Why or why not is shakeology right for me?

Here's another angle to consider.


Say you go ahead and buy into the shake. Say it works for you and you get accustomed to drinking them every day and you lose weight and feel awesome..


....then they go out of business and you're stuck having to eat readily available real food.



.....what then?

Then you eat real/whole/natural food, and nothing changes.

...exactly my point. So why start paying a ton of money for that.

I don't get why so many people bash Shakeology. If you don't like it, don't drink it. If you like it, drink it. It's like broccoli. If eating broccoli suddenly became a new fad on here, half the people would bash it even if they like it. Nobody's making you buy it, or drink it, or anything.

Shakeology is good for a quick meal. You don't need it every day. You can also pop a multi, and a hardboiled egg and generally have the same effect. You can also calorie count and have a deficit to lose weight. It doesn't really matter.

My point, buy a packet off Ebay. If you like it, great. If you don't like it, great. Why can't people be happy with doing what they like?!

I've done Shakeology for the past two months, and it has really helped regulate my cravings, and I've lost about 15 lbs.
It's not a magic formula, but it does help keep you satisfied, and it keeps your calories down, which is really the name of the game.

If you literally hate food, think it's disgusting, and would rather choke down some sludge then Shakeology is for you.

I used Shakeology for over two years. There were times that I'd be lazy and not want to cook real food for breakfast or lunch and the shake was certainly handy, but I used it mostly as a snack/post-workout drink. I loved the chocolate - only had to mix it with water and ice; loved the taste. It just became too expensive to maintain. My energy and focus levels improved, but it didn't help me lose weight - making healthier choices and moving more did that.

I say if you can afford it, go for it. You won't know unless you try it yourself. I've been debating a FitBit, read a tons of reviews (good and bad) and decided to try it. I may like it, I may not. We'll see........As for me, I'm going to check out the amazing grass to add to my protein. I'm intrigued!

Shakeology = big no no

I will not bash occasional meal replacements, esp for people who have trouble stomaching breakfast (or have a busy lifestyle) but shakeology is just overpriced sugar.

Ninerbuff actually has said something for once that I agree with: "The point is that for $120 a month, you can get a weeks worth of actual food and learn how make a few meals from it. "

Here's the deal. If you aren't going to use it as "meal" for life, then why bother. Statistics will show that people that use any "diet" program will lose weight if followed, but if that isn't a sustainable program for life, that weight regain is inevitable. So the correct approach would be to adapt to a lifestyle of eating food that you KNOW you can control and do throughout your life.

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exactly... and exactly why I posed the scenario I did. If the company folds, what then?

I don't get why so many people bash Shakeology. If you don't like it, don't drink it. If you like it, drink it. It's like broccoli. If eating broccoli suddenly became a new fad on here, half the people would bash it even if they like it. Nobody's making you buy it, or drink it, or anything.

Shakeology is good for a quick meal. You don't need it every day. You can also pop a multi, and a hardboiled egg and generally have the same effect. You can also calorie count and have a deficit to lose weight. It doesn't really matter.

My point, buy a packet off Ebay. If you like it, great. If you don't like it, great. Why can't people be happy with doing what they like?!

The original poster asked for opinions on why it's good or not. These people gave opinions.

I don't see how saying, "well, I love to CHEW my food" is a useful statement. I'm merely guessing that a lot of people who hate Shakeology have never actually tried it. My advice is to try it. Some people will like it, while others won't. No one can manage eating foods they don't like, no matter how healthy they are. You need to like foods that can help you maintain a deficit, or else you'll snap and eat everything. So if Shakeology is one of those foods that helps you not spazz out, use it. If it's broccoli, use it. If it's salad, okay then. Shakeology wasn't created for people that know how to eat properly, it was for people who don't understand nutrition. So while they're LEARNING good nutrition, they still have something to fall back on that helps them get vitamins. I used to drink it until I learned how to eat right, and now I have it once a week at the most. But maybe I'm a slower person, I couldn't learn nutrition overnight.

If you want an occasional meal replacement and are ok paying as much as you would for (some) Starbucks coffee, then it's fine. Like the others have mentioned meal replacements don't teach you how to eat/create/choose foods, it's a short cut, which imo is not a bad thing from time to time. It's meant as a continual regular use, however, and that's a dependancy on a product, no matter how good it is for you. The amount of nutrients and micronutrients may be beneficial to some in providing their daily limit, as often times people are below this limit, so they have a quick meal that provides it to them. What happens when you're broke that month, the company goes out of business, or the package is lost?

There have been times when post workout I want something fast, so I'll grab a powder (Jay Robb without soy), or even a pre-made protein drink (Core Power), but we're talking maybe once a week at most, so $12-ish a month for those, vs $120. I see a trainer twice a month for $120, and I consider it a better investment.

... they still have something to fall back on that helps them get vitamins.

...you mean, like a multivitamin, or whole foods?

People do that?! Shut. Up.