get extremely big muscles, so you don’t have to worry one iota.
Q: I’d like to lose about 60 pounds. I have a few
questions: For breakfast Steve says he pours Pro -
Fusion protein powder mixed in water over his cereal.
Is that all he puts on it? Does he ever mix it in milk?
Could I just use whey powder?
A:Steve uses about one scoop of Pro-Fusion in water, stirs
it with a spoon in a glass and then pours it over his cereal. It
has a swee tness that adds to his Fiber One/Raisin Bran
combination (older guys need their fiber). If you can’t stomach
that—Steve’s wife and kids gag when they see him do it—you
could use skim milk on your cereal and have a small pro t e i n
drink in addition. Whey powder would work, alth ough a
m i c e l l a r-casein-and-whey combo protein will keep aminos in
your bloodstream longer, due to the fast/slow protein release.
Milk is pretty good at doing that too.
Q: Do you think it would be healthy to replace my
lunch with a meal-replacement drink every day? I hate
to cook, and I eat the same thing for lunch every day:
a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, a banana and a
16-ounce glass of fat-free milk.
A:As long as you’re eating solid food at other meals—and
getting enough fruits and vegetables every day—substituting a
meal replacement for a solid-food meal should be fine. We use
a lot of liquid meals. The only problem with that is getting
enough fruits and vegetables, so we take vegetable and fru i t
capsules, which contain an array of them freeze-dried. You may
be able to find them in health food stores. They’re good health
insurance, especially for older bodybuilders. We use capsules
f ro m V it am i n a nd M i ne ra l T h era pi es I n te r n ati o n al
( w w w.vmti inc.com). Phytonutrients from those foods are
essential for health, and the capsules are the next best thing.
Another route is a new powder called Miracle Greens. We
dump a tablespoon or two of that in our protein drinks, and its