Tuesday, June 2, 2015

trimino protein infused water

I discovered something new yesterday:  Trimino Protein Infused Water.

This weekend I was at a little gourmet-to-go place near me, La Piastra.  They do catering and make to-go meals for two.  They have a pretty nice variety. I ended up buying broccoli rabe with garlic, chipotle chicken tacos (I cut the tortillas in half), and jerked chicken with pineapple salsa.  I also bought some food for Bob:  penne with meatballs, sausage ravioli, and beef lasagna.


Doesn't it all look delicious?  I have food for a week here!

I noticed they had a cold case of drinks. The typical stuff like bottled water and soda.  They also had something called Trimino. At first I didn't notice that it was actually water.  All I saw was "7G Protein" and "Strawberry Lemonade" and had to pick it up to check it out.  I love strawberry lemonade, but it's got a ton of sugar.  I figured after weight loss surgery it would be off limits forever (I haven't tried to make my own sugar free concoction yet).  Then I looked at the nutritional content - no sugar, no fat, no carbs, and only 28 calories!  That's when I figured out it wasn't actually strawberry lemonade.  I was intrigued so I bought a bottle.  I got the Coconut Pineapple, too.  They also had Mixed Berry and Peach.





I tried this today and I have to say, it's delicious.  The Strawberry Lemonade tastes just like it's supposed to, although it's a little "lighter" in taste than actual strawberry lemonade.  The Coconut Pineapple was good; it tasted like a pina colada.  I'm not a big pan of pina coladas, but I liked this water.  
Know what else I noticed about this water?  The protein is whey isolate, which is exactly what I'm supposed to have.   So, I got strawberry lemonade (and a "pina colada") without the sugar, calories, carbs, and fat.  AND I got high quality protein!

The caveat?  It cost me about $2.50 a bottle.  I wouldn't spend that on bottled water as a habit, but I'd definitely spend it on an occasional treat, especially in the summer.


2 comments:

  1. If you buy it online from the website it might be cheaper. I'm not sure what currency to compare - is $2.50 in the pounds or the euro? ;) Looks like a case of 12 is $16.81 in the pound.. not sure how much shipping is.

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    1. US dollars. :) If I go to their website it's 24.99 for 12 bottles. I wouldn't mind buying a case, but I will have to make sure to drink it only occasionally. 2.50 for a bottle of water is a lot here. Typically it's about 1.19 to 1.69, depending where I go. But I realize it's protein-infused and it's whey isolate, which is exactly the protein I'm supposed to consume.

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