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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 3, 2023 at 6:32 pm
(September 3, 2023 at 5:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Got a small blender so I can make some weight gain smoothies to make that powder I got more palatable. Surely it will mix up better than I can do it with a spoon. Have been looking at recipes...guess I will head to the store tonight or in the morning to get some bananas and maybe some almond or peanut butter and some cocoa.
Yeesh.
In other news, it's been so many weeks since we had any rain that I let the dogs out a bit ago and it was sprinkling a bit. Harley was scared and wanted back in. She's not scared of much...guess she forgot about rain. Silly animals.
If it's protein powder, one can buy empty gel caps. Everything I mixed it with was unpalatable. Can't take protein powder (not that I need to gain any more weight).
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 3, 2023 at 7:22 pm
(September 3, 2023 at 6:32 pm)Fireball Wrote: (September 3, 2023 at 5:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Got a small blender so I can make some weight gain smoothies to make that powder I got more palatable. Surely it will mix up better than I can do it with a spoon. Have been looking at recipes...guess I will head to the store tonight or in the morning to get some bananas and maybe some almond or peanut butter and some cocoa.
Yeesh.
In other news, it's been so many weeks since we had any rain that I let the dogs out a bit ago and it was sprinkling a bit. Harley was scared and wanted back in. She's not scared of much...guess she forgot about rain. Silly animals.
If it's protein powder, one can buy empty gel caps. Everything I mixed it with was unpalatable. Can't take protein powder (not that I need to gain any more weight). This is a protein powder but also has a lot of calories. So far, I am under-impressed with adding a banana and some cocoa powder. There will be more experiments.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 3, 2023 at 9:37 pm
(September 3, 2023 at 7:22 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (September 3, 2023 at 6:32 pm)Fireball Wrote: If it's protein powder, one can buy empty gel caps. Everything I mixed it with was unpalatable. Can't take protein powder (not that I need to gain any more weight). This is a protein powder but also has a lot of calories. So far, I am under-impressed with adding a banana and some cocoa powder. There will be more experiments.
Is it flavor or texture?
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 3, 2023 at 9:55 pm
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(September 3, 2023 at 9:37 pm)brewer Wrote: (September 3, 2023 at 7:22 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: This is a protein powder but also has a lot of calories. So far, I am under-impressed with adding a banana and some cocoa powder. There will be more experiments.
Is it flavor or texture? Flavor. I am just treating it like medicine and choking it down. BLAH
Actually the little blender helps with the texture of the powder a LOT.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 4, 2023 at 8:20 am
(September 3, 2023 at 9:55 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (September 3, 2023 at 9:37 pm)brewer Wrote: Is it flavor or texture? Flavor. I am just treating it like medicine and choking it down. BLAH
Actually the little blender helps with the texture of the powder a LOT.
I'd try some drink flavorings like Crystal Light or Kool Aid. Or maybe a meat broth, beef/chicken.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 4, 2023 at 8:56 am
(September 4, 2023 at 8:20 am)brewer Wrote: (September 3, 2023 at 9:55 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Flavor. I am just treating it like medicine and choking it down. BLAH
Actually the little blender helps with the texture of the powder a LOT.
I'd try some drink flavorings like Crystal Light or Kool Aid. Or maybe a meat broth, beef/chicken.
Stay away from the Tang!
The powder is supposedly chocolate. Yeah, not so much. BLECH.
I am going to try adding some peanut butter and I also bought some vanilla almond milk to try to figure out something that isn't so gag-worthy.
Crystal Light wouldn't work for me as my body doesn't care much for artificial sweeteners. I have to be careful with that. Part of what made me sick in the last few months was adding Minute Maid lemonade to my iced tea. It wasn't even diet. But it screwed me up bad. I didn't realize till I ran out that I was poisoning myself. About four days after running out of it, I felt a lot better. Now I just need to get some weight back on.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 4, 2023 at 8:59 am
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 4, 2023 at 12:46 pm
(September 4, 2023 at 8:56 am)arewethereyet Wrote: (September 4, 2023 at 8:20 am)brewer Wrote: I'd try some drink flavorings like Crystal Light or Kool Aid. Or maybe a meat broth, beef/chicken.
Stay away from the Tang!
The powder is supposedly chocolate. Yeah, not so much. BLECH.
I am going to try adding some peanut butter and I also bought some vanilla almond milk to try to figure out something that isn't so gag-worthy.
Crystal Light wouldn't work for me as my body doesn't care much for artificial sweeteners. I have to be careful with that. Part of what made me sick in the last few months was adding Minute Maid lemonade to my iced tea. It wasn't even diet. But it screwed me up bad. I didn't realize till I ran out that I was poisoning myself. About four days after running out of it, I felt a lot better. Now I just need to get some weight back on.
I can't get normal illnesses...just weird stuff that I eventually figure out on my own.
Hershey's chocolate syrup?
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 4, 2023 at 10:20 pm
This is not my night. I bumped the oven door with my hand while putting the pan of chicken and veggies in the oven, causing me to drop that side of the pan. I've got everything put back together, but now I have to preheat the oven again.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
September 4, 2023 at 10:56 pm
(September 4, 2023 at 10:20 pm)Angrboda Wrote: This is not my night. I bumped the oven door with my hand while putting the pan of chicken and veggies in the oven, causing me to drop that side of the pan. I've got everything put back together, but now I have to preheat the oven again.
Almost cooked your own head, huh?
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