So apparently I'm eating the wrong foods to maximize muscle recovery blah blah blah after my workout. I'm supposed to be drinking protein shakes. Here's why this is a problem:
I despise shakes. Unless it has oreos in it. Then I could summon enough bravado to have a sip or two. Seriously, I don't like smoothies or shakes or any of it. I remember being dragged to Orange Julius when I was a kid, and I *hated* it. It's a texture thing.
Circa 2004, I became lactose-intolerant. I have no idea why. It started about the time I clogged Megan's brand new toilet in her brand new house, on the day they moved in. Since then, ice cream is forbidden, as are most cheeses. I miss blue cheese, but the others I can take or leave. Now that I've tested my intolerance a few times, I've begun to associate cheese with spasmodic diarrhea, so it tends to not appeal to me anymore.
Protein shakes have whey, which is apparently a superior form of protein and makes your muscles recover/repair better after a hard strength training workout. Can you see me rolling my eyes? Good lord.
The three times I summoned the courage to try protein shakes, I blew up like a tick on a dog. I thought my pants were going to split open, I am not kidding. My bra hurt. My shirt went from fitting fine to buttons popping off. I felt awful.
It's been recommended that I try Soy Protein Powder and I make my own shakes. There is little chance this is happening, for the aforementioned reasons. Look, I'll get on the floor and bray like a donkey doing those GD glute lifts. I'll push hard in my workouts. I'll eat 6 times a day and carry my cooler around. But I really, really have to draw the line at making and worse, drinking protein shakes.
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Eat a couple almonds and call it a day. If you can't drink milk or eat yogurt and can't handle protein shakes, well you did your best and maybe you're not getting the BEST most amazing kind of protein, but you can have some kind of protein and that's better than just going to bed (which is honestly what I usually end up doing, so not hungry after exercise)
Hey thanks -- I sucked it up and bought a lactose-free protein shake. I'm so not excited to choke it down. I typically eat almonds or cashews, but apparently this is all wrong, as you're supposed to avoid fat. Which nuts have. I can't win.
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