Body By VI

I wouldn't continue to drink them if they were that terrible. You have to enjoy the healthier choices you are making or you will be setting yourself up for failure. I have been having the special k protein shakes for my lunch during my work week, they are convenient and actually taste amazing! On the weekends when I have more time I make my own shakes/smoothies experimenting with different fruits, veggies, whey protein or flaxseed oil.

Tia~
I am surprised you don't like them and imagine that you have tried everything that I have. My only suggestions, maybe try vanilla almond milk, and frozen fruit. But avoid pineapple or really acidic fruit as that seems to make the shakes separate. I like frozen raspberries and blueberries best. I really don't like the mix-ins but otherwise I love the shakes themselves. So if you don't want them I'll take them off your hands!

I used Almond Milk when I was doing that (30 lbs in 30 days). I would use my hand mixer or blender to whip them up.

I've lost the other 57 lbs on my own w/o meal replacement shakes.

I love these shakes and recommend them. I have tried other shakes in the past these shakes to me taste better. I get mine from ebay. I know they offer different flavor packets, but I just drink mine with water. They do the trick for me and I don't have to force them. My mom likes the banana flavor packets with her shakes, but she has to use milk with hers. Everyone is different, but my mom doesn't exercise much do to neuropathy in her left leg and her diabetes. She even lost on these shakes. So I know they work.

Use the powder in baking; you get the nutrients but not the taste

IF you have to force yourself to drink them, and it's not something you will be able to maintain for..well...ever, then why continue? If your not going to make them a permanent part of your diet, then you're not teaching yourself how to eat and/or how to maintain within a specific calorie goal. In the long run, you're forcing yourself to eat things you hate for something that may or may not give you short term benefits. Then, when you gain the weight back, you'll try BBV again because "it worked for you before" and then you're in a cycle of yo-yo diets and weight loss, each time making it harder and harder to lose.

Eat real food, supplement a shake for convenience if you find you that tastes good to you and that's what you want to do (I, personally have protein shakes in the morning for breakfast during the work week), keep your calories at a deficit 90% of the time, through in some exercise and you will then have a good solid sustainable plan for weight loss and a healthy life.

Good on you for wanting to shed some pounds. Try doing it the good old fashioned way - with food & exercise. I'm sure you would like that better and probably a little easier on the bank account. Probably a lot easier to stick with too - Good Luck

I agree, try the almond milk. I use 8 - 12 ounces of vanilla almond milk, with 1 1/2 cups of frozen strawberries and it is delicious. But if you have found nothing that seems to taste right I would stop using the shakes and just eat very clean and healthy. Either way is very good to get healthy!

I put 1 tbsp PB2, 1 frozen banana, the powder and 1.5 cups of skim milk and they are great. But I have to agree, if you're having to choke it down it's not something you'll likely be successful with.

These shakes are the new "fad diet" in the city I live in. But honestly it just seems like a fad diet rolled up in a pyramid scheme. I know, I know people say they lost so much weight on them (and others brag about the new car they just got from selling them...) but I just can't allow myself to spend THAT MUCH MONEY on shakes... everyday... for the rest of my life (according to their maintance plan).

Nope. I learned from other people and SKIPPED the fad diet part of my weight loss and just went straight into dieting, portion control, healthy foods, and increased physical activity. It's worked so far I don't want to just lose weight, I want to be healthy and fit long term!

And it seems to me that if you don't like them, why bother trying to force yourself? There are better solutions out there!

I've never tried Body By Vi... I drink RAW meal replacement... which in and of itself... tastes a lot like what I would imagine licking the bottom of a dirty fishbowl would taste like... but it is just about the single healthiest thing I've found to put in your body... I mix it in my coffee, with almond milk and stevia, helps out the taste dramatically.

Also... Is it the initial taste or the after taste that bothers you? I've found that personally, I can't stand whey based protein because the after taste tastes like spoiled milk to me, so I use plant based proteins (not soy)... and haven't noticed an aftertaste.

If you feel like you have to try a shake, I do like the ones made by USANA. In general though, I feel more hungry using things like that versus just eating right. Eating right is a huge struggle for me.

The best recipe for me is Blended together
Frozen bananas,
Vi shpae powder
Silk Soy Choclate milk
Almond Butter or Cookie Butter from Trader Joes.

If you don't like them, you're not going to stick with it. By the time you add all the other things to it to make it taste good enough that you want to drink it, you've added up a lot of calories - and for that you can have something you like, as well as good for you! Besides, who wants to live on shakes forever? You're better off just to find "normal" foods that you like and can fit into your eating plan for the rest of your life - not a quick fix that when you stop drinking them you haven't really changed your eating habits and end up gaining back your weight. I know they make it "sound" tempting, but it truly is not the long-term answer you're looking for.

Quit the program and eat real food, exercise, and track intake with MFP.