Anyone tried slimfast or similar shakes?...help!

I drink atkins shakes. I have been for over a year. I have one for breakfast and one for lunch with some veggies. They taste great and arent bad at all. Ive compared them to a lot of shakes out there and they are by far the best. The mocha flavor is my favorite, it has 160 calories 15g of sugar 2 net carbs. Give them a try!

I drink special k protein shakes for breakfast and lunch. 10g of protein, 5 grams of fiber and they taste sooo good. I've lost 35lbs by replacing my breakfast and lunch with them, I do eat toast or apple with lunch also.

I did slim fast to kick start me aswell awhile back... I had a shake for breaky and lunch and a reasonable supper... I snacked on veggies durning the day sometimes i had a cheese string or yogurt aswell..
I found it helped me alot...

I also sometimes mixed them with fruit in the mornings

I am currently doing 2 protein shake and 1 meal a day... I started with slimfast, but I wanted to cut down on sugar so moved on to protein shake, with water, or almond milk or soy milk. On the morning that I work out, I will eat oat meal with my shake. Any time I am hungry, I try to eat handful of peanut, or cheese sticks or celery with tbspn of fat free ranch, or fruit. Sometimes I eat my meal at lunch instead of dinner, depending how hungry I am.

There is alot of sodium in those slimfast shakes. You are probably better off making your own whey protein shakes.

For me it was about educating myself about healthy eating. Everyone I know that has tried to lose with weight loss drinks has gained it all back as soon as they stop the shakes.

I incorporate them as a breakfast option - i don't do the one for breakfast and one for lunch thing.

I like the Slimfast powder (Meijers version) but I was recording my sugar intake & found that one shake killed my allotment for sugar in one drink! So I don't do them too often now. I may try again just to get my hiney in gear though. I'm still struggling after the holidays as well. Good luck!

I have them for breakfast. Its quick , easy, and does control my hunger for 4-5 hours. I drink lots and lots of water also. Make sure you are doing the recommended plan for slimfast. Shake at breakfast and lunch, a sensible dinner..and 100 calorie snacks (1 or 2) a day. It works and is awesome for getting your vitamins

i was on the Slimfast plan for 10 weeks in january 2011 - middle of march. And i lost a total of 1stone 7lbs! It really worked for me and the weight has stayed off since i finished, and ive lost 3 stone as of today's date! To get the benefits from it, you HAVE to stick to plan that is printed on the back of the Milkshake powder tin! 2 milkshakes (250cals), 3 healthy snacks (under 100cals each), 600 calorie meal, 8 glasses of water a day and most importantly lots of excercise!

trust me, it works! you just have to stick to it and you will soon seen a difference after a short period of time.

hope this helped + good luck x

I use slim fast shakes and meal bars but I don't do the slim fast plan. I use them for when I'm in a hurry in the morning or take a meal bar with me if I'm going to be out shopping so I don't end up at a fast food place. I did the actual plan before and lost 20 lbs in two months but then I plateaued and stopped losing weight. Then when I started eating normal food again I gained it all back.

Go with Atkins Advantage shakes...It's way better/healthier than slimfast.

The problem I have with shakes and special diet foods in general is this: these aren't part of an ordinary diet, so you're dividing your life into the Dieting part and the Non-Dieting part. You may find yourself thinking as you're drinking your umpteenth shake, "I'm sick of this junk ... can't wait until I'm done with this diet and can get back to eating normally again!" Then, you lose the weight, go back to eating normally again, and within a few months you're back where you started ... if not worse off.

I've come to believe a plan that isn't based on eating ordinary, nutritious foods in reasonable portions is ultimately doomed to fail. And planning to monitor your weight, eat junk, then go back on Slimfast to lose again misses the point ... almost all of us are here because of a behavioral problem, and pretending the behavioral problem will go away when we are "done dieting" is just fooling ourselves.

By the way, Slimfast is best with a big scoop of Breyer's ice cream ... just sayin.'

I have drank them in the past (in 2008) but they didn't fill me up