Do meal replacement drinks work

chloerebeccaxx125

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I’ve just bought these drinks and I am thinking of starting them tomorrow. I will be having one for breakfast and dinner and then tea a low calorie meal or a bowl of fruit. Just wondering if anyone else has tried these and had results and what low calorie meals can you suggest to have with them

missysippy930

Probably not enough calories.
Why so little food?
Minimum for female is 1200

TavistockToad

chloerebeccaxx125 wrote: »

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I’ve just bought these drinks and I am thinking of starting them tomorrow. I will be having one for breakfast and dinner and then tea a low calorie meal or a bowl of fruit. Just wondering if anyone else has tried these and had results and what low calorie meals can you suggest to have with them

Why are you planning on eating so little?

Shakes and fruit isn't a healthy balanced diet?

chloerebeccaxx125

@missysippy930 @TavistockToad because that’s the slimfast diet. 2 shakes a day and 600 calorie meal. You didn’t answer anything i asked lol

JessAndreia

They work because they make you be in a caloric deficit by replacing what could be an usual 500-600 calorie meal with a 150-200 calorie drink, so you'll be intaking less calories overall, which can be done without these drinks.

apullum

Anything that puts you in a calorie deficit will cause weight loss, if that’s what you mean by “work.”

If you mean whether these things “work” in the sense of being long term weight management approaches, they generally do not. Most people don’t want to drink diet shakes instead of meals for the rest of their lives, so they stop when they reach their goal or get sick of the shakes. They then gain the weight back because they didn’t learn how to eat within their recommended calorie goal.

jdog022

You’ll be starving and won’t last 3 days. Could it work? In what sense? Losing weight is about be in an appropriate caloric deficit. That’s literally it

And being healthy is about meeting nutritional minimums and yes both are possible at the same time

missysippy930

Eat whatever you like and stay within your calorie budget. As long as you keep track of everything you eat and drink accurately, stay within your calorie budget, and eat less calories than your body burns, you will lose weight. There are a lot of recipe sites where you can get ideas for preparing foods you like.

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Maxxitt

You will lose weight on such a severe deficit. You will also lose muscle mass, your ability to self-regulate hormones, and eventually your hair will start falling out. You could maybe do this for a week without ongoing health consequences but such severe malnutrition has a whole host of BAD effects. If you want to use a meal replacement, do it for one meal only. Then make sure your meals with actual food are nutritionally balanced (including protein, calcium and fiber). Good luck.

chloerebeccaxx125

@Maxxitt @jdog022 your both being so dramatic saying I won’t last 3 days or a week I’ve just been on YouTube and google reasearching it and there are people that have done it for months without being hungry or having any health problems

Maxxitt

I just remembered that you posted earlier and included pictures. Maybe if you posted your actual goals, you would get some helpful feedback on how to reach them. Losing a couple of pounds might help you look a little leaner (you look to be within a healthy weight range currently) but this doesn't require drastic under-eating to achieve

MichelleSilverleaf

Will they work? Most likely. Will they help you long-term? Most likely not. I mean what are you learning about long term maintenance by replacing multiple meals with shakes?

jdog022

chloerebeccaxx125 wrote: »

@Maxxitt @jdog022 your both being so dramatic saying I won’t last 3 days or a week I’ve just been on YouTube and google reasearching it and there are people that have done it for months without being hungry or having any health problems

Ok. Then go give it a try. It’s on youtube so I’m sure it’s not BS

musicfan68

Do you plan on living on these for the rest of your life? Most people can't. They aren't enough calories generally.. I would rather eat my calories than drink them.

ceiswyn

chloerebeccaxx125 wrote: »

@Maxxitt @jdog022 your both being so dramatic saying I won’t last 3 days or a week I’ve just been on YouTube and google reasearching it and there are people that have done it for months without being hungry or having any health problems

So if you’re already so sure they work, why did you ask?

sijomial

They tend to work very effectively for the companies that sell them because the customers keep on coming back.
As people don't learn sensible eating habits the tendency is to lose weight quickly (due to the very low calories) but that turns out to be the first yo in yo-yo.

You have very little weight to lose based on the pictures you posted - this really seems a drastic and unwise thing for you to do. Why not simply eat food you enjoy in the appropriate quantities?
Just like you will have to do for the rest of your life.

chloerebeccaxx125

@ceiswyn because I wanted actaull advice from people that have done the diet or knew people what have or had any sort of helpful advice, not people who have never even tried the diet telling me that I won’t be able to do it

Larkspur94

I did slim fast over 10 years back between age 13-14. Lost a stone in a week I think, put half back on. Wasn't exactly knowledgable about water weight and crash dieting.
If I remember right I had one shake for breakfast, one for lunch, then a 500 kcal meal for dinner. There may have been snacks in between. I couldn't go more than 2 weeks though as I grew sick of it. The same tastes, lack of texture. (And of course the significant slow down in weight loss week 2 which I didn't understand back then)

Would I recommend it? No. It's not healthy weight loss and it's boring. Healthy weight loss requires a life style change. A healthy diet you could stay on for months to years. Just have a calorie deficit during weight loss and you're good.

Teabythesea_

chloerebeccaxx125 wrote: »

@ceiswyn because I wanted actaull advice from people that have done the diet or knew people what have or had any sort of helpful advice, not people who have never even tried the diet telling me that I won’t be able to do it

Nobody is saying you cant do it, they're saying its not sustainable nor healthy. Call me crazy but I think people telling you not to drastically cut calories and to approach weight loss in a healthier manner is pretty helpful advice. We don't have to try the diet you're proposing to know that it isn't the proper way to go about losing weight. What you actually seem to be looking for are a bunch of people telling you that its a great idea, in which case you're going to be highly disappointed with the responses you get.

try2again

chloerebeccaxx125 wrote: »

@ceiswyn because I wanted actaull advice from people that have done the diet or knew people what have or had any sort of helpful advice, not people who have never even tried the diet telling me that I won’t be able to do it

I, for one, will be fascinated to see how many responses you get from Slim Fast users about their long-term success with weight management.

brenn24179

everyone is different, if this gives you a jump start, why not? Then find something you can do for life, like counting calories or low carb.