To ask if you've ever had success using a shake based diet..?

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So I'm looking into different options. I know it's a typical New Years resolution to eat better, loose weight etc.. but I do really need to do it this time.
My partner and I are TTC.. I've not had any confirmed fertility issues but I am a little overweight, and I'd like to fry to do what I can to help our chances 😀

So I'm looking into either slimming world or slim fast (shake based) I've done slimming world before, liked it - but it's so easy in my opinion to stray off track.. but that could be my crappy willpower 🤣🤦‍♀️

I'm swaying more towards slim fast shake diet. I guess I'm just wondering if herbalife / juice plus / slim fast has worked for anybody before? Before I go out and blow a load of money on shakes 😅

I've done exante and lost two and a half stone.
Then corona happened and I ended up in a bad way and put it back on.
I'm starting it again tomorrow. It does work, it's nothing easy but it does show results.

www.england.nhs.uk/2020/09/thousands-to-benefit-from-soups-and-shakes-diet-on-the-nhs-from-today/

NHS are starting to introduce them to reverse type 2 diabetes

I lost a stone easily with slim fast, it also stopped me sugar craving all the time and cut out cake, ice cream and chocolate from my diet. I did two shakes and a proper meal a day.
I used it to kickstart myself and started exercising again at the same time. I’ve kept it off and have just purchased more in order to try and get down to my target weight.

I have done Slimfast and it works. Unfortunately, not for long. When you go back to eating, you tend to pick up where you left off and I am now heavier than I was before. I'm going to start it next week again though; it's great if you want a quick result.

You could do two things at once with 16:8. Lose weight and reduce inflammation. As you don't have much to lose, I'd suggest you just eat more whole foods, don't buy processed stuff, and increase your daily steps or exercise. It's guaranteed to pay off. Not dramatic, but sustainable.

First two weeks are a detox

Any diet that mentions detox is a load of rubbish , if your body need ed two weeks to get rid of the toxins you would probably be dead from the toxins already.

JP and Herbalife are mlm don't touch them at all.

Eat less move more, which means make your portions smaller, walk some more and so on and so on you build upto it no quick fixes it's a change of lifestyle, but you can still have fun.

I do sw with 16:8 and find it quite successful. My problem is that I over indulge on hols and Xmas and end up back where I started with the same 7lb! I’ve done isagenix shakes before and the weight came off quickly but it’s expensive and not sustainable. I also struggled to go to the loo. My skin did look amazing though but I will stick with slimming world for a more realistic approach.

As others have said, check out Huel. I've had a lot of success with it and have changed my ideas around food.

The detox wasn’t rubbish at all. Maybe it’s a marketing phrase, I didn’t really give a crap what it was as it was working and I was eating nothing but healthy food.

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I have just started a shake diet (not going to say which one but not slim fast) I’ve done it before and honestly I lost loads of weight. Like 5 stone in 6 months so I’m doing it again. Yes I did put on weight again but I’ve been pregnant twice since then. I’ve just started yesterday. I’ve tried healthy eating but I always over eat so for me shakes take that away, if I’m just having shakes then a dinner I won’t over eat as not going to have any extra shakes and the dinner is the only real food I eat. People can criticise but it’s better than staying fat. I’m trying what I can to lose weight.

Why won't you say which one?

The detox wasn’t rubbish at all. Maybe it’s a marketing phrase, I didn’t really give a crap what it was as it was working and I was eating nothing but healthy food.

You are correct it is marketing rubbish and isn't a detox at all., well done for eating healthy food.

As others have said, check out Huel. I've had a lot of success with it and have changed my ideas around food.

Girl may be good but I watch Dave Gorman so can't get hipster gruel out of my head.

Nope I couldn't stick to it they are full of sugar

No no no!

Shake replacements aren’t worth it.

To lose weight effectively and consistently you need to retrain yourself to eat the right amount and this takes time. A shake diet won’t do that as you won’t learn much except they taste pretty crap and you really really like real food with textures.

Slimming world is OK but I don’t like the points system of it and similar because it feels disconnected from real life to me (disclaimer, yes it works for some people. Fab, it’s just not for me)

You need to know portion sizes and food weights per portion and how much to eat to really change your eating habits. And you can only do this by actually weighing it and cooking it and eating it and figuring out what makes you feel great, gives you energy, makes you poop regular or what saps your energy and makes you feel bleugh.

Eg I don’t eat super fatty meals, too much yoghurt even though I love it or a carb heavy meal because if I do the fatty food makes me feel bleugh. Yoghurt can lead to hangover feeling and carbs make me want to nap. I love lightly cooked tomatoes with garlic on top of my salad and makes the whole thing taste infinitely better and I want to eat it all the time 😋

I relearned all this on the first few months and things I loved I don’t fancy so much now and things I hated I want to eat all the time.

