Bolthouse Farms Protein Drinks page 2

[Fury]

jammies - Yay, another drink whore! I can easily drink my weight in delicious liquids. I figure it factors into my 20% and to combat my serious soda addiction I opt for a naturally flavored carbonated water and sweeten it with Stevia. It does help.

I too was once quite the soda addict. Got sick of going through so much canned artificial crap so decided to make my own. Built a carbonation rig myself out of a 20LB CO2 tank & beer regulator and now I carbonate my own water & flavored beverages for pennies a bottle.

Fury - Okay maybe I'll skip the soy one completely and just opt for the coffee one as a "special" treat. I have tried a lot of powdered drinks and honestly most of them are disgusting. I guess I need to shop around and find one I actually like. I just hate the thought of dishing out for a huge tub of something gross. But I'll look at ON Whey and see what the scoop is.

Many of the cheaper brands found in typical grocery stores do taste quite disgusting (and typically use low grade ingredients) but there certainly are delicious and quality options out there. Local supplement stores often will have samples of various flavors available, although the best prices will definitely be found online.

[jsa23]

Fury - Okay maybe I'll skip the soy one completely and just opt for the coffee one as a "special" treat. I have tried a lot of powdered drinks and honestly most of them are disgusting. I guess I need to shop around and find one I actually like. I just hate the thought of dishing out for a huge tub of something gross. But I'll look at ON Whey and see what the scoop is.

I'd recommend going this route. One thing that I like is a scoop of whey, plus some frozen fruit(add some milk or water to desired consistency when blending - cinnamon and other things optional). Instead of frozen fruit, you could certainly go with coffee or any other flavor of your choice. If you get whey, the purists here will recommend unflavored - if you want something that's already flavored I would tend to favor vanilla, as it's more "neutral" and can be blended with a lot of things without tasting awful. Plain chocolate tastes okay in some blends too - but a lot of the "fancier" flavors from cheaper brands tend to taste, not suprisingly, like a bunch of chemicals.

[Lindsay Grok]

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions guys!

The last few days I've started keeping a food diary so I can actually see the break down of what I'm eating. It's been really helpful. I also have concocted a drink I like almost as much as soda. It's simple but gets the job done...

Tea -- usually a berry flavored one
Water
Stevia
Lemons
Splash of POM (breakdown is 1TB a glass)

Nothing fancy but it's refreshing, tastes GREAT, and is waaaay less sugar than I was dealing with before. I also limit myself to two glasses a day. So far so good. I'm trying to kick caffeine as I'm taking a DCI supplement that can be countered by caffeine intake.

[patski]

I used to love Bolthouse drinks, especially the vanilla one (this was way back when I was still eating soy).

The green one, I remember being tasty.

But I wouldn't touch 'em now! Eat some fruit. Get a good quality protein powder. Make your own green smoothie:

Coconut milk
1 - 2 handfuls of spinach or kale
Couple raspberries, blueberries
Coconut oil
Maybe cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla

Blend. Drink. YUM!

[oxide]

The Bolthouse Farms stuff is certainly less fake than Twinkies, but if you these things, you'll definitely benefit from making your own smoothies. Here's my oft-repeated recipe:

2 cups berries
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup coconut milk
3 scoops whey powder
1 tablespoon honey OPTIONAL
14 oz hot green tea.

Makes three smoothies. ~20g protein, 25 g carb, ~300 calories each. Not bad if this is your entire meal.