Last night was my first session with my personal trainer, Carolina. Besides how petite and cute she is, I like her. I don't want to hang out and go drink beer with her or anything crazy like that though. She took it pretty easy on me last night. We did a bunch of different lunges, squats, etc. just to work on technique and see how much weight I need for different excercises. The best thing was she didn't freak out that I try to follow a mostly vegan diet. I didn't try to explain to her Cheese Saturdays! :) Most trainers freak out about not getting enough protein when I tell them that I work out and try to eat as vegan as possible. She simply said there are alot of different soy protein shakes out there and I should find one I like because I need to have at least one a day. My first experience with the chocolate vegan protein shakes I bought was not positive. I didn't own a blender so I mixed the powder with a spoon into a glass of soy milk. I took one drink...DISGUSTING. I took a second drink just to make sure I was correct the first time, which I was, then poured the rest down the sink. Luckily for me Santa gave me a Hamilton Beach Wave Crusher Blender for Christmas! Doesn't my blender sound so intimidating?? Don't mess with us! And how did Santa know there were protein shakes in my future? That guy! Anyhoo..when I got back from the gym last night I got out the Wave Crusher (Grrrrr!) mixed a cup of water, some ice, the protein shake mix, and 6 strawberries and I got to say, not bad! I drank the whole thing! Tonight's menu...Vegan Vanilla Protein Shake with strawberries and blueberries. Watch out!
Cheers!
Shana
I HEART YOU! I am glad you found a protein shake you like and that you have the Wave Crusher as your wing man! When it comes to liquid protein joy, I think vanilla is the way to go...vegan or not! Carolina sounds like a gem too - let me know when you ladies go out for beers (or protein shakes)! Oh and never doubt fat men in red suits - trust me, I know from experience!
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