Ya about those "nutrition" drinks they are all fake. I use to drink a lot of muscle milk back in the day and I was a stupid fool to believe that these "protein" drinks help you out and repair/give nutrients to your muscles. All what they are is just a bunch of sugared powder with a bunch of calories. Its incredible how stupid the general public is to think such drinks help you out and I was one of them back in the day that believed so. That's why its a billion dollar business with their gimmick lies. Luckily it did not take long for me to learn the actual nutritional truth about such products at the famous GNC.
 
The best thing to do brother is to just do the natural way because YOU WILL get results and these results WILL LAST LONGER.  I tell everyone all the time, you can eat everything but just in moderation. In order for you to get results and performance you have to find a balance in what works for you because everyone's body is different. Yes and its true if you want to lose that 23 pounds of yours you have to consume less and work out more. BUT need to know is that once you start starving yourself from calories to lose weight your metabolism is going to adjust to how it burns energy. So once you start consuming more again you will gain all that weight back. Personally I eat about 5,000-7,000 calories a day. I do this so that I can have my metabolism adjust itself to know that I am taking more calories in so therefore it burns more energy compared to some one who consumes 2,000 calories a day. And yes you must exercise as well. Make sure when you exercise you are sweating every time and your sore the next day. If you dont you did not work out as hard as you should to shed those pounds.  Just to let you know I am no expert in transforming your body to look like a underwear model. But I am sure an expert when it comes to athletic performance(for example power lifting). Lets just say I did a lot of actual  real trophy competitions to compete in where to see what person can do the most push-up/sit-ups, who is the most flexible, and who can run the fastest/longest.  But if you want to know some good techniques to increase your performance just let me know.