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Slim-fast Diet
SummaryThis is the most popular and successful diet drink weight loss program. Essentially, you replace one or two regular meals with a low calorie Slim-fast product. DescriptionOriginally, Slim-fast was just a shake-like drink that comes in a can. There are various flavors like chocolate and vanilla. More recently, other products have been added, like breakfast bars and smoothies. You lose weight by eating less calories. This is made easy by simply replacing a meal or two with a low-calorie drink or bar. You don't need to count calories (or points). Along with replacing one or two meals, you're also advised to otherwise eat sensible meals. HistoryLiquid diet drinks have a history that goes back to the 1930s. CriticismEating a lot of the same kind of thing, in this case a diet drink or bar, become tedious and boring for many people. Over time, you may tend to rebel against the habit and break the diet. Tags: bars low-calorie meals shakes Related Diets: Cambridge Diet Carnation Instant Breakfast & Grapefruit Celebrity Slim Medifast Carb Solutions |
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bill | posted 10-Nov-2005 12:43pm I tried drinking a can of Slim-fast for breakfast for a few weeks. It worked fairly well at cutting back on the number of calories I was eating. Also, it was very easy to follow, since you don't have to do any counting. But, after a while, I got really sick of the shakes. I also tried Go-Lean shakes, which are similar. I still like to keep a couple of these in the fridge for times when my stomach is upset or if I just want a quick meal on the go. |
| Anonymous | posted 16-Jan-2006 8:23pm What is the history on Slim Fast, where did it come from? |
| bill | posted 18-Jan-2006 8:31am http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/slim_fast.htm "According to Good Housekeeping, the liquid diet drink trend began in the early 1930’s, with “Dr. Stoll’s Diet-Aid, the Natural Reducing Food.” This low-calorie product, a combination of milk chocolate, starch, whole wheat, and bran, mixed with water to create drinks that replaced breakfast and lunch. |
| Anonymous | posted 9-May-2006 8:50pm who created the slim fast diet? |
| Anonymous | posted 19-May-2006 11:09am if I drink two slim fast shakes a day and a piece of fruit or raw veggies as a snack, health choice frozen meal for dinner, would that be a good thing to do for loosing weight? |
| bill | posted 19-May-2006 2:03pm That sounds like it would be fairly low calorie, so I think it would probably work. As long as you could keep it up. You might get sick of it. |
| Anonymous | posted 1-Jul-2006 1:49am I have never lost any weight with SlimFast. However, I do buy it for quick-to-go breakfasts. I found that regular SlimFast did not satisfy me for very long. Within a couple of hours, I would experience a sharp sugar low. I found that SlimFast Optima, which has less sugar and more protein, is a better choice for me. The Cappuccino flavored drink has replaced my morning coffee, so I don't get tired of the taste. I have not tried other SlimFast products because I read the labels and checked serving sizes against the numbers. Buy a regular cereal/granola bar and break it in half...same thing. |
| Anonymous | posted 4-Jul-2006 6:31pm I have 75 pounds to lose for health reasons because I just found out I am on a cycle similar to my dead family memebers. I tried to avoid it but it did not happen that way. I just started this diet and I must say there is a difference. I tried it about 8 years ago and I lost about 40 pounds. After I stopped a couple months later I gain it all back and then some. Now I am back counting calories and a little scared. I hope this works and I can keep it off. Thanks for this web site. |
| Anonymous | posted 6-Jul-2006 8:57am I tried slimfast drinks for a week once while in college (ie freshman 15, or in my case the freshman 20). But that got real old quick. Let me tell you what, those drinks go through you like coffee. They make you go to the bathroom alot, and I don't mean peeing. And being in college, you dont have a regular 9 to 5 schedule, so I ended up having to leave class to goto the bathroom all the time. My friends thought i was bulemic for a week. So needless to say, i stopped that. But if i don't have time for breakfast, i'll grab a shake real quick sometimes, or some of their muffins or snack bars....some of them taste surprisingly good. |
| duftopia | posted 8-Jul-2006 2:27am poor quality shake, good for people who don't really need to lose weight - |
| Anonymous | posted 18-Jul-2006 5:24pm It works. Initially, its hard to keep at, but it works. I lost 30lbs a year ago on the slim fast program. I wouldn't do it again though. |
| Anonymous | posted 1-Aug-2006 11:18am Check the sodium level on these shakes. To much sodium isn't good for anyone. |
| Anonymous | posted 6-Sep-2006 11:52pm i tried this diet for a long time but my way of thinking was, "well i had a shake for breakfast and lunch, i can splurg for dinner" and then i ate everything that i missed out on for breakfast and lunch. the routine got old fast and i was mocked relentlessly by everyone. and yes, it goes right through you- that is one of reasons you lose the wieght. now that i'm semi comfortable with myself and my wieght i see that if i eat what i want, when i want it, and dont overeat, i stay within my "comfortable" wieght level. (which ill be honest is still 20lbs over "healthy" but i look great sooooo) for me *the compulsive overeater who bargains her food choices based on if she was "good" today* the diet worked on some level, but it wasnt a permanent solution. good luck to those of you who have self control |
| Anonymous | posted 7-Nov-2006 1:05pm who created the slimfast diet? |
| Anonymous | posted 3-Jan-2007 10:41am I tried the Slim Fast diet and I lost over 30lbs in 4 months. I found it to be very easy and simple. I had a shake for breakfast, a mid morning snack (a small bananna), a shake for lunch with some carrots and celery, a mid afternoon snack (cup of soup) and dinner. I usually followed the dinner menues on the label. I also exercised regulary (approx. 4x week for 30-45 minutes). It definitely made me full and lowered my cravings for food. However, with that being said, no diet will work unless you exercise, drink plenty of water and eat the right foods. I'm sure that if I was eating fast food for dinners, the weight would not have come off. It was helpful as it aided me in monitoring my caloric intatke. I also kept a food and exercise journal so I could track my weight loss. I have a very hectic career with very long working hours - so, it was also perfect for my lifestyle. I've more or less maintained my weight loss for 3 years now. It definitely got me on the right track. |
| Anonymous | posted 26-Jan-2007 5:44am I'm tempted to try Slim Fast, but am put off by all the sugar in their products ... WAY too much! Sugar is bad for you and we're all becoming sugar junkies. The "sweetners" mentioned no doubt include Aspartame, which has had a lot of bad press and, in my view, should not be in our foods. I've emailed them to ask why they've not considered using Splenda instead, or better still, Xylitol ... a natural birch sugar which is good for dental health and low in calories (no reply as yet!). I know this would up the price, but I for one would not mind this if I was getting a healthier drink. On the plus side, their products do contain vitamins/minerals and are quick and easy to prepare. I don't think there'd be any harm in trying it for a week or two, but certainly not long-term ... I want to keep my teeth! |
| Anonymous | posted 23-Feb-2007 10:48am where did the name slim fast diet come from |
| Anonymous | posted 10-Mar-2007 2:15am This product does not work!!! It has too much synthetic sugar and other garbage that you should never eat. This is what makes America even more fat and creates a marked for products like SlimFast. |
| Anonymous | posted 15-Aug-2007 6:33pm Try weight watchers for long term, you will gain back anything you lose on these liquid diets. They are only short term fixes not long term. |
| VLady | posted 20-Nov-2007 8:53am I think it works if you really stick to a regiment. Yes, you will get bored. So replace carrots, with celery with cream cheese. Bored of the drink? Try having a big breakfast, a light lunch with some meat and cheese, then a slim fast for dinner? Variety is the spice of life! :) I know...I got bored too! But I really believe the only time I lost weight on this program, is when I STUCK to consistent portions. Regardless of when you do the Slim fast drink, just make sure you do it consistently the same amount of times each day. Try it! |
| Anonymous | posted 1-Jan-2008 12:15pm Slim fast does work if you follow the program! I am on my 3rd week and so far I have lost 10lbs.I have shake for breakfast, a shake and salad for lunch, and a sensible dinner. I thimk alot of the people here that as negative things to say about Slim fast has never actually ties the progra or did not follow it right.. |
