slimfast diet

I'd rather eat the box the bars come in. Atleast I'd save myself some sugar :laugh:

Yeah, back in the 80's when I was just a kitten and didn't even need to lose a pound. I like real food way better. Since you are here using this site why not just count your calories in real food? No need to torture yourself with sugar flavored cardboard. I think there is a recipe board you can troll for ideas. Lots of the folks here have good feedback.

Every time I've tried it, I've ended up feeling sick after a couple weeks. I think the shakes are yummy but they're not exactly filling, at least to me. Real food within a calorie goal works much better IMHO

I'm going to echo what a few people have said in here and say that you should ditch that diet and work on just eating properly. Just ask yourself is this something that I'm going to be able to do for the rest of my life? When you reach your goal weight are you going to be able to stay at your goal weight for the rest of your life utilizing a Slim Fast diet? Probably not. Best to just eat smarter. Fruits, veggies, good cuts of meat, smaller portions.

i currently use slimfast shakes as meal replacement to fuel me for gym sessions.
don't like or need anything heavy on my stomach to swim.
previously i used asda/ superdrug own brand shakes mixed with either milk/ water and lost about 2 stone.
i wouldnt recommend it as FULL menu replacement but it definitely helps me on my overall weight loss/diet journey.
fr sent so you can view my diary if you like.
do what feels right for you.
g luck.

Instead of Slimfast, you may want to try other protein shakes. There are tons out there and I find they work quite well . Look for the ones that are low in carbs and high in protein. They do work and I myself is 53 years old and this weight loss/maintaining weight thing is quite easy with an appropriate high protein low carb diet plus exercise. The exercise will provide the sculpting you are looking for. Good luck and feel free to add me if you would like.

Sorry if this post is long winded, but I've done the slimfast route before (and also the Atkins route), so wanted to see if my experience might help out in your decision.

The first time I lost a lot of weight, it was a through a combination of slimfast products (I mixed the powder into shakes and yogurts) and a LOT of exercise. You can lose the weight quickly, but the problem is KEEPING it off.

I just found out about myfitnesspal.com in August of this year and have found out that tracking my calories and exercise are the BEST way to get results that will last (I'm eating real food and not starving myself).

I actually had purchased some SlimFast shakes to use as part of my current weight loss process. However, after I had one and entered it into my daily food diary, I realized just how bad they actually are. These things are actually loaded with sugar and a bunch of other stuff that I couldn't pronounce. I promptly tossed the rest of them. Seriously, there were like 2 or 3 types of sugar as the main ingredients in these things. I could have had a nice sandwich (deli sliced turkey and 2 slices of bread) for the same amount of calories.

OH, and do NOT starve yourself with one of those 1200 calorie diets. Plug in realistic values into myfitnesspal, and go with a slow weight loss (maybe a pound a week), and make healthy food choices.

The original settings have worked great for me, but my wife had to readjust her settings on here so that she had some realistic values for her daily calories. She also had to put in realistic numbers for how much exercise she would do per week, and for how long (20 minutes for 5 days a week is fine, this isn't a race).

Long story short, since we've started tracking, we're both losing weight (10+ pounds for her, 20 for me so far) in just over a month. We both get to eat real food. We're not using diet products, just making better food choices. We still get to eat crap if we want (Pizza Hut for instance), but now it is in moderation, and we make sure to offset it with exercise.

Try the tracking instead of the diet shakes for a month. You'll probably find all types of things that you can eat, while not feeling hungry, and still losing weight.

I think they are around 200kcals a shake?, I make a smal tin of tuna, 2 tomatos and half an onion into a salad for work and it's not much more than that..

You're better off making a homemade shake; SlimFast is full of non-pronounceable ingredients, plus its a gimmicky weight loss tool that isn't sustainable in the long run.

It's really easy to make an inexpensive shake/smoothie at home that can be used as a 'meal replacement'. My smoothie that I've made in the mornings before keeps me full until lunch.

Slimfast is just a calorie control diet. If you don't like it, try eating the things you love, just less of them. I think Slimfast is kind of gross and it makes me miss real food.

I'm doing really well on Slimfast, but I have to say I'm not following their plan religiously as I adapt it to suit my needs. It helps that I really like the food, despite the high sugar content. I have 2 shakes a day, then I have 3 snacks inbetween. I choose my own snacks rather than what they tell me to eat on the meal plan, I just make sure I stick around 300 calories across all 3. Then I log my food and exercise in MFP and go by that to estimate my remaining calories for my evening meal rather than follow the Slimfast 500-600 calorie meal plans.

It's a means to an end I suppose. I'm sure there are better ways of going about it but Slimfast is working for me so, for the time being anyway, I'll stick to what I'm doing. Though I have to say I would never be able to keep to the proper meal plans they give you. I'd be starving by the end!