I use the Trader Joe's brand after my hard trainer sessions. The Met-RX has sucralose which makes me ill, so I'd never use it. I mix the TJ's with 1.5 cups 2 % milk and it's my first breakfast on trainer days. I can't eat before I workout at 5 AM. This set up gives me pretty much a 1:1 ratio of carbs to protein and I need the carbs before I head to work. I drink it in the car on the way home. It's in an insulated SS bottle, stays pretty cold with three ice cubes.

I have a second breakfast about an hour later.

The Met-RX when mixed with water has pretty close to a 1:5 carbs to protein ratio. I'd think about how is that going to fit in your day. Do you need more carbs at that point as well or just the protein hit.

Veronica