(Borrowed from my lovely social media friend, Michelle Meyers.)
It’s no secret that I love Shakeology. I’m usually very resistant to meal replacements because until Shakeology, I’ve never found one I like. And by like…I mean CRAVE! While I may be extremely health conscious, there are way too many healthy foods that are enjoyable to waste my calories eating foods that taste like chalk just because they’re good for me.
But Shakeology doesn’t taste like chalk. It doesn’t have a bitter aftertaste. It doesn’t sit like a rock in my stomach. And I’m not hungry two hours after I drink it. It’s in a meal replacement category all on it’s own. (To learn more about the many benefits of Shakeology, click here.)
First of all, you’ve got to decide what kind of texture you like. I want it to be more like a shake than a drink and have moderate thickness, meaning I like to be able to sip it slowly through a straw, but I don’t want to eat it with a spoon, so I always recommend using the blender instead of a shaker cup. Experiment with the amounts of liquid and ice in each recipe until you find the consistency that works for you. I generally take a 32 oz. cup, fill it up 3/4 of the way with ice and use 2 cups of liquid (almond milk, skim milk, water).
As far as taste goes, I compare Shakeology to a piece of grilled chicken. By itself, grilled chicken is good. But if you add a little marinade or some seasoning, it turns into a delicacy. Shakeology works the very same way — add a little extra something to it, and you can take something that’s good and turn it into something amazing.
Here are a few of my favorite “marinated” Shakeology recipes:
Chocolate
Go Nuts! (245 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1 TBSP dry sugar free fat free pistachio pudding mix
1 TBSP plain PB2
1 cup Almond Milk
1 cup water
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie (350 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1 package lower sugar maple & brown sugar oatmeal
1/2 cup almond milk
1.5 cups water
Butterfinger Blizzard (300 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1 TBSP dry sugar free fat free butterscotch pudding mix
1 TBSP natural peanut butter
1/2 cup skim milk
1.5 cups water
Christmas Cookie (190 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup water
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate Covered Strawberries (240 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 cup water
3/4 cup sliced strawberries (fresh or frozen)
Greenberry
Tarty Twist (180 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Greenberry Shakeology
2 cups unsweetened green tea
1 lemon, squeezed
1 lime, squeezed
Orange Mango Splash (285 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Greenberry Shakeology
1 cup Simply Orange with Mango
1 TBSP PB2
1 cup water
Trail Mix (210 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Greenberry Shakeology
1 cup unsweetened cran-apple juice
1 TBSP dry sugar free fat free pistachio pudding mix
1 cup water
Honey Almond Paradise (340 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Greenberry Shakeology
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tsp honey
1 TBSP natural peanut butter
Strawberry Peach Sundae (300 calories)
Ice
1 scoop Greenberry Shakeology
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup peaches
1 cup skim milk
1 cup water
To order your bag of Shakeology, visit http://bit.ly/shakeItup. If you’re interested in how you could save up to 25% off on your purchase, contact me for more information.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
"Shakeology is so expensive!"
People often ask me how I stay fit. I tell them that it's by using Beachbody workouts and by drinking Shakeology. They'll ask what Shakeology is, and I tell them. Everyone wants to try it, but always halts when they find out how much it is: around $130 a month--that includes tax/shipping/handling. And then they balk--"WHAT?!!!" "That's so expensive!!" "I can't afford that!" And here's where i tell you, "Of COURSE you can," and here's why...
Shakeology is a meal replacement. In one shake, it offers you an ENTIRE day's worth of fruits and vegetables, plus a multitude of other good things for your body. Unlike other meal replacement drinks, Shakeology is 100% natural--no made-up chemical crap in it--just 100% good nutrition. Think about it--when is the last time YOU nourished your body with a full day's serving of fruits and vegetables?? Before I started Shakeology, I can't think of one.
Here's an exercise for you (a checkbook exercise): Since Shakeology is a meal replacement, let's say you're going to have a shake instead of lunch each day for a month. Look through your bank statement/checkbook/receipts..whatever...add up how much you've spent at LUNCH for the past 30 days. If you brown-bagged it, or are a stay-at-home-mom, for those days you didn't eat out, add $1 (because you used what you had at home). How much did that add up to? I KNOW you went out to eat at least a couple of times. If you work at an office and went out with your coworkers, your lunch was probably around $10--and that's if it was CHEAP. $15 bucks a pop is closer to what you spend, right? If you're a SAHM, you can easily drop $6 on fast food for YOURSELF. ICK. It adds up.
And, in those meals--in all that money that you 'pooped' out--how much nutrition did you provide to your body?? Did any of those meals give your body amazing nutrition? Provide a day's worth of fruits and vegetables? Help prevent colon cancer? Reverse the symptoms of colitis? What about reversing symptoms of diabetes? No? Weird. Shakeology does all that, and more. One daily scoop of Shakeology has amazing affects on your body.
