Anyone else lose weight with slim fast?

Theres no doubt that you can eat better foods for the same amount of calories or less. But for me I was on the go all the time and slim fast was really convenient and made it easy to lose weight. It is not for everyone, but it does work.

tried it but by the afternoon I was starving! :ohwell:

I love the shakes, and will occasionally use them for a breakfast or lunch. My problem with them is that they are full of sugar! I'm almost maxed out for the day with just the one meal. I would like to find a good substitute with less sugar...

I've never had success with Slim Fast but I think my thing is that I have to chew my food. Sounds crazy but, yeah.

i would use protein shakes instead. start with Target Market Pantry chocolate protein, by the pharmacy, it is inexpensive and when mixed with milk tastes like chocolate milk. other than that, i would lower sugar/carbs 100 or less will do well, and not too restrictive. up protein. shoot for 100 g a day. that will help you stay full. shoot for 1600 to 1700 cal a day. Should lose weight pretty painlessly that way. that is in essence what i am doing about 80-90% of the time and i am steadily losing fat. Dan has good info. Look at his profile for some information, if you are interested. 'Helloitsdan' is his profile name. he helped me learn how much to eat to lose. i got out of a plateau by using and sticking with his info. Good luck and good job on starting your path to better health.

Anyone I knew who used slimfast gained all the weight back as soon as they stopped. It think healthy eating is a better choice. But that is my opinion. :drinker:

I agree that healthy eating is the better choice every time!

However not all who lose the weight through shake-type of diet re-gain said weight. 4 years ago I lost 17kg through such a diet. I did not gain them back when I started eating 'normally' because I changed my 'normal' to a healthy food intake unlike the way I was eating before the diet.

And yes, I did gain a lot of weight during my pregnancy, which is why I am here now trying to lose my baby weight but that has nothing to do with the shake-type diet (be it slimfast or any other brand of shakes)

I lost about 20lbs with Slim Fast a few years ago and I really loved it. I loved the shakes and loved how easy it was but once I stopped once for a little 'break' I found it really difficult to restart and just gave up on it. But for the time that I was doing well on it, I thought it was great. Like other people have said, you can't really stay on it forever so just be careful when you switch back to eating food.

I've been on the Slim Fast diet for about 7 months now and I've lost 35 pounds thanks to that. However I find the snacks very boring and restrictive so I buy Weight Watchers foods as well (I just buy foods that are a similar calorie number to the Slim fast snacks and have them the same amount a day as I'm allowed to on the SF diet). I find the bottled milkshakes are better than the powdered one because you can take it around with you and sip it slowly, which curbs off the hunger for longer. I found myself drinking the powdered milkshake a lot quicker.
I agree it's a great starting point for dieting as it helps you control your calories without thinking about it.
I do think you can keep the weight off if you just keep the calorie intakes to the same as the Slim Fast plan, it's common sense really. Slim Fast is nothing magical it just makes things a little easier for you and lets you start off your diet successfully, but then you will eventually need to move on to "Normal" foods, you just have to put the effort in and calculate your calorie intake a little better.

Slim fast is just a protein shake with filler. There are plenty of other options out there.

The reason why slim fast works is because it's portioned not because it has anything special to it. You'd be fine substituting your own meals of your choosing as long as it fits in your caloric budget. I woke up and put some dried Spanish deli meat with some cheese in between a multigrain waffle and it fits into my plan.

In my opinion, you don't need slim fast or weight watchers etc. I would save my money. As long as you are eating(and exercising) at a calorie deficit,you will lose weight. Things like slim fast and weight watchers make it easier to track your calories, but I feel that it is allot more useful to learn to track calories of "normal food", food that you would actually eat for the rest of your life. It is kind of annoying at first, but it gets easier with repetition (after i count the calories of a certain food once, i use that for future reference), and ofcourse, MFP has tools to help you figure out how many calories food contain.

The best thing i ever did for my weight loss (before joining mfp) was purchase a food scale, measuring cup, and measuring spoons (tsp,tbsp etc.). I can pretty accurately track all the calories i consume.. As far as support, motivation, recipes, I feel that you can get that from MFP and other websites.

That being said, its just my opinion and ofcourse everyone has what works for them. Goodluck on your weight loss!

I lasted a day on it! I enjoy food and just couldnt replace it so now I portion control and have low calorie foods. I do eat the slim fast snacks though and they are nice!

I didn't lose any weight with Slimfast but I did with Herbalife products (shakes/bars), they are great and I have built them into my everyday eating so not a fad diet but a change of thinking. Its all about balance!

I generally just replace one meal a day with shakes/bars so the weightloss stays off!

If anyone in the UK wants to try any products let me know!

Thanks! I decided against the slim fast bars, i am just doing the calorie counting and hoping for the best, i just get discouraged after to long and give up, i pray i stick to this, to be healthy and thinner would make me more confident in my self and i feel would make me a better person other than feeling like the quite girl in the corner cause im to uncomfortable to open my mouth,

Before I met my husband (15 years ago) I used Slimfast twice a day and a sensible supper and lost 60 lbs and maintained for 3 years but when I met my husband the exercise stopped and we started eating out, so now I am back on it but only for breakfast. I love the taste but in Canada we had chocolate fudge and it tasted just like chocolate milk they stopped that one so now back to chocolate royale, I bought some when we went to the states for holidays and it tasted gross to me, but it tastes great here.