I bet you'll have a difficult time finding a low-calorie protein shake, but you can tweak how you prepare the shake to affect caloric content. Muscle Milk is phenomenal, and comes in either a powder or pre-mixed. (I buy the powder; it is fairly pricey, but high-quality whey is.) This brand is so finely milled that it mixes without an electric blender, which is great if you're at the gym: just combine in a shaker and go. I find the flavor to be wonderful, especially one called "Mocha Joe." Mix the powder with water instead of milk (unless you'd drink milk anyway, in which case use it and just take it into account for the day) to save on calories, and/or use one scoop of the powder as opposed to two. Use crushed ice along with the water, and this product tastes like a milkshake.
I will warn you that when I was consuming the full-strength, 2-scoop shake (~375 calories) I was not losing any weight. I was stuck at around 145 for the longest time, even with doing hard cardio 7 days/week and lifting 5 days/week and taking into account the 375 calories into my daily allotment. People on this board will swear that lifting won't add bulk for a woman but for me, the combination of lifting and consuming a shake post-lift session kept me pudgy. It wasn't until I cut down to a 1-scoop shake a couple of times per week (and replaced those shake calories with other foods of the same caloric content) that I broke through my plateau and dropped out of the 140s. Just my experience!
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