Weight-Loss Protien Powder

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Michelle01

Michelle01

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Hi all.

Here's what I want. Tell me if I can!

I want to mix protien powder with foods that I make. Mix it with pancake mix (for mine not the rest of the fam), mix it with cake, mix it with frosting and put it on my part of the cake, mix it with muffins, mix it with tomato sauce, mix it with... fill in the blank. Oh, almost forgot cookies! Want to mix it with them, too.

I have tried protien shakes and don't like them. I even bought soy milk (can't stand cows milk) to attempt to like them. Mixed the cookies and cream one with ice cream and still didn't like it.

What I want is a protien powder with no taste that I can just put in stuff and not know it's there.

Is there any such thing to just put in random foods? Or is there a fairly bland protien powder that I'll at least not notice much?

Currently, I do eat soy protien bars on occasion. I've forcefed myself a couple whey protien bars but just cant do it again. I've tried different brands on the whey, but overall want to puke when eating them.

Also, a friend recommended a pea protien powder (she sells it). I've never heard of pea protien, but that's exactly what it said on the canister. Anyone heard of pea protien? It's sold by one of those in home party things (like Mary Kay, except for supplements and beauty products along with some make-up, too). I cant remember the name right now of the company.
 
notme said:
pancake mix... cake... frosting... cake... muffins... cookies... ice cream
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Sounds like a good weight loss plan there. :cool: LOL
 
hey :). If I mix in protien powder, that makes it healthy ;).

My foods don't consist of much of those things, but tomato sauce is frequent in my meal plan and sliced and ground up strawberries. I could definitely add protien powder to both of those if such a thing is possible.

My main problem is not getting enough protein though. No red meats, just recently added in chicken and I don't really care for that much either :(.

However, I do have a craving right now for peanut butter cookies :eek: .
 
Pea vs. Other

Hi Michelle,

Unfortunately I don't know of a single protein mix on the market that is flavorless. Most of them come in at least vanilla flavor. However, I'm guessing the pea protein (if you can find it without added flavoring) would be the best choice for you if you're considering adding it to foods you're planning on cooking.

Part of the problem with adding a regular protein such as whey or soy is that the powders tend to come with additive ingredients that cause expansion when warm or whipped (used to add volume and decrease appetite). Since the pea protein is relatively new to the market, I don't know a whole lot about it. I do know that scientists around the world are doing a "happy-dance" over the pea protein's microencasuplation possibilities. I'd imagine that the pea protein would also be a good solution to a low GI morning shake or food additive, though I don't know that for sure.

If you don't like the pea protein and still want to try the soy or whey proteins, I'd suggest mixing very small amounts to non-cooked or pre-made foods over the course of a day instead of downing a shake. For example, if you're having a bowl of pasta with a tangy red sauce, try adding just the tiniest bit to the sauce after you heat it up. The same can be done on all sorts of foods and it will help mask the flavor.

Let us know how the pea protein works if you try it.

Good luck
 
Pea - low GI: really depends on the nature of the carbs found in the pea powder. I've also heard of rice protein, however there seems to be a shortage. Hemp is meant to be good - never tried it. Pure soy is not my cup of tea. Whey chocolate powder I find is great in shakes - but only if you buy an expensive brand (mine tastes a bit like a better version of chocolate slim fast). Otherwise it tastes rank. The first powder I tried I thought I was going to throw up.

I cannot eat cow's milk and soy milk tastes nasty to me a lot of the time. I recommend trying almond, rice or oat milk, which is marginally more expensive than soy milk in the UK, but tastes much better. Almond milk is rather sweet.

As for protein powder, if you get plain simple powder (which to me tastes overwhelmingly of plaster - tried a few) and mix it in soup and sauces, that tends to thicken them without making the taste horrible.

A lot of people also mix them into smoothies, which masks the taste. Use lots of ice too.

To be honest, the best way to eat protein in my opinion is through diet. I love to cook, and if you learn how to cook chicken and other meat/protein dishes into tasty meals, I'm sure you'll learn to like it more. Also, grains like quinoa and pulses are good too. I love hummous, chickpeas and lentils.

BTW let me know how pea protein tastes if you try it.
 
Thanks for your reply Lula.

I looked up pea protien on the net, too, and also incorporating powders into food and found it can be done :).

I eat a lot of soy products, chicken, and eggs (probably in that order).

I haven't forced myself to drink milk since I was pregnant with my first daughter, though tried soy milk once. Not my thing so I'll skip on those as well as any form of smoothy.

I agree with you that proper diet is the best way, but I am not getting what I need that way so feel supplementing is in my best interest. I hate to cook. I'll let my husband keep doing that :). He's pretty good about making whatever I tell him to make though so I'm not completely dependent on his whims :).
 
