Protein Shakes...water or milk?

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slredstorm17

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I am about to embark on a fantastic journey to start bulking up! I have some wheybolic extreme 60 protein which I plan on having throughout the day.

Breakfast
1 scoop of powder shake
Lunch
1 scoop
Workout
Dinner
1 scoop

The recommended serving size is three scoops, which is extremely ridiculous. That is 60g of protein in one serving, while the body only needs 20g post workout to rebuild muscles. I figure by spreading out the shake throughout the day I will be helping my (already incredibly fast) metabolism because the more small meals one has throughout the day the faster the metabolism runs. I want to gain weight but stay as cut as I am now. I know it is a tough feat, but let's not get into that right now.

So my question to you guys is: milk or water for the shake? Water is obviously very clean and has no fat in it, but milk has great nutrients that can be essential in body building. Should I be safe and go with skim milk? Does skim milk provide all the same nutrients (minus the fat) that whole milk provides? I am NOT cutting fat out of my diet, that is very bad. But because I am getting all of this extra protein from the shakes plus the three meals a day, I don't want to overdo it and lose all of my abs that I worked so very hard for.

Thank you for reading my unnecessarily long post! But it is time for this featherweight to really pack on some pounds. My college meal plan only allows for three meals a day, that is why I am choosing a supplement over real food (supplements really aren't needed, but because I am limited in my resources it is the best I can have).
 
I drink it with 1% milk. I gag if I use water.
 
I use milk anyday. Water makes it taste like s*** to me. I use whole fat milk, for all the nutrients, but it depends how you are with lactose.
 
I think it's based mostly on personal preference, but you're right, milk has nutrients that water doesn't have. Since you're trying to bulk and milk has more calories, I'd say go with milk. Either skim or 1%.
 
Wheybolic 60 was the first protein I got when I started using supplements. The GNC sales rep who sold it to me told me to ignore the directions that say to use three scoops. He told me to use two if making it with water and one if with milk, because the human body is unable to process that much protein intake and most will be wasted. I tried making it with water but I found that particular brand to taste god awful when making it with water. With milk it was good. I have since then tried a few different brands however. I use Gaspari Nutrition Myofusion now, which I think I will stick with. When made with water it tastes pretty good actually and doesn't want to come back up LOL.
 
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