PrettyFit provides active women with the best nutritional supplements, healthy snacks, workout gear and more through monthly packs chosen by top fitness professionals. Expert trainers include their best workouts, recipes, and tips to maximize the benefit of the products inside every pack.
I just got my first PrettyFit shipment, The Prepared Pack. I'd been on their website before and was excited about the possibility of a monthly kick in the butt to slip on my running shoes or hit the gym.
When I created an account, however, I was a little disappointed to discover the address form didn't allow for an APO/FPO option. Damn this duty station! Cue my clenched fist. I emailed customer service and was pleasantly greeted with a solution: simply create the account with my Stateside address and then log in and change it before placing my order. Ta da! It worked! $50.00 later I was all set to receive The Prepared Pack, touted as "everything you need for the perfect workout."
Upon making my payment I immediately received a congratulatory email. Every time I send money to the internet I am celebrated by all people except maybe my husband. I'm quite the hero. Or the mad shopper. Anyways this was the 24th and the email said they'd ship my pack out towards the end of the month. Damn. I mean, here we are, within a week of next month and I'm already getting my first pack. Sweet!
So the first rolls around and I haven't received a shipment notification yet. Sad face. I shouldn't have been so excited! I reach out to customer service once again and I'm informed that since my order was right on the cusp of the change in shipping dates I'd be getting my pack later than expected. Boo. Hiss. I was displeased because first of all, I had my heart set on RIGHT NOW for the shipping and second of all, the next month's pack looks awesome and I don't want the Prepared Pack instead-that is soooo Ginelle circa last month. The rep, Alex*, apologized and gave me $5 off my next order, plus they (damn those gender-neutral names!) put in an additional order for me for the new month's pack so I'd be all set up with goodies. Phew! I had expected the additional $50 charge anyways so that was no big. And $5 off isn't much but it was a nice gesture. The final email between us was the fourth, where I'd been told that I would get automated emails with tracking information for both boxes in short order. Celebrate good times, c'mon!
The twelfth (I didn't realize how odd that word looked spelled out!) I receive my Prepared Pack. Sans notification! That's okay, I was just excited to get it. I checked on the website the next day and I saw that tracking information was available in a weird format. Weird to me, anyways. Instead of having a tracking number, it looks like the site just updates itself with new information from USPS. It seems to have the same exact info as the USPS site. It appears that this pack shipped out the day that I got the last email from Alex (the 4th) and got to me on the 12th. Only eight days for shipping; not too shabby here at my duty station in Never Never Land.
The contents of this box were not obvious upon first inspection. No company logos or special packaging common among subscription boxes. I cracked that baby open and was greeted with purple tissue paper (FOR GIRLS, DUH!) and a big 'ol shipment of goodies. You can see from the picture above what was included in the Prepared Pack.
The Uplift Pre-Workout by NLA for Her in Guava Passion ($34.99) is the big ticket item in this pack. Okay I love me some pre-workout. I love getting all pumped up and excited for happy hour at the bar. I also love taking pre-workout and cleaning house. I'm a sick individual. I've certainly never tried out a pre-workout that's marketed directly to women** but I guess that comes with the territory of ordering a fitness subscription called PrettyFit instead of a JackedPack. Which I also considered.
The Dual Shaker Cup by Hydra Cup ($11.99) is an interesting little guy. My shaker cup was hot pink instead of purple as shown on the site (the only difference between what I received and the site). I love the way it looks, and I'm excited to put it to use since I let my last shaker get moldy on accident and was too grossed out to try to clean it. Odd, how at one time I had a billion shakers and then I was down to zero, mixing my protein in a red Solo cup with a fork. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
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| Mine looks just like this except it says "STRONG is sexy." |
The bottles of Fill Shake and Go by About Time ($3.49) were an intriguing new idea. Portable protein without the need for even my own moldy shaker. No need to wash one out afterwards and get moldy, either. Can you tell I'm sad that I got my last one moldy? All you need is some water or milk (I use water) and you're good to go. I think my preference would be servings of protein in a little foil pack but I was excited to try these. The vanilla was.. not my favorite. I've tried tons of protein and I'm aware they aren't supposed to taste like dessert. But this one was hard to swallow. I've always hated the way vanilla protein looks by itself, like watered down milk or something. I tend to mix my vanilla into smoothies with instant coffee or frozen fruit or something. But this one I just mixed up at work for a quick snack and it was meh. I wouldn't buy it. I also see on the About Time website that they have this product in Birthday Cake. Um, PrettyFit why didn't I get Birthday Cake flavor? WHYYY?
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| WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME, BIRTHDAY CAKE FLAVOR? |
The Granola Clusters by About Time ($3.99) were delicious. I didn't know how I would feel about them but I really like them. My only gripe is that the pouch had two servings. It's a small, snack-sized pouch. I have a ridiculous personal outrage for food/drink being in what looks like one serving but actually being more than one. I have a secret fantasy that every food came already prepackaged in single servings. I know, I know, people who love the environment hate me. But you know what? I like to eat snacks. I like to eat everything. Sometimes a barrier is all I need to realize I've already had my share. Anyways besides the silly serving size thing, these were good. I'd totally buy them. Of course for $4 a pop, they're a little pricey. But a good source of protein so maybe it balances out.
The SK Energy Shots ($2.99) were an interesting inclusion in this package. I like energy drinks, though I know they're awful for a myriad of reasons. The energy shot takes all the fun out of getting an ice cold heart-attack-in-a-can but they often have similar payoffs. This was no letdown. The Strawberry Lemonade flavor smelled good and was just a tad tart. It wasn't hard to swallow like some energy shots which taste like feet. I'm looking at you, Five Hour Energy. Near-instant caffeine burst and no crash later in the day. Thumbs up. More than once I've made the change of heart to go for a run or hit the squat rack after work because of the right dose of caffeine. I'd say 7/10 would buy.
The BCAA+G RELOAD™ Natural | Post-Workout Recovery Sample by MRM ($2.99) was a welcome sample for me. I'm new-ish to the BCAA game. I've used pills and a few different mixables but I've never heard of MRM before. I'm a little bummed I got two of the same flavor (watermelon) but I checked the company site and they only have two flavors to begin with.
The Protein Packed Trail Mix by GourmetNut ($2.99) was a product I was chomping at the bit to review! I love trail mix! Love love love trail mix! When I first joined the military and went to Boot Camp, one of the few bright spots in those few grueling months was that I somehow managed to get my grubby little recruit hands on trail mix on a few different occasions. Hnnggg.
The PrettyFit Drawstring Backpack ($7.99) Self explanatory. And a nice little baby to hold all my new goodies.
The PrettyFit Workout Log ($2.99) I do keep track of my lifts, my measurements, my run times, etc. This notebook isn't anything special as it's blank lined inside and not very many pages. But the emptiness is just waiting for my creative juices to flow and pen the perfect workout log. I can do it!
*I just did some not-so-ninja creeping on LinkedIn and it seems possible that this Alex character is the Co-Founder/CEO at PrettyFit. Is it possible? Am I a crazy stalker? I was just trying to figure out if my rep was male or female but... who knows. I could be way off base, it's not like Alex is an obscure name or anything. I'm a weirdo.
**Come to think of it, I did get something for chicks last year from GNC. It was GenetixHD Iso Define in Berry Sorbet and it was fucking delicious. I think I primarily used it post-workout, though, and I was happy it had CLA as I used to take it in pill form. I wasn't even aware there were drinkable forms of it. Also it tasted awesome. Awesome awesome. I should get me some more of that...
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