Slim Fast!!!! - Weight Loss Message Board

moreen83 · 01-30-2004, 08:50 AM

So, I must toot my own horn. For once in my life I have stuck to a diet and have actually been doing quite well...to the point that I actually WANT to keep on going. Anywho, I started Slim Fast about three weeks ago at 162lbs...well, I weighed myself today at the gym, and yes, yes, I now weigh 153lbs! Only one more pound until my ten pound goal, then I must concentrate on keeping this stamina and reaching my twenty pound goal. I feel great! I'm never hungry either!

I usually have a bar for breakfast, a snack bar for a snack, another meal bar for lunch, then a yogurt for snack, then either a turkey sandwich (when I have work) or whatever my mom makes for dinner when I'm home, followed by a slim-fast ice cream sandwich or a bag of 94% fat-free popcorn later that night. I try not to eat past eight o'clock though. And variously through out the day I eat carrots, or treat myself to two cookies. Also, I do cardio three days a week, weights twice a week, then yoga on the weekend. My god, I am so enthused! I have a gift certificate to Aeropostale but I'm not going to use it until I reach my goal! It's going to feel so good not to buy size 11-12's. Woohoo

So, if you have the extra money (I worked it into my budget), then I definitely suggest using this product. Also, they have a website where you can chit-chat with people and help one another out, and I have a "humiliation blog" that I like to write in because it shows people the struggles that I've had with loosing weight. Plus, if I gain it back, then I feel like I'm letting those who read it everyday, down. So I keep going for myself, and to inspire others. (removed)
good luck to everyone else who is on any diets!

Mo

(I also posted this in the diet portion of the board because I'm so damn excited!, tee hee)

sawbuck44 · 01-30-2004, 11:54 AM

Did you begin your exercise regime the same time as the slim fast? I may try it again as I drank a shake for breakfast and lunch and ate a normal dinner and did not lose weight. Maybe the bars would work better for me. At least I could try a shake at breakfast and a bar at lunch with their snack bars too.

Good for you! Glad you are finding success!

moreen83 · 01-30-2004, 01:44 PM

I have been exercising for over a year now, but started a full on program when I started slim-fast. The first two weeks, I did five days of cardio, and one day of yoga. Then after those two weeks I switched to three days of cardio, two days of weights, then yoga or free weights on the weekends. So switching up my routine was good too. Also, make sure to eat something other that just the shakes...have snacks in between. You're not supposed to go more than 3-4 hours without eating. So I have one slim fast snack bar (peanut butter chocolate tastes just like a butterfinger) usually between my breakfast bar and my lunch bar, then I have a yogurt in between lunch and dinner. And also, when I get "the munchies" I eat carrots or some sort of veggie or fruit. And the slim-fast ice cream sandwiches are good too (Klondike also has a low-fat sandwich called "Slim-a-Bear"...which I recommend). And I always eat 94% fat free popcorn too, about twice a week.

I wish you all the luck!

Mo