Nearing goal weight

Hi, thanks for your replies, will run for food, in answer to your "low cal" question I have lost the weight on a vlcd shake, bars & small meal diet, which I know is massively frowned upon on MFP but after 3 years of my weight creeping up and trying everything else its the only thing that's worked for me BUT I'm a very slow loser, averaging 2lbs a week, with holidays once every 6 week or so, I started in Jan this year and its taken until now to loose 50lbs and get where I want to be.
The good thing is the diet has taught me that I don't need massive portions and the food I eat should be healthy and balanced, I was logging before on MFP and keeping to 1200 cals but when I look at my food it was shockingly poor, too many sweets, carbs etc, hence always being starving/ feeling deprived and not losing any weight.
I'm a post person, getting up at 5am hence being up this early so I need something small but sustainable to eat before I get my proper breakfast at 9am and that was why I was asking about the shake as at the moment I split my morning shake between two and it keeps me going, I don't want to start eating 2 meals before lunch as I used to and figured maybe a small scoop of protein shake would be better as although I love oats in plain yoghurt I'm often starving again soon after, I know the protein shake would keep me full but being mindful that I know a balanced diet is better, that's why I asked if anyone uses them as a alternative to keep cals low.
Thanks for your advice and encouragement on losing the weight, I'm feeling great and want to stay this way ! x

Hi tahxirez, that sounds delish, I'll give it a try
Bigguyreed I'm planning on using the whey protein shake from myprotein, but not a lot, just one scoop, as I'm just finishing my stock of slim and save shakes, I usually mix half my vanilla shake with half a teaspoon of coffee, whiz up in active blend and voilà, a latte, so I'll be following the same principle with the protein shake, and yes like you I'm shocked at how many carbs are hidden in food, and I've learnt that carbs make me super hungry, I thought I was just greedy but when I come off my diet plan for holidays and put carbs back into my body I just crave them, I used the MFP charts before commencing on my shake diet but paid no attention to carbs etc, only consuming 1200 cals but looking back it was bread, oats & potatoes that did it, I know people frown on a very low cal diet that invokes ketosis but it's helped me enormously in how I view food and now I'm just about at goal I need to have a long term strategy in place.