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lauraemily84
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Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
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I like food
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Don't we all?!!! I think there's a misconception that slimfast is all shakes - you do eat proper food just calorie controlled!3
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lauraemily84 wrote: »Don't we all?!!! I think there's a misconception that slimfast is all shakes - you do eat proper food just calorie controlled!
I eat pizza, ice cream, steak and I drink wine. All in my daily caloric goals and I've lost 38lbs.15 -
My trainer would flip out if I told her I was going to do a Slim Fast "diet". She and I are on a health journey.
MissusMoon - I have been logging since April 23 and I've lost weight eating steak and ice cream now and then. I prefer to eat my calories and nutrition
I'm not one to drink my calories.
Plus those "diet" shakes and foods are loaded with sodium and fillers. I'll take the time to prepare my own meals 7 -
I haven't done the actual Slimfast diet, but I have used the shakes as a replacement for breakfast and/or lunch. Need to start doing that again.3
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lauraemily84 wrote: »Don't we all?!!! I think there's a misconception that slimfast is all shakes - you do eat proper food just calorie controlled!
To me, any "liquid" that is substituted for food does not teach someone how they should eat to maintain their weight loss goal. Maybe I'm wrong. But isn't the who point of losing weight in the first place, to maintain it? How does drinking a slim fast shake in place of eating a meal teach proper nutrition such as portion control?
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My heart just did a flip.MissusMoon wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Don't we all?!!! I think there's a misconception that slimfast is all shakes - you do eat proper food just calorie controlled!
I eat pizza, ice cream, steak and I drink wine. All in my daily caloric goals and I've lost 38lbs.
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FitPhillygirl wrote: »
To me, any "liquid" that is substituted for food does not teach someone how they should eat to maintain their weight loss goal. Maybe I'm wrong. But isn't the who point of losing weight in the first place, to maintain it? How does drinking a slim fast shake in place of eating a meal teach proper nutrition such as portion control?
Meal replacement shakes have been a lifesaver for me. My body hates breakfast and I can pretty easily make myself sick by eating what most people would consider a normal meal in the morning (blood sugar is normal, I've been tested many, many times). It's honestly been an issue since I was a very small kid. If I skip breakfast and then go to work, I'll forget to eat anything and I often work through the lunch hour because I simply forget. Or I might remember, then get sidetracked and forget again. This is all fine and good until dinner time when I realize I am, in fact, starving and then I eat way, way, WAY too much. Or I'll go to the gym after work and my body will quickly veto that idea because No Food and then I'll over eat.
My solution is SlimFast and other meal replacement shakes. I can drink a shake on the drive to work and put one in the work fridge to grab around lunch time...which I usually remember around closing time and I wind up drinking it on the way to the gym. It has basic nutrition and some have pretty decent protein amounts and is calorie controlled which leaves me with figuring out dinner on my own. So yes, I do still deal with things like portion control and healthy eating. Believe it or not, if you only eat one meal a day you can still do quite a bit of damage to your waistline....
I guess the major difference for me is that I don't use these "shakes" (when I buy them...) really as part of a diet program. They're really more part of my everyday eating routine, or should be. I just have to master dinner...9 -
Hi Lauraemily
I'm doing a similar plan, it's called exante which is shakes/bars but I don't have 3 a day I just have 2 and a proper meal
I know people will critisise meal replacement diets but it's our choice and I find this sort of diet easier as it don't have to think about what it eating for most of the day and it does help me keep on track, I also look foward to my evening meal
How are you doing on it?2 -
I would have less issue if people had a plan fr when they stop using shakes. Now and again? Sure, why not, I've been known to chug a (much cheaper and better quality) protein shake to bring my calories up if I've had a busy day but I don't see how this prepares anyone for maintenance. You're hardly going to live on shakes for life are you?1
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All diets need an exit plan for maintenance, there is no reason to think that the low calorie dieters will have any better time maintaining the weight loss than the meal replacement lot as we all know people who lose weight, think they no longer need to calorie count and then pile it all on plus some. Most people on here know that from experience as this isn't their first time round.
Only those with an exit plan are going to keep the weight off. A meal replacement person with their head screwed on can be more successful keeping the weight off than a calorie counter who misguidedly thinks they are 'finally free of calorie counting'. Now they have the added quick route to piling it on faster as they now weigh less and the allotted maintenance calories are lower than when they were overweight. So they go back to old ways, eat as they did and sure enough rapid weight gain ensues.
OP good luck with it. I get the impression you don't have much to lose from another thread so you're prob already knowledgeable about healthy choices/lifestyle.2 -
If I remember correctly, the Slimfast diet is "a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch, and a sensible dinner".
