Cocomint is my FAVORITE!!! Love it as pudding or a shake!
How do you make into a shake- I know it has been discussed before but if I try to search I will never find it. I have a box of this at home that I am being lazy about- I am spoiled by RTD's! My husband and I have agreed to plow through the stuff we have at home before we order anything else- I find that we go through the yummier stuff pretty quickly, and the things we don't love tend to linger. Need to clean house!
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I've been reading the alternative threads most of the afternoon, and I'm ready to join. I went to Costco, and bought 1 18-pk of the chocolate premiere Protein shake, as I am a choco-holic! I'll keep reading all the inputs and soon place my order, thanks!
Great place to start- I love these, have them for breakfast every day.
How do you make into a shake- I know it has been discussed before but if I try to search I will never find it. I have a box of this at home that I am being lazy about- I am spoiled by RTD's! My husband and I have agreed to plow through the stuff we have at home before we order anything else- I find that we go through the yummier stuff pretty quickly, and the things we don't love tend to linger. Need to clean house!
Great place to start- I love these, have them for breakfast every day.
If you want pudding, use 4oz cold water. If you want a shake, use 8oz cold water (sometimes I'll use 8oz water and then blend with some ice to make a frappe!). Easy peasy!
Which Alternative brand is the closest in taste/texture to the following
IP Chicken Soup
IP Mushroom Soup
IP Vanilla Pudding packet
IP Chocolate Pudding packet
I've read there are some with weird consistencies. So what do you all think?
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Okay, Molly said ask questions
Which Alternative brand is the closest in taste/texture to the following
IP Chicken Soup
IP Mushroom Soup
IP Vanilla Pudding packet
IP Chocolate Pudding packet
I've read there are some with weird consistencies. So what do you all think?
Did you read AngieBaby41's PDF back one page, she's made a collection of comments on some of the different products. There's also a thread that was just closed (over 500 posts) that has lots and lots of comments (probably some AngieBaby compiled). http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...t-reviews.html. Remember, each person's taste buds differ, too. Some stuff people love I hate.
Molly
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I know there are various threads related to alternative reviews, but as I was going through them I found it difficult to keep track of the reviews amongst the other chatter that had developed. I have been using 100% IP products for the last 7 weeks & a coach. Due to a change in finances I am switching to 100% alternatives & no coach. I am pretty nervous about this as I have had some wonderful success so far. My sister and I put together an order over the weekend for Nashua, and the products are set to arrive on Wednesday. Below are the items we've ordered, for most of them, I tried to find products that were similar to the IP products I used regularly. Just wondering if anyone has used these products and how they compared? Also, if anyone used them and found them awful, what were some of the tricks you used to make them edible? If there are products here that you used that were not good, what would you recommend instead?
HealthSmart Cold Drink - Chocolate Drink
HealthSmart Oatmeal - Maple Brown Sugar
HealthSmart Pancakes - Blueberry
HealthSmart Pudding & Shake - Cheesecake
HealthSmart Smoothie - Berry Delicious
Proti-Thin Hot Drink - Hot Chocolate
Proti-Thin Protein Bar - Caramel Nut
Proti-Thin Snack - Sour Cream & Onion Soy Snacks
Proti-Thin Soup - Broc N Cheese
Proti-Thin Soup - Cream of Chicken
ProtiDiet Omelette - Bacon & Cheese
ProtiDiet Protein Bar Square - Raspberry Dark Chocolate
Weight Loss Systems Pudding - Lemon
Weight Loss Systems Smoothie - Berry Yogurt
Weight Loss Systems Smoothie - Strawberry Yogurt
I usually order a combination of Health Smart and Proti Diet, you do need to be careful on some of the Health Smart and Proti Thin, some of them have aspartame, my coach carrries "Healthwise" products along with IP, it is exactly the same as Health Smart, but cheaper.
I drink the proti-thin hot chocolate every day. It's my favorite.
The healthsmart berry delicious smoothie is not as good as the IP one, but it's still tasty. Makes great cookies using rainbows recipe.
I didnt like the healthsmart cheesecake at all. I ordered it after seeing some posts on it, but was really dissapointed. I think I used them to make lemon pudding cakes.
FYI- The proti-thin chocolate soy snacks are identical to the IP ones.
I also recommend the healthsmart Rocky Road bars.
Yum, Health Smart Rocky Road, Marshmallow, and the Peanut Butter bars are the best!
I have not found a chicken soup that we like as much as the ip one. The protidiet one was ok, but dh wanted his ip soup back! We both eat it every day for lunch, so it's worth the extra $ for the taste and texture, even with added veggies and spices.
The Proti Diet Chicken Noodle reminds me of Lipton Cup-a-soup. I haven't had any of the IP ones as I'm doing alternative. I did not like the HealthSmart Cream of Broccoli Soup, the texture was just too slimy for me!
So, my order came in and I have started to taste test. This is what I have found so far:
ProtiDiet Protein Bar Square - Raspberry Dark Chocolate really delicious, but the portion is smaller than the squares from IP, very good though.
Weight Loss Systems Smoothie - Berry Yogurt Taste was OK, had a strange sort of undertone to the taste. Undecided as to whether I will order it again.
I've been 100% IP but am considering a switch, too. Thanks for the thread, the comments, and especially, thank you, Angiebaby! What a great doc! And congrats on getting it up as a pdf!
Tried these two today, both I would order again.
HealthSmart Cold Drink - Chocolate Drink a little sweet, but very tasty
HealthSmart Pancakes - Blueberry These were much better than the IP pancakes, which I thought were awful. They are unrestricted too which is a bonus!
