meal replacement shakes?

I've never had one that was filling for more than 15 minutes. Which ones do you use?

I use the Slim Fast High Protein shakes, and I love them. You can get them at walmart, a 4 pack is about $6. Or you can get the powder and mix it with milk. Has about 1/3 of your daily vitamins/supplements that you need too.

I used to use milkshake diets regularly in my twenties and always lost weight successfully (and quickly) on them due to the massive deficit created by eating once a day.

I could never keep off that weight though - it would creep back on as I did not learn better eating habits. It is different for everyone but I used them because I did not trust myself around food - it was easier to starve then for me to face up to my habits.

Losing 14kgs slowly over almost a year has been a much healthier process.

I understand the urge to get rid of weight in a hurry, but it can come back just as fast.

If trying to loose weight, better check the ingredients. Many of these drinks are high calorie and have lots of sugar. In my opinion, pure concentrated dairy whey is the best meal replacement drink. You can add amino acids, fruit, yogurt or other healthy elements to your taste and preference that will fuel your body. I drink 1 or 2 whey protein shakes a day, but this is mostly out of convenience, not for any other reason. My low carb whey protein + heavy cream is about 500 calories, and I consider this to be a meal. As someone who is trying to gain weight, it is generally important that I have these extra meals.

I've done the meal replacement shakes in the past......yet here I am again.

Instead of losing the same pounds over and over, I decided to lose weight the right way. Lifestyle changes. That means that I measure and log real food. The food that I intend to eat for the rest of my life. MFP is a great tool for that. I'm fat because my portions are too big. MFP helps me see that.

Logging shakes isn't necessary because all the counting is done for you. A huge percentage of people regain the weight they lost. This is because nothing changes. Lifestyle goes back to usual and our weight goes back to usual.

Do yourself a favor & step down the shakes. Go from 3 shakes, to 2 shakes to 1 shake. Figure out what healthy portions look like before you get to goal.

JanetYellen wrote: »

Slim Fast? They go great with oreos don't they?

Way back when in my younger and naive days I used Slim Fast products. Let me tell you. That coffee one? That stuff literally made my urine smell like the drink. It was weird and I thought maybe I was imagining things until my friend, who was alos using the products, said the same thing. Then I went online and looked it up and what do you know? Lots of other people have that issue. I gag anytime I think of those products. No thanks.

I use Juice Plus Complete - I love it. I have one shake as a meal replacement a few times a week, so I don't have it everyday.

Reason for this is mainly variety and wanting to chew haha! But in all seriousness, it's okay to have a meal replacement just maybe not everyday.

I'm not a breakfast person and decided to start drinking protein shakes as my replacement meal for breakfast. So far I have lost 5 pounds after 2.5 weeks.