I'd plateaued for quite awhile. I was limiting my food the best I could (still couldn't eat less than 1700 calories a day though) and was exercising every single day of the week and still nothing! About a month ago, I signed up for 3 sessions with a personal trainer and he taught me some really great weight exercises. He said that for women, the best way to lose weight is to do weight training. He said cardio is still good but weights are best. I was willing to try anything! It helped me lose about 3 pounds! And two weeks ago I started making these protein shakes for breakfast. I also added cottage cheese to my diet. I think the combination of all three things has really helped. I've lost another few pounds and am now 7 pounds from my goal!!!! I am very excited and happy to be seeing results again.

For the protein shake, I mix 2 scoops of the protein powder with 8 oz of water, a spoonful of vanilla yogurt, 1/2 a banana, a scoop of the Benefiber powder, and other fruit (lately strawberries but I was using frozen peaches for awhile). I blend it all in my Magic Bullet and it's actually very tasty and super filling. I think in that shake I'm getting about 30 grams of protein. I'm full for a good 2-3 hours before I need to eat again.