So I assume that on the back of the can they tell you what a "sensible dinner" is, encouraging you to weigh it on a food scale and telling you how many calories that dinner should be so that you remain at a caloric deficit. That would be a pretty neat trick, since each person's caloric needs are different, but yeah. I'm sure the plan is great.0 -
Aww, I wish you received a better response on here. Everyone's journey is different and we all do what works for us and meets our lifestyle needs. People use all kinds of meal replacements line Shakeology, Protein Powders etc. but for whatever reason Slimfast gets a bad wrap. I'm not a Slimfaster but I definitely replace meals for breakfast as I'm rushing out the door. I encourage you to keep doing what's working and be open to suggestions if your feeling stuck! We got this. My preferred replacement is Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal and I just add 1/2 banana and Greek yogurt to fill it out. Good luck!lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
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Aww, I wish you received a better response on here. Everyone's journey is different and we all do what works for us and meets our lifestyle needs. People use all kinds of meal replacements line Shakeology, Protein Powders etc. but for whatever reason Slimfast gets a bad wrap. I'm not a Slimfaster but I definitely replace meals for breakfast as I'm rushing out the door. I encourage you to keep doing what's working and be open to suggestions if your feeling stuck! We got this. My preferred replacement is Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal and I just add 1/2 banana and Greek yogurt to fill it out. Good luck!lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
No, Shakeology gets an equally bad rap, since it's high priced garbage sold on an MLM scheme. 6 -
Slim fast? Why do people fall for these slimming products? I don't recommend Slim fast at all OP. It's a quick fix. Make life stile changes to loose weight and keep it off.1
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Meal replacement shakes of any kind leave me ravenous less than an hour later! Any time I have tried them, I have wound up way over on my calories because I am so hungry.A meal replacement person with their head screwed on can be more successful keeping the weight off than a calorie counter who misguidedly thinks they are 'finally free of calorie counting'
I am not sure how meal replacement plans help a person to "screw" their head on. There is little thinking about how to make good choices about food. Grabbing a premade shake will teach you nothing. Also, by your reasoning, won't a shake person think they are "finally free of eating shakes"?
The reason I am successful this time is I have learned about food. I have learned how to be around food, and eat the right kinds of food and manage my intake - none of which is stressed on a meal replacement diet. I will probably never be free of calorie counting because it has become second nature. I am more conscious about the foods I eat and more informed about the calorie content in them. If I relied on shakes to do it for me, I would have learned nothing!
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Aww, I wish you received a better response on here. Everyone's journey is different and we all do what works for us and meets our lifestyle needs. People use all kinds of meal replacements line Shakeology, Protein Powders etc. but for whatever reason Slimfast gets a bad wrap. I'm not a Slimfaster but I definitely replace meals for breakfast as I'm rushing out the door. I encourage you to keep doing what's working and be open to suggestions if your feeling stuck! We got this. My preferred replacement is Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal and I just add 1/2 banana and Greek yogurt to fill it out. Good luck!lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
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This!!! You did get some pretty poor responses from some purists here. When I first started my weight-loss journey up around 225 lbs. I didn't have access to whole foods during my work day., or ways to keep those foods safe during the work day. So I did do a lot of slim fast bars and slim fast shakes. Zone bars were also a frequent go to. They all had decent macros and it's a helluva better choice than some others. The most important thing is go with what works for you now. Eventually you will evolve to what will work for you down the road. Think of this as a long term journey and not a sprint.
I'm not doing Slimfast now, but please feel free to add me as a friend. Good luck and let us know how you are doing. Despite some of the responses MFP is a great support structure that has helped me achieve my goal weight.4 -
Aww, I wish you received a better response on here. Everyone's journey is different and we all do what works for us and meets our lifestyle needs. People use all kinds of meal replacements line Shakeology, Protein Powders etc. but for whatever reason Slimfast gets a bad wrap. I'm not a Slimfaster but I definitely replace meals for breakfast as I'm rushing out the door. I encourage you to keep doing what's working and be open to suggestions if your feeling stuck! We got this. My preferred replacement is Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal and I just add 1/2 banana and Greek yogurt to fill it out. Good luck!lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
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This!!! You did get some pretty poor responses from some purists here. When I first started my weight-loss journey up around 225 lbs. I didn't have access to whole foods during my work day., or ways to keep those foods safe during the work day. So I did do a lot of slim fast bars and slim fast shakes. Zone bars were also a frequent go to. They all had decent macros and it's a helluva better choice than some others. The most important thing is go with what works for you now. Eventually you will evolve to what will work for you down the road. Think of this as a long term journey and not a sprint.
I'm not doing Slimfast now, but please feel free to add me as a friend. Good luck and let us know how you are doing. Despite some of the responses MFP is a great support structure that has helped me achieve my goal weight.
Not agreeing with someone's choices because experienced people have discovered that these shakes are a scam =/= "You did get some pretty poor responses from the purists here." How does that make me a "purist" - whatever that is? There's nothing "pure" or even "clean" about my diet - I eat a well-balanced, healthy diet that includes lots of treats like chocolate, ice cream and chips, because having lost 75 lbs, I know that deprivation - for me - is neither sustainable long term, nor realistic. And it's also not necessary.