| blockbuster queen | posted 16-Jan-2008 4:07pm i like the slim fast it's very good for you!!! |
| blockbuster queen | posted 16-Jan-2008 4:17pm i'm addicted to slim fast.......it really isn't good for you i lied!!!!!! AHHHHH!!! |
| Anonymous | posted 23-Jan-2008 11:38am Has the diet been tested using reliable testing sources? |
| D | posted 26-Jan-2008 6:50am I've been using Slim Fast for under a week and am already seeing results. I was skeptical at first about it being able to control my hunger but I am pleasantly surprised that it does control my hunger. The Optima Meal-On-The-Go bars are great! The Optima shakes are great as well. I put my shake the freezer and let it semi-freeze and shake vigorously and open with a can opener on the bottom end (avoiding the pull tab) and pour in a glass. Variety is key to the Slim Fast Plan. I am sticking with it. |
| Anonymous | posted 30-Jan-2008 10:04pm If been on the slim fast diet since the 11th of January. And it works for me; It's simple easy to use. Tastes really good now I usually and a banana or fresh strawberries combineing my breakfast and snack, its great and filling and I've lost between one to 1.6lbs per day. And I only go for a walk of four miles once a week. This product does work if you make an effort to follow it. I also have the slim fast plate for my dinner meal and it holds more than enough to get full.Give this product a second try I think you'll be pleasantly surprized at your weight loss. |
| Tash | posted 31-Jan-2008 11:43am Slimfast is working well for me, seeing results within the first week...buy the powder where you just add milk, cheap way to give it a go to see if its for you or not...only 10 bucks in my local pharmacy, pretty cheap if you ask me...no diet is for everyone, everyones different but i know i love slimfast right now, just looking to lose 10-15 lbs, and this def. helps keep me on track, and it IS affordable if you just stick to the powder shakes, i dont bother with all the snacks and stuff.. |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Feb-2008 4:02pm I did Slim-Fast in 2002. Shake for breakfast, snack apple, shake for lunch, snack apple, Healthy Choice Dinner. No soda, one cup of coffee a day and alot of water. I lost 30lbs in 50 days under supervision of a DR. Then I just went to a shake for breakfast and a light lunch (sandwich, veggies, fruit) and lost 10lbs in the following months. I kept it off until I got pregnant. 2 babies later I was 276lbs 5'11". In the last 2 years just replacing my breakfast with Slim-Fast I have lost 79lbs and now I have 40 lbs to go. I am doing 2 shakes of the high protien a day..Low Carb meals and lots of running to get ready for a marathon in Sept. It worked for me but I really wanted it to. Weigh in's are on Wed so I will see if it is working....197 last week. |
| Trent | posted 8-Feb-2008 8:43am This sucks. Slim Fast sucks. My advice is to never use it. I gained 55 pounds on the diet. |
| Taquita | posted 13-Feb-2008 12:51pm Slim Fast doesn't work but it has a nice name a do have to say. |
| andrea | posted 15-Feb-2008 12:30pm Slimfast DOES WORK! Heres the thing, the people that say slimfast doesnt work, you will gain all the weight back, could be right IF you are not following the plan. Eating slimfast for lunch and breakfast and then wahtever you want for dinner, may drop you a pound or so, but its not about DIETING, it is about a LIFESTYLE. IF you learn to eat healthy, and eat more often and less portions, slimfast is there as a crutch for meal replacements if your in a hurry, i have lost 35 pounds and it does work people that know how to eat keep it off. |
| andrea | posted 15-Feb-2008 12:31pm people that know how to keep it off, are people that life a HEALTY lifestyle, if you do not increase your excersizing, and your not drinking atleast 8 glasses of water a day, slimfast will do nothing, its LIFESTYLE not a diet people. |
| Anonymous | posted 18-Feb-2008 2:39pm is slimfast the same as lighterlife and cambridge ???if calorie content is the same |
| Anonymous | posted 18-Feb-2008 2:45pm lighterlife is shakes and soups and bars its plan totals just over 500 calories a day slimfast shakes total 200 per shake x3 daily if calorific content the same weight loss would be equivilent wouldnt ? the only difference is the cost lighterlife 65 quid a week as opposed too a tenner on slimfast obviously u would just have 3 shakes on slimfast instead of two and meal |
| andrea | posted 20-Feb-2008 2:30pm well dear anonymous, 500 calories a day is under the catagory of anorexia, if the lighterlife plan totals 500 calories a day they are telling people to die in order to loose weight. And once you start that diet eventually your body goes into starvation mode and holds onto all the fat you have stored up and wont let it go because its not getting enough nutrition. Slim fast does work. If you would have researched the plan you wuoldnt have look like such an idiot saying the plan is 3 shakes a day. You follow the plan for your health, and none of them say three shakes a day. You need to get ATLEAST 1300 calories a day and then plus more depending your gender and size and height. Slimfast incoroperates meals, snacks, and their meal bars, protein bars, protein snacks, smoothies, and shakes. They have a huge variety of products and if you follow the plan which includes water and daily excersize and combine it with healthy food, it works. If your an idot that would rather spend time saying how diets dont work than obviously you are not committed to loosing weight and would rather put diets down then put your number on the scale down. have a nice day anonymous, slimfast is fabulous and it works. |
| S.K. | posted 1-Mar-2008 8:14pm Oh my god, nobody could GAIN 55 pounds on Slimfast. I can see maybe not *losing* any, but gaining that much? No way, unless it was 55 pounds of bull because I think you're full of that. I tried it for two weeks and lost six pounds. Then I stopped because I was just too hungry. |
| Anonymous | posted 7-Mar-2008 2:52pm how much milk do you put in each shake |
| sarahUK | posted 8-Mar-2008 4:46am Has anyone tried replacing the slimfast bars with a Sero bar? These are really lush and only 135cals and also really low in carbs and work out cheaper than the slimfast ones. I bought mine from Ebay in a box of 24 mixed flavours (caramel & peanut / white choc & berry). My friend and I have both been using anything up to 2 bars a days with a healthy meal in the evening and have both lost over 10lbs in the last month. |
| Anonymous | posted 12-Mar-2008 6:24pm Andrea, I think you need to look into lighterlife. You can only do it if your doctors signs off for you to do it. Do you really think they would do that if its bad for you. It works on the basis that it takes 3,500 calories to burn one pound of fat so if you under eat by only having 500 calories a day you can loose 3 pounds a week. Your body does not go into starvation mode and store fat as it is getting all its nutrition from the packs (milkshakes or soup). You go into ketosis which is the fat burning mode of your body. Similar to when on Atkins, however its better than atkins as you are still getting all your nutrition. Being in ketosis also stops hunger. The cambridge diet is based on exactly the same principle but cost around half the price. |
| Anonymous | posted 13-Mar-2008 9:58pm I bought the shakes tonite. I am looking to lose 40lbs. I hope this works. I plan on following it religously...Pray for me..Yes I will exercise as well. I have to get this baby weight gone for good, its been a year, cant keep blaming the baby :( |
| Student Nurse | posted 19-Mar-2008 8:26pm Hello,I am an 18 year rold LVN student i wouldnt saytat i am "fat" but i am sureley getting there i weight 162 pounds,an i would say not to many people would be able to tell i weigh all that! but i do want to loose weight asap!! im tryign to slim fst diet as well but the shakes seem so "sugary" after every shake i drink 1-2 glasses of water to releive the sugar taste perhaps it will do me good! i hop i loose weight. Everyones comments have been positive so yes i will stay to my slim fast diet and exersie everyday!!!! =]] |
| me | posted 21-Mar-2008 7:26pm hello! i have tried everything from the grapfruit diet to the lemonade master cleanse to lose weight...it may be time to get back to the basics...im gonna try the slimfast diet now! |
| Anonymous | posted 24-Mar-2008 6:06pm i heard that slim-fast gives you gas and diahrrea is that true? |
| Anonymous | posted 25-Mar-2008 6:21pm I think that 220mg of sodium in a single can of shake is too much for your body |
| Andrea | posted 26-Mar-2008 3:55pm You guys, Try the slimfast meal bars, they actually taste good instead of those sugary shakes, the meal bars taste amazing! |
