Shakes

Protein shakes! Almost everyone associates working out and fitness with protein powder, and it's a common theme to see someone walking out of the gym shaking their blender bottle away, and then chugging down their whey. It's been preached over and over that after any amount of strenuous exercise, you want to get in a good source of fast acting protein to help repair the muscle tissue that has been damaged. Whey protein (especially whey protein isolate) has been known to be the fastest acting protein around.

Here are some videos that explain it a bit more.

I myself am not a big fan of just mixing some protein powder in some water and gulping it down. To me, it makes it a chore! I just worked my booty off in the gym! I deserve to be rewarded for my hard efforts. So instead of chocking down a drink I dont like, I like to make legitimate protein shakes that taste like the milkshakes that I no longer indulge on. (Cause they make you fat. And who wants to be that?) Because of this, I have more motivation to go to the gym (because I know when I'm done I get to enjoy a yummy shake!) and I get to keep my sweet tooth under control!

Below I share some of my most favorite shakes, and as I come across new ones that send my taste buds flying, I'll make sure to share and review.

This is the base to almost all my shakes

- about 1/2 c unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I eyeball it, but that's about the amount I use..I think lol)
- 1/2 c 2% cottage cheese
- 1 scoop protein powder

From there I customize it by using different flavor protein, adding various ingredients, and change my amount of ice depending on how thick or thin I want my shake to be.

I get a lot of my ideas for protein shakes from a lovely website called Dashing Dish. All her shakes taste amazing and she is constantly putting up new recipes!

Click here to go to Dashing Dish's list of shake recipes!

Below are links to any shakes that I've made in past posts. Try some and let me know what you think!

Vanilla Ice Cream Shake
Egg Nog Milkshake (from Dashing Dish)
French Toast Protein Shake (from Dashing Dish)
Pumpkin Protein Smoothie (from Fitness Rx Women)