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Aww, I wish you received a better response on here. Everyone's journey is different and we all do what works for us and meets our lifestyle needs. People use all kinds of meal replacements line Shakeology, Protein Powders etc. but for whatever reason Slimfast gets a bad wrap. I'm not a Slimfaster but I definitely replace meals for breakfast as I'm rushing out the door. I encourage you to keep doing what's working and be open to suggestions if your feeling stuck! We got this. My preferred replacement is Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal and I just add 1/2 banana and Greek yogurt to fill it out. Good luck!lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
THIS. I use a scoop of Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal daily. At first I just mixed it with water in a shaker. I'm Someone who HATES cooking and has never really enjoyed munching on fruits or vegetables (unless they are in a salad that I DIDN'T have to make). I hate food prep so much that even just pulling out my blender drives me mad. I did however decide to blend in some fruits and veggies (strawberries, bananas, spinach, cucumber, radish) with my garden of life powder one day and I have never turned back. It has become my pain free way of consuming my daily veggies, as well as getting in the awesome protein and other nutrients the shake contains. I have lost 40 pounds since December, when I started drinking this stuff. I also do a lot of running, I log daily, and keep a deficit. So the weight loss is not FROM drinking the shakes, but they are a HUGE part of my program, and as long as Garden of Life continues the product, I will forever be a consumer. The stuff is THAT GOOD.
Edited to add: I also eat pizza, ice cream, (no steak, not a fan) wine, and even beer. Still...I always have some sort of meal replacement shake in the cupboard. Sometimes it's just my meal of choice for the moment.0 -
lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
I added you. I do Slimfast and have lost 19 lbs so far.0 -
Slimfast has a bad rep, but so does Shakeology and a lot of other "supplements" and "replacements". I think the general response is good. For me, sitting down for meals is important, and I would consider a banana and a yogurt a good breakfast. But what I think, feel or whatever, isn't important. Finding something that's helpful is important. And what's helpful is individual. If these shakes really help you and you really prefer them to food, carry on!
Aww, I wish you received a better response on here. Everyone's journey is different and we all do what works for us and meets our lifestyle needs. People use all kinds of meal replacements line Shakeology, Protein Powders etc. but for whatever reason Slimfast gets a bad wrap. I'm not a Slimfaster but I definitely replace meals for breakfast as I'm rushing out the door. I encourage you to keep doing what's working and be open to suggestions if your feeling stuck! We got this. My preferred replacement is Garden of Life Raw Organic Meal and I just add 1/2 banana and Greek yogurt to fill it out. Good luck!lauraemily84 wrote: »Hi any one doing the Slimfast diet ?wanna be buddies on here? X
And you ARE eating food - look at all the foods (and work) you put into those shakes, and you still think of the shake powder as the main ingredient (and quick and easy). This is the modern equivalent of Stone Soup
It's thinking like this that we won't easily accept - that these shakes are somehow necessary to lose weight and superior to food.I haven't done the actual Slimfast diet, but I have used the shakes as a replacement for breakfast and/or lunch. Need to start doing that again.1 -
Meal replacement shakes of any kind leave me ravenous less than an hour later! Any time I have tried them, I have wound up way over on my calories because I am so hungry.A meal replacement person with their head screwed on can be more successful keeping the weight off than a calorie counter who misguidedly thinks they are 'finally free of calorie counting'
I am not sure how meal replacement plans help a person to "screw" their head on. There is little thinking about how to make good choices about food. Grabbing a premade shake will teach you nothing. Also, by your reasoning, won't a shake person think they are "finally free of eating shakes"?
The reason I am successful this time is I have learned about food. I have learned how to be around food, and eat the right kinds of food and manage my intake - none of which is stressed on a meal replacement diet. I will probably never be free of calorie counting because it has become second nature. I am more conscious about the foods I eat and more informed about the calorie content in them. If I relied on shakes to do it for me, I would have learned nothing!
I think the poster meant that a person with their "head screwed on" was a person who already understood how calories worked and is able to use the shake short term to drop some weight then move in to maintenance with calorie counting, making sure to avoid a surplus. As opposed to a calorie counter who gets to their target weight then stops because they feel they are done and can go back to their previous eating patterns, hence gaining back the weight.1 -
For goodness sake, nothing like friendly support here! Slim fast products are a tool and most contain protein so they aren't evil! Would I go on the slim fast diet plan? No. But anything that helps especially during my hectic lifestyle is fine by me.1
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It's horses for courses Choppie70. I was just making that point on the flip side that the calorie counting that is so sacred to some, in a high percentage of people is going to fail when they reach goal weight just as it is for someone on meal replacements if they do not have an exit plan!
