exercise roughly 1 hour to 1 hour and 1/2 hour a day, at least 5-6 times a week, do you have an idea of how much I should try to get?

What kind of exercise, and what are your goals? As article said most people will do fine with 30-60g.

UD

I have started running over the last 3 weeks and have worked up to 3 miles an average daily.  (Usually with about 1/4 mile walking in between each mile). I also do cardio and strength training workout videos in the mornings (around 45 minutes).  I don't want to bulk up on muscle, I am just wanting to get leaner and lose about 10 lbs of fat.  I'm already seeing a big difference from a month ago, so I figure I'm on the right track, but just recently I read something about getting more protein. 

Original Post by umneydurak:

What kind of exercise, and what are your goals? As article said most people will do fine with 30-60g.

UD

 The 30-60g recommendation in the article was for sedentary people.  It later said that people who weight train do better on closer to 1.7-1.8g/kg body weight/day.

Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by umneydurak:

What kind of exercise, and what are your goals? As article said most people will do fine with 30-60g.

UD

 The 30-60g recommendation in the article was for sedentary people.  It later said that people who weight train do better on closer to 1.7-1.8g/kg body weight/day.

That is why I asked what kind of exercise OP was doing. The article did say that, but I think articles definition of weight training is more then what an average person is doing. Which is also an OP case. I think it's more important to keep balanced ratio of carbs-fat-protein. Again this is just my opinion.

UD