Venturing into the world of protein shakes ...

As I am now in count down mode until the Race For Life 5k next Sunday I am trying to really push my gym sessions. 

Earlier in the week I had a bad session my running didn't go as well as I had planned, I tried to push through but it just wasn't happening. I was really disheartened as I want to do well in the Race and I want to prove something to myself. I tried all my motivational tools but sometimes no matter how hard you push you hit your limit. Afterwards fiancé was a bit worried about me as I was a bit shaky ... this is probably because I'm not eating enough protein and calories for how many I burn of. 

So in preparation for next week and in support of my increased training we decided I should try getting some protein shakes for after my work outs. Now I'm not going to start doing shakes and supplements all the time, this is just for after my work outs as a boost. I know some people will say to just eat more but I actually eat quite a healthy diet its just that food isn't the be all end all. Plus to get increased protein in your meals you have to buy more protein which costs a lot more then a 1kg bag of powder hehe

Giant delivery from MyProtein

Anyway on wednesday my protein arrived. We ordered me a 1kg bag of impact whey protein in Latte flavour from MyProtein.Com, this is the company fiancé has been using for the past year. He also started taking whey protein after his workouts when he first start training and it really helped him... so hopefully this will give me the boost I need.

Overly packaged?? 

I tried my first shake after we opened the box, its 1 large scoop of powder with either water or milk. I went for water, started out with 200ml. This was ok, the latte flavour is really great its like drinking an iced  coffee almost. But at the same time it was a little bit too watery for me personally so I decided that I'm going to use the minimum amount of water which is 150ml.

 

Latte Protein Powder 

I tried one with this amount of water after my work out yesterday and it was a lot better, I think it also helped that the water wasn't ice cold.

Girly pink mini shaker!!

Anyway I am going to keep taking my shakes after my sessions and I will let you know how it goes. 

As a side note the fiancés free protein cookies are really nice, he got them with a code and will be reviewing them on his From Fat to Fit blog in the near future. We got a box of chocolate orange and he let me try a bit of one, it smelled amazing and actually tasted really nice. 

Oh and the giant blue thing in the box is a foam roller - I will post more about this after I have had a play with it.

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