Slim Fast with Fries Anyone?
by Lana Darling
(Birmingham, AL)
I was excited when I made the decision to go on a Slim Fast diet. I had heard so much from my coworkers about the shakes and how they were a delicious way to quickly meet one’s weight loss efforts. I grew up loving strawberry and vanilla shakes, so I decided to try these two flavors.
I was on the Slim Fast diet for approximately 1 month. There were a few challenges that I had sticking to it. The first was the awful gas that I experienced after drinking Slim Fast.
While I enjoyed both the vanilla and strawberry flavors, I couldn’t stand the awful bubbling sensation that I would experience in my stomach afterward.
Another challenge was that the Slim Fast shakes did not actually make me full. I found myself wanting to have Slim Fast along with a salty snack, such as pretzels.
I think a healthy snack is recommended, such as a piece of fruit or something, but one time I was so hungry that I even ordered some fries at a McDonald’s drive through so that I could eat them with my shake!
Whenever I just had Slim Fast though and nothing else, I ended up becoming very hungry within 45 minutes to an hour after drinking it.
I couldn’t wait to eat dinner, and the word “sensible” often went out of the window as I consumed more calories than I normally would have if I’d eating two decent meals earlier in the day.
I no longer drink Slim Fast, although I would probably recommend it to someone who just wanted to quickly lose a couple of pounds. I managed to lose about 5 pounds when I first began drinking it, but once the munchies set in, I gained those pounds back and more!
Lana
Do you need a little more help with your weight?
Lana,
I'm not surprised that you had this reaction to Slim-Fast. If you look at the ingredient list you find that the shakes are made with sugar and artificial flavoring.
It would be a miracle if you permanently lose weight and become healthy with Slim-Fast or any other "diet food" made with chemicals and artificial ingredients.
Why? It's simple. To build a healthy body -- and that means one that is at the proper weight -- you have to feed it healthy ingredients.
And cravings? Many times people have cravings not because they didn't get enough to eat, but because they didn't get the nutrients their body needs.
And so they continue to eat more and more fattening food and never get the minerals and vitamins that would finally make their body feel content.
Dr. Dan
