Anyone else lose weight with slim fast?

ain't no magic bullets. or judgments.

But you are making judgements by your tone.

Shakes may be a magic bullet for someone wanting to quickly shed a few pound that crept but it's certainly not for those with larger goals. Nobody would chose meal replacements as a long term option unless they were desperate.

If using shakes is the transition stage that someone with food issues needs to make the long term change in their diet, then good for them for using them.

If using shakes helps someone who is very obese drop the weight they need to BEFORE they can start an exercise programme, then good for them for using them.

If using shakes helps someone quickly lose the weight they urgently need to for their health, then good for them for using them.

If using shakes helps someone who genuinely cannot exercise lose the weight they want or need to, then good for them for using them.

If using shakes helps someone who has struggled with traditional diets for year upon year lose weight and be healthier and feel better about themselves, then good for them for using them.

Sure any of them may relapse and regain, but so can people who do it with food and exercise.

But none of those people, deserve to be ridiculed, judged or demeaned for making what is a positive change in their life. And that is how your blase, dismissive and smug post reads.

And even if it is someone using shakes as "magic bullet" to lose a small amount, so what? It's not going to do them any harm.

no, you PERCEIVED a judgment. my tone was sarcastic. I have had ALL of those issues that I mentioned in my original post at one time or another, and EVERYONE has things to deal with. Regardless, there never has, isn't now, and probably never will be, a magic bullet.

Denial doesn't work either.

BTW, sounds kinda judgy to say only desperate people would use shakes in the long term.

I wouldn't pay anymore attention to her, she looks to be a healthy weight to me, starting and currently...interesting she'd be on here at all....

right, don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain.

I did. And then I did a magic trick- where it all came back lol

I didn't use slim fast specifically, but the Kate Morgan shakes diet. And wow I had a really bad experience! I was completely dedicated and stuck to it for a solid two months; it was super restrictive. Even certain vegetables were off-limits because they were too fattening/high in sugar; which I think is silly now. All in moderation! Especially the good stuff. But at that time I relied on the shakes and followed the diet plan as reccomended.
Anyway, it worked very well, to it's credit..Lost a ton of weight, stomach felt almost flat for the first time in years; then disaster struck. I was at my boyfriends house and had forgotten to bring a shake. (Gasp! lol.) I was starving so I decided to eat a very small bowl of cereal, and it was like someone flipped a switch. I swear some sort of chemical brain thing went on because as soon as I had 'real food' again I just couldn't get control of myself. For over a year I binge ate, put all the weight back on and then some, was going to the shops for bags of chips, chocolates, biscuits, lollies and more chips to restock my stash at home. I was horrified with myself because even I knew it was beyond unreasonable to eat two family sized bags of Doritos/potato chips in one day, which was happening quite often. And that was in addition to the chocolate bars and choc covered biscuits. I tried again and again to curb it, stop it, find control again but for the longest time I struggled and failed. Finally I feel 'back to normal' and have been eating healthy without being overly restrictive; but its honestly been a long hard battle to get back on track, repair my mindset and food habits/cravings.

I'm not saying this is everyone's experience! I do know of people that use shakes from time to time in addition to their healthy eating, and from what I've heard I think some people manage to come off strict shakes diets and maintain (though I can't say for sure.) I'm just sharing my personal experience and saying to be careful. I think any extreme-low-cal diet can be damaging; so make sure you're getting the right nutrition in a way you feel you can sustain after you've reached your goal. I however won't be touching a strict shake-oriented diet ever again! Didnt work for me that's for sure. :noway:

harrylafemme put it perfectly on the point..All these meal replacements etc etc, although mite not be a long term solution..it definitely puts some of us food junkies on the path of watching-wat-u-eat...instead of using it as a restrictive program, we can customize it per our habits so that it complements our eating discipline n helps us get back on track!!

If you are going to go off it, go s.l.o.w.l.y. When I was in middle school which about ten years ago, I was anorexic. I lost all the fat off my stomach within a few months. When I finally got help, I started eating healthy foods because I was still learning to be okay with eating, but I didn't want to gain the weight back. Then I started adding junk food slowly into the mix. I didn't gain it back because I took it slowly. This is personal for me, but I hope and pray this will help you and anyone else. I, of course, absolutely do not endorse starving yourself to lose weight. I just hope you see that if you start eating "regular food" again, take it slow. I hope this makes sense. I am fully recovered by the way.

