I watched the Shakeology breakthrough video, I think you can find it on youtube by some guy called shakenate... (if your gonna buy it though please go to my site). Here you can watch the same video I watched that is put out by the company about all that went into the making of the shake and how much it would cost you (over $40 per meal) to add the same nutrients into a meal you create at home. It was a pretty interesting video, but I was still unsure about Shakeology.
I am a Myoplex girl. My step father use to drink myoplex like it was going out of style back when I was a kid. So I fell in love with the Chocolate Cream flavor, so Shakeology starting off, in my eyes, already had a lot to live up too. I get why it suppose to be better then myoplex, with ingredients like Ginko, Maca (which I had already looked into adding to myoplex last year but it was too expensive), and about 20 other interesting ingredents (Pea fiber, Spinach powder, Flax seed, Chia meal, Chlorelia, Hydrilla, Astragalus root, Wheat grass) to name a few, but if it tastes bad nobody will drink it so that was my number one important test.
My number 2 important test is can it act like a meal replacement. Does if fill you up?
Also I tried both flavors and made them the same way I make myoplex. Which is just milk and ice cubes. Now I must mention most people don't drink the shakes with just milk and ice. There are a slew of recipes for orange julius to reeses shakes on the website and can be found on the internet. But I didn't want to add all sorts of "make it taste good" before I gave this review.
So here we go:
Greenberry= 140 calories (just the powder)
Taste was presently surprising. I have to say that when I first saw a glass of green stuff that I am suppose to drink that contains weird stuff like spinach powder... I was scared. But it ended up being my favorite of the flavors when not adding any 'make it taste good'. It was a very light drink that went down easy, just sweet enough. Secondly, I feel full. So yay!
Chocolate= 140 calories (just the powder)
Taste was not great by itself. If you like dark chocolate you might love it. I, however, think myoplex tastes a bit better. However, most people that buy the chocolate are not using this as a weight loss meal replacement, but as a "gainer" and they add peanut butter and oatmeal and additional whey powder and other things. After adding peanut butter to it, it was 100% better. The drink is pretty thick with just milk and definitely makes you full. The protein in the chocolate is slightly higher at 17g VS Greenberry at 15 grams.
Bottom line: Is it worth $120 dollars a month for a 30 day supply? Well, obviously the biggest thing is does it fit in your budget. If you can't pay your basic bills, then buying this is probably not your biggest concern. If you can afford it but you are still worried about the price, look at it like this: Its $4 a meal. If you went to McDonald's you could probably get a meal for that price, but it's not going to be near the nutrition of this shake. It is by far the healthiest meal of the day if used right. Be careful what you add to it though, ice cream and peanut butter.... will make you gain (so only use if your goal is to gain). So if it replacing a major meal that you would normally spend about $4 then great! Also, if you want it cheaper become a coach and save a dollar per meal. Then its only $3 a meal and you cant really do better then that.
I will post a review later, after I have used the product for a few weeks, to let you know if it keeps cravings low, keeps me full, and helps me with my fitness goals. I will be using it most days to replace one meal or snack.
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