| Andrea | posted 26-Mar-2008 3:56pm the lighterlife diet is only reccomended for people incredibly obese,not just overweight. So please do not try it. very bad for you. |
| samantha | posted 31-Mar-2008 9:44am i am nineteen years old and the weight has just been creeping up on me and fluctuates according to the periods of my life i am in. i am dedicated to losing at least 20 pounds, and as of a week today i have been doing the slim fast diet. i work at 4 am and drink a shake and then maybe a few hours later eat a banana or a meal bar. then for lunch i eat a lean cuisine meal or a shake and some sort of fruit. between lunch and dinner i eat a slimfast bar then for dinner a lean cusine meal. i drink diet liptons green tea and at least 8 glasses of water. i feel completely full and do not have cravings, but they say that i need to eat at least 1300 calories a day, but i still come up short. should i eat more or just stay under the 1300? am i going about this correctly? i would really appreciate if someone could give me some insight. you can email me at swhitman7@verizon.net any support would help. |
| hazel | posted 3-Apr-2008 1:12pm I was on the Slim Fast diet for 3 1/2 weeks and I lost 5 lbs within a week and a half.I think this is a good diet if you keep on it, which I didn't and gained back the weight I lost. I am going back on it today and plan to stay on it. I am hypoglycemic(low blood sugar) and the doctors told me that I'm suppose to have a balance of carbs,fat and protein which the shakes are perfect for. I plan to loose about 30lbs. For those people that say that the diet didn't work for them and that they gained weight, well they didn't stick with the plan and probably ate foods that were unhealthy and too much fat. |
| Rosie | posted 4-Apr-2008 6:13pm Hey everyone! I'm 27yrs old and i weigh 218lbs and i'm only 5'2". I'm really desperate in losing this weight. according to the BMI charts i should weigh between 115 and 120lbs. I just started the slimfast diet today. Right now I am very positive about this diet. i have a six year old son and i just dont want to be tired anymore. i just want to have fun with him. if anyone has any positive feedback to give me, my email is Carebears120901@aol.com. |
| Rosie | posted 4-Apr-2008 6:15pm Oh yes, I also wanted to add that taking a vitamin in the morning, really helps keep you energized. I take "One A Day - All day energy". |
| Amanda20FWI | posted 10-Apr-2008 10:24am I just started this diet and I love it! The shakes fill me up a lot. I have the vanilla and chocolate ones. I do prefer soymilk though, so I will buy the powdered form next time. I don't see how people say they gain the weight back or they just don't lose, or they GAIN on this plan. It's very simple. Eat 1300-1800 cals a day, work out 30 mins daily, drink water.=LOSE WEIGHT. People don't admit to messing up this equation and so they just BLAME the product for them being lazy fat asses. This is supposed to be a way to get you on track and then you can substitute the shakes for healthful meals of 170-300 cals each. It's not realistic to say "Oh I have to do this forever or I will gain weight." I eat fruit for breakfast, have a shake for my morning snack, then I have light soup and/or salad for lunch, shake for afternoon snack, then a well balanced dinner. Maybe some air popped popcorn or a handful of almonds for a pm snack. It's very easy. Go run for 30-50 mins. It is NOT hard, people. Stay positive. |
| a* | posted 12-Apr-2008 9:55am does anybody Know if it is ok to mix the powder with water instead of milk? |
| Anonymous | posted 12-Apr-2008 9:25pm I have been using this for about four days now, just in the morning for breakfast. I have lost about a lb a day. I am even mixing it with whole milk instead of fat free! It's only 70 extra calories. Then I have a low cal snack and whatever I want for dinner. (within reason, of course) I stay away from soda, drink lots of water and exercise for 30 mins a day. |
| Anonymous | posted 17-Apr-2008 3:50pm i want to begin a quick diet of some sort and toiling between the cambridge and slimfast...................... any ideas? I have 3 stones to lose! |
| Anonymous | posted 19-Apr-2008 10:53am i am goin on holiday in a month and i wnat to loose qyuatre - half a stone to have a nice bikini body!! wood slimfast diet help?? |
| Anonymous | posted 20-Apr-2008 5:32pm I bought the cappuccino flavor by mistake and threw it all away--has a really unpleasant burnt taste! Bring back pineapple-orange and raspberry-cranberry--they were great!! |
| JESSENIA | posted 25-Apr-2008 11:24am WELL I JUST STARTED TO USE THE SLIMFAST DIET PLAN I HOPE IT WORKS!!! WISH ME LUCK BUT WHAT CAN I DO WHEN I GET HUNGRY IN BETWEEN MEALS?? |
| lindi | posted 27-Apr-2008 8:57am slim fast works so well that just by having a shake for breakfast and a shake + apple for lunch i lose about 5 pounds a day :) btw im 12 yrs old email me about questions at lindy_jusufi@hotmail.com |
| FATTIMA hahahah | posted 6-May-2008 8:09am Hello all, I have just started the slim fast programme today I need to loose 40lbs. I am looking for a diet buddy. I am 26 5ft 6 and looking to loose the weight by xmas. Any one fancy being my diet buddy then e mail me on rfs-280sarah@hotmail.com THANKS |
| Anonymous | posted 7-May-2008 9:15am It really works, but you have to do it exactly how it is. Two shakes or bar a day no matter if is breaksfast and lunch or breaksfast and diner. Also you can lose eventhough you don't exercise, but if you do you will see better results and quicker. Another thing is that you can add to the vanilla shake some fruit like strawbwrries, bluberries, banana any fruit you like, and it will feel you up more, (a lot more). Good luck to all and don't forget after you have lost the weight if you come back to your all habits all the weight off come back again, and it happens with all the diets, so see it as a lifetime change. |
| Amber | posted 10-May-2008 8:52pm I have been on again, off again, from Slim-Fast since I was 12 years old. I am now 27 and NEED to get rid of this nasty "baby-weight" that has gathered around my ass and abs and WILL NOT go away!! I wanted to give everyone a heads up on how I make my Chocolate Royale shake taste the best-- I always blend the powder version up with a banana (or other fresh fruit) and 5 or 6 pieces of ice. I have also started adding flax seed to my shake to get the added benefits from that! Good luck everyone. I'll see you on the other side of fat-city! |
| Anonymous | posted 12-May-2008 8:54pm so amber do u add milk also or no? i just started 3 days ago....and it's not too bad, but i am extremely tired all of a sudden--too much aspartame or what? i don't really get why there has to be sugar AND aspartame in it. It is just the amount of calories u consume........but most people need a 'plan'. |
| Abs81 | posted 15-May-2008 5:05pm I have been doing slim fast for about five days now and I have already shaved six pounds off of my body. I have been working out too. This is what I do each day: Pour 8 oz of skim milk in the blender, add 4 ice cubes, add one scoop of Slim Fast Milk Chocolate Optima powder blend and sip slowly for breakfast. For a snack, I do a fruit bowl of one pineapple wedge, one watermelon wedge, six grapes and two strawberries with 1/2 oz of cottage cheese (lowfat). Lunch is always at twelve and I eat whatever I want, but i cut it in half. If i eat a burrito, I cut it in half, if i eat pizza,its halved. I also go to www.my-calorie-counter.com to count and keep track of all the calories I take in and all the calories that I have burned. After that I eat a snack (15 Sun Chips) I drink about nine 12 oz glasses of water in 8 hours...I eat a nutrigrain bar or half of one and then I drink a slim fast shake when I get home and I toss a banana in the blender with it and it tastes awesome. I run around the track six times or do an ab workout. My average calorie intake is 1000 to 1200 If I do 1200 I excercise a little harder to burn off those extra 200. I eat every two hours. I have sixty pounds to lose. At the rate I am going I will be thin and my ideal weight by July 25th. We are already half way thru May so that 2 and a 1/2 months of committment to see serious results. Thats not much of a sacrifice at all when you factor in the benefit. |
| Anonymous | posted 20-May-2008 9:25am Very Good Abs81. Keep it up. I am going to start the diet today. I have 20Lbs to lose. I will drink my shakes same as you do one at breaksfast and the other one for diner.Do you think by just doing 30 minutes cardio I will lose weight too. Good Luck. You are doing more than great. |
| MAGGIE3 | posted 23-May-2008 2:27pm Its seems like if you have alot of weight to lose this may work for you but like me I only need to lose 15-20 , it seema harder to lose such a small amount. |
