Huel

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Can anyone tall to me about huel? I like slimfast because its straight forward, cheap and easily available. I'll transfer to mfp when I've lost a bit and I'm ready. But for now 3 snacks 2 shake one meal is perfect, I dont have to think over much.

Has anyone used huel to lose weight? I like the idea of savory options, but there isn't a clear plan online.

I loved it, so easy, no thinking, complete food stuff. Can get boring though.

Personally I love it.

I have a shake for breakfast and a hot and savoury followed by a second shake for dinner (I'm not a lunch person). I was steadily losing weight before christmas, and I'm down almost 4lb since 1st Jan.

They do powders, hot and savoury and bars. The powders and the hot and savoury are 400kcal per portion but they are a good size and as they only need water you can make it up to whatever measure you want. The bars are 200kcal each.

Powder versions are white (standard) or black (more protein and less carbohydrate) and both come in a variety of flavours.

I've tried white banana and coffee, and black chocolate and coffee caramel. I don't have an overly sweet tooth and found the banana a little too sweet for me - but then again my partner loves it and adds a tsp of maple syrup to his. The coffee ones (black and white) are amazing - like drinking coffee flavoured nutty melted ice-cream.
The black chocolate was not nice (possibly due to the pea protein used to up the protein content) but they are changing the recipe soon as a lot of people have noted this about black chocolate - apparently the white version is way nicer but I've not tried it yet,

I really don't recommend the bars - they taste like cardboard - I tried chocolate and white choc and raspberry. Horrible!

Hot and Savoury are great. They come in a variety of flavours and are more textured - think vegetarian chilli / curry. Add boiled water - again like the shakes can be made thicker or thinner to preference but changing how much water you add - then cover and they are ready in 5 mins. Mexican is my favourite, thai is nice, tomato and herb a little bland. Really looking forward to trying their three new flavors next week.

Sainsburys do the ready to drink bottles - which would give you an idea of white version standard flavours, without shelling out £50 min spend to check the taste. Note these will be slightly smoother than the make at home powder.

If you do decided to buy something meeting the minimum spend - you can then add individual bags, bars etc to try.

My best tips are:

Make it the night before giving it time to thicken.
It's nicer straight from the fridge.
Use a blender to really make it smooth.
Replacing 100ml of a shake's water contact with milk / alternative is divine.
Adding a tiny amount of goat's cheese to the mexican H&S is also divine.

Did you try Huel in the end op? DH and I are looking to try it, partially because we are often too busy to stop at lunchtime and partially in the hope it helps us lose a bit of weight.

I don't suppose anyone would like to do refer a friend for it?

I think it rhymes with 'gruel' for a reason! I didn't like it at all

@JM10 we have been using Huel since 1st Jan and liking it. We have them for breakfast and lunch on working days, with just say an apple and banana for snacks. We are onto our third delivery

Referral code gives both of us £10 off huel.mention-me.com/m/ol/ot4vv-7c9b8aa449

I liked it but thought it was quite high in calories so would say have it around 10am as brunch. It is filling so I found a light snack at 3ish kept me going until 6/7pm

Pickled Willy, I used your referral code. I'll stick mine here if anyone wants to use it. Gives us both £10 off.

huel.mention-me.com/m/ol/th2he-212ced6ecb

mrsdavegrohl I used your referral token, thank you! Here’s mine if anyone wants one
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Abit late to this thread! Jayne I've just used your link and am waiting on a referral code to be emailed to me.

@SneakAttackDamage thank you for that ! Very helpful

And thank you to those leaving the referral thingy .. going to look into this !

Do you have to spend of minimum of £55??

I don't know if this counts as a zombie thread but hey ho, I use Huel, but it's taken me ages to work out how to use it in a way that is most palatable (for me!) I've ended up using 1 scoop of powder in 4-500ml of liquid, rather than 2 scoops of powder in 400ml of liquid. I do still find that it fills me up more than enough. I also find that having it at a thinner consistency reduces the windy problems that most people seem to experience on it(!) I have it for lunch after fasting (16:8) from the night before. I haven't been counting weight loss, but I feel like a new person. Much more energy, and it's sorted out some digestive issues I've been having. It also means that I can "eat" (drink) lunch at a sensible time, as work often dictates that I don't actually have a lunch break until about 4pm.

Best tips are to mix it the night before, blend it if you can, chill until you need it. Also some plant milk (or milk milk if you use it) added to the water is nice.

For me the white vanilla is best, but I'm trying some black flavours next.

I've just remembered I have some unopened packets of new flavours. This might be a sign to try this again.... I used to down it like medicine/punishment and spend the next few hours longing for a meal!! I've witnessed it work wonders though and might try again to get into the rhythm!

Not sure if this is a zombie thread but it’s the most recent one I could find. So far I’ve lost 0.6kg in a week! I’m going to up it to 2 Huel shakes and one meal a day. Will probably try a blender bottle to blend at my desk after the bank hol- has anyone tried one?

I do have an active referral link if anyone needs a new one but they include your full name in it now, so PM me! 😊

I've just started huel today
Going to go hardcore and try huel only (black banana shakes) for a week as a kick-start.
I will report progress!!
Had 4 today
I've got 8 kg I want to shift

I've got a code for £10 off and a free tshirt if anyone wants it. Pm me 😊

Best of luck @Rollerbird ! Watching your progress with interest, I’m considering buying hot and savoury for easier prep at work!

Can someone explain what Huel is and his it works?

How it works?

It's a nutritionally complete food replacement
Powder, or hot, and bars
I'm going on the lower carb, higher protein one.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia page about it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huel
And it's own website
uk.huel.com/

@Rollerbird that's so helpful - cheers!

I tried it for a few weeks but the taste of it is vile, it makes my stomach turn thinking of it. Also don’t have more than one a day to start off with or else the chances of shitting yourself is pretty high (they admit this themselves).

@laufreythejust I'm OK so far on that front but will be interesting to see for how long!
I guess liquid only is a shock to the system!
I've chosen banana flavour and it's OK flavour wise to be honest.

@Rollerbird that’s good news sounds like you’re resistant to those side effects! It’s good you like the flavour too, I tried chocolate and vanilla. I found making it as cold as possible helped a bit. It’s a great idea and the free t shirt is really comfy haha.