Meal replacement shakes

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  • ohmyheck
    ohmyheck Posts: 13
    Lost over 100 pounds using them. Choose wisely. Find undenatured whey protein, that is natural and organic. No soy {most soy is GMO} Watch artificial flavors and sweeteners in them. I love them, I wasn't hungry, and good whey protein after workouts is wonderful for quick recovery. I find them sustainable, I will consume mine at least once a day forever. Feel amazing. Lifestyle change is HUGE, and I've learned to eat properly with nutrition that is whole, clean and organic as often as I can. I have kept off the 100+ pounds a year later, so I truly believe in them.
  • ohmyheck
    ohmyheck Posts: 13
    I use both, I am not a sucker. I am a nurse, and after much research, found out some interesting facts about whey protein. I disagree respectfully, of course. What I mean is I use replacement shakes and eat cleanly with greens, nuts, etc. FASTEST meal out there, throw in a shaker bottle, and away you go.
  • Byrdsong1920
    Byrdsong1920 Posts: 336 Member
    I like the premade ones from GNC/Strawberry Cream. I only use them when I'm in a rush. Maybe 3 times/week. I make my own in the morning w/Almond milk, flax seed, Iso100 Chocholate Protein powder, raw almonds and maybe Sugarfree Torani syrup. Add some fruit if you want. But the gnc is good...try it!
  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    I've used the IdealShape meal replacement shake and it is great! You can get it at www.idealshape.com. If you want to see some reviews on the IdealShape meal replacement shake or several other meal replacement shakes, go to www.mealreplacementshakereviews.com. Good luck.

    Sounds like product placement in that post just a bit...
  • ColoradoJojo
    ColoradoJojo Posts: 7
    Glucerna..... most of the others cause sugar spikes, have quite a bit of unhealthy stuff in them, that will cause you to gain weight. There is not much difference in the contents of instant breakfast and slim-fast so its no wonder people have problem with it. The one most prescribed by doctors is iso-source. I only suggest glucerna because it is diabetic safe my husband said it wasn't wretched. He was forced to take the stuff when he couldn't eat thanks to radiation and throat cancer. Reality eating this kind of stuff is for sick people, its basically a liquid diet substitute and its for helping people live who have tubes put in there bodies. You should enjoy life, eat real food if you can. If you must drink your meals and punish yourself for no reason, try juicing its healthier. But I still can't understand the mentality of why people would want a liquid diet if they don't have cancer. It just seems like a waste.

    It amazes me why people would ever do stuff like this without being sick. Why not just enjoy life.
  • MaxlacusNight
    MaxlacusNight Posts: 44 Member
    Not all of these things are made the same. Everyone keeps talking about sugar spikes and low protein. Not the protein from whey powders, at least not most of them.

    @ColoradoJojo: You shouldn't presume that someone isn't sick.. The OP doesn't seem to be. But there are other people on this forum who are, and do not appreciate comments like that.

    I agree with ohmyheck on this. I've done A LOT of research as well on the protein shakes and have automatically slipped into clean eating without even realizing it. Except for my smart ones. I will admit I am also lazy. XD
  • Veganniee
    Veganniee Posts: 460 Member
    I have a shake now and then, but it's only if I haven't time to eat and don't want my stomach rumbling in public! For example, today I'm going to burlesque class straight from work. I'll have no time to eat before I go and by 8.30 when it finishes I'll be starving and more likely to eat junk. I have a shake as I leave work and that will stop me from embarrassing myself in class! I'd much prefer to eat 230 cals of that crap than 600 cals of crisps, chocolate and other junk. I tend to either not eat once I get home or just have something small.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Glucerna..... most of the others cause sugar spikes, have quite a bit of unhealthy stuff in them, that will cause you to gain weight. There is not much difference in the contents of instant breakfast and slim-fast so its no wonder people have problem with it. The one most prescribed by doctors is iso-source. I only suggest glucerna because it is diabetic safe my husband said it wasn't wretched. He was forced to take the stuff when he couldn't eat thanks to radiation and throat cancer. Reality eating this kind of stuff is for sick people, its basically a liquid diet substitute and its for helping people live who have tubes put in there bodies. You should enjoy life, eat real food if you can. If you must drink your meals and punish yourself for no reason, try juicing its healthier. But I still can't understand the mentality of why people would want a liquid diet if they don't have cancer. It just seems like a waste.

    It amazes me why people would ever do stuff like this without being sick. Why not just enjoy life.
    Ha. The irony. Meal replacement shakes are bad because the sugar spikes your insulin. Then you recommend juicing instead, which is essentially pure liquid sugar, and would spike insulin far higher than a meal replacement shake would.
  • Colorfan
    Colorfan Posts: 230 Member
    Why not just do the whole real meal replacement diet, rather than half assing it?

    Thats what I started doing 7 months ago. I went with Medifast. Worked pretty damned well, and you get to have more than just some shakes, which honestly get real boring real fast.

    The whole diet revolves around low carb food, so its not loaded with sugar like Slim Fast and all that stuff. It tires to keep your carb intake below 100 grams a day in order to promote ketosis.
  • bellhenry1969
    bellhenry1969 Posts: 6 Member
    I have had really good luck with GNC Total Lean - Lean Shakes. I use the ready to drink bottled ones. They have 25 g of Protein. The flavor is good. They sometimes have them on sale on the website at the beginning of the month. The product also comes in powdered form that can be mixed with water in a shaker.
  • MaxlacusNight
    MaxlacusNight Posts: 44 Member
    The whole diet revolves around low carb food, so its not loaded with sugar like Slim Fast and all that stuff. It tires to keep your carb intake below 100 grams a day in order to promote ketosis.

    I applaud your weightloss but please be careful. Research I have read said that consuming a large quantity of protein and NOT consuming at least 100g of Carbohydrates does cause the breakdown of fat, but it may get to dangerous level that will start to damage your kidney's and perhaps even your brain. I just wanted to say something in case you did not know that this metabolic syndrome exsisted. :)

    http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/high-protein-low-carbohydrate-diets
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    EVERYBODY is different and EVERYBODY's body responds differently. Find what works for you. My dinners M-F consist of my gyms Peanutbutter Fantasy weight loss shake. I have been eating/drinking these religiously for the past 4 or 5 months. They are very satisfying, do not leave me hungry and so far i have averaged a 10lb loss each month.
  • Cobweb200
    Cobweb200 Posts: 49
    tbh 3 days week with eating on the other four days may well work for you. I have used them in the past for busy times in my life or when travelling to stop me eating "bad stuff" If you do it for a month you will soon see if it is working for you or not without doing any harm. Assuming you have a bunch of weight to lose?

    Take care
  • Inglesina94
    Inglesina94 Posts: 8
    Hi, I use meal replacements the week days as I find them very convenient. I use the powder of one of the big 5 supermarkets for breakfast and lunch with a cooked evening meal and some fruit or yogurt snack in between.

    My calories allowance is 1200 a day and I am finding a go slightly over every say, depending on what I am cooking for dinner.

    The shake are very easy and convenient and save me having to worry about making lunch to take into the office every day as I do not want to spend £2-3 every day to buy something already made form the shops.

    I started using them a few years ago and I was much more careful about my evening meals and the in between meals and I lost about 10KG. It has been sustainable as over a 5 year period I have put on about 1/3 of what I had lost at the time, thus why I am now keeping a food and calories diary.

    Good luck.

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