# Newbie comment **URL:** \ **Category:** Experiences\ **Created:** [March 5, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/newbie-comment/17307 "2020-03-05T15:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andykb3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@andykb3](https://discuss.huel.com/u/andykb3)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/newbie-comment/17307/1 "2020-03-05T15:40:35Z")
I have been using Huel for a few weeks now and I have mixed experiences. In my first month I stopped and started due to travel for work, so this is the first time I have consistently used it. On weekdays I have 2 scoops with 400ml of water for breakfast (prepared the night before and stored in the fridge overnight) and 3 scoops with 500ml for lunch. Is this about what other people use? On the weekend I’ll just have it for breakfast. I did suffer from some unpleasant bodily reactions initially (well technically those around me did the suffering) but this passed quite quickly. I find that drinking it immediately after mixing has quite an unpleasant gritty texture, but chilling it first solves this. I have tried the Banana, Berry and Vanilla flavours (all v3 - I came too late to the party for the previous versions). I really like the vanilla flavour I don’t mind the banana flavour, but it doesn’t really taste of much I dislike the Berry flavour, which is annoying since I can taste it for hours after drinking it. Next one will be chocolate. I do feel a bit better in general for drinking Huel, and it’s saving me money - I haven’t lost any weight yet, but them I’ve only just started. So far so reasonably good. I’ll continue for a while and see how I feel in another month or two. ---
**Author:** ![JewyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@JewyB](https://discuss.huel.com/u/JewyB)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/newbie-comment/17307/2 "2020-03-05T15:42:39Z")
Have you tried mixing berry and vanilla 50/50 to cut down on the berry taste a bit? I haven’t but it might help you get through the rest of the bag? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andykb3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@andykb3](https://discuss.huel.com/u/andykb3)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/newbie-comment/17307/5 "2020-03-06T21:43:37Z")
No I haven’t yet, but I will do over the weekend. Thanks!