I started using whey protein today. I used Kelly’s trainer’s recommendation I went
in search for a Whey Isolate protein with no added sugar. It seems like that should be a standard item
at any health foods store.
My first stop was GNC.
You always have to be careful and specific when going into a GNC. Like any retail establishment they have a
quota as well as products to push. If
you must go into a GNC do your own research, go in knowing exactly what you are
looking for, and don’t ask the sales clerk for help other than finding your
item. If they don’t have it leave, or
else they will try to sell you a product that is either on special or sale that
they have to get rid of.
My GNC guy tried just that. I wasn’t able to find what I was looking for
on my own so I asked for help. His first
stop was the discount bin. Where he read
me some ingredients and said, “This on is actually on sale,” yes, I bet it
was. I politely told him no and I had a
specific thing I was looking for. He
then combed the store and couldn’t find anything completely sugar fee. I left.
Several days before Kelly and I had found whey isolate in
the health food section of Kroger. I
made that my next stop and sure enough I found it again. It’s sugar free and
gluten free and tastes pretty good.
What I got:
The whey protein that I bought is called IsoFusion from
Gaspari Nutrition. In one 1.6lbs container you get 23 servings of 25 grams of protein
per shake. In addition to being both
sugar free and gluten free it is also free of artificial colors and
flavors. It is supposed to be Vanilla
Ice Cream flavored but it smells like vanilla cake dough to me.
It foams excessively when then I put in a shaker although
I have not tried to make a true shake of it yet in the blender. Maybe I could add some strawberries or
blueberries but I don’t like making shake out of berries because I have found
that there is always a mouth full of seeds at the bottom of the cup.
Gaspari Nutrition was founded by Rich Gaspari, a former
body builder who had a successful career winning title after title and won the
first every Arnold Classic, as in Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hopefully
he would know a little about nutrition.
I guess we will see.
Like I said the whey powder I got tastes pretty good and
I am cutting a serving in half. I do
half pre workout and half post workout.
Dailey Recap:
Matt: 43 minutes and 3 miles. I was able to increase my time keeping a
better than 4 mile and hour pace today.
Also it was an AM jog first thing in the morning after I go up.
Kelly: TBD
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