A diet of just protein smoothies?

No. And for so many reasons No.

Try to focus on eating things that give you what you need. That includes a large variety of fruits and veggies.

There is more to a diet than protein.

My wife tried to do Herbalife and the shakes were pretty good but it never teaches you how to properly eat. You might lose a ton of weight on it but in the end its just because you were buying these crazy expensive, chemistry lab concoctions instead of balancing your diet properly.

I had my jaw joints replaced in 2003, and prior to that I had 16 surgeries on my jaw from 1997-2003. I couldn't chew anything more than overcooked pasta--even that triggered excruciating pain--so most of my diet was liquid. No matter how much I consumed, I always felt hungry and I constantly craved hard or crunchy things. Plus, I was cranky and exhausted all the time. That was by far the most miserable part of my life, and losing the ability to chew was a big part of that. Until then, I never realized how strong the connection between chewing and feeling satisfied was. As soon as my new joints were healed enough that I could chew, I went crazy, ate anything & everything I could get my hands on & packed on the weight. I've come a long way, but I still deal with food issues today.

I know mine's an extreme example, but I'll never, ever understand why someone would voluntarily do a liquid diet, even for a short time. I know I'll have to go through it again for a little while when it's time for new replacements, but to do it for weight loss? Hell, no!

Bowsergirl wrote: »

In the 60s (I think) NASA tried to put potential astronauts on all liquid diets and it made them really sad. They mostly craved crunchy stuff.
I read about it in a book called Packing for Mars by Mary Roach.

Mary Roach is awesome!

To answer the OP:
Hellz no and F*** NO!

Why would anyone deliberately do this to themselves? That was my exact question when I was 300+ pounds and was approached by a herbalife salesperson. "So you're telling me I get to stop eating the things I love in order to drink some kind of concoction that is supposed to resemble food, and you believe it's a pitch that would attract customers?". Their answer was "if you want to lose weight you would do anything". Wrong answer, only confirming what a horrible idea it is to replace food with all its textures, tastes and moods with a monotonous liquid that doesn't even grant you the luxury of chewing.

I won't lie...it has crossed my mind. I hate to cook and when i do, the results are meh at best. The ease and convenience of a tasty smoothie that takes less than 5 mins to prepare a couple of times a day does appeal to me.

Never.....

Here's another complex meal. Make a salad of cucumber, shiitake mushrooms, walnuts and watermelon cubes, marinated in a dressing of 2-1 ratio of oil and lemon juice. Spice with pepper. Dip chunks in kefir.

Beaver teeth grow their entire lives and if they don't chew, the teeth outgrow the mouth. No liquid diets for beavers!