Shakeology: Priority Over Price

February 18, 2012 in Nutrition with 14 Comments

Choco­late, VEGAN Trop­i­cal Straw­berry & Green­berry Shakeology

“Michelle, I would love to try Shake­ol­ogy, but I’m sorry. I just can’t afford it.”

When­ever some­one tells me this, I want to apol­o­gize to them.

Not because I think they’re poor.

Not because I won’t get commission.

But because I haven’t done a good enough job help­ing them real­ize the impor­tance of Shakeology.

The truth is, we all oper­ate within a bud­get. Sure, some of us have a lit­tle more flex­i­bil­ity to spend than oth­ers, but we all make deci­sions on how we will spend our money based on our priorities.

I recently read an arti­cle in Time Mag­a­zine that high­lighted what the aver­age Amer­i­can spends annu­ally in a few cat­e­gories. Here are a few highlights:

Cof­fee: $1,092
Lunch: $2,000
Pets: $1,183
Soft drinks: $850

To a per­son who hates ani­mals, it may seem absurd to spend almost $1200 on a pet. But I don’t see $1,200 when I look at my sweet puppy (And if you have a pet, I’m sure you don’t either!)

A per­son who thinks Star­bucks is over­priced may scoff at drop­ping over a grand on cof­fee. But to the woman who meets with her prayer group at Star­bucks every morn­ing before work, she wouldn’t trade that $1,000 for anything.

And the busi­ness man who drops $2,000 a year by tak­ing clients to lunch? That’s noth­ing to him com­pared to the income those meals bring in by help­ing him main­tain­ing great rela­tion­ships with his clients.

See my point?

If it’s impor­tant to us, we’ll find a way to make it work If not, we’ll make an excuse.

Since break­fast can be done healthy for cheaper, you could sub­sti­tute Shake­ol­ogy for lunch or din­ner. You could use half a scoop daily. You could split a bag with a friend and drink it every other day.

You DO have options, and you could make it work.

So if you’ve thought about try­ing Shake­ol­ogy, but you’ve told your­self it’s too expen­sive, please take 2 min­utes and watch this video.

Hint: You want to watch it all the way through. You’ll be glad you did.

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14 Responses to “Shakeology: Priority Over Price”

  1. Kara Colley February 18, 2012 at 3:59 am #

    I would love to try shake­ol­ogy because I’m a huge fan of beach­body fit­ness and I would love to try their nutri­tion. I have recently been try­ing to include more nat­ural foods into my eat­ing and this seems to be the most nat­ural meal replace­ment option out there. Thanks for pro­mot­ing and post­ing the video!

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  2. David February 18, 2012 at 4:09 am #

    I ask these ques­tions to find real answers:

    Why take a food sub­sti­tute when we could just eat real food?
    I noticed that you men­tion break­fast, lunch and din­ner. What about those of us who eat 5–6 meals per day?
    I’m all about healthy nutri­tion and I only eat veg­gies, fruit, meat, nuts, seeds, and water. Why should I stop eat­ing real food and start drink­ing shakes?

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    • mmyers121 February 18, 2012 at 4:46 am #

      Good ques­tions, David. To answer your ques­tion simply…because of the hor­ri­ble things we’ve done to the Earth. An apple today has 25% of the nutri­tion it had 100 years ago because of the dete­ri­o­ra­tion of soil. It’s impos­si­ble to get all of the nutri­ents our bod­ies need for opti­mal per­for­mance with­out sup­ple­men­ta­tion. It’s sad, but it’s not enough to just eat whole foods any­more. And as far as meals go, I eat 5–6 times per day too. I use Shake­ol­ogy for meal 4 or meal 5 most days per week. You could adjust when you drink it accord­ingly to your needs.

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      • David February 18, 2012 at 5:41 am #

        Thanks for the reply! I seri­ously appre­ci­ate it.

        I just wish there was more info about it. I looked at TBB’s site, but it’s very vague. I guess I’m just very skep­ti­cal about sup­ple­ments because I really want to know what I’m con­sum­ing. I don’t drink milk, eat cheese/dairy, or any­thing processed, and I’ve been eat­ing “Paleo” (www.thepaleodiet.com) since Jan­u­ary. I juice veg­eta­bles a lot in order to get tons of nutri­ents as well. I know exactly what I intake because I can see every­thing, which I’m com­fort­able with.