So, here's the scoop: I felt the SAME way about purchasing Shakeology. In fact, I had been using Beachbody programs for nearly a year, and still wasn't doing it--because i felt like it was too expensive. But, the more I read, the more i learned about Shakeology, the more i wanted to do it. I was working SO HARD to get my body in shape--the OUTSIDE of my body--but what was i doing to the inside? I was working hard to eat right, but i STILL wasn't fortifying my working body with the proper nutrition. I was taking some protein shake that i got at VitaminShoppe, and I thought that was good enough. So, in order to "prevent" myself from spending that $130 a month on Shakeology, I walked to my pantry, armed with an ingredient list from Shakeology to PROVE to myself that my $50 a month protein drink was just as good as Shakeology....
To say I was surprised would be an understatement. 90% of the stuff in my protein drink was unpronounceable (did i just make that word up??). "All-Natural"??? Not quite. That "healthy" protein drink I had been taking to "save money" on, was created in a lab. It was/is practically a container full of toxins. Why would i, after busting my ass to get in this shape, want to drink stuff that i can't even pronounce? I wanted to be fit and healthy on the outside AND the inside. At that point, I made the decision to take the Beachbody challenge: try Shakeology for 30 days. If you don't like it, and it doesn't deliver all that Beachbody promises, then you get your money back. 100%, no questions asked.
I also decided, at that point, to become a BeachBody coach. So, when i purchased my first 30 days of Shakeology, I immediately got a 25% discount--making my total $89--for a 30-day supply of Shakeology! And really...that's all it took--30 days. I started with one shake a day. After 1 week (yes, ONE week), I could tell a difference. My energy level was UP, my tummy was flatter (Shakeology helps to flush out all those 'bloating' toxins), and overall, i just felt GREAT. That was back in July of 2010.
Most days, I have two shakes a day--one for breakfast, and one for a late-afternoon snack. I crave the nutrients; well, my BODY craves the nutrients. I feel absolutely amazing! My kids LOVE the chocolate Shakeology, and I can feel good about giving it to them. How many kids do YOU know that get a full day's serving of vegetables? Mine do! I often make one shake, and split it--putting 1/2 into a thermos for each of them at lunch, along with their regular sandwich and piece of fruit. With that, i know that my babies are getting the proper nourishment--with no fillers, with nothing I can't pronounce--just 100% clean and healthy! LOVE IT.
And YOU will love it too! Is it worth the price? I can tell you with great confidence, YES. It 100%, absolutely is. Out of all the thousands of meal replacement drinks out there, Shakeology is the most effective for the price--I PROMISE you that. Learn more by viewing the videos below:
100 Doctors Don't Lie
Shakeology and the Glycemic Index
The Breakthrough
Then visit my site at http://bit.ly/shakeItup
If you'd like a free sample, email me at fitwisdom@beachbodycoach.com
Shakeology is a meal replacement. In one shake, it offers you an ENTIRE day's worth of fruits and vegetables, plus a multitude of other good things for your body. Unlike other meal replacement drinks, Shakeology is 100% natural--no made-up chemical crap in it--just 100% good nutrition. Think about it--when is the last time YOU nourished your body with a full day's serving of fruits and vegetables?? Before I started Shakeology, I can't think of one.
Here's an exercise for you (a checkbook exercise): Since Shakeology is a meal replacement, let's say you're going to have a shake instead of lunch each day for a month. Look through your bank statement/checkbook/receipts..whatever...add up how much you've spent at LUNCH for the past 30 days. If you brown-bagged it, or are a stay-at-home-mom, for those days you didn't eat out, add $1 (because you used what you had at home). How much did that add up to? I KNOW you went out to eat at least a couple of times. If you work at an office and went out with your coworkers, your lunch was probably around $10--and that's if it was CHEAP. $15 bucks a pop is closer to what you spend, right? If you're a SAHM, you can easily drop $6 on fast food for YOURSELF. ICK. It adds up.
And, in those meals--in all that money that you 'pooped' out--how much nutrition did you provide to your body?? Did any of those meals give your body amazing nutrition? Provide a day's worth of fruits and vegetables? Help prevent colon cancer? Reverse the symptoms of colitis? What about reversing symptoms of diabetes? No? Weird. Shakeology does all that, and more. One daily scoop of Shakeology has amazing affects on your body.
