looking for slim fast friends
tomlinson8574
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Let's swap tips and keep each other going
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Did it, lost weight, ended up bigger because I learned nothing. You can eat real food and lose, I promise! I've lost 39 pounds counting calories. No shakes or bars needed.0
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It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.0
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Love it when this is the answer.tomlinson8574 wrote: »It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.
In that case, enjoy spending way more money on things you can make yourself!
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tomlinson8574 wrote: »It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.
If you MUST stick to some type of meal replacement like Slim Fast, I would at least suggest looking for a better option. SlimFast is pretty crappy stuff in the overall scheme of things.
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Love it when this is the answer.tomlinson8574 wrote: »It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.
In that case, enjoy spending way more money on things you can make yourself!
Glad you "love it"
Why should I? I've found something that works for me. Why is it bothering u?0 -
I love slimfast. I find it helpful because I am trying to reconstruct my idea of eating because I have had problems with food. drinking two slim fasts and having a salad with some sort of protein product or something else has been a tremendous help.0
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What use is MFP and counting calories when you're on Slimfast?0
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Slim fast includes meals too doesnt it? I looked into it and decided not for me, but if you can keep it up then great :-)0
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I use Slim fast as part of my over all diet and it works for me as well Tomlinson. I usually drink a shake in the morning and sometimes lunch as well. Some of the folks on here can be a little judgy but just blow them off. If it works for you then do it. I friend those with similar diet styles as mine and remove those that send me private messages telling me they don't like my food choices. There are millions of users on here, you can build a good support group by weeding through them all. I have adjusted my eating habits and am eating healthier and exercising and have lost almost 15 lbs since the middle of December. Good luck to you!
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I have been a life long yo yo dieter. I have had success doing many things. But the day always comes when I quit for awhile until I gain a certain amount of weight back. This time, I was looking for a simple diet, without meetings, without much measuring and so forth. I decided to use Slim Fast Products, special K protein bars, frozen diet meals, and fruits and veggies. I am also in the middle ages or slightly past. As I researched ideas, I saw "The Simple Diet" by a Dr. James Anderson who recommends 3 protein shakes a day, 2 frozen diet meals under 300 calories, 5 fruits and veggies and maybe a couple protein bars. I use MFP to count my calories so that I hopefully stay around or under 1600 a day. This first week, I have lost 4 pounds which I can barely believe. This just might work. I prefer the powdered Slimfast shakes and add an extra cup of water to make them 'bigger'. This morning I had Slimfast's cookie dough meal bar. I liked it a lot. Good luck to you and others using whatever tools and methods that work.0
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Blow us off. I'll just sit here and be judgy and happy and eat all the foods while I maintain my healthy weight achieved by just counting calories and eating food, today it will be crisp bread with leverpostei, whole milk, pomelo and broccoli; tomato and pepper soup with bacon, plums; baked skin-on
chicken thigh with potato and parsnip mash, and green beans - dates for dessert; red grapes, brie and cucumber; Greek yogurt, almond butter, maple syrup - and some rutabaga sticks. 0 -
tomlinson8574 wrote: »It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.
so you eat slim fast for 100% of your meals?0 -
tomlinson8574 wrote: »It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.
Yes, you do. It just isn't important to you.0 -
@tomlinson8574 I see your calorie goal is set at 900 cals/day.
You do understand that 1200 calories/day is the absolute minimum a person should consume in order to ensure they are receiving adequate nutrition, right?
Why are you purposely setting yourself up for failure?
Instead of being stubborn and thinking you know everything, perhaps you should listen to people who have been here for years and have lost a significant amount of weight, while eating way more than 900 calories and REAL food.0 -
tomlinson8574 wrote: »It works for me. I have no time to shop properly or make food so it suits my life at the moment.
so you eat slim fast for 100% of your meals?
@ndj1979 Check out her diary0 -
OP why are you only eating 900 calories a day?????0
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To each their own. I've gone down the Slim Fast and frozen diet meal road and ended up right back where I started. First of all, there are so many preservatives and sodium. That being said, I still do usually keep a box of Slim Fast shakes in my closet for the mornings when I'm running late. It's a quick, relatively healthy breakfast and usually holds me until lunch time (I teach 1st grade so I eat early).
