Tell me if this sounds like a pretty good weight loss plan, Drinking a slim fast (high protein) in the morning, and then eating a meal replacement, either slim fast or south beach diet(whichever is cheaper) and then eating normal, I always cook healthy for my family. I have a 4 yr. old and 2 yr. old twins so I do get excercise , but also I am thinking maybe 20 min. of "me time" for only excercise. Does that sound like a good plan, I really would like to lose 20 lbs. by about the end of August and then another 10 lbs. but I know that will be hard to lose, please tell me what you think. Thanks in advance!

Actually, I did pretty well on Slimfast and lost quite a bit. I think it worked best for me because I'm REALLY bad at trying to plan, so bring able to grab something and go worked well for me. Right now I have a shake for breakfast, low-fast yogurt mid morning, bar for lunch, apple mid afternoon, and a sensible dinner. I also try to exercise most days of the week.
The only thing you have to deal with is either you're going to use it for a while (like me, who is still too lazy to plan a breakfast or lunch) or eventually you WILL have to learn how to prepare meals. So that is the only bad thing I can think of -- it's a bit of a crutch. But hell, most of the diet plans out there have crutches -- South Beatch, Atkins, Weight Watchers.
So yeah, I like Slim Fast.

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NO. Try this it was invented by a dietician for obese people who need an operation in two weeks time.
There is enough for one week so freeze half freshly made to last the week.
I cheated and did it for a whole 6 months went from a 40in waist to a 32in without to much effort.
Operation Soup
Ingredients.
3 large onions
1 large or two small green peppers
1 bunch of celery
?? head of green cabbage
1 leek
2 tin chopped tomatoes
1 packet of French onion soup (any brand)
3 vegetable stock cubes (I use oxo)
Cut all vegetables into bite size pieces if your not going to liquidize.
Place all in a large pot add enough water to cover.
Simmer until vegetables are cooked add more water if necessary.
NOTE
To be eaten as a two meal replacement (largest and the smallest).
You can still have a light lunch or light evening meal.
Should not exceed 5 days at a time and 10 days a month.
You will pass more water so make sure you keep up your water intake.

I lost 35 lbs just by switching to a diet with an ease in protein and carbs...I never touched anything artificial (splena...mono-diglycerides...etc...have you ever read the ingredients on the back of a Slim-Fast can-scary.) Eat lots of fruits and veggies and high fiber whole grain stuff...the fiber keeps you full longer...eat less complex protiens (like fish...no red meat or pork) limit dairy, but take a calcium supplement and for the love of all that's holy...don't drink ANY kind of soft drinks. (Artificial sweeteners--all of them have an enzyme that "tricks" your brain into thinking it's hungry...sort of defeats its own purpose.) Good luck...keep excercising...oh...also "Daily Detox" tea by Traditional Medicinals is great...no yucky (read: diarrhea) side effects, and it helps to boost digestion...

I've lost the same 25 lbs 3 or 4 times with slim fast. Works fine if you stick with the diet, but the problem is it is hard to keep the weight off, because the habits aren't sustainable (I'm not drinking those damn shakes every day!)

i dont recmend it. the south beach diet is better than slim fast. just dont eat the tv dinners too much sodium will crash your diet and stay away from diet sugars =) good luck!

i was on slim fast all summer trying to lose weight...i am a cross country runner and always felt fat compared to other runners i only joined xc because i was fast in the first place so every morning i would drink slim fast go running and then have another slimfastfor lunch and i really didnt lose signficant weight at all andi had the worst cross country season of my life...i was slower than when i had never trained at all before my freshmen year...it wasnt giving me the proper nutrition my body needed and i dont think slim fast does a good job of supporting an active body i lost the most weight from eating blanced meals that included scrambled eggs salads lean meats (chicken fish) and lots of vegetables. I started running in the morning for 3-5 miles then twice a week i would do a second run in the evening (just another 3 miles) i did crunches and pus ups every day and iwent from about 145 to 130 in a summer...i just dont think slim fast worked for me excercise is very important to being healthy diet alone usually wont do it