does slimfast work?

[ramus]

anyone know?

[Guest]

You lose weight, but not in a healthy way. Notonly does it not contain the nutrients you need, it makes you feel ever so slightly nauseous, to suppress appetite further.

You end up consuming too few calories and your body will drop muscle as well as fat.

[ramus]

i only plan on 1 shake a day for lunch, and does slimfast suppress appetite??????????????????????

trying to drop 10 stubborn pounds

[terry]

I'm with Br Thai on this. If you take in too little feul you will put your body into a mode where it thinks it is in starvation conditions. It will hold onto its fat while it metabolizes muscle. You will loose fat, but you'll also lower your metabolism, feel terrible and probably set yourself up for gaining back more than you lost in the first place.

My advice is to do everything you can to increase your metabolism. Eat lots of good healthy food, reduce unnecessary sugars, exercise like crazy (try one hour of cardio for starters) on a daily basis, get lots of sleep, and don't go on any starvation diets.

Terry

[Typhoon]

it works while you are on it once you get off you becoem fat again because your body thinsk you are starving and it stores all the fat it can get making as fat or fatter then you were before. Nothing better then doing sports, exercising and eating healthy!

[Builderofmuscle]

Be careful with that stuff. I suggest only one shake a day, one protien bar, and 3 hard meals. You can't rely on one thing or you'll be screwed.

[swan104]

Its funny, because I've just had a Slimfast meal supplement. it was meant to be chicken soup. It didn't look or taste anything like it!

I'm trying to lose a few pounds myself (about 8 pounds), and get my body fat down slightly. My daily diet currently consists of:

Morning: Low-fat yoghurt, cereal bar and some fruit
Lunch: Salad (few slices of ham or turkey, cucumber, pasta etc)
Afternoon: Fruit, cereal bar
Dinner: Low-fat meal from the Supermarket!

I've also increased the amount of exercise I do. Not so much martial arts training, but more weight and circuit training. My weight hasn't dropped, but I do feel better.

Oh, I think I need to cut down on the beers as well!

I'm sure this diet is far from ideal, but I don't want to stay on it forever. I only need to lost a few pounds so your thoughts on this would be much appreciated.

Steve

[Builderofmuscle]

so wait, you only eat two meals a day? Thats shitty. For increased activity, you should eat 5 to 6 meals a day. Actuall, during the summer, I eat 7 to 9 meals a day.

[swan104]

What type of foods do you eat? Is it mainly carbs?

[Builderofmuscle]

I eat about 60% carbs, 30 percent protien, and 10 % fat.