3 Protein Shakes A Day???

**kyjelly** · 03-01-2006, 10:33 PM

Am thinking about taking Cyto Gainer pre and post workouts. And just having a Pro Complex during the day. Added to 3 other good protein meals.

Cyto Gainer has your good carbs for pre and post so I just figured.

Totals Per day:: 255g protein, 170g carbs, 55g fats

is 3 too many? Im on a nice workout/diet, so I should get some nice improvments huh?

**damiongage** · 03-01-2006, 10:35 PM

yes 3 is too many....imo.

i stick to one pwo....the rest is real food

**kyjelly** · 03-01-2006, 10:37 PM

too many for what reasons? Are there bad side effects I dont know about or what?

**THE_DOME** · 03-01-2006, 10:40 PM

i take on right when i wake up, 1post workout and one before i go to bed. Never heard of having too much protein, better to be safe than sorry

**kman** · 03-01-2006, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by THE_DOME

i take on right when i wake up, 1post workout and one before i go to bed. Never heard of having too much protein, better to be safe than sorry

Same here, real food is better, but 3 shakes is def. not a bad thing..

**Milky87** · 03-02-2006, 12:29 AM

Shakes are fine to bring you up to your required level of macronutrient intake

**damiongage** · 03-02-2006, 07:13 AM

There is a big difference between ok, or having bad side effects, and optimal.
If they are in addition to real food, It would be fine, but not in replacment of.

I eat 5 meals a day. If three were shakes, that would make only 2 of them real food. Shakes are whey and absorbed very quickly, which is optimalm post workout, but not neccessaraly the best other times.

**max2extreme** · 03-02-2006, 08:15 AM

I wouldnt take a pre and a post. Id just drink a post. too close to eachother, your body, from what ive read, wont be able to process in such a short time, and thus a waste. I agree with damiongage totally, in fact I did that to break thru a "weight wall" a few years ago. Shake as soon as i woke up, one after my workout, and one about 5 hours later, in addition to 3 meals. I wouldnt do it for a very extended time...But i did it for like 2 months and it was good for what i wanted. GOod luck.

**tretch187** · 03-02-2006, 08:21 AM

As long as you are getting your EFAs, vitamins, etc...

Outside of you being more hungry do to the fact that shakes are much less filling.

It will mean d!ck.

**novastepp** · 03-02-2006, 08:49 AM

i'm a student really pressed on time. i eat 7 meals a day...
one meal is a cup of oats and 2 scoops of whey
another is 2 tsp flax, 6 egg whites and 2 scoops of whey
and of course you have the PWO shake...

but i don't have a choice seeing as though i bring my food with me and down it during my walk across campus...

chinups · 03-02-2006, 08:55 AM

I take 2 shakes a day. And IMO that is not too much

I take a shake in the morning because it gets digested quicker and I don't want to postpone the nutrition longer then I have already by sleeping, DAMN SLEEP!!!

Also it helps with the morning rush, cooking in the AM SUX

**cfiler** · 03-02-2006, 10:03 AM

I'll a whey shake pwo, and a cassine shake before bed. One more in the morning doesn't seem bad to me... but I wouldn't take one preworkout. Just me, but with a belly full of whey, I don't feel like kicking ass in the gym.

I get the runs with taking the shake pre-workout. Don't know why. Probably just cause I have a sensitive stomach.