Slim Fast 3-2-1 plan.

It's not worth it. First off, the shakes are expensive as are the boxes of bars for meals or snacks. Secondly, they lack proper nutrition.

Liquid diets aren't anything special. They help you lose weight because they lower your overall calories. You can do exactly the same thing with real food and with real food you will get better nutrients than a shake or bar at two meals a day.

The shakes and the bars lack the amounts of protein that you should be getting. A protien shake or bar would be much better and cheaper.

Don't fall for the hype. You will lose weight on it sure.. but what will you do when you stop drinking the shakes? You haven't learned proper portion control, cooking skills or anything about proper nutrition so most gain the weight right back when they stop drinking the shakes.

The only time I used those was I used to keep one of the ready made shakes in my purse. I only drank them when I was out and couldn't make it home and was hungry. It stopped me from must grabbing something when I was out.

I really like the taste of the chocolate slim fast. I usually have them in my fridge for teh day (once every month or so) that I just ran out of time and I'll drink that. I have never actually tried to replace breakfast and lunch and do the plan though. It keeps me full long enough the times I do have to have them, but I don't think I could survive a day on nothing but 2 shakes and a couple of snack bars until dinner. Plus for the calorie content I could have SO much more in food.....It might be ok for the kick start you're looking for but while you're doing that I would look for a healthier and more maintainable alternative!

Thanks for the input. Sounds about right. I was thinking a lot of it was just hype.

& yeah I can see gaining the weight back after achieving weight loss with the liquid diet.
The thing about me is, I eat like total *kitten* .. haha. (Take a look at some of my previous food diary entries if you want to see what I mean.)
I'm at the point where I'm considering all sorts of crazy crash diets and cleanses just to lose that initial 10-15 lbs so I just figured this might be healthier than some alternatives since the shakes have at least *some* nutrients.

I really don't know.

I don't think I'm going to follow their 3-2-1 plan. It seems like an expensive pain in the A if I buy their products, and I don't really feel the need to snack between meals anyway a lot of the time.. I just eat crappy meals haha.

I think I'm just going to replace breakfast and lunch with the shakes for a week or two and see how that works out. If I can get anything out of it, it's better than what I've been doing

Here's the thing, if you eat like ****, that's what you need to work on. You will definitely lose weight consuming Slimfast if that's all you're consuming since you wll be creating a caloric deficit. There's nothing special about the shakes, you can do it with food, too. I thikn it's much more beneficial to focus on changing your eating habits so that you can lose the weight, get heathier and readjust your life to keep the weight off. With the shakes, you'll lose, you'll likely be hungry and cranky, and when you go back to eating, you won't have changed any habits, so you'll eat like **** again and gain everything back. Its a vicious cycle.

This as well.

OP, continue to eat like you do but lower the portions at first. Than make swaps of an unhealthy item to a healthy version. Make slow changes as to not overwhelm yourself.

Personally, I don't believe Slim Fast will help you in any way. You need to learn about nutrition and cooking. You can lose weight eating crap as long as you stay under cals. Of course you won't be the healthiest in the world but I don't find slim fast to be all that healthy. I only use it as an addition to my protein shakes (0.25 of a scoop of the generic slim fast) because it makes the protein powder I Have taste better... and I don't want to waste the protein powder.

The shakes do not have enough nutrients, protein, too much sugar, etc. Learn how to eat healthy and start by making small changes.

Nothing replaces learning to eat proper nutrition. That being said I tend to skip breakfast, and on those days a shake or quick meal bar are what I eat. I've never gone to the crazy extremes, but since I usually skip breakfast anyways I figured it couldn't hurt to have something quick and easy to help keep me full until lunch. If not I'm crazy hungry and ready to eat any crap.

Thanks for the input. Sounds about right. I was thinking a lot of it was just hype.

& yeah I can see gaining the weight back after achieving weight loss with the liquid diet.
The thing about me is, I eat like total *kitten* .. haha. (Take a look at some of my previous food diary entries if you want to see what I mean.)
I'm at the point where I'm considering all sorts of crazy crash diets and cleanses just to lose that initial 10-15 lbs so I just figured this might be healthier than some alternatives since the shakes have at least *some* nutrients.

I really don't know.

I don't think I'm going to follow their 3-2-1 plan. It seems like an expensive pain in the A if I buy their products, and I don't really feel the need to snack between meals anyway a lot of the time.. I just eat crappy meals haha.

I think I'm just going to replace breakfast and lunch with the shakes for a week or two and see how that works out. If I can get anything out of it, it's better than what I've been doing

I've totally been there. The idea that you can "jump start" your weight loss or just lose 10-15lbs to feel good about yourself and continue to lose rarely works. I did slimfast years ago and lost a bit of weight, but I didn't change my eating habits and it all came back on when I couldn't afford the shakes anymore.

You don't have to give up junk food. Just eat less of it. Start replacing one unhealthy thing a week with something a little healthier and start building better habits.

Jump starts, cleanses, crash diets may provide an initial drop but it won't be a healthy drop. Very low calorie diets burn muscle as well as fat. You'll end up losing more muscle than you would doing it more sensibly. So when you stop your low cal jumpstart you'll likely gain it all back as fast as you lost it and it will be fat that you gain back, not muscle.

Look at how much sugar is in it then put it back on the shelf! Sugar causes weight gain, not fat. Cut out processed food and eat until you are satiated.

It's not worth it. First off, the shakes are expensive as are the boxes of bars for meals or snacks. Secondly, they lack proper nutrition.

The shakes do not have enough nutrients, protein, too much sugar, etc.

I get what you're saying about developing good eating habits - but they are not that expensive or lacking in nutrition.

http://www.slim-fast.com/products/shakes/High-Protein-Creamy-Chocolate.aspx

$3.33 for a 4 pack at Target.

9g fat
20g protein
4g carbs (2g fiber)
Basically > 1/3 of most vitamins

Those must be different ones than those available where I am. Where I am Slim Fast has no where near 20g of protein. They also have a regular price of $15 for a 6-8 pk.

Look at how much sugar is in it then put it back on the shelf! Sugar causes weight gain, not fat. Cut out processed food and eat until you are satiated.

I agree with the processed foods comment (well partially, I would never say cut it out completely, just limit it).

Sugar causes weight gain? Seriously? Where did you hear this? Excess calories cause weight gain. Sugar, dietary fat, etc do not make you fat. Sure it's not the best for you to eat but excess calories is what makes you gain weight.

hi there well I used them 2 years ago and yes they work but when you stop the weight just comes back and more the taste is great but the cost could be better but after I started putting the weight back on I then looked at what I was eating and worked around that and the weight came off and did so and now do running/jogging when I get the time but I would not recommend them as they are just a time waste weight delay

I currently drink the generic brand from Walmart called Equate. They taste better than Slimfast to me and are cheaper, you get 12 cans for $9.87. I drink them only for breakfast Monday-Thursday before work since I can't seem to eat that early in the morning and it keeps me satisfied. I eat healthy food throughout the day and on the weekends I eat a real breakfast. I don't do any of the other parts of the 3-2-1 plan but think a shake here and there is a better alternative to no breakfast.