Where are we going for protein?

Yeah, this is getting depressing. I'm glad I went mental a while back and ended up having 6x5kg bags, but I'm down to about 3 now. I used to always get it (Impact Whey Protein) for about 50 - 70 euro per 5kg, but in the last year or so it's gone mental: 190 per 5kg if you don't have a discount code. The last order I made was 2x5kg for 135 back in April of this year. Before that was 3x5kg for 175 in November 2021. In 2019 and 2018 I was getting 3 for 135.

What's this thing about on myprotein? Looks like scam to me.

Looks like those things you can sign up to on ticketmaster after buying a ticket. Think it's a subscription type of thing

I think 🤔 with the price of protein, a lot of people are going back to eating real food.

I used to blend up vegs with other stuff and couple of scoops of protein after a workout, but just can't justify the prices of protein.

Start of year around 60euro, for 5kg. Now double that with a code ,☹️😳

Couple of scoops in porridge was great for a quick protein meals, but will just have to make sure there's plenty of real protein sources in the fridge

I sprinkle herbs and spices on them before cooking e.g. garlic powder, smoked paprika, piri piri powder etc to mix up the taste. Cooking on the frying pan tastes nicer than the oven which dries them out.

Your weight can do two things: go up or down. Your body fat can do two things: go up or go down. Your muscle mass can do things: go up or down. If you want your total body weight to go down you need a caloric deficit, and vice versa to gain weight. Trying to both lose body fat and also gain muscle is a bit of a magic trick: extremely difficult to pull off. Your body needs calories to build muscle, and if you're in a deficit to lose weight your body is going to be very reluctant to spend precious calories on new muscle while it's losing fat.

So as a rule you are either bulking, meaning you're eating a calorie surplus, to gain muscle. Or you're cutting, eating a calorie deficit, to lose fat. Either way you should keep your protein levels up for muscle health/growth.

Early on your priority should be to get into good eating habits, develop baseline strength (not necessarily requiring bigger muscles), and improve cardiovascular performance. Early on you'll be able to pull off the magic trick a little bit if your starting muscle mass is low, but after a while you'll have to decide whether you're going to bulk or cut.

If you hope to bulk up muscle while losing overall weight you're probably going to find it a bit frustrating.

Good spot.

Would imagine this is more like a casein with slower absorption which means it will be a much thicker shake for anyone who doesn't know and won't mix as easily in food like oats /yogurt.

Haven't tried it myself but figure that's how it might turn out. Nice snack pre bed.

Yeah, I tried casein before and it doesn't dissolve nearly as well, kind of gritty. I did read a study that showed gram for gram casein actually result in better gains than whey; they speculated it was because casein is absorbed more slowly so it becomes available as its needed rather than whey which is all at once.

Not worth it, though.

Are these blends on the Myprotein site? Anybody know of any deals out there?

Mind me asking a quick question on this? Per scoop of protein powder, how much yoghurt would you have? I’ve been using those 200g yoghurt pots for my lunch as a steady source of protein. Does get costly buying enough on a weekly basis and came across your post about using the big tub. Said I might ask for some advice as to how much you would have in a serving and how much protein powder you would have in it so I’m not wasting yogurt and protein powder trying the right balance that it blends up and I’m not eating bits of powder!

Good deal if casein is your staple.

Wouldn't recommend it for people thinking it's a direct replacement for whey, simply based on mixability. It's much thicker, almost paste like. Won't mix well with food.

But for a person aware of that and just wanting a slower digesting protein, it's a decent price.

Not tried the impact native whey isolate before, but for €12.80kg delivered, it's worth a shot. Sourced from French milk, but 86% protein.

The hydrolysed whey protein is unflavoured and I've used before, 78% protein and works out at €11.80kg delivered.

Couple of good deals there if anyone is looking to stock up.

Need to order next week & prices are gone way up from last time i bought ( months ago).

Have i any hope of getting good value from €50 spend? max two shakes per day.

Best chance is Black Friday, and going blends rather than Whey.

Black Friday in general yes, but while it remains to be seen this year, myprotein had deals about as good as they (myprotein) get last year. 47% is the best I regularly see, but iirc they peaked at 50%+ last year for a period.