| kitkat | posted 30-May-2008 2:10pm I started the slim fast diet on the 25th of May. I am a cancer survivor and the medication I take has totally slowed my metabolism and I have gained 20 pounds. I have always only drank water, no sodas, alcohol, etc. have never been a breakfast eater. So I tried all the other "diets" and gained weight with each one because of eating "six small meals a day". I do the shakes for breakfast and lunch, eat fruit and/or one of the bars in between, watch my portion size at dinner and then I'm not hungry after that. I've lost two pounds this week and that is making me very happy. I am trying slim fast because of the article in the People magazine last week where a woman has been on slim fast since 2005 and has lost over 100 pounds. Drinking breakfast for me is easier than trying to eat something. |
| amberlee | posted 3-Jun-2008 6:34pm i drink slim fast(4 hour hunger control) its a meal replacment and i drink it for breakfeast and lunch(with half of a sandwich or 200 calories) i also snack on the slim fast bars for the small 6 meals a day, its good for keeping weight off, but it deffinetly does not control my hunger and doesnt help me lose any weight.. plus it makes you go to the bathroom a lot due to all the liquid, i'd say its good if you are at your ideal weight already and want to keep it off, and don't mind making more trips to the bathroom than you ushally would if your seriously commited to loosing weight and not looking for an easy way out, slim fast is the way to go, but if you want a merical, dont waste your money.. ps i think the shakes are tasty :) |
| Lisa | posted 4-Jun-2008 11:51am Hello Everyone!! I want to lose 30lbs and I have been trying the slimfast now for 3 days I have a slimfat for breakfast, fruit for am snack slimfast for lunch, veggies pm snack and lean cuisine for dinner, does anyone think this will work? I have also been walking for 30-45mins a day. Also on the package of slimfast it says to mix the shakes with 2% milk does anyone else use 2%? You can reply to me at lisa_sowers@hotmail.com let me know if it has worked for any of you Thanks |
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| Mousee' | posted 6-Jun-2008 10:59am I tries the slim fast diet a few months ago. I bought a box of the Optima Creamy Milk Chocolate shakes at Walmart. I followed the plan (shake for breakfast, shake + 200 cal or less for lunch, and I ate whatever I wanted for dinner). I had lost 6 pounds by the time I got done with the box. I did not exercise at all. I also did not gain the weight back. This was in like Dec. or Jan.....it is now June. Anyhoo....I am going to try and do it again and stick to it...I also plan to exercise this time....I comine my snacks with my lunch and/or breakfast...that helps me...it takes self control mostly.....happy weightloss!!!! |
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| Prophet8700 | posted 11-Jun-2008 10:01pm I just started slim fast 3 days ago and lost 3 lbs. I would eat 2 bacon strips and 1 boiled egg for breakfast, 1/2 banana for snack before lunch, then for lunch I would eat 1/2 a tuna wrap, then an apple couple hours before dinner, and dinner I would have a slim fast shake and a piece of meat or chicken after my 45- 1hr cardio exercise. And have plenty plenty of water. I would also make sure to eat before 7 p.m. I am only looking to lose 15-20 lbs and that is why I am drinking Slim Fast one a day. |
| Kcooper | posted 15-Jun-2008 10:40pm I started Slim Fast today. I want to lose 15-20 pounds. I'm 5'4". I'm looking for a Slim Fast buddy! Someone to keep me motivated and standing strong :) Email me if you want a buddy too! kendie_wendie@hotmail.com |
| Anonymous | posted 23-Jun-2008 5:12pm hi there i started slimfast today and cant find many good storys online untill i come here it seems more positive than the rest i have about 3 stones to loose i hope to do this for a few weeks then get into a propper diet but this will be the kick start i need im not following the plan to the letter im drinking 4 shakes a day and no meals but im having lots of water and tea with milk a few times a day just to get me into diet mode x |
| Anonymous | posted 1-Jul-2008 12:36pm slim fast is a good method to loss weihgt |
| The time to start living is NOW... | posted 1-Jul-2008 3:03pm I was watching a morning "News program" today and they were talking about the top 4 (of the top 8) diet plans in American. SlimFast was number 4, topped only by #3-Jenny Craig, #2 Weight Watchers and #1 The Volumetrics Eating Plan diet; a diet plan about techniques and recipes for feeling full on fewer calories. All of these diets were tested by consumer magazine with SlimFast having the most testing over the last 30 years...35 proven weight-loss test in thirty years!!! I don't know about the rest of you but "35 Proven Weight-loss Test in 30 years" does it for me. I have 45 pounds to lose in six months - before my son's wedding in January 2009. With SlimFast as my "catalyst" to 'get control of' and change my eating habits AND exercising to "Walking Away the Pounds" videos with Leslie Sansone everyday I cannot fail - or if I do - it will because I'm trying to fail at it! Here's to day # ONE with a SlimFast Chocolate mixed in with skim milk and added protein powder and fiber....see you in a few weeks with an update on the smaller me... |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Jul-2008 7:22pm Hi, i just started slimfast about 3 days ago.I want to lose about 20 pounds. Would love a slim fast buddy.If interested email me at designdirect32@comcast.net |
| JuJuBEAN | posted 3-Jul-2008 12:12pm Alright. I'm thinking of doing the slimfast diet becasue I wana shed 20 pounds. If I Do 45 minutes of cardio very day and stick to the meal plan, would I lose the weight quickly? |
| Anonymous | posted 7-Jul-2008 10:20am Of course JUJUBEAN any diet that you follow the way it is supposed to be followed and add exercise make you lose weight, but you have to continue and not break it. Years ago I did this plan beacause I wanted to lose 20Lbs and I did it in 1 month without exercise, after that I just make exercise for 1 HR or more 5 days a week and I maintained my weight for 1 year now I got married and again I got those 20 LBs again, but defenily this week I staring again. This plan Works.., but always keep in mind that if you start eating the same way as before the Pounds will come back again. |
| MacKnitty | posted 7-Jul-2008 1:09pm New Mom here! I recently stopped breastfeeding and picked up the pace to lose the baby weight/freshman 15 that I have had over the past few years. I chose Slim Fast for it's convinence and for the fact that I LOVE chocolate so it's seemed to fit well. I love this diet. I use the online meal planner to set up on healthy eating. My main problem tend to be oversnacking and not portioning my meals. I am beginning week 2 this week, I have lost 2 pounds last week. I have been eating MORE food than I did before. Breakfast- small bagel with jelly, Slim Fast Shake. Snack- Carrots and Crackers Lunch- Turkey Sandwich, Pear and Meal Bar Snack- Yogurt, banana, blueberries Dinner- Sensible dinner that they chose for me Snack- Tortilla Chips and Orange Juice All this working out to 1,700 target calories a day. I give myself an additional 200 calories for wiggle room for a snack or drink. I am currently in marathon training for December. This translates into 2-3 mile runs during the week for 30-40 minutes ever other day thus burning around 400 calories a day. Added bonus-have noted a STRONG decrease in my time. I dropped 30 seconds off my pace. So even if I don't lose the weight- I am faster. I love that this diet has made me evaluate my food intake and portion sizes, portions sizes! I weigh some of my food to check on ounces and really attack those Nutrition information and found really surprising results. For example- I was in Wal-Mart and I got hungry at the check out and picked up a bar of chocolate, 230 calories! What the? Well that's my whole lunch right there. What if I cut it in half? 115 calories? Still too much for such a little bar. Then I went to Trader Joe's and decided that I did need some chocolate and checked out these mini mint cookies with ice cream and I could eat 2 of those for 170 calories. I ended up just eating one. I'm still a little hungry at times but once I eat that snack or get lunch it's all good and filling. Any questions? tialei@hotmail.com |
| Trop | posted 9-Jul-2008 4:05pm Started the slim fast diet yesterday and i already feel better. I'm not hungry like on the diets and have energy as well. |
| Ronnie | posted 18-Jul-2008 8:55pm Thanks for all your comments. I'm thinking of trying the SlimFast plan, at least for a few weeks, to get my overeating back into control. I'm usually too tired and busy to plan ahead with food, so having it on hand is my #1 reason for this over anything else. I really appreciate reading about the variety of ways people tailor the plan to make it fit their lives. Maybe I can make a dent this time... (250lbs) |
