Slim fast smoothies

mylilliam

Back again but this time trying something new. I’ve always down things the “right way” but after 3 surgeries in 3 months and no exercise in a year because of the surgeries I am now 20lbs bigger than my usual weight so I am trying shakes and simple walks to shift the initial bulk before shifting to clean eating and working out again. Any one else tried this with success?

harper16

Weight loss is caused by being in a calorie deficit. If you think the shakes will help you with a healthy calorie deficit I see nothing wrong with using them. 20 lbs to lose healthy weight loss would be .5 lbs a week.

mylilliam

You don’t think 1-2lbs a week would be healthy? When I put my details in MFP it said 1200 calls a day would be 1-2 lbs a week and I can do that with a clean healthy meal, 2 shakes and 2 healthy snacks.

harper16

mylilliam wrote: »

You don’t think 1-2lbs a week would be healthy? When I put my details in MFP it said 1200 calls a day would be 1-2 lbs a week and I can do that with a clean healthy meal, 2 shakes and 2 healthy snacks.

1200 calories is the minimum mfp will give you. 1200 calories is the minimum a sedentary female should be eating. I don't think 1-2 lb would be healthy weight loss.

Example let's say you maintain your weight at 1700 calories a day to lose 2 lbs a week you'd have to cut 1,000 calories a day, or only eat 700 calories. Does eating 700 calories sound healthy? If you maintain at 1500 calories and cut 500 to lose a lb a week that's only 1,000 calories.

I still have 60 lbs to lose and if I were to try and lose 2 lbs a week. I'd be eating around 900 calories a day. That's not going to happen because that's not healthy.

mylilliam

Ok good to know. Thanks so much. Maybe I’ll Increase the healthy snacks.