30 day unbiased Shakeology review

Thank you for your honesty. I think I'll give it a try.

I personally stay away from any type of shakes, vitamins tablets, etc because you just never know what these companies put in plus your body doesn't absorb most of the stuff in it anyways. Their objectives is to make money, so they will cut the cost down and try to sell you more. I keep it simple when it comes to nutrition and diet, just eat good healthy food with a purpose of making your body healthy, fight diseases and feeling great. I always ask myself before I eat something, what is this food will do for me? Even from a medical point of view, some food help reduce heart diseases, cancers, etc, so just know them and eat loads of them.
I am not a nutritionist or a doctor, but I just don't trust shake products, vitamins, and pre made food sold in grocery stores (they put way too much salt, preservatives, bad fat, etc!) and they are bloody expensive!!!
Honestly, when I do my grocery shopping, I shop only in 1/3 of the aisles. Go to the veggies, fruits section then get your milk/low fat yogurt and good proteins, (fish, lean meat), some multi grain bread and leave! Your waist and bank account will thank you!

My comment might not help much anyway on advice on shakes...but perhaps rethink the way you eat!

Did you workout very often. I am trying Shakeology for the first time but can not workout because of an injury. do you think I will still get results?

If you're trying to lose weight, your results will come from a calorie deficit. You can achieve that whether or not you work out. Although, you'll probably be happier with your results in the long run if you work out. As far as Shakeology goes, it's a dietary supplement, not a weight loss formula. It won't help or hinder your results in and of itself.

Out of my own curiosity, I want to try the new strawberry flavor. How can I try this without getting a whole month's supply? I was extremely disappointed with vanilla.

Out of my own curiosity, I want to try the new strawberry flavor. How can I try this without getting a whole month's supply? I was extremely disappointed with vanilla.

You can go on BB website and get a sample of all their flavors. I think it is $20.00. I love chocolate, but do not like chocolate Shakology. I love the strawbery.

I see people claim partial or complete junk food cravings when they use Shakeology. I don't see how this could work beyond a placebo effect (assuming you don't have a conflict of interest i.e. being a "coach"). I've been drinking Shakeology once a day for two weeks and my junk food cravings are still the same.

Hello everyone...

If you want to satisfy your hunger, try green smoothies. These are mix of mostly Kale and Spinach with other fruits and mixtures. I started doing whole food smoothies with recipes form the simple green smoothies website (http://simplegreensmoothies.com) and they work fine. There may be more websites out there with recipes for smoothies, or you can just make up some yourself.

I like to mix higher amounts of leafy greens with slightly less amount of fruits on the shakes I make for myself, b/c the green smoothies @ simplegreesmoothies.com website tend to have quite a bit of calories...

well for me...I tend to unintentionally skip meals or run out of time to prepare one. I am working on trying to prepare and freeze but need a deep freezer as current freezer space in fridge is too small :-(
Considering I try to use "fresh" things then I have to wait for the meat to thaw or if I get produce and it stays too long it spoils before I can get to it.
I just need a chef :-) I miss my grandmothers...I could always get a good meal at one of their houses!

I love Shakeology. I am a Coach, but a new one. I tried Shakeology when it first came out and I hated it. I am not a fan of chocolate, so I assumed it wasn't for me. Now that it comes in other flavors, it is how I start my day. I buy Vanilla. Today's shake was a 1/2 cup of orange juice, 1/2 cup of water, scoop of vanilla and a clementine and it was awesome. I sometimes use Coconut water as my base for its added benefits.

I really think the controlled cravings may be a result of the "green" stuff in shakeology. I started drinking Raw Meal and it has the same effects on me.

Thanks for the great review. I am hoping to read all of the other posted replies later.

Thank you so much for posting your unbiased review I've been searching everywhere and all I can seem to find is ones that are promoted by beach body! I just bought a couple of the exercise DVDs but I still want to eat all the time. I was hoping that Shakeology would help me with that.

I bought a nutri bullet and tried the whole "make your own shakes with fruits, veggies, and protein powder" thing...epic fail!! The consistency was horrible, the flavor was gross...btw...ground chia seeds are so nasty!!!

A friend of mine is a beachbody coach and sent me some samples of shakeology and I decided to join and get the turbofire/shakeology package. I started drinking the shakeology daily about 10 days ago. The first day I was seriously amazed by it. I had a vanilla shake in the morning, not my best attempt at mixing/blending, but it was still decent. Then I had a sandwich and crackers for lunch, and a small dinner. I wasn't hungry...it was great!

Prior to starting shakeology, I was having a cup of yogurt with almonds for breakfast, then a mid morning snack, then lunch, then an afternoon snack and I'm starving for supper by 5:00, and usually had dessert too. I do 1 scoop of shakeology, 1 1/3 cups milk, 1 tablespoon of powdered peanut butter and ice so it's a larger shake but now that 10 days have passed, it's not keeping me full like it was before. I go maybe 2-3 hours now before my stomach starts growling. I figured the peanut butter would have the extra protein to keep me full but not lately.

I definitely think my sweet and junk food cravings have gone WAY down. I always wanted chocolate after lunch and now I eat, pop in a piece of gum and I'm good to go. My boyfriend is a huge dessert fan and I've passed it up pretty much every night in the last 10 days, aside from an all fruit popsicle one night just to try it out.

It is expensive and I'm not sure how long I can keep purchasing it, but when I think about how much I was spending on my yogurt, almonds, protein bars for snacks, and other junk I was eating through the day, it is probably saving me money in the long run. Now I just have to buy milk and powdered peanut butter for my shakes. I haven't lost any weight with the shakeology yet, but that's my fault. I don't eat much in the way of fruits and veggies, I'm a meat/potatoes/pasta type of girl and my portions are too big, so I'm working at introducing healthier foods in my diet and get back to normal sized portions. I haven't been able to work out due to injury so when I get back on track, I hope to see some great results.

What do people have to say about just using a protein powder (I have started using Garden of Life brown rice Raw protein powder) - thinking it may work the same way~!