Favorite Meal Replacement Shakes?

You know what's affordable? Eating food instead of replacing it with overpriced shakes. Why do you need meal replacement shakes?

Banana and a glass of milk are good to grab on a busy morning!

But as far as shakes go, Optimum Nutrition Oats & Whey mixed with unsweetened vanilla almond milk (you can mix it with whatever-but it tastes really good that way) is my usual go-to when I don't have time to make real food. I like the chocolate flavor. I am not familiar with Advocare but I looked at the website and I think the macros are fairly similar. Oats & Whey is pretty cheap, less than $2 a serving, sometimes I can get if for close to a $1 per serving ($26/tub) on Amazon or at the vitamin shoppe. It comes in a big tub, not single serving, mixes easily, but your last few sips might be a tad gritty due to the oats, but not too bad.

I like to blend two slices of pepperoni pizza with half a quart of cookies and cream ice cream, that's about the only meal replacement shake I could recommend. Then again, I'd rather just eat the pizza and ice cream sans blender, but that's me.

In short, save your money, those shakes are a scam.

Rigger

Isagenix shakes are healthy and taste awesome.

I like Core Power drinks or using my flavored whey from ON or Muscle Pharm to make high protein pancake and waffles, really filling and low on cal when done right

Some people here are disparaging the shakes, but they do make a good breakfast on the go and can help people reach their nutrition goals. I recently started making protein shakes since I'm on a high protein diet and have a hard time reaching my goal, and I'm trying to figure out which one works for me regarding price, flavor, and amount of protein and calories.

However, I agree that many of the pre-made shakes likely aren't worth it for the money, and you have to watch the ingredients in them. I'd recommend looking at some of the protein powders (though watch out for bad ingredients there too) since it's pretty easy to blend your own shakes at home with a single serving blender. I make them with plain Greek yogurt and milk, and sometimes with other add-ins like peanut butter, banana, frozen fruit, etc. It's a couple extra steps, including cleanup, but they and the blender would be worth it if you can do it.

honkytonks85 wrote: »

Some people don't have time or don't feel like eating a meal. So they might prefer to have a shake instead. I don't see the problem.

I agree... for me, I enjoy a protein shake mid day the sweetness and low calories keep me accountable and sometimes I freeze them to make my "ice cream"

Anyways I like perfect fit protein from the tone it up girls. I've had vanilla.and chocolate and I love vanilla

Quest bars...freakin crack

I've been getting my protein powder (whey protein) from the gym, although down the road I will look for a comparable (and maybe cheaper) alternative. I LOVE it! it easily enables me to hit my protein goals and when mixed in a blender with milk, ice and olive oil (you don't taste it), tastes JUST like a chocolate milk shake! It actually feels like a "treat" each morning.