Shakology... disgusting?

I love the taste and have drank it every day for breakfast since Memorial Day.

I mix vanilla or greenberry with 1/2 cup milk, and 1 no fat yogurt + 4 ice cubes.
I mix strawberry or chocolate with 1/2 cup milk, 1 medium banana + 4 ice cubes.

Admittedly, chocolate was not my favorite, but I'm not a chocolate lover.

I'm with you, I hate the taste of sucralose. The powder I'm using has it, but you only really notice it in the strawberry flavor. I'm letting the wife have most of the strawberry flavor

With both the vanilla and chocolate I use 1 cup of almond milk, one tablespoon of almond butter or peanut butter and a little bit of ice. Yum! I used to make it with water and hated it...so much better this way!

I opted outnof buying these!!! Im finishing insanity and whenever I complain of the lack of results people yell at me for not doing shakeology...which I find odd Xd i mean.....to lose weight , said most easily, is to burn more than what you consume. i have most deffinetly been doing this for months and yes m stronger but im still not down a pant size. Yes I cheat some days but overall my calories are under. Plateau maybe....anyway


I was looking for a good protein upper (a big bucket of whey from GNC i gues) but now I gues, since shakeology does not seem to taste good I appreciate the post, will avoid my temptation to add it to my workouts. Apperantly my success DEPENDS on it, lol.

I don't really see the reason to take it in the first place. Sure, it is a protein shake with some amino acids mixed into it that gives you some protein and fat calories to replace a meal.

Why not just have a meal and build a supplement plan to match your individual needs? An egg (or two), a turkey sausage or a small fillet of salmon, some greek yoghurt for breakfast, then supplement with some fish oil, B vitamins and some beta-alanine... and of course the multivitamin that you are probably already taking. Costs less money, you don't have to "skip" a meal, you feel full for a few hours, and no nasty protein shake aftertaste. Bonus, you are getting the really good proteins instead of processed soy-based protein. Best of all, you can do the above breakfast for only like three hundred calories, so you can add more to it if you need more food. Shakeology? By the time you get done adding other stuff to it to make it palatable, you are going to be spending much more calories than the 160 you already get from that serving of "meal replacement" shake, so you are about even with just having that meal.

Heck, I like a nice big breakfast to start me on my day so I have plenty of energy and feel good about getting up in the morning for my breakfast. I make myself a couple eggs, a turkey sausage, a small serving of greek yoghurt, maybe a slice of toast or a little bit of oatmeal, sometimes a banana or some other fruit. I don't mind spending 400-500 calories on breakfast and then having only a small lunch. By lunch time, I'm not really hungry anyway, and only make myself something simple for a couple hundred calories.

I know, obviously my caloric needs are much higher than yours, and I can budget more calories for a meal than you, but still... The shakeology is costing you just as much as a breakfast sized to the kind of portions you would probably eat anyway. I can easily come in under 1500 calories while eating a big breakfast, and honestly, sometimes I find myself having to add more food to my dinner or having an extra snack later just so I don't go to low on calories for the day.

Why not just eat real food that tastes good, gives you your nutrition, and doesn't cost over $100 per bag?

for me, the powder is cheaper than most "real food" options (especially ones that give me that much protein - I need over 200g daily), it's easier on my stomach in the mornings, and it has some nutrients in it that aren't incredibly easy to get every day otherwise. This is not shakeology, btw. that might not have the same nutrient to value benefit, I have no idea.

I bet your powder is cheaper than shakeology, though. People shell out close to $120 per bag of this stuff when you can easily get the same nutrition from other choices without spending so much money.

for comparison purposes, I'm paying $55 per 5-lb "bucket" (really is kinda silly how big the bucket is... it's half full when brand new, unopened) that contains 58 servings. I also get some store credit "cash back" to the tune of about 10%, so that helps some. good or bad, that's what it is.

I'm with you on that. 2 scoops of Optimum Nutrition is 240 calories, 48g protein. Equivalent to a 1 pound ribeye without the crazy amount of fat (nothing against ribeyes or fat, though!) About 77 servings, $54 5-pound bucket. (Contents settle, that's why they're in such huge buckets btw)

2 servings of whey protein powder $1.40. 1 pound ribeye around $8. Price is a non-factor even against chicken.

Still, nothing wrong with steak or meat in general - better yet wash it down with a shake. It can be rough hitting high protein goals, otherwise. Some shakes are "worse" than others (artificial ingredients) but they're usually based on whey which is fine.

They're called "supplements" for a reason but better to supplement than miss a protein or calorie goal.

I opted outnof buying these!!! Im finishing insanity and whenever I complain of the lack of results people yell at me for not doing shakeology...which I find odd Xd i mean.....to lose weight , said most easily, is to burn more than what you consume. i have most deffinetly been doing this for months and yes m stronger but im still not down a pant size. Yes I cheat some days but overall my calories are under. Plateau maybe....anyway


I was looking for a good protein upper (a big bucket of whey from GNC i gues) but now I gues, since shakeology does not seem to taste good I appreciate the post, will avoid my temptation to add it to my workouts. Apperantly my success DEPENDS on it, lol.

Quality of food matters just as much as quantity.