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The Effectiveness of Slim-Fast
Reservoir Angel
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Does this stuff actually even work? Because I've heard lots of conlficting accounts of it. Some saying it works like a treat, others saying it tastes like puke and doesn't have any effect what-so-fucking-ever.
So I turn to you people. The people who've made more sense to me than anyone else in my life. So, if any of you have firsthand experience of this stuff, please enlighten me. Does it do what it says on the bottle?
So I turn to you people. The people who've made more sense to me than anyone else in my life. So, if any of you have firsthand experience of this stuff, please enlighten me. Does it do what it says on the bottle?
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its basically everything you need for a lunch as far as nutrition goes without all the fluff
It works the same as reducing your caloric intake, which is exactly what it does, only with the added benefit of tasting like crap.
Frankly, if you don't have the willpower to reduce your caloric intake on your own, chances are you won't be able to stick to slim fast for very long anyway.
I hear it works if you have it for breakfast and lunch then have a proper but "sensible" dinner. I'm assuming it works other ways? Like you have a normal breakfast, then have the stuff for lunch and dinner. Am I correct?
You can accomplish the same thing with more variety my simply measuring out your calories effectively.
just eat healthier
don't eat candy and cakes and junk
there is no long lasting quickfix for weight loss other than meth
exercise more, eat healthier, you'll lose weight
It doesn't "DO" anything. All it does is confine you to the contents of the can as a meal, which, in theory, will force you to intake less calories.
There's nothing magic about it.
Yeah, no. Supplements and such are temporary solutions for a larger problem. They are also almost universally terrible for you in some fashion.
Run around your block each evening for 30 minutes, eat less, eat better. Also, visit the wight loss thread, lost of handy stuff in there.
34g of sugar is more than you get in most bowls of sugar cereal. I am not surprised.
They taste horrible in anything but strawberry and I still had to chug the fucker quick. I did it for awhile just for the fact that I hate eating and a can of what I needed was great. I mostly stopped doing it cause I couldn't find big cases of strawberry anymore and I met a girl that I was with for awhile...
I may start up again.
I don't think they taste like crap. Faintly like drinking a raw egg, though.
Two meal replacement shakes and then a small dinner is a shitty way to lose weight. Like, if all you want to do is lose weight, then yeah, it will work. But if you want to be, you know, healthy at all, then it's a really shitty way to go about it.
They're a way to get meals out of the way if you do not want to deal with calorie counting or portion measuring. That's what they do.
Essentially: Weight Loss for those who can't be bothered.
I would argue that those who can't be bothered to lose weight in a healthy way would have a hard time sticking to a slim fast plan regardless. That being said, I'm sure it varies by person and could be an effective tool.
A calorie is a calorie and if you eat less of them (170 for a shake versus 1200 for a big mac value meal) you will lose fat. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/is-a-calorie-a-calorie.html
And you would be correct on both counts.
If anyone is interested in the details of metabolism, a good overview is here.
That paper talks about meal frequency and not caloric intake. I'm just saying.
I have used them as PART of a weight loss strategy that worked fairly well (110 pounds over 2 years, starting at 300ish and dropping into the 180s), but I didn't use them as meal replacements because they're crap for that - they may give you body everything it "needs" in a meal, but you're still going to be hungry after drinking one and if you're hungry, you're gonna eat.
What they worked well for was being my "screw it, I NEED something sweet, and I need it NOW" impulses; I drank them instead of grabbing Twinkies or what have you. You're still snacking and breaking your diet plan, but you're going to do that no matter how strong your willpower, and at least you're getting a boatload of vitamins in the process.
Oh, and the vanilla isn't bad. Never drink one unless it's really cold, though, there is a direct relationship between warmth and tasting godawful nasty.
Good luck.
The downside is that it's fucking boring.
It's far more exciting to eat egg whites with hot sauce! Get a thing of Egg Beaters (or a generic egg-white product, or if your local eggs are cheap separate them yourself) and it's simple math to see that you can eat, like, a CUP of egg whites and a whole fruit (apple, peach, kiwi) and it'll be a lot tastier and more filling than a slim fast.
Similarly, if you have a can of tuna fish mixed up with a little oil and spices (sundried tomatoes, lemon pepper -- in fact, Bumblebee makes these pre-made with crackers, you can just steal the recipes from the Ingredients list) and put that on a Serving of ritz crackers, and it's damn delicious and will keep you full (because fish is full of protein yet low in calorie).
Slim Fast can certainly work, but you should still count calories. If you have two slim fasts and then a giant Chipotle burrito with sour cream and everything? Yeah, you're not going to lose much weight.
You would probably do better having a piece of fruit and a slice of wheat bread than a shload of protein and salt for lunch.
That's true for a lot of things. Cold dulls your taste buds... which is why beers like Budweiser and Coors recommend you drink them "ice cold"... it's so you don't actually taste them.
OK, slim fast is just a protein drink. It has no special metabolic effects. It's about like shit-canning a can of tuna or 4 eggs. or any of a dozen other possible ways to eat 200 calories of protein that taste a lot better.
Personally, I say have some actual protein and a piece of fruit or something
Also, name brand slim fast tastes like ball-cheese, you can get some other flavors like "ensure" (the wal mart brand) that aren't as assy. I have an ensure and a granola bar between work and the gym a lot.
Don't be in "the business of losing fat, not gaining muscle" - feed your body the correct amount for the build you want, and mix full body resistance training with equal parts cardio.
Consistent and sustainable body change comes from moderate lifestyle adjustment over time. Disciplined moderate eating is better than a gimmick program you don't actually stay on.
200 calories of various foods
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm
some 3 and 4 hundred calories meals that are filling and appetizing:
http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2007/04/26/what_do_300_calorie_meals_look_like.php
more 200 calorie doses of actual damn food
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1491978/simple_200300_calorie_meals_and_snacks_pg2.html?cat=51
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Mmm, that sounds filling.
Well, yeah, maybe not as filling as a fistfull of protein... but healthier for you.
As for working it's more about easy discipline in a can. If you're left to your own devices making a meal you're more likely to cheat, whereas if you just grab a can and drink it and that's it then you're good. They're convenient and portioned so they probably work, but they're not a miracle drink or anything, just easy.