Almost 3 years you guys!!!! Thats how long I have been a member of this amazing Team Beachbody coaching family, and for the last year of that relationship I all but gave up on their key tool for weight loss and overall health and wellness. Shakeology... have you ever heard of it? haha, I guarantee you follow at least 2-3 people thru Facebook and Instagram, probably coaches, kissing and loving on their "healthiest meal of the day." I too was super pumped about the nutrients this drink carried, along with the grams of protein and the reputation that Beachbody has for truly doing their homework and only using super foods and the farms they are grown on that meet their standards of quality. Im nervous that you may be reading this with a tone of sarcasm, I promise you I'm not being sarcastic! This is true, all of it. I tried my first bag knowing that if I didn't like it I could return it (and with what that thing cost me I made sure I could return it haha). I don't know if it was a good or bad thing that i ended up loving the product and continued to receive shipments of it every month. Meaning that our grocery budget had to be played with a little so we could make it work, but I'm glad my will found a way! I was even inducted into a special cool kids only kind of club that celebrated those who drank the thing for a whole year.... Ya I'm 365er!
But back in September as I hosted a challenge group (fancy group for others wanting to workout and drink their shake) drinking that thing 5 days a week almost killed me. I mean to the point where if I had to blend up one more serving of vegan chocolate shake for breakfast I was gonna puke! And dang it, I finished that group by the skin of my teeth, cashed in my winning check and washed my hands of it.
SO WHY??? WHY WAS I HATING THIS AMAZING, NOT CHEAP, HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS TOOL, MOOD BALANCER, ENERGY GIVER, APPETITE SUPPRESSER, SOURCE FOR EVERY NUTRIENT YOU EVER NEED TO GET YOU THRU YOUR BUSY, CRAZY HECTIC DAY???
WHAT GIVES?
The benefits of this shake never really did quit working for me. One cannot read that label on the back of the bag and shake their heads at it. Its PURE nutritious gold people!!!! And it's delivered in one scoop, with added water or almond milk, a little ice and really anything else you want to jazz it up with. Its always been enough to fill me up. It's always been enough to keep me "regular" and its always been enough to help me maintain a healthy weight.
It really all came down to one last reason.... and that being the silliest, excuse of all mankind. It was the TASTE!!!!!! I said it before, the vegan chocolate shake was going to kill me with its nutritious, powdery goodness. Even thinking about it makes me turn my nose up at. I was experiencing a real live "too much of a good thing" dilemma. The same things happen to me when I'm stuck in the same workout routine. Variety you guys, is the key to keeping it consistent.
When i was ready to re-commit to myself for 2017 that meant re-committing to a shake that i knew and already experienced to help get me to where i wanted to be. I no longer belong to chocolate shake land, but have moved onto the many different and delicious flavors offered by Beachbody. Lesson learned, do not allow monotony or the lack of variety in your lives keep you from getting to where you want to go. We MUST shake up our workout, do things that scare us, get comfortable being uncomfortable and continue to always be trying new things in order to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
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