Shake replacement meal ideas

Hi! I am looking for a liquid meal replacement for breakfast or lunch. Just 1 a day. I am wanting one that is also packed with vitamins and protein and prefer low carb. I see that Slimfast has a low carb shake. Has anyone tried it and if so how did it make you feel? Hoping for fullness and an energy boost. Thoughts?:happy:

I've used Slimfast twice this year, short term. I used it for 2 weeks in April while I tried to figure out what to eat for breakfast (and eventually changed it for steel cut oats and chopped apple). I'm actually using it now for about a week to help me get over sugar cravings from the junk food at work. It fills me up somewhat, but I'm not following the Slimfast plan -- I drink a shake and eat it with a bowl of steamed greens and tomato or other fresh vegetables.

Slimfast is sold everywhere but is probably the worst shake you can buy (I'm lazy and only intend to use it for a week). The main ingredient is sugar. It has low protein (2 g or 10 g with a cup of milk). You can buy a much better shake and order it from Amazon. If you search on the forum under Best tasting shakes, you will find several discussions where people list brand name shakes that have better nutrition and higher protein than Slimfast.

Editing this to add I've tried the chocolate powder and thought it tasted fine. I don't drink milk and have used it with vanilla soy milk.

I drink Slimfast for lunch or dinner or eat a meal bar and I do Adkins shakes/meal bars in the mornings since I can't have all the sugar in the mornings. I'm diabetic. I don't follow the plan exactly. I usually eat veggies with the shakes and some days I will only drink a shake once a day. It's convenient and a way to keep my calories in check. I have also had the Special K meal bars.

Check out Advocare's meal replacement shakes. They have 24 grams of protein and are 220 calories. Really tasty and feeling. I use them in place of lunch somedays, but I know alot that use them for breakfast. I'm a distributor for Advocare, so if your interested let me know and I'll help you out.

No offence, but you're using something packed with sugar to get over sugar cravings from junk food? Slim Fast is THE WORST diet drink ever. You're better off eating a Snickers bar.

No offence, but you're using something packed with sugar to get over sugar cravings from junk food? Slim Fast is THE WORST diet drink ever. You're better off eating a Snickers bar.

If that question was meant for me, the answer is absolutely yes, and it is working well. One scoop of the chocolate powder has 10 g of sugar. A Snickers bar has 27 g of sugar and not the same volume since the powder is mixed with one cup of liquid (I use soy milk instead of milk).

A few weeks ago, I started to eat sweets at my office and found I couldn't stop. Having a chocolate shake twice a day controls what I am consuming. I plan to taper off it after 1-2 weeks. I tried this back in April and it worked really well then, too.

Hey, Kim. You posted this so long ago, I don't know if you're still making a decision on this or not but..... I occasionally use Shakeology by Beach Body. Downfall: It's pretty expensive for a pouch but mine lasts a long time. (It's about $130 for a pouch of chocolate.) It calls for a full scoop per drink but I think it can get pretty grainy and I prefer it with about 3/4 scoop. Maybe that's why mine lasts longer. - Well that and the fact that I just use it occasionally. It's very flexible and you just need to remember that the more you add to it, the more calories. Here's how I make mine: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk (about 35 calories if I'm remembering correctly), 3/4 scoop of Shakeology, 2 Tbs of PB2 (which is a powdered peanut butter, 35 calories for the 2 Tbsp), and about 1/2 a frozen banana. Then after I've "whirred" it in the blender, I add more ice to thicken it. It's REALLY good and keeps me very full. It's full of great nutrition and not sugar. They have a green berry, a vanilla, a strawberry and chocolate. I haven't looked at their website for awhile and some of the formulations were changing. I believe SOME or MOST are vegan now. Cecilia also drinks it. For awhile, I was getting the autoshipments (which makes it cheaper) but I wasn't drinking it fast enough so stopped BUT Cecilia gets it that way. The last time I got it, I just bought her shipment because she was running into the same problem. If you decide you want to try it you might check with her. PS It has an added benefit. It helps with regularity.

I like Shakeology - the Chocolate one is really good. Hated the vanilla. There is a new strawberry one out there as of this week (that I've heard is really good...probaby next for me to try). (Watch out for the vegan options, they gan be a bit grainy). It is packed with healthy ingredients, has a lot of protein, low in net carbs. (I do not work for beachbody and am not trying to sell it). It has kept me healthy when everyone else was getting sick....so to me, it is worth the $130 a bag. and I do not use an entire bag a month....

I also use the GNC Total Lean 25 shakes. I've used the powder, not the premade ones. so far, my favorite is cookies and cream, mixed with real strawberries!