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Slim-Fast is a weight loss program that substitutes cooked meals with shakes and bars. The program is over 25 years old, and is currently a brand owned by Unilever.
Background
Slim Fast has been a popular choice for weight loss. However in recent years, Unilever has struggled with declining sales - at first blaming the popularity of Atkins. The original Slim-Fast shakes were criticized for being too high in sugar. This was rectified by replacing sugar with the artificial sweetener Splenda. The new range of Slim-Fast products are called Optima.
Slim Fast Products
The Slim Fast offerings comprise the following:
- Optima - Shakes (Ready-to-Drink), Bars, Smoothies, and Powders
- Original - Shakes (Ready-to-Drink), Bars, Smoothies, and Powders
- High Protein - Shakes and Meal Bars
A typical shake (Optima Cappuccino Delight) contains the following:
- 5g Fat
- 24g Carbohydrate
- 10g Protein
- 180 Calories
- 24 Vitamins and Minerals
Diet Plan
The diet involves replacing two main meals with Slim-Fast products. Each day will also include one “Sensible Meal”, and fruit/vegetable snacks. A sensible meal is based around a lean protein (such as skinless chicken breast, or fish), carbohydrate (potato, rice, or whole wheat bread), and a large serving of vegetables.
Sample Meal Plan
Breakfast
Optima Cappuccino Shake &
1 slice frozen French toast with 1 Tbsp light syrup
Snack
1 cup grapes
Lunch
Slim·Fast Optima French Vanilla Shake &
1/2 roast beef sandwich
(2 oz. Roast beef, 1 slice whole wheat bread, 1 tbsp horseradish, lettuce, tomato)
Afternoon Snack
1 apple
Dinner
Chicken Veggies Grill:
- 4 oz. Grilled chicken breast (no skin),
- 1 small baked potato with 2 Tbsp fat-free sour cream,
- 1 cup steamed broccoli with
1 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
1 cup melon
Snack
One slice low fat pound cake OR Peanut Butter crunch Snack bar.
Is Slim Fast Successful?
The Slim Fast diet is a sensible and workable plan, and many people find the convenience of using meal replacements outweighs other diet plans.
There is one study that Slim Fast cite claiming that “People who followed The Slim·Fast Plan routinely to lose and manage their weight were, on average, 33 pounds thinner after a decade as compared to a matched group from the same community who did not participate in the study. (reference: Blackburn GL. et al. Obesity Research 2003;11:A103)”
After doubling my weight over the last 10 years, I struggled to get and keep my weight off. So far, I’ve been on the Slim Fast diet for one week, and I have lost almost 6 pounds! Thank you Slim Fast!!!!
I would like for everyone to know, who are thinking about losing weight and have tried everything under the sun with no results, to look at the slim-fast plan. Slim-fast was the only diet plan that I have tried that have given me such dramatic results. I am a large framed woman with large bones. I am 5ft 8inches tall and I weighed 253 pounds. I have been on the slim-fast plan for six weeks and have lost 17 pounds. I have never dropped weight so fast in my entire life. I take a shake for breakfast, another for lunch, and eat a nice supper. I feel so much better. Try it everyone, and you will like it.
I have tried the Slimfast plan and lost 30 lbs and have kept it off for almost 2 years. I still follow the plan to a degree to maintain the weight loss.
I have beeb doing slimfast for awhile and fell in love BUT I moving away from it considering the fact that slim-fast contains saturated fat, too much sugar, hydrogenated oils, and it is artificialy flavored. These are all the main things to stay away from.
The slimfast website promised to be there to help me lose weight. I used their journal, and logged my weigh-ins on their site. Then they closed their site for mainentance almost 6 weeks ago and haven’t brought it back up yet. No explanation. Just that it’s undergoing maintenance. 6 weeks of maintenance? Get real. I’m so angry with them that even though the program was working for me I won’t use them again… The website was a wonderful rug that was pulled out from under my feet. I think they are jerks and hoping anyone with any success gains all their weight back during this time.
Anyway, their products have too much fat and sugar and not enough nutrition. It’s cruel to promise to be there and say hey use our website as the foundation of your weight lose program and then take it away without even so much as an apology or the delay.
I’ve been trying to begin my weightloss plan with slimfast many days now, but due to the website being down I havent been very successful. This is VERY unprofessional to have their website down this long. Im so frustrated that Im moving on to something else to guide me in my weightloss. There is no excuse to have a website down this long!
Why is the website down for so long - it is ridiculous - not even an explanation of what is going on. I doubt I will ever use Slimfast again.
I, too, really wanted to use the slim fast website, which has been down for “maintenance” for over 30 days now. I found an alternative! I’m using their Canadian site! http://www.slimfast.ca/en Good Luck!!
It’s completely ridiculous that the site is down, especially for how long it has been down. I really want to sign up and I can’t. I think i sat here for 45 minutes trying to figuire out why it wouldn’t let me register until i came here and realized their site is down. They need to state on their home page that their site is down.. not after you look through everything!
What impact does Slim Fast have on Cholestrol?
ive been on this deit for about 18 months ive lost 170 pounds
wow i’m proud of u good job!!!