Slim Fast Diet Info

By Jenni Lee · Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Slim Fast Diet is one of the oldest available diets that are still in use. Slim Fast diet is very helpful in controlling hunger for more than four hours. The diet is balanced, nutritional and rich in calcium and proteins. It is easy to keep on, snacking and loosing weight are compatible, this diet will not cause you a hunger, it already counts all your calories, it is convenient, it doesn’t contain any stimulants or appetite suppressants, it can be proud of the variety of food you can eat which provides you with vitamins, minerals and fibre at the same time. Slim fast diet is considered to be a nutritionally balanced plan, offering dieters proteins, carbohydrates, and a healthy amount of fat.

Dieters are encouraged to stay away from high-fat and high-calorie foods, and choose high-fibre/high-vitamin foods instead. Dieters have to buy the Slim-Fast Brand foods.  Slim-fast participants are to avoid high fat and high calorie foods and replace them with vitamin and fibre enriched nutritious foods. Dieting with juices alone may not help as much as a fast weight loss diet would but it would be truly helpful.

In order to lose weight you must take in fewer calories than you use. The Slim fast diet, like many other diets, follows that basic plan. Here’s a brief glimpse at it.

First let’s examine the basics of the slim fast diet. In essence it revolves around drinking a shake in place of two meals for the day. The dieter can also eat a regular meal for dinner, as well as two pieces of fruit and one slim fast nutrition bar. At 1200 calories each day this diet is about 500 down from an average female’s diet, and 1000 down from an average male’s diet. Add exercise and you’re sure to lose weight on this diet.

This slim fast diet is easy to use, that’s important. If diet is too hard to maintain it will never work. Slim fast diet also tells people to drink 6 to 8 cups of water a day – that’s a good thing. One great problem with the slim fast diet is that it is difficult to get needed vitamins, minerals and other nutrients necessary for healthy living. Most of these are found in the average foods that people eat, but not all are found in the slim fast shake or nutrition bars. Another danger on this diet is to cut out the dinner meal. They think this will help them lose weight at an even more rapid pace. But that’s a very bad idea because it’s far too few calories, and multiplies the problem of missing certain nutrients.

Sometimes people eat two regular meals and replace one with the slim fast shake –a modified slim fast diet. It’s a good, safe way to lose weight.

The Slim Fast diet is one of the better ones on the market if you don’t mind spending the money for the shakes, which can be quite expensive to consume twice a day.

Weight loss can be difficult at the best of times, so helpful advice and encouragement from a nutritionist/dietician as well as other dieters can make a huge contribution to your weight loss goals.

Delmondo Sorell
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By tigertiger28 on April 27th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

how much weight have you lost on the slim fast diet?
ive just started the slim fast diet and im wondering how much weight people lost while on it and how much they lost in there first month.???

how much exercise did you do and what type???

also im wondering what you ate for the evening meal as im alittle unsure as to what to have for dinner……….would it be ok if i had 3 shakes a day and no evening meal (this is so much easier said than done i no ) anyways any info would be great to hear thanx :-)

p.s i no everyones diffrent and loses weight at diffrent speeds im just curious :-)

none – dont agree with meal replacement shakes etc can’t be healthy.
I lost 3 stones in 6 months following slimming world though.
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i lost 11 lbs in 2 weeks. i had a shake for b-fast and 1 at lunch with like an apple or raw veggie and a decent evening meal. its not what they say to do but it worked for me. i also did a little running- like 10 min or 40 on the eliptical- nothing to difficult. good luck!!
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By alibongobert on April 27th, 2010 at 6:02 pm

Started out at 133 lbs. Had one shake for breakfast and one for evening meal. Had normal lunch only smaller portions. Started walking twice a week for 60 mins at a time and one aerobic workout 45 mins once a week. Now down to 124 lbs in about 8 weeks. Feel and look better.
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I found that a slim fast doesnt satisfy me for a meal and like other diets, just makes me overeat at another. You have to evaluate what will satisfy you without overeating and eating the wrong stuff. The this site for some great information -
http://www.purplepumpkintree.com/WEIGHTCONTROL.html
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