If you need some inspiration for healthy cooking, check out skinnytaste.com. Her recipes are healthy and delicious. Most are pretty easy to put together.
And please, please be sure you're eating 1200 calories a day. Anything less (on a regular basis) is unhealthy. It is impossible to get the minimum required number of carbs/protein/fat your body needs to function if you eat less than 1200 on a regular basis.0 -
FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?0
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OP unless you plan on paying for slim fast for the rest of your life, skip it. If you don't have time to make meals throughout the week- learn to meal prep your meals for the week. And you should be eating way more than 900 calories. Go here--->http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ and calculate your BMR and TDEE.0
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1bellringer1 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?
so it is OK for OP to be eating 900 calories a day?
it is a public forum and people are free to comment in favor, or against what the OP is doing; 900 calories is not a healthy amount of calories for anyone to be consuming and it needs to be pointed..
just because someone does not agree with you does not make them a "bully"..
it is the internet, deal with it.0 -
I am so tired of people slamming Slim Fast! Everyone is different. Please allow others to make their own decisions regarding their diet without someone standing on their soapbox proclaiming how horrible SF is. It cant be all bad, it has been around a long time, where other meal replacement shakes have come and gone....Anyway....I enjoy SF. I have it for breakfast sometimes cause I dont like a heavy breakfast in the morning.0
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1bellringer1 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?
fatfreefrolicking is not a bully. You're judging her based on her having 3424 posts? What about the people who have over 10k. We see multiple fad diet threads a week. Trying to give OP important information on eating more =/= bully. 900 is a VLCD. Against forum guidelines.0 -
1bellringer1 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?
900 cals a day is considered VLCD, unhealthy, and against MFP guidelines. I'll report this thread and hope everyone else does the same.
MFP is for healthy and sustainable weight loss and management, I don't understand why so many end up here on this calorie counting site with their fad diets, shakes and pills.0 -
I am so tired of people slamming Slim Fast! Everyone is different. Please allow others to make their own decisions regarding their diet without someone standing on their soapbox proclaiming how horrible SF is. It cant be all bad, it has been around a long time, where other meal replacement shakes have come and gone....Anyway....I enjoy SF. I have it for breakfast sometimes cause I dont like a heavy breakfast in the morning.
There is a difference between "I have it for breakfast sometimes" while maintaining a moderate caloric deficit in order to lose weight and using SlimFast as my primary weight loss tool while eating less than 900 calories/day and not getting the minimum nutritional requirements.
I see a big crash and burn in OP's future.0 -
I am so tired of people slamming Slim Fast! Everyone is different. Please allow others to make their own decisions regarding their diet without someone standing on their soapbox proclaiming how horrible SF is. It cant be all bad, it has been around a long time, where other meal replacement shakes have come and gone....Anyway....I enjoy SF. I have it for breakfast sometimes cause I dont like a heavy breakfast in the morning.
I'm the same way with breakfast, hence I usually have Slimfast instead. I take my vitamins with it and it's a 'chocolate fix' for me too.
Today, I opted to sleep in, so I'm having it for lunch instead. **Edit: I also used to *not* eat breakfast at all...so I figure the slim milk (the docs are encouraging more calcium for me anyway) plus the powder, is better than the nothing of before. Of course I know that Slimfast isn't a "forever" option, but for now it is.
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1bellringer1 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?
HA! This is hysterical.
@1bellringer1 Judging by your 35 posts, you must be new and unaware of the rules here on MFP. I suggest reading through them. Because unlike my posts here in this thread, yours is actually against the rules.
A VLCD (I'll spell it out for you in case you don't know what it stands for… very low calorie diet) is against the rules of MFP.
Eating 900 calories/day is unhealthy. Period. Telling someone that does not make me a bully. I am simply educating the OP on a healthy approach to weight loss, opposed to a VLCD fad that is unsustainable for long-term success. Assuming OP wants long-term success, she should be happy that people are providing her with information that is only going to HELP her.
