Wish I knew This Before Surgery! Vitamin Shoppe KICKS GNC's butt!

[Guest BikiniBeachy]

I am so mad I did my original shopping at GNC. The Vitamin Shoppe is so fantastic. GNC only had the huge tubes of Designer whey, so I bought ALL their stuff and it is not as good as what I wanted. Vitamin Shoppe has almost all the flavors of everything. I was so stoked! If you are looking for variety in your Protein selection and you live in a state with a Vitamin Shoppe, trust me and go there first! I wish I had Maybe the two GNC's I called tonight that didn't have it were just in "transition" or something? Like the guy said.

Unfortunately I saw on their site that there are no Vitamin Shoppes in like New Mexico, Maine, kansas, utah, wyoming, oklahoma...you get to point, I guess check the site first

Anyone else a Vitamin Shoppe fan?

[GratefulHeart 0]

Looks like they have an online store too. What are your favorites? Is what they have online the same?

Vitamins, Nutritional Health supplements & Herbal Remedies - VitaminShoppe.com

[jennifernc88 0]

I went to GNC to buy Isopure but changed my mind after I discovered they only sell it in a 3lb. container. I will have to check out Vitamin Shoppe.

This may sound stupid but what is the difference between Designer whey and whey isolate?

[Julia_N 2]

I like Vitamin Shoppe. It seems more like an overall health store while GNC feels like a body-builders' paradise. I found a much better selection of Protein powders and liquids at VS.

[voiceomt2002 4]

I am so mad I did my original shopping at GNC. The Vitamin Shoppe is so fantastic. GNC only had the huge tubes of Designer Whey, so I bought ALL their stuff and it is not as good as what I wanted. Vitamin Shoppe has almost all the flavors of everything.

Anyone else a Vitamin Shoppe fan?

Pardon the newbie question, but what is the Designer Whey for?

Lena:confused:

[kjhack 3]

I totally agree! We have a Vitamin Shoppe here in greenwood indiana and they are wonderful. I told them I was preop bariatric lapband and they led me by hand to the perfect Protein supplements. They had everything I needed. I'm with you I LOVE Vitamin SHOPPE!!!!

[jmegirl 2]

My husband is a body-builder type, always looking for good supplements and stuff, and he orders from Vitamin Shoppe all the time. He absolutely HATES GNC, for what it's worth. He always orders from VS online and usually gets free shipping, and depending on how much he spends they send him free t-shirts. I bet we have at least 6 of them, LOL. I plan to get all my stuff from VS in the next week!

[Minxz 0]

I always thought GNC was like the fast food of health food and Vitamin stores.

I to am curious about the Designer Whey?

[flipman416 2]

anyone check out Bariatric Advantage. www.bariatricadvantage.com.

So many different sites for stuff I just wanted a few opinions of anyone using their stuff. any opinions would be geatly appreciated.

[sunflwr78 0]

Pardon the newbie question, but what is the Designer Whey for?

Lena:confused:

I had my nutrition appointment today. I was told that I will be required to get in 60 grams of Protein every day.....I was shocked. The Designer Whey(there are several others out there as well) is one way of getting extra Protein.< /p>

Hope this helps.

[GratefulHeart 0]

So far the Bariatric Advantage Protein is the best I've seen for nutritional value. One serving appears to give you half the nutrients you need for the day. So it follows that another serving would give you the rest. It's not as sweet tasting as some of the other brands. I found Wellements brand on Amazon.com for a very cheap price and it tastes really good. I've only purchased vanilla, and have been adding flavorings (like real frozen strawberries, bananas, etc.) to make them "special." I've also used diet soda as the base for the shake instead of milk, so you can make an "orange cream" shake using diet orange soda instead of milk, or a "root beer float" using diet root beer, etc. But if you're looking for the nutritional value, Bariatric Advantage is probably the best and the vanilla (the only one I've tried) is good. It's more expensive, but if you don't have to supplement with Vitamins, you know what you're getting and it's a good product. Yummy!

[jmegirl 2]

So far the Bariatric Advantage Protein is the best I've seen for nutritional value. One serving appears to give you half the nutrients you need for the day. So it follows that another serving would give you the rest. It's not as sweet tasting as some of the other brands. I found Wellements brand on Amazon.com for a very cheap price and it tastes really good. I've only purchased vanilla, and have been adding flavorings (like real frozen strawberries, bananas, etc.) to make them "special." I've also used diet soda as the base for the shake instead of milk, so you can make an "orange cream" shake using diet orange soda instead of milk, or a "root beer float" using diet root beer, etc. But if you're looking for the nutritional value, Bariatric Advantage is probably the best and the vanilla (the only one I've tried) is good. It's more expensive, but if you don't have to supplement with Vitamins, you know what you're getting and it's a good product. Yummy!

Your doctor allows you to have soda?? :sad_smile: Everything I've read says carbonation is a no-no.

[GratefulHeart 0]

OOPS! Should have mentioned soda that's gone flat...not bubbly soda. Sorry about that!