Slim for Life Program?

I have not tried Slim For Life but I am on a program that does consist of prepackaged foods.

Slim4Life does work and YES you can achieve the weight loss without exercise. The results may not be what you want if your goal is a toned body though. The average weight loss is 3-5 pounds a week. It consists of a food list that you get to pick what you want to eat. Depending on your health, how much weight you want to lose, and how much you exercise will determine the calories you consume daily. It's grouped by Protein, Veggies, Fruit, Starch, and Fat.

:happy: Slim for life sounds brilliant, she on the otherhand sounds very childish. if you ever find the details share it with everyone on here...If i come across it too I'll do the same. :happy: :flowerforyou:

I like exercise too much not to exercise, but I really could use some help with food choices. Sounds good, but I am WAY too poor to pay that kind of money.


Would anyone be willing to email me their food program info? i heard there is some kind of sheet that outlines the food program.

I'll check around and see if I have my old info and send it to you.

If you don't hear from me in a few days, send me a PM and nag me a bit. I have the attention span of a housefly.

Just read your post and had to reply.

There were several reasons last fall that I got "on the wagon" to lose weight. However, one very specific reason I started MFP was because I walked into Slim for Life clinic and was told that I would need to fork over $755.00 right then and there to start their program in order to meet my weight loss goals by September. My friend had fabulous success with it and another friend had just started and had lost 10lbs already. Both had warned me the cost was going to be high but I was thinking in the $200-$250 range. When I told the representative that the fee was outrageous, that I could do it on my own and save myself some money, she promptly informed me that it would be inpossible without their program details to lose what I wanted in a year. Ha! What she didn't know was that I am one stubborn Betty. Don't tell me I can't do something because I will go above and beyond to prove you wrong.

So...just a suggestion. Go to the library and check out different cookbooks and some general nutrition guides for ideas on ways to revamp your daily foods. My friend showed me her program for Slim for Life and it was VERY similiar to South Beach and Body for Life with low sugar, equal carb to protein ratio menus. Oh, and did I mention it's FREE!

BTW...Heather, I've seen your food diary and it looks good. You work out hard and that's also good. I'm a bit perplexed as to why you are not losing. Hmmmmm....

HI,

I did the S4L plan over 5 yrs ago and lost 25 lbs in a month... wow... I used their plan and items.. My book was absconded w/by a past roommate... so, what I found was the following and from what I remember it is VERY close.

Hope you enjoy... I am trying again to loose 30 - nothing excessive and nothing to fast - want to keep it off longer this time.

Below is a list of the categories of food you must eat each day. which foods fall into these categories, and how much of that food constitutes a serving.

•Proteins: 2 Servings/day
Beefs (only twice a week/never 2 days in a row)
** 4 oz is about the size of a deck of cards

- Arm Roast... 4oz
- Chuck Roast... 4oz
- Rump Roast... 4oz
- Ground Sirloin... 4oz
- Club Steak... 4oz
- Flank Steak... 4oz
- Round Steak... 4oz
- Sirloin Steak... 4oz
- T-Bone Steak... 4oz
- Lamb Loin... 4oz
- Ground Turkey... 4oz

Veal
- Cutlet... 5oz
- Rump... 5oz
- Chop... 5oz

Poultry

- Chicken Breast... 6oz
- Turkey Breast... 5oz
- Ground Turkey Breast... 5oz

Liver

- Beef Liver... 4oz
- Calf Liver... 4oz
- Chicken Liver... 3oz

Fish

- Striped Bass... 5oz
- Cod... 6oz
- Flounder... 6oz
- Haddock... 6oz
- Halibut (steamed)... 5oz
- Lake Perch... 5oz
- Fresh Tuna... 5oz
- Mahi-mahi... 5oz
- Lobster... 5oz
- Shrimp (fresh)... 5oz
- Sole... 5oz
- Whitefish... 5oz
- Orange Roughy... 6oz
- Scrod... 6oz
- Red Snapper... 5oz
- Grouper... 5oz
- Yellow Tail... 5oz
- Bluefish... 6oz
- 2 x wk *Swordfish... 5oz
- 2 x wk *Crab (steamed)... 5oz
- 2 x wk *Salmon Steak... 4oz
- 2 x wk *Scallops... 4oz
- 1 x wk *Tuna (water packed)... 4oz


Dairy and Eggs

- 3 x wk Cottage Cheese 1 % Fat... 5oz
- 1 Lg Egg & Cottage Cheese... 4oz
- Eggs... 2 Lg.


•Liquids:

Fresh Water... 10 8oz/day (required)
Tea of Coffee... 2 cups daily
Diet Pop (no colas)... 2 12oz cans
or
Crystal Light... 2 glasses
Herb Tea... no limit
Parsley Tea... as needed
Decaffeinated Coffee... no limit


•Vegetables: 4 servings/day (1 cup raw - 1/2 cup cooked)

Asparagus... 1 cup
Bean Sprouts... 1 cup
Broccoli... 1 cup
Cabbage... 1 cup
Cauliflower... 1 cup
Celery... 1 cup
Chard... 1 cup
Cucumbers... 1/2 med
Egg Plant... 1 cup
Green Onions... 5 small
Lettuce or Endive... 1 cup
Mushrooms... 1 cup
Mustard Greens... 1 cup
Okra... 1 cup
Peppers (green, red)... 1/2 med
Radishes... 10 med
Rhubarb... 1 stalk
Spinach or Kale... 1 cup
Squash (summer)... 1 cup
String Beans (was, green or yellow)... 1 cup
Tomatoes... 1 small
Turnip Sprouts/Greens... 1 cup
Zucchini... 1 cup


