Shakeology alternatives?

leann8806417417
leann8806417417 Posts: 10 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I received a couple of samples of shakeology and I loved it! I can't afford $130 per month for it though. Does anyone have any recommendations for another kind of shake that's similar and cheaper?

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    edited March 2017
    Literally any protein powder. Start here: https://labdoor.com/rankings/protein

    Or if you want MRSs: https://labdoor.com/rankings/meal-replacements
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    Literally any protein powder. Start here: https://labdoor.com/rankings/protein

    Or if you want MRSs: https://labdoor.com/rankings/meal-replacements

    @Gallowmere1984 I love these links, I've found them helpful and really informative in the past! It's good to see them posted again. Thanks :smiley:
  • CoachJen71
    CoachJen71 Posts: 1,200 Member
    Greek yogurt with peanut powder and/or dark cocoa powder.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Hearts_2015 wrote: »
    Gallowmere1984 wrote: »
    Literally any protein powder. Start here: https://labdoor.com/rankings/protein

    Or if you want MRSs: https://labdoor.com/rankings/meal-replacements

    @Gallowmere1984 I love these links, I've found them helpful and really informative in the past! It's good to see them posted again. Thanks :smiley:

    I try to post them whenever they are relevant, as they have helped save me a boatload of time and money over the last year and a half. :)
  • VeganSarah0323
    VeganSarah0323 Posts: 3 Member
    I love shakeolgy also and is what I do, but I agree it's very expensive, but I look at it as a meal. In college before I could afford it, I would do the lean shakes from GNC. Hope that helps:)
  • tdesignr
    tdesignr Posts: 18 Member
    edited March 2017
    I love IdealShape. They're not available in store and shipments take about a week. But they taste good. I started with their variety pack, which comes with 20* packs of 5 flavors: strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, cookies n cream and salted caramel. After that, I tried one of their sample pack options with mocha, chocolate peanut butter, more cookies n cream and chocolate cream pie.

    My goal has been to combat getting bored with what I consume, obviously.

    Overall, my favorites are mocha, chocolate peanut butter and cookies n cream. But I haven't found a flavor of theirs that I don't like (haven't tried the orange creamsicle one or their new chocolate mint, though). Regular chocolate and strawberry are my second favorites. But mocha trumps chocolate for its coffee-like hint for me. The salted caramel was my least favorite at first. I tried it as a hot latte as one of their recipes recommends and it was too awkwardly clumpy. I like it much better cold and with instant coffee.

    I drink mine with 16 ounces of unsweetened vanilla almond milk (Silk brand) although they recommended mixing with 8 oz. I haven't felt like it depletes the flavor or sweetness much. I did start out with the light vanilla before I felt able to switch to less sugar in my diet.

    I also started mixing two spoonfuls of instant coffee in the mocha and chocolate flavors. It's not as satisfying in the cookies n cream, but it's not bad either.

    They recently debuted a clean version of some of the flavors. Haven't tried that as I'm mostly focusing on trying to be better, not perfect at the moment.
  • tdesignr
    tdesignr Posts: 18 Member
    Oops. Forgot to mention that a 30-day tub supply is about $59.99 regular price. They currently have a deal for $20 off, though that might be ending soon. I recommend trying their sample/variety packs first so you're not saddled with a flavor you might feel "meh" about. They also run deals sporadically, but often. And I got a 10% off coupon code after my first purchase.

    And I misspoke. Their variety pack is 20 count. Sorry. I bought that one on a great sale around Christmas.

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