Gaining weight and restoring reasonable muscle mass at 60+

Thanks! That looks amazing. Do you have a recipe?

@longboat1 Try my smoothie every morning. It consists of Oat milk, yogurt, vanilla ice cream flavored whey powder, hemp hearts, frozen bananas, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries and frozen cherries. You will never be lacking for protein ever again and it tastes amazing.
I recommend this for anyone looking to add protein to their diet.
Try it and let me know what you all think.

PS Costco has the best prices on whey powder and frozen fruit. It is half what you pay at your local supermarket.

@becsbuddy I think whey powder is better for you and Costco vanilla ice cream flavor is a must for the smoothie. You can put two servings in instead of one.

@longboat1 You buy some Oat milk Batista style
A big bag of Costco soy protein vanilla ice cream flavor
A really good low sugar yogurt
Hemp hearts
A large bag of frozen blueberries
A large bag of frozen strawberries
A large bag of frozen
cherries
Get some ripe bananas and peel a freeze
Put in 4 ounces of oat milk
Two large spoonfuls of yogurt
Three teaspoons of hemp hearts
One frozen banana
One cup of blueberries
One cup of strawberries
One cup of cherries
Make sure you have a powerful blender. The Ninja 1500 watt commercial blender
Hit blend and you have enough for you and a friend. Kids love them as well but just don’t tell them about the oat milk, hemp hearts or soy powder.
You get enough protein for the whole day.
Enjoy.

@daveshaw Oat milk, then yogurt (milk product), why not just whole milk? Also, Greek yogurt is much higher in protein than regular yogurt, and you can get vanilla flavored (Walmart). I get casein protein powder (online, Bulk Supplements) at a pretty good price. No clue what hemp hearts are - never heard of this.

@daveshaw Oat milk, then yogurt (milk product), why not just whole milk? Also, Greek yogurt is much higher in protein than regular yogurt, and you can get vanilla flavored (Walmart). I get casein protein powder (online, Bulk Supplements) at a pretty good price. No clue what hemp hearts are - never heard of this.

@capnjack I am looking at plain Greek yogurt that has 7 grams of sugar per serving and too good yogurt which 13 gms per serving and actually tastes good.
Oat milk also varies widely in gms of sugar per serving. Planet Oat milk has only 3gms of sugar per serving. Far less than milk and also other oat milks. Secondly at our age we don’t need the sugar and fat in regular milk.
All smoothies are not created equal.
Read the labels.

Yes, you certainly are, but it's going to be quite a bit harder at your age. You have hormones working against you, probably poorer sleep, one or two disorders or co-morbidities...? But I admire your spirit and drive. You CAN gain back muscle mass. In turn, it will keep you warmer, and it will help you to slow weight gain that is age related. Those extra muscles will need fuel and oxygen, that latter of which comes from good lungs and an efficient heart. Don't avoid some aerobic activity, and of course that's at a reasoned pace, not all-out or too hard for too long. Slow stair climbing does wonders if you have some considerable stairs nearby. The pace will almost seem too slow to be of any good, but by the time you're into your fifth or sixth climb or landing, you'll begin to appreciate the actual work being done.