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Hi I just went out and purchased a yoga mat, blender, protein shakes and protein Powder. I am a little under weight by like 5-10 lbs and want to be healthy. I want to start doing yoga, having atleast a shake a day and hopefully that will help my put on weight. I purchased the ISOfemme protein powder, it says it is good to have more meals a day, it has hardly any fat and only 1 g or carbs. I thought carbs helped put on weight so I am wondering if this is a good product. On the plus side there is 27g of protein per scoop. I would like to know if I am on teh right track and if this protein powder was a good decision?

The protien powders can be very expensive, and some of them are very similar to Carnation Instant Breakfast. I buy the powdered kind, which tastes better than the pre-mixed. Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you start to work out, you may firts notice you look a little thinner, but weigh a little more. This is your fat changing over to muscle.
All my life, even through my twenties and early thirties, and seven children, I was so skinny I was embarrassed. People don't realize being underweight is just as hard on the ego as being overweight. In fact, it's even worse because people have no roblem with saying, "Oh my God, You're so skinny!"
The good news is this...I am now 37, and in great shape. All of the women I used to envy would love to have my body. I don't even work out, but when I do, everything goes right back into shape. This is the payoff of looking like Olive Oyl for half my life. I used to feel as if I had the shape of a twelve year old boy (even though I'm a girl), and now, at 37, I can still turn the head of a teenage boy.

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