This is very important to remember. And I actually tried natural whey it tastes so bad you would not believe it...
I had that stuff for years. I've had about 60kg of that stuff in the last coupla years. Wow that's a lot. You get used to the taste. But I got tired of it eventually. I've switched to flavoured whey. It just tastes so much better it's like having a delicious treat, and cos they're usually low carb or whatever it's no big deal. I have three different flavours atm, all WPC. strawberry which i love (breakfast), choc mint (which sucks really), and banana (which is great).
Pros of natural whey are it's cheaper, you get slightly more protein per unit weight (cos there is no additives for flavouring). And you can choose your own flavour by adding stuff to it if you're into making shakes. I used to do the whole blender thing, throw stuff in there, icecream, fruit etc. It's fun for a while but I kept breaking my blenders and fuck that noise. Most of the time I just had it unflavoured though because it's inconvenient to make a smoothie before rushing off to work or before gym or after .. Now i just use a blender bottle with flavoured whey, takes seconds to prepare and it's easy to clean and there is nothing to break. I don't even use that wire ball thing, just shake it hard and ready to go.
i'm with LBSS i live on whey. I take 3 scoops a day. Sometimes I take 2.5 another times I take 3.5 but most days it's 3. If i'm a scoop light than usual i'll have trouble with hunger.
I'm similar to you guys in that my lbm is around 150lb .. so I don't need a huge amount of protein, aim to get 150g a day. morning - 3 whole eggs, whey shake with 1.5 scoop in the morning in 300-400mL lowfat milk. Preworkout and post workout i'll have 300mL low fat milk with 1-1.5 scoop of protein each. And then a bit of meat for dinner (~20-40g protein). And that's it.
Back in teh day i used to eat a lot of protein 200g+ but that was stupid and wasteful and i didn't know better. I am more discerning about my choice of nutritional advice nowadays.
TLDR: get natural whey if you are a student and don't care about taste. it's cheap, easy and good way to a good quality protein supplement in your diet.
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