Slim-Fast
Want to lose weight but not sure where to start? Here's one of diet convenience mainstays.
BACKGROUND
Slim-Fast made it's name with meal-replacement shakes. Dieters with a hectic schedule can just grab a shake or fruit and be good to go. By lending convenience and simplicity to its dieters lives, it has grown its product offering to include bars, snacks, smoothies, as well as a meal plan called Slim-Fast Optima, which provides a healthy combination of complex carbs, protein and healthier fats. For those watching their carb intake, there is a low-carb option and a low-sugar option.
The Slim-Fast plan offers 100 percent of the nutrients your body requires and typically has women consuming 1,200 calories daily. Weight loss is supported by the low-caloric intake. The Slim-Fast plan allows you to use both their products and your choice of nutritious foods to promote healthy weight loss.
PRO
- Convenience of food products for people on the go
CON
- As with all packaged food plans, the cost will be more than if you prepare all of your own meals
DIET and NUTRITION
There are a variety of ways to mix-and-match the Slim-Fast foods with your food choices. For example, a meal plan for someone weighing under 140 pounds would include two Slim-Fast meal items, three fruits or vegetables and one sensible meal. Their meal plan might look like this: Breakfast is a Slim-Fast Smoothie with six ounces of fat-free yogurt. Lunch is a Slim-Fast Shake or Bar, in addition to a whole-wheat english muffin topped with marinara and low-fat mozzarella. Dinner will be your 1 meal with no more than 500 calories. For dinner, divide your plate in fourths- half should be vegetables, one-quarter protein and one-quarter starch, along with a salad or fruit.
While following the Slim-Fast plan, be sure to drink plenty of water and commit to regular exercise.
EXERCISE
The Slim-Fast website has a thorough exercise support system that you can customize to your needs and desires.
CONCLUSION
Slim-Fast is one of the "veterans" in the prepackaged weight loss solution arena. They're popularly known for their meal replacement shakes, but that doesn't mean you are restricted to a liquid diet. Mix and match their products with regularly prepared healthy food, and busy people like you can find healthy weight loss success.
Common Misspellings
slimfast, slim fast, Slim faster, Slim fast deit, Slimfast deit
Related Diets: Cambridge Diet, Slim-Fast, Isopure Shakes, Biggest Loser Protein, Living Lean Smoothie, VF Smoothie
> Leave Feedback
User Feedback
(Page 4 of 4)
Love Slim Fast! The shakes are tasty and the bars are absolutely delicious! Along with daily exercise, the wight comes off!
Slimfast used to have the Orange-pineapple flaver, and also Cranberry-apple and another fruit drink shake. They were very good. I haven't seen any of those flavors in the store. I liked them so much more than the chocolate and vanilla.
this is a great diet i barely started and i aready can see a result i give it two thumbs up..
i havnt tried it but im looking foward to it
they taste pretty good - like a real shake! and god knows I can't get all those vitamins with my usual diet of mcdonalds and taco bell.
I tried SlimFast and found I was sooo hungry all the time. I had a lot to lose, maybe that's why I was starving. Or was it the sugar in the SlimFast that made me hungry? The aspartame in some of the products gave me headaches.
slim fast is the best diet i have ever used! Wooooooo, SLIM-FAST!
hip hip horray for slim fast!!
What is wrong with your protein shakes? I have been drinking them for 5 yrs. The last 4 multipacks I purchased have been undrinkable. They are so thick it barely comes out of the can and the taste is unbelievably awful. I used to get a can like this every once in a while, now the last four packs I've purchased I had to throw away....too much money for that nonsense.
I lost 40 lbs. with the help of Slim Fast drinks. I am not able to drink the dairy product but I did drink the pineapple/orange drink but have put some of the weight back now in the past couple years so I have been looking for those drinks again for a little help and no one can seem to get their hands on any for me. What is up with that.... no more help for the non dairy drinkers.
I Love SF! I drink one every day on my way to work. And it keeps me full until lunch. I have lost 25lbs!
I really like slim fast.. It do works alot. I lost 9 pounds in a month... i am still losing more... just try it.... and aslo workout.....
I started with SlimFast the last week of October. Mid January and I'm down 36 pounds. There have been some slip ups along the way but I'm really pleased. I've tried a couple of other brands of shakes but I'm hungry inbetween, so I'll stick to my SlimFast.
I got on the scale today and im down four lbs, for the past week i have been drinking slimfast, to my surprise it curbed my appetite, i have been dieting using all sorts of pills drinks etc, and havent lost a pound, i have a sluggish thyroid, i am stunned all of a sudden i lost four lbs, im convinced its the slim fast, i havent felt hungry all day while drinking them, i am amazed
I have lost 4lbs so far with slim fast. I love it. I started drinking the shakes a 5 days ago.
I used the Slim Fast shakes a few years ago and they're a great supplement to a diet program.... I recently wanted to shed a few pounds again and control my hunger so I picked up a box of the cappucino shakes (they used to be my favorite). I was disappointed to find that they use fake sweeteners now (which I can't stand and avoid at all costs). I don't think I'll buy anymore unless they have non-aspartame ones. I can always taste aspartame and it leaves a chalky awful taste in my mouth.
See 109 more diets
