Only Protein Shakes on Fast days?

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mxa6895

10:12 pm
28 Jul 14
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I am a college student taking summer classes and I was wondering if it would be OK to drink nothing but protein drinks on Fast days. I’m talking about the powder kind. The one I have is 150 calories. This would make my day easier since I have 2 hour lecture, a lunch break and then 2 hours of lab. I also try to fit a workout in and then study. So I would drink one serving for breakfast, one for lunch, one before my workout and then one after my workout totaling 600 calories for the day.

Purple Vegie Eater

10:18 pm
28 Jul 14
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Hi MXA
Wouldn’t you be better off sticking an apple in your bag? Travel well, very sustaining, good for your jaw (can be a problem not chewing on fast days), only 80 cals and contain natural fibres to keep your system healthy. They are a brilliant fast day take away food. Nature’s own.
Good luck. PVE

TracyJ

9:39 am
29 Jul 14
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Hi mxa6895, you can do what you like with your calories on a fastday. I have 1 protein shake after my 2.5-3KM fastday swim (mine’s only 70kcal though) and to be honest I probably don’t actually ever NEED anything more than that on a fastday (I don’t eat until after work & my swim so ‘dinner’ is usually at about 8pm on a fastday) I just eat the rest of my calories in the form of cereal and a piece of fruit because I like cereal but never have breakfast anymore, so it’s actually a treat for me on my fastdays.

Try stuff out and see what works for you.

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