Anyone use Huel?

Fat loss comes down to calories in > calories out. Your body burns a certain amount of calories in the course of a day to keep you alive. If the amount of calories you take in in the form of food is less than the amount you need to stay alive, your body cannot do otherwise but to dip into its emergency energy stores (i.e., your excess body fat). It can't just not pay its energy bill for the day.

I have not personally used Huel or other meal-replacement drinks like Soylent, but I am familiar with the concept. If it works for you, that's great, but many people don't get a sense of satiety from drinking liquids. What happens for many people is they drink their 400cal meal replacement shake but don't feel full, so they end up eating some or all of the meal they were trying to replace anyway, and end up overeating.

It looks like Huel is about 200cal per scoop, from a quick Google search. They recommend 2 scoops (400 cal) for about a pint of water (14-17oz), which I imagine is the ideal "serving size" for a meal replacement, if that's how you're using the product. If you're replacing two meals with Huel, that's 800 calories that you're drinking instead of eating.

Also from a quick Google search, your maintenance calories hover around 1990 cal per day (you didn't say how old you are, I put in 29 years as a guesstimate - it's slightly higher if you're younger, lower if you're older than that), let's round up and call that 2000 to make the math easier. To lose 1lb per week, you'd want to net 1500 calories per day or so. Food intake minus exercise burn equals net - if you're not currently doing much in the way of purposeful exercise, that will be food intake minus zero, so you'll take in 1500 calories' worth of food and Huel per day and your body will have to make up the 500cal difference from its emergency stores. I don't know what "a normal dinner" means for you, but on a 1500cal/day budget, minus the 800cal worth of Huel, that leaves you with 700 calories for dinner. That's pretty average, basically any dinner recipe you can look up will clock in around there or under it.

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For a 1700 kcal day, I’m thinking

400 kcal breakfast - either Huel ( to use it up) or poached eggs/ toast

400 kcal lunch - salad / protein / 1/4 avocado
500kcal dinner .

My problem is snacking so I need to find snacks < 200 kcal.
1x Apple/cheese
1xApples / reduced fat pb.

Will order kitchen scales

I have a 10 kg kettlebell and 4kg dumbbell set snd I can do some body weight circuits 3-4x weekly .


I get headaches from sugar highs and From inconsistent eating so I’m afraid to try intermittent fasting or Omad. I need to keep my carbs low as I’m on metformin.

I’ve tried carnivore for 2 weeks, keto, Omad etc. And always fell off.

I guess i need to master the basics first which is eating to loose weight and regular exercise.
I’m happy to hear any suggestions you may have .

Thanks
BB

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This looks like a good plan!
Use it as a guide, not concrete.
Looks like you’re on your way!

I started off by just logging what I ate for a few weeks without trying to limit anything. It was very informative and helped to build some understanding of what my plan could be. It was easier for me to make baby steps than to turn my whole life upside down with new foods and habits.