| sarah. | posted 26-Jul-2008 8:13pm hey everyone, i am sixteen years old and i weigh 165 pounds and i am only 5'3. I got the slim fast shakes and bars today, and i am planning on starting the plan on monday. i really hope it works, i am so depressed because of my weight:( |
| britt | posted 28-Jul-2008 1:15pm starting slim fast today, i'm 22. would anyone like to keep in touch and be buds?? LoveLaughLive531@aol.com |
| britt | posted 28-Jul-2008 1:16pm its actually L0veLaughLive531@aol.com |
| BellaSwan | posted 4-Aug-2008 11:58am Hey I just started it today...just finished my SlimFast Optima Chocolate shake now. At first I thought it tasted funky. It's soo sweet and soo chocolately...but then I thought why is that a bad thing? chocolatey sweet things tastes good...and if it works well thats a super big plus lol. I'm 19 years old, and weight 175 lbs. I hope to lose 20-30 lbs on this and then maintain my weight from there..I hope it works, reading this board has really helped =) I'm going to exercise everyday, have a shake for breaking, shake for lunch and then small low calorie dinner...of course I'll be drinking lots of water throughout the day. Will I be able to lose about 20 lbs in less than 2-3 months? I hope so. I'm so depressed everyday and I feel like if I were at a good weight, I would be so happy and just do the things I love. |
| Bb | posted 10-Aug-2008 7:36am Im starting on mon. Im so exited and i hope this diet is the 1! |
| Mandy | posted 20-Aug-2008 3:16am hey I plan on starting this plan on monday...andybody wanna be my buddy email me at mvandive@kent.edu |
| mia | posted 20-Aug-2008 11:54am i started slimfast 3 days, i think it all tastes ok, i do really hungry around the afternoon but i think this is due to the fact i was so greedy before. hopefully this will get better as my stomach shrinks and to tell you the truth id rather the hungry feeling than the guilt i feel when iv eaten to much.corr im looking forward to my tea though ;0) |
| Anonymous | posted 17-Sep-2008 5:25pm stop dieting mucle weighs more than fat your beutiful inside& out |
| Nikki | posted 26-Sep-2008 10:10pm I'm 19 and I weigh 180 ... I just started on Slim Fast two days ago (Today is my third), and I don't feel hungry at all ! but maybe this is because I usually don't eat too much ... Now in my Slim Fast diet I'm drinking the ones from "Low Carb Diet" (180 calories) 1 for breakfast, 1 for lunch and for dinner I'm eating some broccoli with breast chicken, or tuna, or canned corn ... etc ... NO SNACKS though ... and I just started to exercise 2 days ago too (1 hour and a half per day) ... I hope I can achieve my goal (I NEED TO LOSE AT LEAST 40 POUNDS !) I'm kinda afraid that this diet wouldn't work because I usually don't eat too much, But I'm still fat though ... some days I just eat a sandwich the whole day and I'm not starving ... and right now I feel like drinking 2 slim fast are way too much so I'm just gonna drink one for lunch and my dinner ... I had lost 5 pounds in these three days which indicates me that something is good wooo hooo ! so I think I'm gonna keep it that way ... |
| Anonymous | posted 9-Oct-2008 2:59pm im to fat HELPPPPP!!!!!! |
| Liv | posted 13-Oct-2008 3:38pm Re: Nikki That's great to hear you're losing weight. There's a good chance that you've been over weight beceause you dont eat anything. What happens with that is that you eat something small and think you're doing your body good but your body thinks it's starving so instead of burning the fat and calories like you want your body holds on to it and stores any fat on you. |
| nic | posted 23-Oct-2008 7:42pm I started slim fast today. It fills me up so much that I don't even want the snack in between. Is this okay, or do you need to eat the snack between for best results? |
| shelly | posted 12-Nov-2008 9:09am hello everyone ive done slimfast in the past and lost over 3 stone on it.i have a 2 year old daughter and since havind a baby i have put loads of weight on and cannot for the life of me lose any.im currently 13st 10lbs which is really over weight for my height 5.4. i have now had enough of being a fat cow and decided to give slimfast another shot so wish me luck and il let you know how i get on,its my third day now and doing really well no cheating as of yet!!! does anyone want a slimfast slimming buddy? if so send me an email shellywatts@btinternet.com bye bye for now x |
| Anonymous | posted 19-Nov-2008 2:40pm so shelly hows it going? |
| Anonymous | posted 19-Nov-2008 2:40pm with the diet lol |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Dec-2008 7:51am I have been using Slim Fast for a while now and find it very easy and not boring at all. It sounds like the ones who say bad things about this program are most likely not the type who exercise. With all diet programs regardless of it's nature you have to exercise. I walk 3 miles a day plus I try to throw in some aerobics at least 2 days a week. I say get off your lazy butts and just maybe it will work out for you, after all sitting around doing nothing is probably what got you were you are now for not exercising in the first place. And with these comment's I even work everyday and some evenings and I still find the time rain or shine. So All you negative people out there need to stop wining and get off your rumps and get moving and maybe what ever diet your on may just actually work for you. |
| TrishtheDish | posted 3-Dec-2008 9:54pm I did slimfast about 13 years ago. I lost 8 pounds the first week and about 5 the 2nd week. And that was all the weight I wanted to lose. That was after my first child. Now I need to lose 20-30 lbs. and am starting again tomorrow. Wish me luck. And to all who are in doubt, Slimfast DOES work. 2 shakes a day and a sensible meal(mine weren't so sensible either lol) and you will lose significantly! Good luck to all. |
| Anonymous | posted 8-Dec-2008 7:20pm I WOULD LIKE TO LOSE AT LEAST 50 TO55 POUNDS.Can I PLEASE GET SOME HELP. |
| Anonymous | posted 18-Dec-2008 7:12pm I personally don't like the taste of the Original Slim Fast drinks, but I do LOVE the taste of the WalMart brand ones. Anyone else out there like me? |
| Anonymous | posted 20-Dec-2008 2:08am Yes! I feel the same way, the Walmart brand seems to taste better and its cheaper :) |
| Anonymous | posted 20-Dec-2008 2:10am I am going to start Slim fast again, but dont plan to start until after the holidays. January 1st is my starting point. I had heart failure at 29 due to complications during my pregnancy and talked with my cardiologist about Slim Fast. He said it was healthy and would provide me with all of my vitamins and minerals along with eating a sensible dinner. :) |
| Nissa | posted 31-Dec-2008 3:29am Try Carnation Instank Breakfast shakes and make them with skim milk instead of 2% or homo it works! |
| Twin | posted 6-Jan-2009 10:17am Hi all!! I'm a 29yr old female with 2kids i just had my 2nd child 14mths ago 5'4 and 170 pounds I'm carrying it very well but my stomach is big and I would like to lose 30-40 pounds before my birthday 04/01/09 yipeee I will be 30 soo therefore I will be going on slimfast diet starting today 01/06/2009 with excercise 2-3 a week for 20-30min.. Would this work really? So would anyone like to keep in touch and be buds? I would love to have a slim fast buddy :) email me if interested april_smith@mgic.com |
| HydrogenTechnologyToday.com | posted 12-Jan-2009 3:13pm I started Slimfast on Jan 1 of this year (2009) and I've been doing great! My start weight was 198, today (the 12th) I am 195 and dropping. Here's my routine; Breakfast - 2 cups coffee, slimfast around 9am Lunch - SlimFast Dinner - Whatever the wife cooks, just not heaping loads of it. I usually eat a snack or two throughout the day but it's a slice of peanut bread, or banana.. Exercise for about 15-20 min daily, and I started wearing a pedometer to get in at least 2 miles a day (including where ever I walk). I don't intend to stay on Slim-fast my entire life, but for now it's a good "trainer" for my body to get used to lower amounts of food and lower calories coming in. So far, so good. |
| Lonely One | posted 28-Jan-2009 9:37am I do need the help. I have tried the candy bars from slim fast and they aren't helping. I don't really have much time to do any exercise because I babysit. What should I do? |
| Anonymous | posted 14-Feb-2009 4:44pm Does this shake for anyone that doesn't eat. I myself have not really eaten since my husband left for iraq and qute often forget to eat at all if not horrible things like pringles, cheez its, and rice krispie treats. I am hoping to lose some weight before my husband comes back in two months but was wondering how I should go about it since I don't really eat at all. Should I start by eating less calories since I am used to that and then bumping it up slowly to 1300 daily to build my metabolism or should I go ahead and start off with the 1300 calories daily. I am wondering that if I start this diet and have never really eaten if it will make me gain weight if I start right at the max daily intake. |
