Now that I have tried a lot of the Advocare products and their flavors, I wanted to take the time to review them.
I will start with my favorite product, Spark. I love the energy I feel when I drink spark. I ended up liking all of the flavors I have tried so far. My favorite flavor is pink lemonade. I surprisingly liked the fruit punch one, which is weird because I typically don't like fruit punch. The strawberry mango and green apple ones weren't bad, but i preferred the sweetness of the pink lemonade and fruit punch. The mandarin orange one tastes like orange juice. I don't like orange juice but I surprisingly liked the mandarin orange spark. The watermelon flavor turned out to be not as sour as I thought it would be. It tasted like a less sour version of a jolly rancher and was high on my list of favorite flavors. I was not a fan of the grape flavor, as I expected. It tasted kind of like grape medicine, minus the medicine aftertaste. I wasn't a fan of the cherry either, but it didn't have as much of a medicine taste as I had expected. I also tried the blue raspberry flavor, which I am indifferent to.
The meal replacement shakes surprised me the most. I didn't think I was going to like them, but they ended up being one of the products that I continue to use. Not only are they packed with protein, they make some of my early mornings easier because I can just grab a pack on the run and mix it with some water. The white chocolate peppermint was my favorite flavor, but unfortunately it is seasonal. My second favorite was chocolate. I didn't mind the chocolate mocha flavor but I was sick of it by the time I finished the box. The only flavor I really wasn't a fan of was the vanilla. Throughout my 2nd challenge, I tried mixing it with a variety of things like cinnamon and nutmeg just to get it down. I thought I would have liked the chocolate peanut butter flavor more than I did, although it wasn't bad.
I fell in love with the catalyst. I wish I had bought it prior to starting my first 24 day challenge instead of half way through. Since I've started using it, my arms have been more toned. When used in combination with the spark, I feel sustained energy throughout the day and no longer feel sluggish.
The fiber, part of the herbal cleanse package, is gross and seems to be everyone's dreaded part of the 24 day challenge. I find that when I mix it with spark or in my oatmeal I don't have any issues getting it down, but if I drink it with water it makes me gag. I have only done the unflavored, so I am not sure if the citrus or peaches and cream flavors taste better/are easier to get down. My advice is to mix it and chug it before it starts to get clumpy.
I also take the omegaplex regularly. Advocare offers one of the few comprehensive fish-oil capsules.
Thermoplus: I have mixed feelings about this product, as I have not noticed any changes since I started using it. Still haven't made up my mind on whether or not I will continue to use it.
MNS is a comprehensive set of vitamins. They have 3 options, MNS E, MNS C, and MNS 3. MNS E is for those looking to increase energy. MNS C is for those looking to cut cravings. MNS 3 is a combination of the previous two. During my first challenge, I took the MNS E, as prior to the challenge I was constantly feeling run down and sluggish. During my second challenge, I took the MNS 3. On my first day of the max phase (day 11 of the challenge), the color pack made me nauseous (as most vitamins do), making it difficult for me to take the color packs 30 minutes before breakfast and lunch. Also, as a nurse, it was difficult for me to time the lunch time MNS packs right because I never knew when I would be able to take a break, making it hard for me to take the color pack 30 minutes before lunch.I did a 28 day summer challenge with the MNS C. I did not notice a difference in cravings, but It could be because I have already reduced cravings with the Advocare products I already use/tried.
I also decided to give the rehydrate a try. I started with the cherry lime flavor, figuring it would taste like a lime ricky. At first I wasn't a fan, but it has slowly grown on me. I immediately fell in love with the red raspberry flavor. The mango pineapple flavor wasn't terrible, but it was my least favorite of the 3 rehydrate flavors. I typically drink it mixed with water after the gym, but I have mixed all three flavors with chobani vanilla yogurt and enjoyed it as a snack. I also tried the lemon flavored rehydrate gel. Initially I thought it had a strange texture, but I enjoyed the flavor.
Since I started using the carb-ease capsules, I have felt less bloated when I eat foods loaded with carbohydrates.
The Advobars (both the snack size and the meal size) turned out to be a tasty breakfast or afternoon snack. I enjoyed the double chocolate bar. The chocolate peanut butter flavor was ok, but I was secretly hoping it would have tasted more like a Reeses Cup. I did enjoy having them in the morning on my way to work when I didn't have a lot of time to make myself breakfast.
I tried the Slam out of curiosity of how much energy it would give me. The fruit punch flavor was a little too sweet for me, and at first it didn't give me much of a burst of energy.
I didn't like the taste of the muscle fuel. I wanted to give it a try to see what effect it had on my muscles/strength, but I had a really difficult time finishing the box since I usually gagged it down.
I also tried the new advogreens snack shake. I wasn't a fan of the texture. I liked the chocolate flavor but I feel like it did not mix well, making it difficult for me to drink it.