Send me some links if you have some good ones - while I love cooking you're right: takes time etc and can be a bit of a hassle sometimes. You could make your hubby your personal cook :rotflmao:

I'd give milk alternatives a go if you ever come across them in the supermarket and they're cheap - you never know :)
 
I just wanted to note that the protein powder I use is Nature's Plus Ultra Energy Shake. Its a blend of Soy, Pea, and rice proteins. It comes in a few flavors I think including vanilla and chocolate. I don't think it comes in plain. My mother found this stuff and started drinking it with oat milk. She says she likes it but I've never tried it that way. I really like mixing it with just water and ice in a blender too. Its one of the few mixes that doesn't make me feel sick after I drink it.

I really don't know how well a person could cook with this stuff, but it doesn't seem to expand so much in comparison to some of the 100% soy or whey proteins I've seen.

Let us know if you have some recipe successes with adding protein powder. :jump:
 
does your mum's stuff have added artificial sweetners? Trying to find powder that doesn't (I have a sensitive stomach and I just don't like them, esp sucralose - bit mad swallowing chlorocarbon compounds to me). I'm quite happy with eating a bit of real sugar, but a lot of people are into low carb nowadays so its hard.
 
I'd be amazed it the stuff had artificial sweeteners. Nature's Plus is a supplement brand generally sold at whole/natural food markets such as Whole Foods Market or Organic Food Depot and the brand is known for not having artificial additives. I think you can also buy it at Vitamin Shop but I'd imagine they're more expensive.



I hope that link works okay.

The oat milk is made by...... pacific foods? I think. Not entirely sure.
 
I'm from the UK so I'm going to have to hunt it down on an online store.

We get oat milk here from Sweden called Oatly (, and also rice, soy, almond etc.

I think they just opened a wholes food market or similar store in London, where I live. We need more of these in the UK.
 
You can't really get anything that doesn't have any taste, but, try this... make a bowl of natural old fashioned boiled oatmeal, then mix it with a scoop of vanilla soy protein powder, with a little bit of vanilla soy milk, then sprinkle crushed walnuts and dried cranberries on top, then very lightly pour a very fine stream of honey on top of it all.

You're going to have to do stuff like this where a certain flavors either compliment or at least don't contrast the original food. There isn't anything like that flavorless Metamucil in the protein world where you can just add it to most anything, most all of it is chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla.
 
^ I just wished people wouldnt put artificial sweetners in everything! I like the choc stuff to be honest - shame about the fake sugar in it. It just doesn;t agree with me because I have something really unglamorous called IBS :drooling: ... which I keep at bay by avoiding such items. Hate being a fussy eater and I would eat everything normally (even ate scorpions, crickets, kangoroo and dog, and snails of course as I was born and raised in France) but hey can't help.... GRRR.
 
I have had an unflavoured powder before but can't remember the name. I add protein powder and creatine to porridge which works well. I will take a look at woolworths and check the brand name.

Lula i will also eat almost anything (Kangaroo, emu, crocodile, goanna, turtle, dog)
 
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OK you're eaten more weird shit that me :p what is goanna? Hope there arent too many veggies here... they might think we're horrid!!
 
a friend of the family was an aboriginal elder (he died last year), it was cooked on the coals of an open fire in the traditional way. I think they might be protected except for traditional hunting, so not so good as a regular protein source.
 
corndogggy said:
make a bowl of natural old fashioned boiled oatmeal, then mix it with a scoop of vanilla soy protein powder, with a little bit of vanilla soy milk, then sprinkle crushed walnuts and dried cranberries on top, then very lightly pour a very fine stream of honey on top of it all.
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Corndogggy, I love ya but I'd rather eat the protien powder plain out of the canister than with oatmeal, any type of milk, and eek, the honey! I've always hated honey. :). Thank you for the suggestion though. If I'd eat it, it would be a good breakfast choice. My husband had some strawberry stuff and I was thinking I could add it into pancakes for "strawberry" pancakes and then have pureed strawberries with some powder mixed in as well instead of syrup. There is also a recipe for protien powder pancakes out there on the net, but I'm not quite that brave!

I haven't opened up the package yet, and I think I'll just buy a vanilla one for adding into stuff since it's probably the most tasteless of the three choices for regular meals. Little protien powder on my peanut butter toast'n' such.
 
Lula said:
^ I just wished people wouldnt put artificial sweetners in everything! I like the choc stuff to be honest - shame about the fake sugar in it. It just doesn;t agree with me because I have something really unglamorous called IBS :drooling: ... which I keep at bay by avoiding such items. Hate being a fussy eater and I would eat everything normally (even ate scorpions, crickets, kangoroo and dog, and snails of course as I was born and raised in France) but hey can't help.... GRRR.
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Lula,
I commend your efforts in being a picky eater. Don't hate being that way! Its really very scary whats getting put into our food anymore, and I really don't think artificial sweeteners have any place in anyones diet!

I'm picky over all sorts of things including produce, etc. I won't buy something that has high fructose corn syrup in it, for example... which makes buying bread at the store a little hard.

I go organic when I can and I strive to find good sources of meats, nuts, etc. I even buy nonpareil raw almonds by the lb. when I can find a good source.

I really hope you can find the nature's plus stuff somewhere near you. Be picky! You'll be far ahead of anyone who hasn't been picky over what they're eating.

-sunny
 
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