Holy Mary Mother of...

Fuck, that's good.

Bringing out my inner Deb from Dexter today. So today was the Shakeology test day. To be completely honest, I put off making my shake until after hours at work. I seriously wasn't expecting much of anything. I decided to give the chocolate a try first.

I got all my supplies out. I've read somewhere about adding a banana as peanut butter helps with the taste. My plan of attack was to whip some up with just almond milk and ice. If it tasted like complete and utter shit, I was going to add the banana and peanut butter to help me get the rest of it down. 

I noticed last night when I was squeezing the pouch, that the powder seemed really fine. Finer than what my other protein powder is like. Upon opening the bag, I of course sniffed it. Immediately I was turned off. I literally almost gagged. It smelled like straight up cocoa powder and weirdness. My other powder smells like hot cocoa mix, so this threw me completely off. With some encouragement from my coworkers, I just proceeded to blend it up. I already ordered this, so why the hell not follow through. 

I've read about blending it first, and then adding ice to it. If you use a shaker bottle for ANY protein shake, you'll have the grittiness. So in order to avoid this, blend your shake without ice first. Add your ice in, and keep blending. 

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH:

HOLY SHIT. I'm not even joking, this far exceeded my expectations! I'm legit AMAZED at how good this tastes. The ice and almond milk made it creamy, like a shake. It was about frosty consistency, and a little gritty but not horrible. The taste, is out of this world. It tastes kind of like a chocolate soft serve, but like a dark chocolate flavor. AND NO WHEY AFTER TASTE! I'm really impressed to tell you all the truth. Much to my surprise, I REALLY like it. I'm seriously considering ordering these to change things up. We'll see how the vanilla flavor goes. My track record with the vanilla flavored protein shakes is awful. 

So here's my opinion

For anyone who has past experience with protein shakes, these are definitely worth a try. It has a different flavor and consistency that is more than just tolerable. I've been so skeptical and hesitant to order these, because I feel like all of the reviews are biased and fake. You all should know me by now, I'm anything but fake. The Melting Girl gives REAL HONEST REVIEWS on everything. Even my crazy rants! I'm telling you, I was expecting to be horribly disappointed. 

For those of you who don't have experience with protein shakes, y'all probably will have a hard time honestly. A lot of the online reviews saying Shakeology was disgusting and they were gagging, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PROTEIN SHAKES! I had a tough time adjusting to protein shakes in the beginning, I'd love to tell you all you'll grow to enjoy them. You really don't. At least I don't. I will never get used to the taste of whey protein, and that won't ever change. So honestly, it probably does taste like shit for shake virgins. 

I'll let you guys know how the rest of the flavors taste, but I'm really kind of excited about Shakeology now! Who would have though?!