As far as your comment about me having more time on my hands than some of us….- I'm a full-time student with one major and TWO minors (basically the equivalent of 2 majors)
- I am vice president of the Public Health Society at my university
- I volunteer at a number of organizations
- I work two jobs
That list doesn't include the time I spend working out or my social life. So no, I don't have a little more time on my hands than you or anyone else. I just have better time management.
Next time you try to attack me, I suggest you actually know something about my life. Thanks 0 -
There a way to discuss, and even criticize, without being rude.
"Look at my perfect way of eating, everyone! Look at my super duper beach body bikini ! I am wonderful, and THAT gives me the right to be aggressive and unpleasant when I express my opinion! "
Also, once something was said twice or three times, is there a need to gang up and repeat the same thing 30 times?
Look: many people are actually really, really great. But one thing is sure: when you need a "tool" like MFP to assist you with what should be absolutely natural, like eating and being in shape, it means that at some point there is a flaw. You are not perfect. No one is.
So chill the heck out everyone.
Ok, off the soap box. You can go all watch my diary and bash my highly processed diet if you want.0 -
Isabelle_1929 wrote: »There a way to discuss, and even criticize, without being rude.
"Look at my perfect way of eating, everyone! Look at my super duper beach body bikini ! I am wonderful, and THAT gives me the right to be aggressive and unpleasant when I express my opinion! "
Also, once something was said twice or three times, is there a need to gang up and repeat the same thing 30 times?
Look: many people are actually really, really great. But one thing is sure: when you need a "tool" like MFP to assist you with what should be absolutely natural, like eating and being in shape, it means that at some point there is a flaw. You are not perfect. No one is.
So chill the heck out everyone.
Ok, off the soap box. You can go all watch my diary and bash my highly processed diet if you want.
Your diary isn't visible to the public and we all eat processed foods 0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »1bellringer1 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?
900 cals a day is considered VLCD, unhealthy, and against MFP guidelines. I'll report this thread and hope everyone else does the same.
MFP is for healthy and sustainable weight loss and management, I don't understand why so many end up here on this calorie counting site with their fad diets, shakes and pills.
she isn't advertising that she eats 900 calories a day. people looked at her food diary and are posting it in here. why not mind your own business instead? nothing she posted is against forum rules.
i never actually tried slim fast and it sounds like a silly idea to me, unless you plan to eat it for life, but NO reason to report the o.p. for anything.-1 -
FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »1bellringer1 wrote: »FatFreeFrolicking you seem to be looking for some sort of cat fight. You really come off as quite a bully whether you mean to or not. What works for some, may not work for others. I eat healthy and have no problems maintaining my weight. Judging by your 3424 posts you probably have a little more time on your hands then some of us do and if Slim Fast works for some of us and not for you, then why not just bow out of this thread as not in line with your beliefs and move on instead rounding up what appear to be your followers and ganging up on this gal because she chooses a route different then yours?
HA! This is hysterical.
@1bellringer1 Judging by your 35 posts, you must be new and unaware of the rules here on MFP. I suggest reading through them. Because unlike my posts here in this thread, yours is actually against the rules.
A VLCD (I'll spell it out for you in case you don't know what it stands for… very low calorie diet) is against the rules of MFP.
Eating 900 calories/day is unhealthy. Period. Telling someone that does not make me a bully. I am simply educating the OP on a healthy approach to weight loss, opposed to a VLCD fad that is unsustainable for long-term success. Assuming OP wants long-term success, she should be happy that people are providing her with information that is only going to HELP her.
As far as your comment about me having more time on my hands than some of us….- I'm a full-time student with one major and TWO minors (basically the equivalent of 2 majors)
- I am vice president of the Public Health Society at my university
- I volunteer at a number of organizations
- I work two jobs
That list doesn't include the time I spend working out or my social life. So no, I don't have a little more time on my hands than you or anyone else. I just have better time management.
Next time you try to attack me, I suggest you actually know something about my life. Thanks
it's against the rules to advertise a vlcd on the forum. the op did not do that. a bunch of people snooped in her food diary which is really none of their business. o.p., i suggest you make your food diary viewable to friends only or private to only you.0
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