So, here's the scoop: I felt the SAME way about purchasing Shakeology. In fact, I had been using Beachbody programs for nearly a year, and still wasn't doing it--because i felt like it was too expensive. But, the more I read, the more i learned about Shakeology, the more i wanted to do it. I was working SO HARD to get my body in shape--the OUTSIDE of my body--but what was i doing to the inside? I was working hard to eat right, but i STILL wasn't fortifying my working body with the proper nutrition. I was taking some protein shake that i got at VitaminShoppe, and I thought that was good enough. So, in order to "prevent" myself from spending that $130 a month on Shakeology, I walked to my pantry, armed with an ingredient list from Shakeology to PROVE to myself that my $50 a month protein drink was just as good as Shakeology....
To say I was surprised would be an understatement. 90% of the stuff in my protein drink was unpronounceable (did i just make that word up??). "All-Natural"??? Not quite. That "healthy" protein drink I had been taking to "save money" on, was created in a lab. It was/is practically a container full of toxins. Why would i, after busting my ass to get in this shape, want to drink stuff that i can't even pronounce? I wanted to be fit and healthy on the outside AND the inside. At that point, I made the decision to take the Beachbody challenge: try Shakeology for 30 days. If you don't like it, and it doesn't deliver all that Beachbody promises, then you get your money back. 100%, no questions asked.
I also decided, at that point, to become a BeachBody coach. So, when i purchased my first 30 days of Shakeology, I immediately got a 25% discount--making my total $89--for a 30-day supply of Shakeology! And really...that's all it took--30 days. I started with one shake a day. After 1 week (yes, ONE week), I could tell a difference. My energy level was UP, my tummy was flatter (Shakeology helps to flush out all those 'bloating' toxins), and overall, i just felt GREAT. That was back in July of 2010.
Most days, I have two shakes a day--one for breakfast, and one for a late-afternoon snack. I crave the nutrients; well, my BODY craves the nutrients. I feel absolutely amazing! My kids LOVE the chocolate Shakeology, and I can feel good about giving it to them. How many kids do YOU know that get a full day's serving of vegetables? Mine do! I often make one shake, and split it--putting 1/2 into a thermos for each of them at lunch, along with their regular sandwich and piece of fruit. With that, i know that my babies are getting the proper nourishment--with no fillers, with nothing I can't pronounce--just 100% clean and healthy! LOVE IT.
And YOU will love it too! Is it worth the price? I can tell you with great confidence, YES. It 100%, absolutely is. Out of all the thousands of meal replacement drinks out there, Shakeology is the most effective for the price--I PROMISE you that. Learn more by viewing the videos below:
100 Doctors Don't Lie
Shakeology and the Glycemic Index
The Breakthrough
Then visit my site at http://bit.ly/shakeItup
If you'd like a free sample, email me at fitwisdom@beachbodycoach.com
Saturday, January 8, 2011
2011!
2011 is here, peeps. What are YOU doing to help your health and fitness? I have started my FOURTH round of P90X lean. You know what's crazy? It's STILL hard--even at my 4th round. I'm still busting through it--i can be in BETTER shape!
I add Shakeology to my daily diet--at least once, sometimes 2x a day! I drink it for breakfast, then usually as a mid-afternoon snack! You know, when i signed up to coach, I didn't sign up for Shakeology home direct right away; I thought it was too expensive, and i'm a cheapskate. BUT, then i learned more about it--this stuff is phenomenal--there's nothing like it on the market today. A FULL day's serving of fruits and veggies in ONE glass??? Absolutely. 100% natural?? Absolutely. Helps you to lose weight?? YEP. So, i bit the bullet, and signed up for home direct. Because i'm a coach, i get 25% off--so it costs me $89 a month. That's a bit less than $3 a day. I was blowing $21 bucks a week on nothing--why not put that $21 a week to something that would BENEFIT me and my health? Best decision i ever made.
This is YOUR year! Push it! Be your best! You can be at your PEAK--no matter what shape you are in now, no matter your age..it's possible!!
I add Shakeology to my daily diet--at least once, sometimes 2x a day! I drink it for breakfast, then usually as a mid-afternoon snack! You know, when i signed up to coach, I didn't sign up for Shakeology home direct right away; I thought it was too expensive, and i'm a cheapskate. BUT, then i learned more about it--this stuff is phenomenal--there's nothing like it on the market today. A FULL day's serving of fruits and veggies in ONE glass??? Absolutely. 100% natural?? Absolutely. Helps you to lose weight?? YEP. So, i bit the bullet, and signed up for home direct. Because i'm a coach, i get 25% off--so it costs me $89 a month. That's a bit less than $3 a day. I was blowing $21 bucks a week on nothing--why not put that $21 a week to something that would BENEFIT me and my health? Best decision i ever made.
This is YOUR year! Push it! Be your best! You can be at your PEAK--no matter what shape you are in now, no matter your age..it's possible!!
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