Celsius Energy Drink

Detailed: Celsius is a pre-exercise energy drink, but more importantly they focus on being a healthy energy drink.  They use a high level of vitamins that when combined help increase metabolism to increase on a higher lever your fat burn while still giving you the energy you need to burn that fat while exercising.  "Burn 100 more calories per serving." The vitamins and minerals found in Celsius are: Ginger, Calcium, Chromium, all B vitamins, Vitamin C, and Green Tea with EGCG.  This is a supplement, not something to be used without exercise.  3 types of Celsius energy drinks are redily available in different quantities.  Carbonated drinks come in 3 flavors: Sparkling Cola, Sparkling Orange, and Sparkling Wild Berry.  Non-carbonated drinks come in 2 flavors: Mango Peach Green Tea, and Raspberry Green Tea.  And the powered On the Go Sticks are only in the Orange flavor.

My Details:  We got this review product two weeks before I went on a 2 week vacation with my little family.  We were sent 4 packets of powder, and 5 energy drink in various flavors in a Celsius cooler bag.  During the first week, I was sick and didn't exercise at all, so I couldn't use the energy drinks.  The second week I finally exercised once, and drank, well tried to drink a Celsius Sparkling Wild Berry flavored energy drink.  It was really gross, and the more I tried to drink, the more sick to my stomach I felt.  By the time I got to the gym I had only been able to drink about 1/4 of the can.  I threw the rest away.  The flavor was a good flavor, but it was the carbonation that made me so sick.  I drink sodas but on rare occasions, so I know how much "bubbly" I can handle, and there was just way too much in this drink for me.  It was worse than Canadian Dry, or Ginger Ale.  But I also want to clarify that I don't like sparking water either.  So with that little amount of Celsius drink in me, I spent 1 1/2 hours working out on the exercise machines at the gym.  I actually had really good energy, I was able to keep going at a steady pace, my heart wasn't over worked or hurting.  

Now for our vacation time, and an excellent time to pass on the cans of energy drinks to my husband while he works, trains, and drives.  I decided to bring the drinks with me.  My husband tried the Peach Mango Green Tea.  He had the same complaint as me that it was gross.  While on vacation we tried to get my Father-In-Law to drink a Celsius Sparkling Cola but he wouldn't touch it, even though he loves Coke, Dr. Pepper and Pepsi.

On our first day/night of driving we drove 8 hours from 7pm-3am.  My husband drove the first 4 hours, and then needed to take a break, so I started driving around 11pm.  I was tired when we pulled over to switch drivers.  Our kids were asleep in their car seats.  So I took one of my bottles of water, and poured a powder packet from Celsius into it, and drank that for then next 2 hours.  I was wide awake, alert, calm, and able to drive from 11pm-3am really easily.  I loved the Orange flavor of the packets!  More importantly they worked when giving me energy when I really needed it.

Over all, I feel like despite me and my family not liking any of the drinks in the cans, but really enjoying the powered Celsuis, there are options for everone.  Non Carbonated drinks have Green Tea in them, Carbonated drinks are available in more flavors, and the powdered forms are without both the carbonation and Green Tea.  My personal favorite was the On the Go Sticks or the powdered form of Celsius.

Pros: love the On the Go Sticks, love the flavors of the energy drinks in the cans

Cons: don't like the energy drinks in the cans, neither the Sparkling nor the Green Tea options

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Pure Protein Whey shake

Pure Protein 100% whey protein shake: frosty chocolate flavored

Details: Eat good, look Great!  140 calories, 0 trans fat, 2 grams sugar.  25 gram premium protein: supports lean muscle and strength, helps maintain a healthy immune system.  This is to be used as a food supplement only, not to reduce weight.  32 oz bottle of powdered chocolate whey.  This is a delicious fast acting protein powder that provides all of the essential amino acids needed to help support lean muscle, energy, vitality, and strength.  Provides gold standard cross flow When protein sources including Microfiltered whey protein isolate and ultra-filtered whey protein concentrate.  7 different options of how to use this whey protein.