| Sally | posted 20-Feb-2009 10:05pm I am going to Wal Mart tomorrow and picking up the Slim Fast gear and starting this diet. I have never tried it before, but after reading this board I am hopeful. Last year, I lost about 15 pounds by controlling my eating habits... I pretty much stopped eating actually. But this is not healthy, and I know that now. I gained back all the weight last summer, and now I am in my freshman year of college and gaining the Freshman 15 I'm afraid. But I am determined to lose weight through diet and exercise this time. I'm hoping to lose 15 pounds, 20 if I can stick to it. Thanks for all your inspirational stories, wish me luck. |
| Moon | posted 26-Feb-2009 8:47pm Anonymous- Feb 14: You should really eat. I know that you must feel very depressed not having your husband around and well really not feeling like eating at all. I myself have been at both extremes at wanting to eat everything on sight and at not wanting anything at all. Thing is, by not eating you are actually hurting your body and is very likely the reason why you have gained weight or why you aren't loosing any. Since your body is barely getting any calories at all it's holding on to anything it can possibly get and storing it as fat as it thinks there is a famine, that is just how we are programmed it's a survival mechanism. So if you really want to loose weight, you need to eat. But I would start at 1100 for a day or two, then bump up to 1200 calories for another day or two and then get to 1300 and try to stay here for the rest of the time, or at the very least at 1200 not bellow. Another site I would recommend using is sparkpeople.com. It is totally free and completely wonderful. They also have food and calorie tracking, a huuuuge database, a lot of forums and all that, as well as nutritionists available. Even a panic button for immediate help. Also have a fitness planner and tracker and thousands of video demos for exercises, and did I mention it's 100% free? I've been with them a while and love them. Oh, I also started on slimfast today and it wasn't so bad, strawberries and cream taste pretty good, though smelling it first thing in the morning, not a good idea... drinking it was fine. The morning was alright apetite wise, the afternoon was soooooooo much harder! I'll update later and tell how it goes. I want to use slimfast as a boost to loose about 10 pounds that I've been stuck on for the past 4 months! then I'll probably go back to my sparkpeople program, oh I forgot to say, they also give a personalized meal plan and all that too. Many options! try them out along with the SF site! Hope I managed to help you a bit anonymous :) good luck! oh and remember that you have to eat to loose weight! (healthy and calorie reduced of course but enough! not the bare minimum! if you keep that up you'll end up loosing all your muscle mass!) |
| Anonymous | posted 22-Mar-2009 7:26pm Alright, I weigh 175 in March and want to get to 140 by the end of summer. I eat a normal sized breakfast, and a light lunch. Then I go and play sports for 2 hours four times a week. But I'm so hungry after I go home so I eat a big dinner. So I think if I drink a slim fast shake for dinner, it will cut out alot of calories. Any advice? |
| roxy-chan | posted 24-Mar-2009 2:23pm I just came back from a cruise and gained 4 lbs. I went from 107 to 111 in a few days, crazy huh? Anyways, I came back and replaced lunch with one slim fast optima and started doing Billy Blanks tae bo celebrity fit. If you want a good cardio workout and nice abs, do that dvd!!!! I lost all of the weight and actually more in about two weeks. The shake is awesome for keeping me full. Yeah it has sugar/carbs but it's an entire meal, people. Don't forget about the vitamins. Also, I take whey isolate protein right after workouts. Oh yeah, I am a 21 year old active female. Hope this was helpful. |
| roxy-chan | posted 24-Mar-2009 2:26pm Hi anonymous, I think a huge breakfast would be a good idea because you won't feel so hungry later on in the day. Maybe you should snack more as well, like fruit or fat free pudding, nuts. Having a slim fast for dinner would be perfect opposed to a large dinner because you won't be sleeping on all of those calories. |
| Anonymous | posted 24-Mar-2009 4:02pm slim fast sucks, i was on it for 3 months and have learned that it is not proper Nutrition and needs to only be used for a short period of time as a meal replacement here and there. Do not take it longer, it will tear up your stomach and it hurts!! |
| Kat | posted 14-Apr-2009 4:14am So...I'm 20 years old, had a baby, moved away from my entire family to get married to the man of my dreams...my baby is now a year old come friday and i have gained almost 30 pounds...from what i've read, all you have to do is replace two meals a day with a slimfast shake or bar and excercize 2-4 times a week. I've joined the ymca 7 week cardio-kickboxing class(i'm a red belt kickboxer but haven't been practicing since before i gave birth due to the violence of it, i had lots of complications due to her being a huge baby and she's it for me) But anyway, i'm hoping i'm getting enough exercize in with the two one hour classes per week? And I was also wondering how expensive slimfast is...i'm a stay at home mom now with only my husband working so I don't want to be paying through the nose for a shake :P Please email me with any info at Sweet_Goddess01@msn.com |
| Rebecca | posted 23-Apr-2009 3:19pm Hello im 28 Years old and i need to lose about 100 Lbs im gonna start the slim fast diet with eating a Lean cusine meal for dinner with a fruit/veg snack inbetween also will be walking on my treadmil every other day and i just purchased Slim in 6 so im really hopeing for a good turnout the doc told me today if i dont do something i will have an early grave arghhh :( ANYONE out there over 100 lbs over weight and would like to become buddies? im in ohio Email Ohiogurl4u@aol.com |
| SHAIYNA | posted 25-Apr-2009 9:50am hi im bout to start slimfast on april 25th i need to lose weight by the 15 august dis yeah how much do u think ican lose in that time im 5ft 3 and 26 stones please let mee know thank u |
| Anonymous | posted 3-May-2009 9:44am Well I started on April 12 and I've now lost 15 pounds on Slim fast only drinking one a day and working out at the gym for about two hours on saturdays and sundays. |
| Dee | posted 4-May-2009 3:44pm Ohiogirl4u If you still need a weight loss buddy, I would like to volunteer! I don't have 100 pds to lose, but I need support and will continue to support you as well! Let me know your progress. I will start my Slimfast next week, I get paid this Friday!! Yay! I check back for your answer Happy weigtloss/life chage Dee |
| jimbo | posted 11-May-2009 5:17am can you use the powder with water instead of milk? |
| SHAIYNA | posted 12-May-2009 7:40pm hey jimbo i use water when i ran out of milk it taste ok but i just do it with milk u shud give it a try see wat is taste like for you good luck |
| June19 | posted 14-May-2009 8:27am Hello All, i am trying very hard to loose weight!!! i workout regularly (about 500 calories/day workout) and eat very healthy throughout the day but dinner is when i loose it all:( I weigh 185lbs/ 5'6" and am looking to loose about 30lbs. I really need some motivation/ help getting off my chocolate craving. I was wondering if i should buy the canned shakes as opposed to the powder form so i can take it to work also for lunch... but is it drinkable or absolutely horrendous in taste??? |
| Dee | posted 15-May-2009 2:59pm June 19: Hello, I want to say, Great Job! Keep up the good work! Losing weight can be frustrating at times but take it one day at a time. Remember if you slip up, just try not to again but don't beat yourself up about it. Just work out a little extra if need be. With all that said, I like the shakes, I don't think that they taste as bad as some say, but to each his/her own. They have a variety, so just see what works for you. I like the canned shakes so I can grab and go especially if I am running late! Happy weight loss/life change Dee |
| June19 | posted 15-May-2009 7:58pm Thanks for the encouragement Dee; i froze down the canned shake and had it for lunch today n i kinda like it  I got a pack of the chocolate ones but was a little hesitant to get vanilla... I am also kinda looking for a weight loss buddy so if anyone is interested, I would be more than delighted and would definitely return the favor. I am not one to quit easily or loose hope! |
| Biles | posted 9-Jun-2009 5:25pm Hello, I am looking to lose about 35 lbs. All the weight I gained while I was peregnant. I gaind 50 lost 10 already. I am wanting to go on the slimfast diet. The way I am doing it now is not good I only take in about 400-500 calories! I know, I know thats horrible! but my husband is deployed right now and I can get away with it without him yelling at me...lol.. But I was looking for a support buddy. I seen some people on here doing that. Anytakers!!!??? |
