After lurking on the forum for a while I thought I’d finally share my newbie experience.
Here’s a little bit of background to my Huel story.
I’m a 40 something female and whilst I’ve always been pretty active I struggle a little with eating correctly for all the sporty things I tend to get up to and so most of the time it’s convenient junk at the wrong time.
At the start of August I decided that I needed to get fit for the up and coming hockey season and that wasn’t going to happen just by going for an occasional jog so I set myself out in a bit of a fitness regime and accidentally discovered Huel via a Facebook ad (so yes Huel team, they definitely work )
Started with 2 bags of original vanilla flavour just replaced breakfast initially but on evenings where I knew I’d be out training I’d have a late afternoon shake instead of a crappy ready meal.
So…7 weeks later, I’m all subscribed to 2 bags every 5 weeks or so, on hockey training nights I don’t feel bloated or out of energy and have successfully used Huel as my pre match breakfast last weekend.
To anyone that’s thinking of trying it, it can take a bit of trial and error to find a mix/flavour etc that works for you but personally I’d say give it a go!
Finally…discovered a pretty awesome tasting shake this morning:
I’ve even dropped s bit of weight too just by being more mindful of what I eat.
Next year alongside hockey I’m hoping to complete some 100km walking challenges and maybe a marathon or 2, haven’t quite decided but want to set myself a target of walk/jog/running 2019 miles within the year 2019
Rather than start a new thread I thought I’d ask this in here first.
Currently I’m using around 2 bags of the original vanilla flavour every 5 weeks.
I love flavouring this with coffee particularly for my morning/breakfast shake so was also thinking of upping my order to 3 bags, 2x original vanilla and 1x coffee flavour.
So… 2 questions:
Does the coffee flavour Huel contain caffeine?
(This might have been asked but I couldn’t find anything after searching.)
Is it a strong coffee flavour? I really love strong coffee tasting things but as it stands at the moment I can get that taste hit by flavouring my original vanilla.
The main reason I ask about the caffeine is because I tend to try and avoid it after midday all bar the occasional cup of tea/coffee/coke, I think it’s iust my paranoid mind that tells me I won’t sleep well
I’m considering flavouring with decaf coffee if I can find one that tastes strong enough.
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