I’m about 4 months in to weight loss. Focusing on eating a calorie deficit based on my weight and height ( no points or syns or shakes in sight) it’s working and I’m losing on average 1.5 lbs per week and even lost weight over Xmas whilst still enjoying mince pies and quality street. I can easily judge a meal with the right calorie content/portion size for when I’m cooking now so I don’t always have to weigh it out etc just tap it into my tracker app. I still weigh it out if I’m doing a new recipe or trying a new food out.

I’ve not put in consistent exercise yet (covid, sen kid, it’s bloody hard to do anything right now) and I’m well aware the next 20odd lbs of weight loss will slow down until I can get my fitness up.

Give yourself time to figure it out. Expect fuck ups and a bad day here and there and get back on it the next day.

I think the main thing is you have to find something sustainable long term. Some people do loose weight fast with shakes and also change diet when they come off so they keep it off - but most people just pile it back on.

So assuming you are like most people, I’d avoid Shakes. I think it can be easy to overdo the portions and carbs on SW (so I have been told), maybe try something more modern like Second Nature that promotes more of a balance between protein and carbs etc.

Why won't you say which one?

Because I’m not going to name it for people to criticise it, people are quick to criticise diet shakes but not everyone finds healthy eating easy, I find shakes much easier to stick to so I’m not going to bother name the company (for people to criticise) other than I’m on a diet shake, doesn’t matter which anyway the idea is the same anyway.

Eat normally for a week or two and keep a daily calories diary. Then knock off 3/400 each day from that you usually eat, you will lose gradually and in a much more sustainable, cheaper way. Good luck

Cals in, calories out. Sitting drinking shakes will do nothing long term. What’s the plan when you need to stop drinking them?

Eveningoverrooftops and peace and quiet have good ideas.

You need a better approach. Look at what you’re eating. You don’t have to cut out what you like. It’s about sorting out portions, working out what you’re doing wrong. What foods fill you up for longer? What foods are you totally overindulging in. Is it over processed food? What about hidden calories or the ones you take for granted in fluids you drink?

Don’t start drinking shite to lose weight. You need a longer term plan for becoming a healthy parent.

Please don't do any of these things.
Instead I promise you that it will change your life if you watch two programmes that have changed mine.
The first is "How to lose a stone in three weeks" on All4 and the second is "Fat Fiction" on Amazon prime.
After doing so, I started the Fast 800 and it has completely changed my life and relationship with food. Join the Facebook group and you will see success story after success story.
We have an obesity crisis because we have been sold the wrong message on dieting for a long time. Think about how previous generations ate and they were not fat. Why? Because they didn't snack or eat so many carbs and ate full fat everything.Carbs spike your blood sugar giving you cravings and making you need to snack. The low fat method doesn't work and there is no science to support it. This diet reverses diabetes and has staggering results for weight loss.
I lost two stone in 12 weeks and am now on the maintenance phase eating a normal amount of calories but maintaining the principles of a Mediterranean diet.
This method is now being advocated by many health professionals- not just because you lose weight but because of the positive impact it has on health. I have more energy, my skin is better as are my nails, hair etc.
I can promise you if you look into this and give it a go it will be a game changer. It certainly has been for me and my relationship with food is so much better after years of fad diets and yo-yoing. This actually works.

My husband and I lost a load of weight last year just mostly cooking our dinners from the Pinch of Nom cookbooks. The food is so healthy and delicious and you don’t feel like you are reducing your calories. We haven’t been calorie counting. Lots of people who do Slimming World use them, but I can’t be bothered with the faff of counting up points/calories etc. I suppose I’ve discovered a love of cooking tasty fresh home cooked meals instead of considering it being on a diet??

People often use shakes at the start of Fast800

And they do explain how to move on from this phase quite well

Yes I lost 9 stone in 9 months and have kept it off for years by eating healthily I loved the control of it, not having to think of meals.. I just wanted the weight off fast in an easy to follow way. Sometimes I had 2 shakes, bar and a low carb meal.. or I had 2 shakes and 2 bars.

Forgot to add, it was with shakethatweight who are very affordable compared to others.

I don’t mean to sound boring or holier than thou because I’m actually quite a big fan of the odd crash diet, but if you’re doing it to TTC I think you’d probably be better focussing on your overall health, not just your weight, by getting more exercise and eating healthy, nutritious meals.

I started my diet with slim fast a few years ago, but it’s not sustainable long term

I used it to get into good habits of smaller meals and healthy snacks. The initial weight loss spurred me on.

The important bit is what you replace the shakes with when you phase them out. If you stop calorie counting and end up eating double calories you’ll pile it all back on.

I’m 8 stone lighter than I was 3 years ago. Calorie counting and learning what was in some stuff (especially the vast calorie difference between things that seemed the same!) was the key long term.