| Lianna | posted 11-Jun-2009 2:16am Well, I don't know if this will help, but here it goes I started the slim fast optima about 2 or 3 weeks ago, wasnt really active, and my dinner and snack choices were horrible...Then i stepped on the scale and it read 197...So with what I was doing while doing slim fast made me gain about 6lbs (I started at 191). So here I am thinking,"OH HOLY CRAP!!! WTF AM I GOING TO DO?!?!" So then I made the decision to get into the gym, track what I eat on www.thedailyplate.com, and actually follow the slim fast diet...I've been sticking to this for the past 2 weeks and have lost a total of 7lbs...Now I'm only 8lbs away from my 1st goal of 182lbs for a wedding (I'm the maid of honor) on July 4th. My long term goal is about 60lbs from my starting weight (I would like to weigh 137, but I'm ok if its 145 too) Oh yea, I'm 5'3, and I have a lot of muscle on me...Swim team, running around....and now doing 2 hour workouts that include biking about 2 miles on a stationary, briskly walking on a treadmil, lifting weights (Hip adductors/abductors are amazing!) and swimming my arse off in the pool... So My advice would have to be...If you are going to do this, do it right and donw forget to work out, it helps A LOT!! |
| Anonymous | posted 14-Jun-2009 2:45pm thanks so much for your motivation...im looking foward to start slim-fast and loose 20pnds. |
| SHAY-SHAY | posted 28-Jun-2009 2:39pm I am so excited this time,I saw a old child hood friend,that told me that she lost an enormous amount of weight on slim fast,she look's great,and that has motivated me to want to do this!I have had enough with wanting a new ward-robe,but refuse to buy a larger size!GOOD LUCK TO ALL! |
| NAT | posted 1-Jul-2009 11:33am HI EVERYONE, JUST THOUGHT I'D ADD A COMMENT...I HAVE STARTED THE SLIM FAST SHAKE PLAN (2 A DAY THEN MAIN EVENING MEAL) ON MONDAY AND I HAVE LOST 2LB SO I AM HAPPY! I FIND IT EASY TO DO AND ITS FILLING. JUST HOPE I CAN KEEP IT UP~ I WOULD LIKE TO LOSE 2STONE. IVE ALREADY LOST ALMOST 4 STONE SINCE HAVING MY YOUNGEST SON 9.5MTHS AGO, BUT DECIDED TO DO THIS TO KICK START THE WEIGHT LOSS AGAIN! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AND IT'LL BE NICE TO HEAR HOW EVERYONE GETS ON, ME INC!xx |
| Miss Guevara | posted 10-Jul-2009 1:54am Hello everyone! I am a 29 year old female, 186lbs and completely unhappy.So I have decided to do something about it! And after reading everyones comments I am sold and ready to do this. If there is anyone out there who is also thinking about starting in the next few days I would love to have a slimfast buddy! I'm going for 20lb loss to start, but longterm 30-35 total. Hope to hear from someone out there! :) Missguevara80@yahoo.com |
| Ashley | posted 13-Jul-2009 12:02am Hey all! I have used "slimfast".many times with results! I have never been super motivated until now. I am 25 5'9 and 243 I want to ger to 175 I am bigged boned! I will give a bit of advice... If you have a Target aroumf their version of slimfast is cheaper and taste so mich better! I am looking for all the support I can get so if you are willing or also need support please feel free to e-mail me at avoll99@gmail.com Good luck! |
| Rabb76 | posted 15-Jul-2009 1:58pm I just started Slim Fast a week ago - so far I haven't seen the scale budge, but I'm not giving up yet. I know I need to incorporate some sort of excercise, SO, that being said I will start tonight. After reading all your comments, it made me feel much stronger and gave me more motivation to keep with the slim fast and go that little extra step. I'm 33 so I think my metabolism is just super sloooooow. I'll keep in touch! |
| Diana | posted 26-Jul-2009 3:27pm Slim fast is great..I mean I can eat 1 English muffin with a dab of butter, along with a slim fast and I will feel like I just ate a 3 course meal! its incredible. I have always been the kind to munch on things throughout the day but now I always feel full! The other great thing about them is that they taste great, and you look forward to drinking them. I'm not the kind of girl who can get fixed on eating organic foods and whole wheat carbohydrates...I have tried that before, and could never stick to it. Grant it, I'll have my fruit and vegetable salads every so often because it is VERY crucial to your metabolism, but I will not restrict myself to solely eating "diet" or "healthy" foods. Lastly, slim fast is not intended to be taken by itself. Don't drink 4 shacks a day and expect to lose weight because you are shutting you body down. Eat healthy, exercise, and you will see great results:) |
| Diana | posted 26-Jul-2009 3:32pm Oops! I meant shakes not shacks..lol |
| Anonymous | posted 8-Sep-2009 12:20pm I lost about 50 pounds in 3-4 months 4 years ago counting calories & exercising (a LOT). I got really comfortable in my relationship and have gained it all back and then some (YAY!). I just get so frazzled when I think about counting everything down to the calorie again so I decided to get some help from Slim-Fast. I go against the label and I mix my powder shakes with water instead of milk. I love dairy, but adding that extra 100 calories just seems unnecessary to me when I'm sure I'll have dairy at another point in the day. I've been very impressed with how I haven't been hungry. And, even mixed with water, the milk chocolate flavored shakes taste great! I'm completely addicted to chocolate and it's one of my major diet downfalls, but the chocolate slimfast shakes really satisfy the chocolate craving. Normally, I have a bad habit of not eating breakfast or lunch while I'm at work and then I'll go to my 2nd job and then I'll get home at 10pm so hungry I could eat the couch & then I do. And then I go to bed. Well, instead, I've been having a shake for breakfast on the drive to work, a healthy snack (keeping it 100-200 calories), a shake for lunch, another healthy snack, and then a decent dinner. I'm not going to limit myself to only diet foods because I'm trying to set myself up for a healthier lifestyle (in the future, the shakes will be replaced with fruit or veggies or whole-grains, I just don't have the time to count the calories right now, plus chocolate, yum!). Since I work through the daylight so much I bought a 2nd hand exercise bike (the kind that works arms & legs) and have been building up riding to 25-30 minutes at a time 6x week. My BF and I usually take the dogs for 2-3 mile walks once or twice a week as well. This is a completely lifestyle change for me. I thought I had make the permanent change 4 years ago, but as soon as my life got busy again & I became complacent I lost my grasp. So, this is it. I'm tired of being so unhealthy and I refuse to live like that anymore. Enjoy life! |
| Nomes | posted 18-Sep-2009 6:40am I just started this about 2 weeks ago. I have done the shake for breakfast and shake for lunch and worked out every day and nothing! I mean technically how can such a diet not work? I am down to 1500 calories or less a day! But maybe I am doing something wrong. So now I took out the am snack so I have a shake in the am a shake at lunch an apple before I work out and a lean cuisine meal when I get home which are between 180 and 250 calories. Then if I am starving I will have another apple. I drink the 8 glasses of water. what am I doing wrong? |
| blake | posted 16-Oct-2009 8:18pm I am doing a project on this and i would like to know where it originated, who created it, and what is the success rate. |
| Zahra | posted 30-Oct-2009 6:51am Hi everyone. I started this morning and need all the help i can get. I am a 35 yrs old,weight= 200lp, height =5" 3, SO YOU CAN SEE MY DILEMA. I will be raporting my journey week by week and if there is anyone that can help, that would be most welcome. Kind regards |
| Zahra | posted 13-Nov-2009 9:52am well, so much for week by week report. Anyway, this is the end of week two and lost 10lp so far not bad coz i cheated for like 3 times . will report again next week. |
| Katrina | posted 14-Nov-2009 1:34am Hello. I bought slim fast today after being shown some old photos from 3 years ago. I knew I gained weight, but I didn't know I gained THAT MUCH! (25 pounds).. I also found an old diary and I found an entry were I was complaining about being fat at 135... Now that I weight 155 pounds, I want to go back in time and slap my 135 pound self. I'm 19 and every time i go out with my friends in public I feel like "the fat friend"... and im sick of it!! Hopefully this works for me. I need the motivation, and I need something easy as I hate preparing food (Hence why I always go for the microwave stuff)... hopefully this is the answer (along with exercise of course).. I'm also looking for a slimfast buddy!! If you are interested please email me at Candeka@hotmail.com, even if you see this post 3 months from when it was posted! Good luck to everyone! |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Dec-2009 8:57pm i need help of finding a way to lose 200lbs fast.i just started drinking slim fast yesterday 1 for bef,1 for lunch and a lean cusean frozen dinner for supper.will this do it? |