On my working days I have a Slimfast shake in the morning as the thought of eating before I leave for work turns my stomach and then I can't eat later in the morning as I'm at my desk. The rest of my meals I cook from scratch and eat very little processed food. I find they keep me full until lunchtime which is when I have my main meal of the day. I don't think I could follow the actual Slim Fast plan though.

I started on the slim fast 2 shakes a day and main meal but i found i was still not full so what i did was, after consulting with my calorie intake according to MFP, was to incorporate the kcals from the shakes into my daily intake, so there was room for a light salad at lunch time with my lunch shake and then a decent 600kcal meal for dinner.i also could have some fruit with my breakfast shake. i done that for 3 months and i lost 20 odd lb.

I have since then come off the slim fast and adjusted to eating breakfast and bigger lunches etc to use my kcals wisely for my daily intake.
it has been harder since coming off the slim fast and i think a little slower with the weight loss but it is definately worth it.

i havent put on since i quit the slim fast - it was more of a head start into changing my food intakes etc.

But as i say since coming off the slim fast and readjusting my foods etc i haven't put on weight because of coming off slim fast.

I've done Slimfast in the past and while I've seen modest weight loss with it I almost always gained back whatever I lost plus a little when I resumed normal eating habits. I personally have problems maintaining on plans like Slimfast and Medifast. While I would usually do great on plan once I lost the desired amount of weight it and went off the plan the pounds would always creep back on as I left what was for me a prepackaged safety zone to venture out into the wild world of food that doesn't come in a pouch or can.

I lost 100lbs on weight watchers years ago. It taught me how to eat so I am able to do slim fast and keep weight off! I do slim fast because I am bad about not wanting to eat during the day or getting too busy ..I gained 15lbs because I wasn't eating during the day so I was starving at night and eating more calories than I realized! I'm hoping this helps and I'd like to lose 20 more!

If you listen to the slim fast commercials on the radio they say something along the lines of "replace 2 meals with slim fast, then stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet and exercise 30 minutes each day to lose as many as X pounds in X weeks."

Well duh. Eat 1200 calories and exercise 30 minutes a day and you don't need slim fast to lose weight!

I don't think there is anything in the slim fast "formula" that is working for you. I mean its not the slim fast that is making you lose weight, it is the lowering of your calorie intake. So if that is what works for you than go with it. But obviously as you have come to find out, it is not something you are going to be able to stick with for the rest of your life. Eating whole foods, limiting portions, and exercising HOWEVER IS something you could maintain for a lifetime without getting bored ....good luck :flowerforyou:

^This^

Eventually, you'll have to start eating real food eventually.

I have a Slimfast 20 g of protein shake every morning for the last week. I had gotten lazy about making breakfast, so began drinking them to keep myself from lunch binging. They're good enough and so little caloricly that I just consider it a part of breakfast and add a Greek yogurt and piece of fruit. They're not filling enough for me to call a meal.

I started slim fast about a week ago and so far have lost 5 1/2lbs.

It first caught my interest when I saw that all slim fast powders and snacks were half price at Superdrug so I thought for £2.98 a drum, why not?
In the past 2 years I've lost 1 1/2 stone each year by eating healthily for a certain period of time however I always managed to put it back on including an extra stone or so each time so I thought I'd try something new.

I know its only my first week but I'm really enjoying slim fast, I'm getting nutrients that I wouldn't normal get with the diet I had (I'm now drinking at least 500ml of skimmed milk a day, and the various nutrients in the powder itself)

Its quick its convenient and I love milkshakes anyway!

I find that they do fill me up and I sometimes struggle to finish the last bit of the shake because I feel so full but the main thing is that they have taken away my peckishness, so now I don't have the munchies and crave for certain foods but now I'm able to distinguish when I'm actually hungry, and when I just fancy a nibble.

I also look forward to that cheese salad sandwich for lunch now which I otherwise would've hated

Nope, it always just made me hangry