Slim fast smoothies

Weight loss is caused by being in a calorie deficit. If you think the shakes will help you with a healthy calorie deficit I see nothing wrong with using them. 20 lbs to lose healthy weight loss would be .5 lbs a week.

mylilliam wrote: »

You don’t think 1-2lbs a week would be healthy? When I put my details in MFP it said 1200 calls a day would be 1-2 lbs a week and I can do that with a clean healthy meal, 2 shakes and 2 healthy snacks.

1200 calories is the minimum mfp will give you. 1200 calories is the minimum a sedentary female should be eating. I don't think 1-2 lb would be healthy weight loss.

Example let's say you maintain your weight at 1700 calories a day to lose 2 lbs a week you'd have to cut 1,000 calories a day, or only eat 700 calories. Does eating 700 calories sound healthy? If you maintain at 1500 calories and cut 500 to lose a lb a week that's only 1,000 calories.

I still have 60 lbs to lose and if I were to try and lose 2 lbs a week. I'd be eating around 900 calories a day. That's not going to happen because that's not healthy.