True Mass - Reviewed From My Experience
UPDATE FOR MAY 03 IS UP!<br /><br />UPDATE FOR SECOND CONTAINER FOR JUNE 06 IS UP!!<br /><br />This is a review based on my experience. I am a real person and I am not paid by no company to review this, so everything is told as how it is.<br /><br />I got this product extremely quickly from AMAZON. After it was shipped, it usually comes to me in a day or two with the free shipping method, which I'm very happy and satisfied with. UPS handling it is a whole 'nother thing since they more often than not tend to use my package as a basketball.<br /><br />I got the chocolate milk shake and so far I would like to note a few pros and cons and extra side notes to whoever is interested.<br /><br />MY PURPOSE FOR TAKING THIS:<br />1. Weight gaining<br />2. Working out like mad afterward to turn it into muscle since I tend to retain muscle a bit better than fat.<br /><br />I have a super high metabolism, not to mention my family tends to eat healthy (leaning to vegetarian style) so that just makes it even harder to gain. I'm 125 lbs and am trying to get to 140-150.<br /><br />Pros:<br />1. The taste of the chocolate milk shake is pretty decent! I avoid vanilla like the plague because it'll remind me of ensure which after a day to a week of drinking just makes me sick to my stomach even to think about it. The chocolate taste actually tastes pretty decent even though it does get to me if I drink it more than twice a day.<br /><br />2. Scoops are moderately sized and I calculated the calorie and find that this container contains a total of more calories. Don't be fooled by other gainers that have more calories per serving. This is so because their scoops are bigger and they also have less servings per container. This container gives you 18x630 = 11,340 calories. Mix it with milk and you get even more nutrition and calorie.<br /><br />Cons:<br />1. Well it is not too much of a con but if you want to mix this with a liquid, the best way to get uniform mixture is with a blender. I've tried mixing with a spoon and just adding the powder with milk and all you end up with a bunch of chunks you have to break down which is time consuming. I also tried putting the mixture with milk into a large bottle and giving it a good shake. You'll still end up with chunks. So a blender is almost a must if you really want to drink it and enjoy the full quality of the taste.<br /><br />UPDATE: You can mix it pretty well with method #2 in which you put the powder and liquid into a bottle and give it a good shake. However, you must shake it for awhile. Let it sit for a bit and give it another good shake. If you find that you're still getting some undissolved bits, adding a bit more liquid should help. This method makes it a bit more convenient than setting up a blender.<br /><br />2. It makes me gassy. Some people here say it doesn't give them much gas, but think about it. You have to shake this up a lot meaning there's a lot of bubbles in the water. You gulping it down means you'll also be gulping down the tiny air bubbles that'll eventually build up in your stomach. There's really no way around it. So for someone to tell you that stuff like this doesn't give you any gas leaves a big question mark, guess it's just them.<br /><br />3. It makes me feel somewhat bloated, partially caused by con #2. I feel quite bloated for a few hours at the least and continuously attempt to burp myself.<br /><br />4. I had a mild side expectation that drinking this nutritious and calorie packed drink would somehow increase my energy, however, I've actually started to feel quite lethargic. Maybe even more than usual.<br /><br />5. Like I said, the taste is pretty good but the bottle recommends drinking 1-4 servings a day. One serving is 3 scoops mixed with 16oz of liquid. I can only drink 1 serving a day, 4 servings a day would probably kill me. Chocolate milkshake is decent once in awhile but I am barely able to keep up with 1 serving a day. Too much of even a good thing could make it a bad thing if you know what I mean. 4 servings a day? Yeah.....right. I was thinking about taking less liquid and making a more condense mixture of it to accomplish 2 servings a day, but this think is $31-38! Can't afford it even if I could drink it fast.<br /><br />RESULTS (Will continuously update)<br /><br />Even with all the cons I still would take this and I'm pretty decent with it. So far I bought two containers and will try it out for two months or until the two containers end. So far I've had this for a few days only. I got this on the 15th of April and so far I've drank this for 5 days straight.<br /><br />My weight was 125LBs and I am now 128-130LBs, however, I wouldn't jump for joy yet because I think it is because of the weight of all the food I have in my stomach. I weight lift and do workouts quite a bit, but have lately become a bit lazier. My muscles seemed a bit more pump, but I really need to gain more weight for it to really show. I will give you more updates after I finish my first container. This review is mainly my personal opinion in terms of taking the stuff.<br /><br />If this indeed helps me gain weight, then I should be hitting 135lbs, if I stay at 130lbs that means its just food weight...<br /><br />------------------------<br />------------------------<br />UPDATE!! UPDATE!! UPDATE!! May 03, 2010<br /><br />I stopped drinking this yesterday on the 2nd and have now finished my first bottle after 17 days. On a day or two I did take two servings, but mostly kept with one serving a day or one serving with an additional of one extra scoop into the mix.