Shakeology or Herbalife?

Shakeology hands down!

I have never tried the Herbalife, but I use Shakeology and I love it. The chocolate is really yummy and curbs my chocolate cravings. I have yet to be brave enough to try the greenberry.

how bout just eating healthy clean food? I'm not an advocate of meal replacements...no powder can replace the nutrients in wholesome food.

Beg to differ, people only say that who have not checked out the ingredients of Shakeology.

I don;t have a problem wih Shakeology if you use it correctly. IOW, don't use more than one per day or use it as a post workout shake. My biggest problem is that for $119 it seems expensive. How many servings do you get? I think you could buy everything in it cheaper than that and make your own "shakeology".

I used Herbalife a long time ago. Liked it, but yeah, it's pricey. I certainly couldn't do it nowadays.

I recently found Whey Factors - unflavored (I made my first purchase at Whole Foods, but will buy at a supplements site - which is cheaper when this runs out) and I just add as scoop to my smoothies or I mix with milk & nesquik (no sugar). I won't say that it has no taste, but it barely changes the flavor of my smoothies/shakes.

Whey factors does come flavored as well, but unflavored, I felt would be most versatile.

I'm just copying and pasting this from the other Shakeology thread that I commented on:

Do you know what a healthy meal consists of? A full plate of healthy food that will actually get you losing weight if you include moderate exercise in your day? I do. Most of it is water. Water in the cells of complex carbs and protein. Water weighs a lot. Probably expensive to ship to someone's home.

So dehydrate all those nutrients, flavor it, jack the price and sell it to people as the end all be all of health products because most people don't know about portion control or how to substitute their side of whole grain pasta for broccoli on days where lunch or breakfast may have been a bit too high in calories. It's simply a lazy way around learning how to feed yourself.

And the Shake-people just charge your credit card every month knowing full-well that you're probably never going to take the time to learn how to eat. You're better off taking that money and going to an actual nutritionist and working out meal plans for a few weeks until you get the hang of it. Invest in educating yourself for life instead of investing in overpriced shake powder. After a while you'll get sick of drinking your meals (even if they taste awesome).

400 calories for a meal is actually a *lot*! Do you know how much food I could put in you with 400 calories? Go to your food diary and play with these options: half a medium baked potato, asparagus, tilapia fillet (or some other fish or chicken breast) and heck - throw some salad greens topped with a couple tbsp of your favorite light dressing. That's a LOT of food. You'll be crawling from the table. :-D

Breakfast? You can take 1/2 c rolled oats, 1/4 c frozen berries, a couple sweetener packets and a tbsp of dry milk and make "berries and cream" oatmeal for breakfast for 185 cals. The oats expand to make a REALLY decent sized bowl. And those berries? There's your antioxidants for the day. Don't get me started on the fabulous fiber this is packed with.

Lunch? Berries, plain yogurt and sweetener for about 100 cals is great. You get your dairy right there. A green salad topped with low calorie protein (chicken/fish/egg) is a great idea. You could easily do a multi-grain pasta topped with some tomatoes and still be low on calories and completely full at least until an afternoon snack of an apple.

Notice how NONE of these options that I gave include some exotic ingredient? And if you don't like the idea of unnatural sweetener then sacrifice the calories and use honey or agave instead. Honey is easier to find, but agave isn't too difficult to hunt down. :-)

Learn to eat real foods instead of becoming dependent on gimmicky stuff. You'll save money and have a sense of independence knowing that you know how to feed yourself. :-)

I eat a pretty healthy diet. I am NOT a beachbody coach, and I am a Shakeology lover. I have talked to nutritionist who thought that Shakeology was a great option. Especially someone like me who has a lot of time constraints. I have noticed a difference since using it, I find it well worth the money. When you break down the daily cost for me it is no different then the money I used to spend on a regular basis at Starbucks. I also love that the Chocolate really really curbs my chocolate cravings.

400 calories for a meal is actually a *lot*! Do you know how much food I could put in you with 400 calories?

I choose not to use Shakeology myself, but I do want to point out a serving of it is 140 calories, not 400.

When I was using Shakeology (chocolate), I just added cold water, cinnamon, and ice cubes. It was pretty tasty, actually, but it's not worth the money to me. I'd rather eat real food, but I think it can be a good alternative for people who have a hard time getting their nutrition in real food. I like to eat, so that's never been a problem for me.