Upbeat Protein Drinks

Hi all,

A little while ago Upbeat kindly sent me some vouchers so I could try their product and share my thoughts with you.

Firstly, I think that it's a great idea incorporating protein in a drink as it's not always easy to eat the daily recommended amount of protein unless you are eating a very high concentration of meat, eggs, pulses etc.

Protein drinks are not new, I know that, but these are ideal because they require no effort and are ready made for your convenience and enjoyment. They have  shelf life of up to 2 weeks I believe so this is ideal if say you only do a weekly shop, you can stock up for the week without the worry that your stock will go off!

They contain 20g of protein, are low in sugar and fat and contain less than 150 calories each, so already they are in my good books.

Also as below the drink comes in 4 flavours, so you have the gift of choice, out of the 4 I would have to say Mango & Passionfruit appeals to me the most, closely followed by Chocolate & Orange.

Image taken from http://www.feelingupbeat.com/#Info

So I went to my local Tesco armed with my vouchers, ready to make my flavour selections and to my dismay there was only 1 bottle of upbeat left on the shelf and it happened to be Strawberry flavour. (I haven't seen these in my local boots or WH Smiths either).

Strawberry wasn't my first choice, to be honest it's not usually my first choice but it did actually taste quite nice. More importantly I had some of this at breakfast and I didn't feel hungry afterwards, I am usually really hungry up until lunch. I had my lunch as usual and thought I'm bound to be my usual hungry self come 3 O clock, nothing, no cravings.. How odd! This actually works at making me feel fuller and therefore the need to pick is eliminated.

I went back to Tesco the following week and the week after and I'm sure you get the picture. I have to say these must be really popular in my local Tesco or they just aren't ordering enough. Unfortunately they don't appear to stock any other flavours so I have so far been unable to try the others.

I'll definitely keep an eye out though because I am intrigued and want to give the other flavours a go!

Cookie x

Freebies from 19/07/2015 - 25/07/2015

Here are the freebies that I received last week.

 

 

1. Samples from EVE LOM, I have seen this on a few youtube videos. I just emailed the company asking if they have any samples - contact them here

 

2. Dr Organic samples, again this is on many videos at the moment and this was another company I emailed asking to try - contact them here

 

3. Faith in nature, check out their website. Like Dr Organic they have a huge selection of wonderful sounding scents and flavours. - contact them here

 

4. Sunsense sun cream samples - contact them here. I got this idea from Ambers blog

 

5. Oz Naturals - I was able to try this for free using www.brandbacker.com all I need to do is to give an honest and unbiased review. Watch this space for my review.

 

6. Treat pouch from http://www.thedogtreatcompany.co.uk/ - I was lucky enough to get these free of charge to try on my pooches. for this I sent a message on facebook https://www.facebook.com/thedogtreatcompany

I will be doing a review on this product so again please watch this space.

 

7. Upbeat coupons - I emailed asking to try in exchange for a review, they sent me £2 off in coupons and a further 2 £1.79 coupons which should each cover the cost of a bottle. I went to Tesco on Sunday to purchase these and they were running low, only 4 bottles left and they were all strawberry flavour, I am going to check again this week for another flavour. contact them here customercare@feelingupbeat.com     

 

8. CIF Express floor cleaner - This was £1 in Tesco and I had a £1 coupon from www.mymail.com

 

I did a freebie video for most of these items - here is my VIDEO

 

A couple more items I received that I forgot to photograph but have been included in my subsequent videos are

 

1. X3 bags of Jacobs Cracker crisps (Sweet Chili, Sour Cream & Onion and Salt & Vinegar), not technically my freebie, it was my boyfriends www.bzzagent.co.uk campaign, but he has to share :-)

 

2. A purrfect box from https://purrfect-box.co.uk/concept/try this came with a selection of cat toys and treats and I only had to pay £2.90 postage- details of the contents can be found at the end of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBMUU8W9HVA and the rest of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1wLM33_zg

 

3. Samples from Sothys, saw this on many blogs and videos - sothys@sothys-uk.co.uk.

 

Thanks for reading

 

Cookie x