<br /><br />I was about 125lbs before and now I am around 132lbs. So based on my estimate, I have gained from 5-7 lbs. I am mildly satisfied so far, I was really aiming for 10 pounds, especially since I mixed it with milk and ate quite a bit extra. So far drinking this I've noticed the following:<br /><br />1. Makes me extra lethargic, I especially get sleepy after drinking a lot of this. I'm guessing it has to deal with me being naturally depressed and hormonally imbalance (if I judge a product, I bring every factor into mind to be fair). I'm usually sleepy and lethargic, however, this seems to make me a bit more sluggish than usual.<br /><br />2. A bit faster recovery when doing exercise. It does help me recover from exercise injuries and aches a little faster than usual. What usually takes a week or so now only takes 2-3 days. I've noticed this a few times.<br /><br />3. In terms of helping to gain muscles, I'm not sure yet. I get a mix feeling so I'll leave it at that.<br /><br />4. One thing I notice as well is that my weight gains seemed to have stopped or slowed considerably a little over half way of finishing this container. So for the first half of the container, I noticed good results, then it slowly stopped towards the last few days I drank this.<br /><br />------------------------<br />UPDATE!! UPDATE!! UPDATE!! JUNE 06, 2010<br /><br />Hey everyone, I'm back! Well I'm almost pretty much done with my second container and so far this is my finding. For the last month I've been drinking 1/2 to 1 serving a day and mixing it with Gold Standard 100% Whey (search it on here if you're curious).<br /><br />The first few days after taking this I noticed no weight gains whatsoever, so I stopped taking it until two weeks ago I joined a gym with all the weights that I wanted/needed since I live in a small apartment, being a poor student. That's also the time when I started combining this with WHEY.<br /><br />So since then, after drinking 1/2 to a serving a day and sometimes mixing it with a serving of Whey, I noticed some weight gains. I think after finishing up the bottle, I might have gained 3-4 lbs. Based on my observation this is what I've partially concluded:<br /><br />Also heads up that my metabolism is very high.<br /><br />Full and probably final conclusion:<br /><br />1. I find for myself that the most weight gain came from my first container and only during that time when I exercised vigorously after and before drinking the servings. Vigorously is like a few times a day, maybe 30 minutes at a time give or take. I believe that working out is a huge importance because during the last few servings that I took of this, I was a bit lazy in exercising and I noticed very little or no gains whatsoever during that time.<br /><br />2. The second bottle, my estimation, after finishing it I would have probably gained only 3-4 lbs. My thoughts on this is that I gained so much on my first bottle because due to how skinny I was, my body quickly and greedily absorbed the calories and gained the weight. However, due to my body type as well, it reached a limit where the calories could only sustain what I currently have and not gain as fast as I did. Basically my body was satisfied and my weight was balanced, especially to the kind of diet I normally take.<br /><br />Am I satisfied with my current weight? I now weigh 136 from 125lbs. I look at myself and I'm a lot better. I think based on every person's body type, age, race, etc, you gain different results and your limits on how much you gain changes. I'm always known to be of the smaller body type, you know what I mean right? Some people look skinny but when you get near them they have a big body frame while others look buff but have a smaller body frame. I have a smaller body frame and I've always been known for it, it's hard to change that, some people just have a more naturally larger body frame to begin with. I mean sure you can work on it but you can do just so much until you start to look freaky because that's not how your body naturally is, proportions also depending on height.<br /><br />When taking this, you need to also eat some foods that have a lot of good calories as well. I'm not too knowledgeable in this area so I would suggest googling up how to gain weight. Working out is a big key at least to me. I've never known any significant gain in drinking this and sitting on my butt all day. That's why I drank it with Gold Standard Whey mixed in. With it, I get calories and proteins that repair my body so I can work out more often.<br /><br />I have noticed that by drinking both, especially the Whey, I do notice that my muscles recover significantly faster than before. You should try a bottle first and decide on a second later. Workout and eat multiple meals a day. I think the gains will gradually decrease until you see little or no more gains. You should have enough info by then to decide whether to continue or not. Unless you are serious about body building, the best thing to understand is that sometimes you should just be happy with what you have. I learned that gaining weight is neat, working out gives you a better figure, but I've learned to appreciate my fast metabolism and body type a lot more.<br /><br />I'm satisfied, I'm actually starting to look a little too buff for my build. I really don't want to be looking like a muscle head....
Rating: 4 stars