I am on the Slim Fast plan at the moment. I'm on day 17 and happy on it. Seeing that initial water loss and then some weight loss has spurred me to keep going for a period. I don't plan on staying on it forever, I mean who would. I have lost weight on Slim Fast many years ago when around age 20. I lost three stone and kept it off for years. Having children, breastfeeding and years of the need for more energy due to not enough sleep meant my calorific need was greater and I must have increased my intake slowly. It crept on despite my love of healthy eating. I have my exit plan and I know that my palette doesn't pine for unhealthy choices apart from the odd chocolate bar. In fact if I have to spend two or three days eating such food for whatever reason my body starts craving fresh good food. My children are not toddlers anymore so I am well rested and there is no need to make quick unhealthy choices that end up being more calorific. I can see a way of life on the other side once some initial weight has gone.
Up to day 3 I felt hungry. After that initial period I haven't felt hungry. In fact my body is knowing that 'had enough' feeling quicker than it used to. I would skip straight to 'stuffed' before as my portions were out obviously. If anything I can now eat less now naturally.
People are very quick to jump down on anyone doing something different to the MFP way of things on here. It comes down to individuals and how knowledgeable/experienced/committed they are. No way is a guaranteed success and it doesn't stop when the weight goes. No one is proposing eating shakes for life either.Meal replacement shakes of any kind leave me ravenous less than an hour later! Any time I have tried them, I have wound up way over on my calories because I am so hungry.A meal replacement person with their head screwed on can be more successful keeping the weight off than a calorie counter who misguidedly thinks they are 'finally free of calorie counting'
I am not sure how meal replacement plans help a person to "screw" their head on. There is little thinking about how to make good choices about food. Grabbing a premade shake will teach you nothing. Also, by your reasoning, won't a shake person think they are "finally free of eating shakes"?
The reason I am successful this time is I have learned about food. I have learned how to be around food, and eat the right kinds of food and manage my intake - none of which is stressed on a meal replacement diet. I will probably never be free of calorie counting because it has become second nature. I am more conscious about the foods I eat and more informed about the calorie content in them. If I relied on shakes to do it for me, I would have learned nothing!
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I agree with Fionaplum, I think a lot of the mfp community come down hard on posters who are just asking for support
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MissusMoon wrote: »lauraemily84 wrote: »Don't we all?!!! I think there's a misconception that slimfast is all shakes - you do eat proper food just calorie controlled!
I eat pizza, ice cream, steak and I drink wine. All in my daily caloric goals and I've lost 38lbs.
That's super well done x0 -
I used to do slimfast and if it works for
You that's great. Didn't work for me personally.
Just a word of caution on the sugar content (I'm doing a low/no added sugar approach to weight loss so I have a huge sugar radar!) one serving of the shake has nearly the entire recommended daily amount of sugar in it for a woman. Personally I think this is awful for a company to push something that is "healthy" and for weight loss that is so high in sugar, but anyway.
If it works for you, and it's a diet for short term results that you need, for a wedding or holiday or whatnot, then great! Go for it. If it's a lifestyle change, maybe consider looking at other approaches before deciding what is best for you. Good luck.2 -
Thank you for your responses,
Can I ask - as I'm on Slimfast diet am I not aloud to post on here? And to see if anyone else is doing the same or similar diet? I'm just looking for support - I feel like any of my posts about Slimfast I get a lot of negativity?
I understand everyone has the own opinions on the Slimfast/ meal replacement. Just so you know I started it to loose 7lb. I do eat pretty healthy anyway but I was eating bigger portions and created a lovely little muffin top haha so I started my diet as I was a little short on time - also I have two young children I spend a lot of time in/out going to pre school, toddler groups/ collect from pre sch etc and often don't have much time to prepare a low cal meal for lunch. I'm aware I need to go on to a maintain plan as would anyone once there at there goal! I'm planning on having one meal substituted and try to have a lower cal breakfast or lunch. I used to have a massive bowl of cereal and biscuits so I'm learning that I need to portion control more and cut out high cal snacks.
I do eat a good dinner I don't just have shakes!
Thank you to the supportive posts and the friend requests it's great to have support no matter which diet you choose x3 -
MFP is for anyone who is interested to lose/gain or maintain weight. You are of COURSE allowed to post on here! ☺️
Whatever course of weight loss you decide to follow people will say it's wrong or not the best way blah blah. I got a tonne of negativity for trying to support someone who wanted to do a 30 day sugar detox, people all jumped on saying it wasn't healthy to cut out sugar etc. (I don't want to get into that debate again FYI! Haha) but whichever way you decide to
Try and lose weight, it's your journey and go for it. I know a lot of people are trying to impart wisdom and advice but some people go about it the wrong way.
Good luck with your journey! Feel free to add me if you'd like (even though we are not following the same plan!)4
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