Let me start by saying that I\u2019m not your typical gym rat. In fact, I\u2019m no gym rat at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, I do enjoy a good workout and do my best to live a healthy and active lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve always been skeptical about protein powder, trying it time and time again without seeing any notable progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then again, it should be balanced with an effective workout routine to make a difference, and I have never really been consistent with working out, but that all changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three weeks ago, I started using the GNC Pro Performance Weight Gainer <\/em>protein powder to gain some muscle and reach my 130-pound weight goal (for context, I weighed 122 pounds when I started).<\/p>\n\n\n\n A one-time purchase of the protein powder can be bought online or in-store at GNC for $29.99. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They offer three flavors: vanilla ice cream, strawberries and cream and double chocolate, mine being the latter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It contains 50 grams of protein, 700 calories and 115 carbs. The recommended amount for a single serving is four to six scoops, which sounds insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I\u2019m taking four scoops, I expect to get my money\u2019s worth and come out looking like the Hulk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besides the powder, I like to include ice, milk, a banana, half a scoop of Nesquik chocolate milk powder, oats, and a spoonful of peanut butter to my shake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It may not be the healthiest, but it sure is the most filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I drink a shake every morning, but once I finish, I physically cannot stand the smell or look at food for the next two hours or so after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The protein makes my stomach hurt so much, I can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s because it\u2019s doing its job or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The texture is ridiculously thicker than most due to the large amount of protein, which is something that took me a while to get acquainted to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have tried less expensive protein powders, like Premier Protein <\/em>and Pure Protein<\/em>, and as convenient as it would be to just go back to using those that do a similar job, I cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe it\u2019s the new protein powder, maybe it\u2019s my new workout program, maybe it\u2019s a mixture of both, regardless, something is working and I can\u2019t go back to how things were before the protein and I crossed paths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I am proud to say I am currently at 128 pounds, just two away from reaching my goal that I have been trying at for over six years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The weight I gained can be seen in my arm and leg muscles. Could this incredibly quick difference all be because of the Pro Performance Weight Gainer<\/em> protein powder? You\u2019ll just have to try and see for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GNC protein powder is a gain changer Let me start by saying that I\u2019m not your typical gym rat. In fact, I\u2019m no gym rat… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":7397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[157],"class_list":["post-7396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"authors":[{"term_id":157,"user_id":77,"is_guest":0,"slug":"makaylah-chavez","display_name":"Makaylah Chavez","avatar_url":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/aad386abfc934a56ffa7e20b89dd44f4.jpg?ver=1778637593","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7398,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions\/7398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7396"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=7396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}