•Fruits: 2 servings/day (do not eat after 6 pm/fresh or frozen fruit, not canned)

Grapes (green)... 10 reg
Apple... 1 small
Apricot... 3 med
Blueberries... 1/4 cup
Cantaloupe... 1/8 lg
Cherries... 9 med
Grapefruit... 1/2 small
Lemon... 1 small
Orange... 1 small
Peach... 1 small
Pineapple... 3/4 cup
Prunes... 2 med
Raspberries... 1/4 cup
Strawberries... 12 small
Tangerine... 1 small
Watermelon... 1 cup diced


•Starches: 2 servings/day

Diet Bread (40-45 calories)... 1 slice
Melba Toast (unseasoned)... 2 slices
Bread Stick (Diet Stella D 'Oro)... 1 lg stick
Akmak Cracker... 1/2 sheet
Rice Cake (unsalted)... 1 cake per day
Millers Bran... 2 tbsp
Kavli Crispy Bread, thin... 1 wafer
Corn Tortillas (6" dia.)... 1/2 tortilla
Ryvta Cracker... 1/2 of 1 pack (3 x per week combined)
Baked Potato... 1/2 small (3 x per week combined)
Brown Rice... 1/4 cup cooked (3 x per week combined)


•Fats: 1 serving per day (apply after cooking)

Diet Margarine... 1 tsp
Promise Lite... 1 tsp
Promise Ultra... 1 tsp
Fleishman's Lite or diet mayonnaise... 1 tsp
Portions listed a raw weights unless stated.


You must also have 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of Morton's Lite Salt per day. You may also use 1 tbsp of mustard as a condiment per day.

You may prepare all foods by steaming, boiling, roasting, broiling, baking, pan frying, microwaving, or grilling. Do not use fat, lard, etc. Pam original, no butter, is allowed.

Limit artificial sweeteners (Equal, Sweet N' Low, Splenda) to 2 to 3 packs per day.

Allowed seasonings: Morton's Light Salt (1/4 to 1/2 tsp), pepper, garlic, fresh herbs and spices, apple cider vinegar and tarragon vinegar, Mrs. Dash, juice of one lemon per day. No regular salt or condiments.

Salad Dressings: 2 tbsp daily of Fat Free salad dressing.

All the best my friends in your quest to lose and be healthy,
Kimberly

Sounds like BS.. you gotta have some sort of exercise to stay fit. POINT BLANK. But thats ok, let her be stingy and broke for paying that amount. You will be looking great when you get to your goal, and she will gain it all back, soon as she cant afford her $600 diet plan anymore.. LOL

this ^^ &&&& There is NO SECRET TO WEIGHT LOSS HONEY. It's always either exercise or decreaing food in take .... you can lose weight without any exercise! 100 % you can easily cut down carbs and east 500 calories less and lose weight without any movement

I signed up for the program as well. My struggle was with sticking to just the items on their list, and taking the supplements that you're supposed to. I did lose 20lbs in a month, but I did that on here just watching what I ate and exercising. I realized that I couldn't or wasn't willing to change my eating habits so drastically as I don't really enjoy vegetables, and I love carbs. I have cut back on carbs, but not as low as this program goes. I did fork over a lot of money, $630, and felt awful when I didn't continue. I decided to just reduce what I eat and try to eat more healthy options for the calories I do allow myself during the day.

I was skeptical of Slim for Life too, but one of my friends took the leap before I did and while she hasn't been quite as successful as I want to be, I really wanted the structure. I have been wanting someone for years to tell me what foods to eat, when, how to prepare them, what to avoid, etc. I wouldn't be this overweight if I actually had self-control and knew what I was doing. That's a hard thing to acknowledge. I'm sure there are people out there (even on this thread!) that can lose weight simply by watching what they eat, but I have never been able to make that work for more than a few weeks tops. I've only lost 15lbs in my first month on S4L but already my doctor is saying I don't need blood pressure pills anymore. (My REAL doctor, not anyone at the S4l place--they're not doctors and don't pretend to be.)
While the program IS expensive, and can very likely be replicated, I'm really grateful for the constant support and structure. What no one seems to have mentioned in this discussion is that the period of service that you purchase up front (the insanely large start-up fee) includes your weight loss phase AND a stabilization phase AND a maintenance phase. It doesn't sound like anyone has gotten that far on here. When I paid that $600 to start, it was for a starter pack of pills (some lasted two weeks, some last more than a month), a week's worth of snacks, and an entire year of service--26 weeks to lose weight, and 26 weeks to make sure I know how to not gain it back. At this early stage, I don't know what the second six months will look like, but I like that they don't just dump you off as soon as you get to your goal.
Anyone who's skeptic about losing weight without exercise needs to do some research--there are even people who argue that exercising makes you gain weight because your perception of how many calories you burn through exercise is generally inflated. You have to run four miles to burn the number of calories consumed in a single donut. So people who talk about hitting the gym after eating out probably don't have enough hours in the day to actually burn it off. That's not to say exercise is useless, but it's calorie intake that actually makes a difference.
I'm not sure I would encourage anyone to use the food list provided in this thread without being on the plan. Without the appetite suppressants, I'm not sure I could eat that little. They say it's like 1000-1200 calories daily, but when I was tracking my food on here, I was consistently under 1000. Either MFP is off, or S4L is off, I'm not sure which. But all in all, I actually really like this program and it's been the first thing I've had continued success with. I certainly wish it was cheaper, but as my husband and I decided in the beginning, if it works, it's worth far more than we're paying. If I get the weight off, we'll be able to have kids, and hopefully I'll avoid the depressing life of a diabetic like my dad had. $600+ is a small price to pay for those things.