| Anonymous | posted 3-Dec-2009 2:48am slim fast smoothies are lovely i have one for breakfast just to start my motabalism as i dont like to eat breakfast |
| laker | posted 25-Dec-2009 9:18pm I'm a freshman in college and I'm definitely gaining the freshman 15. I'm an athlete there and I think after our morning workouts I think its okay to eat a lot, espcially because the skinny girls next to me are. I hope these slim fast shakes will teach me to control my portions and lose the extra weight before we go to FL for spring training. Would it be bad if I used 2% instead of skim?u Also which is more preferred, just shakes,or mix it up and use the bars? Thanks :) |
| tashe | posted 28-Dec-2009 11:52pm I love slim fast. If I feel my self gaining weight I start a slim fast diet. I been drinking the shakes for 1 month and 12 days and lost 13 pounds. I drink a shake in the morning a shake 4 lunch and salad and chicken breast or bake fish for dinner with fruit threw out the day. I never tried the powder and I tried the bars and didn't like them. Since it was a recall on the shakes I have no choice but to try the powder. Slim fadt works when u follow the plan. |
| Anonymous | posted 4-Jan-2010 3:41pm I skimmed through all the posts... Ihave great advice for those who are thinking about slimfast but AFRAID of the ASPARTAME..(just look up a few articles on aspartame and if you werent already afraid you WILL be!) last night I bought twoslimfast canisters..then I went online to ead about aspartame.. now I wont use the slimfast I just paid $15 for... ( 2 cans wal-mart) so anyway I looked up carnation instant breakfast and wow not only will I save a dollar or two.... it has LESS fat, LESS saturated fat..LESS cholesterol... and everything else virtually the SAME (the calories, protein, all the vitamins, minerals) the ONLY thing missing was FIBER... 4 grams per shake (slimfast). so quick fix all that new fiber powder that mixes easily even into water..with no gritty feel or taste... well ill just mix that into my carnation instant breakfast and OUILA! slimfast without the aspartame! I dont care about the sugar being higher..calorie for calorie basically the same... and im AGAINST dangerous chemicals a, I want to be HEALTHY not just lose weight and get a tumor or disease , headaches, dizziness etc etc..... I weigh 170, I want to weigh 155... so just 15 pounds to lose, (im tall 5'9") i also avoid MSG completely so I do not do any frozen dinners..... im broke so I go to walmart and get canned beans, and canned fruit (mandarin oranges) everything is a dollar or less there.... almond slivers..these things as toppings , a spoon or two....make me feel im having something gourmet .... fill a bell pepper or a tomato with some tuna fish and put a half slice of fat free cheese on it and bake a few minutes....the tomato paste at wal mart is like 50 cents a can... it makes mega loads of SAUCE (just add water and spice)... and have that on a 1/2 cup of pasta with a littl bit of chicken...just my advice hope I helpd:) lets make 2010 the BEST ..any questions or just for moral support I can be reached at citycrystl@yahoo.com (thats a lower case "L" at end of citycryst"L"<---lower case,Susan) |
| seberjane | posted 10-Jan-2010 8:28pm I've been on the slim fast diet for about three weeks now. I'm 5'4 and weigh 205 lbs. This is Jan 10th 2010. I lost 5 lbs my first week and nothing since. I've started to walk a little more and drink more water. My body was actually in the starvation mode. I didn't realize that I needed to eat breakfast and lunch (the two meals that I was skipping)in order to lose weight. Hopefully things will turn around for me and I will lose some of this unsightly bulge. I believe in the slim fast diet that's why I'm sticking to it. I'm 50 years old and quit smoking 6 months ago. I feel healthier and am up for the slim fast challenge. Yay! |
| Anonymous | posted 12-Jan-2010 7:51am I make my slimfast shakes in the blender (the powder in the can). Fist I crush up some ice, then add the milk, and pulse that together, then add the powder. I put it on the "smoothie" button on the blender for 1 1/2 minutes...it tastes like a delicious shake...it's so good...and very filling... |
| dora | posted 3-Feb-2010 4:35am i'm trying to decide whether to do slimfast or the special K diet. a friend of mine did the special K diet and lost a lot of weight ( with exercise too, of course). i tried slimfast shakes before, it's good, but does not keep you very full. i guess that's why you need a snack to follow afterwards. anyway, if anyone has any information on which is better, slimfast or special K let me know. thanks |
| playet | posted 3-Feb-2010 5:06pm people say you will gain the weight back if you do this diet but that's not true...well you can if you had a habit of 3 drive throughs a day and go back to that you will but if you go back to regular eating but healthy staying within your calorie needs you will be fine...I'm a big fan of fast fixes so doing this and getting results is better than cutting calories and it taking double the time to lose weight... I like to have a shake for breakfast special k bar for lunch and another shake for dinner...I don't like the taste of the slim fast bars |
| jessica | posted 18-Feb-2010 9:30pm starting slimfast diet tomorrow morning, drinking one for breakfast one for lunch and eating a balanced dinner, i need to lose 15 lbs by april 17th i am 164lbs is it possible to do with excersise everyday? |
| BRENDA | posted 22-Feb-2010 8:21pm HELLO,I'VE HAD A WEIGHT PROBLEM SINCE I HIT MY 30'S.I WEIGH 194LBS.AND I'M 5'4.SOMEONE SAID TO ME TRY SLIM FAST,TWO SHAKES AND ONE SMALL MEAL.AND EXCERSISE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES A DAY.SO I THOUGHT I'LL GIVE IT A TRY.I'AM HOPING TO GET DOWN TO 125LBS.HOPEFULLY BY END OF JULY.SO I DID IT TODAY,FIRST DAY.WENT WELL,LITTLE HUNGRY BUT NEED A FEW DAYS TO ADJUST.I HAD A SHAKE FOR BREAKFAST,A SMART ONES(230CALOIES)FOR LUNCH.AND A SHAKE FOR SUPPER.I PLAN ON THIS EATING TILL I GET TO 125LBS.FOLKS PRAY FOR ME.PLEASE? CAUSE I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD!BUT MY MIND IS SET.AND I'M IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP AND I WANT TO LOOK GOOD FOR MY NEW BO.TTYL. |
| Anonymous | posted 23-Feb-2010 11:22am I have did slim fast diet before lost about 15 lbs in 3 months, believe me if you do it right you will lose weight, but i would always say well i've been doing this for awhile its okay to cheat one day and that would always mess me up, but i've been doing it for a week now and i lost 3 lbs already, but i eat lunch instead of a supper,because i believe that u gain wait while u sleep because u r doing nothing,and lunch is earlier and by the end of the day i can work it off. |
| Anonymous | posted 23-Feb-2010 11:26am sorry i spelled weight wrong, also it is very important to exercise, at least a couple of time a week for 30 minutes a day |
| jireh | posted 23-Feb-2010 11:35am I guess i should give myself a name, well i posted the last two comments and i wanted to also say, that when i eat lunch it isn't healty but, mainly low calorie, like i might eat one taco or something to kind of mix things up and sometimes i eat a meal bar instead of a shake there are some really good ones now, or for a few days i may drink shakes and then only a salad and yes sometimes u get hungry, but try to think this isn't forever, if u start exercising your metabolism will kick in eventually and you'll get used to it. |
| jireh | posted 23-Feb-2010 11:37am The main reason i even thought of trying this diet is because i personally knew someone who lost like 90 lbs in less than a year doing it, and that really boosted my courage. |
| jireh | posted 23-Feb-2010 11:44am Also one more thing before i go, this is easy and very convenient, thats one thing i love about it, trying to plan meals and thinking about what i can or can't eat, make me want to eat even more, with the shakes its just east, i know what i can have , and its that simple, also its okay to have a healty snack,an apple or something. |
| Brenda | posted 23-Feb-2010 7:08pm Jireh,Thank you for all your advice,i will use it.and also for letting me know that someone you knew about lost 90lbs. in less than a year. that keeps me modivated to see it threw.Thank you,Jireh. |
| Margie | posted 26-Feb-2010 3:58am I am going to start the slim fast diet starting today my goal is to lose 50 pounds that by drinking a slim shake for breakfast and lunch and exerices 5days a weeks for 45 minutes and eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. |
| Anonymous | posted 6-Mar-2010 8:15pm I weigh about 160, and im in 9th grade. I have been reading on this slim fast diet. Tonight I hjust bought it... I hope it works |
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