Information:  I have been using this for 1 month.  In 6 years of trying different whey, soy, and other protein, weight-loss shakes, this is the best flavored and easiest powder to use.  I used to have to blend in bananas, frozen yogurt, berries, and all kinds of things into the other shakes that I've tried, but this I mix with water and drink it with nothing else blended into the mixture.  I love it!  I have already lost 3 pounds, and kept it off.  Even with all the junk food, candy, sweets and ice cream that I ate during the holidays.  I drink this for my breakfast, and then have a Fiber One 90 calorie brownie two hours later as a snack before lunch.  This holds me over, and keeps me from being hungry until lunch time, where I eat a smaller portioned amount of food.  I try to eat a peanut butter, banana tortilla sandwich, or celery and peanut butter with steamed veggies, and drink tons of water.  I highly recommend this as a great whey protein shake.  This can help you loose weight, because it gives you lots of energy and stimulates your metabolism, but I also combine it with exercising to equal the amount of no less than 500 calories burned a day.  I use an elliptical, and I lift weights, do jumping jacks, and have a whole system of exercising I got from Pinterest.com.  ( click on system to see my pinterest board for fitness ) I eat 6 small meals a day, and drink 16 cups of water or more a day.  I try to limit the amount of bread, sugar, and starches that I eat.  I also only eat chicken and turkey and tuna as meat.  On weekends I will allow myself to have a small amount of beef, like a burger.  I eat tons of steamed vegetables, and try to eat lots of fruit, but that doesn't always happen.  If you love to add fruits in your smoothies and shakes click on this link to get some of the best recipes that I've found.

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Carb Intercept

After being very disappointed with the Julian Michael's 14 day weight loss program, I found this product at Wal-Mart for $10 to buy 60 capsules, then I found on Amazon.com that I could get a larger quantity for a better price.

Details: 60 capsules, dietary supplement.  Helps control carbs, helps metabolize fat, support weight loss, dietary supplement.  Take 2 capsules before a starch containing meal, 2 times a day.  No more than 4 capsules a day.  Includes Phase 2 Carb controller complex which is (white kidney bean extract, calcium, chromium).  Does not include caffeine extract of any kind, does not include green tea extract.  No wheat, corn, milk, egg, soy, glutens, sugar, artificial colors or flavors.

Information: I have been taking this for 9 months.  I love it.  When I started taking this the first 3 months I lost my water weight which was about 10 lbs.  Since then I have been able to maintain a consistant weight, at an ideal weight, though I still have to loose about 15 pounds of baby fat.  I have remained at the same weight being able to burn fat, and add muscle without having to make major changes to my food, and my wardrobe.  As I eat healthier food, and exercise more I'm burning the fat, not just loosing water weight.  That is one of the nice things about this product, is that it allows me to burn fat easier, after I've lost my water weight.  I highly recommend this, as a boost for your New Year's resolutions, and to give you a boost at getting healthy.

Prenatal Vitamins

Okay so to start I just want to say that since I was between the ages of 8 and 10 I learned to hate taking any type of swallow-able pill, vitamin, medicine etc.  They always seemed to get stuck in my throat no matter how much liquid I dumped down my esophagus, and I always got sick from them no matter how much food I would eat right before and right after taking them.  So my rating is hugely important to this product because I've hated products like this for almost 18 years now.


Details: 2X/30 tablets, 30 prenatal multi-vitamin tablets, and 30 prenatal DHA/EPA soft gels.  Complete prenatal multi-vitamins and DHA. DHA to support healthy fetal brain and eye development, more folic acid, and more iron.  To be used before, during and after pregnancy.  Helps with bone strength, heart health, immune system, healthy skin, brain and nervous system, eyes, bone and teeth, oxygen delivery for mother and baby.

Information:  First of all after giving birth to 2 children, I have tried 4 different prenatal vitamins, and these are the best I've found in 5 years of being a mother.  I've tried  prescription vitamins that made me sick, gummy vitamins that tasted so good, and super stinky vitamins that I could barely swallow.  But these are super easy to swallow, they smell like strawberry, and have no strong after tastes.  Even the Omega 3's aren't too strong so that I end up tasting them when I burp.  After 3 days of taking these I already had a clearer mind, I could think better and concentrate, I wasn't forgetting things like I was, (meaning no more Mommy Brain), my skin felt better, my body felt better.  I could work out with more endurance.  I started taking these even though I wasn't pregnant, and wasn't planning to get pregnant for a while, but I needed to get healthier and this is a great product!  I highly recommend this!