        I’m try­ing to fig­ure out if it would be cheaper to get 30-servings of shake­ol­ogy for $120 at $4/shake or stick with the whole foods.

        I really appre­ci­ate your pas­sion for health and your will­ing­ness to help peo­ple find a bet­ter path in life!

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        • David February 18, 2012 at 5:49 am #

          And I just found that it has fruc­tose added to it.. :-/

          That’s a killer for me..

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          • Michelle Myers February 18, 2012 at 9:59 pm #

            I think you’re con­fus­ing fruc­tose with high fruc­tose corn syrup. To give Shake­ol­ogy its great taste and for a bal­anced, well-rounded macronu­tri­ent pro­file, we’ve used nat­u­rally sourced fruc­tose. Fruc­tose is a nat­ural sugar found in fruits and some veg­eta­bles. The good thing about fructose—as opposed to sucrose (table sugar) or high-fructose corn syrup (chem­i­cally altered sugar)—is that it’s very low on the glycemic index (GI). This means that your body sends it directly to your liver for absorp­tion, which min­i­mizes its impact on insulin and blood sugar lev­els. The fruc­tose in Shake­ol­ogy is from non-GMO (not genet­i­cally mod­i­fied) sources and is processed cleanly in GMP-certified (Good Man­u­fac­tur­ing Prac­tice) facilities.

  3. Jessica February 18, 2012 at 4:37 am #

    I would love to try shake­ol­ogy because I’m very inter­ested in using it as a meal replace­ment for myself and my hus­band, but have never tried it so I am ner­vous about spend­ing the money with­out know­ing whether or not I will like it. Thanks for shar­ing more about it in this video!

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  4. Kristen February 18, 2012 at 4:54 am #

    I would love to try Shake­ol­ogy because I have heard so many good things about it but very afraid to spend the money with­out try­ing it first. I am try­ing to incor­po­rate eat­ing more healthy and want­ing to do so the least expen­sive way pos­si­ble. Thank you so much for post­ing some­thing you are so pas­sion­ate about, Michelle!

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  5. Tim February 18, 2012 at 5:20 am #

    I want to try shake­ol­ogy because I’m no idiot!

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  6. Tabitha Owen February 18, 2012 at 6:44 pm #

    I would love to try the shakes to be healthy and nutritious

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  7. Kindahl February 19, 2012 at 12:09 am #

    Hey Michelle, you know i’ve been want­ing to try shake­ol­ogy for awhile, I can’t seem to make the cost of it work in our bud­get. But maybe if I tried it and loved it, I could find some room :) I hope this is ran­dom because i’m hold­ing Karis and typ­ing with one hand is hard :) I want shake­ol­ogy to replace my whole food multi-vitamin… that’s pos­si­ble right? And we pretty much eat organic, it doesn’t have to be cer­ti­fied for me, but use the same prac­tices. Is that the way shake­ol­ogy works? Thanks!

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  8. tidfortrening - kristin February 20, 2012 at 7:09 pm #

    How to con­cen­trate on the Shake­ologi when that cutiepie is right there steel­ing the show..!? lol

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  9. Kelsey February 20, 2012 at 9:26 pm #

    Have been itch­ing to try Shake­ol­ogy! I go back and forth on if we can afford it and the tough part is con­vinc­ing my hus­band we do. Thank­ful to find your blog

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  10. Amy W February 21, 2012 at 9:38 pm #

    Hi Michelle! I’ve fol­lowed your blog for a while and I’ve been tempted to try Shake­ol­ogy.. but like oth­ers, I’m still skep­ti­cal because of the price. I have a daugh­ter turn­ing 6 months old and I want to try Shake­ol­ogy to incase my energy to keep up with her, and to help shed these extra pounds I’m still car­ry­ing around from preg­nancy. I want to be health­ier for her and to teach her to be a healthy eater. Babies are lit­tle sponges and they mimic and learn from those around them!

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