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Posted by stilly73 on 07-Dec-2009 13:38 Report
IS ANYONE DOING THE SLIMMM SHAKES???
My sister started on Friday, and mentioned it to me, so I was going in tomorrow to give it a go.  Anyone on it here?
 
Replied by dtfonehome on 07-Dec-2009 13:47 (Ref 2012523) Report
I don't know about the 'slim' ones, but I did the Tony Ferguson shakes one and lost 23 kilos.

It was hard for the first two weeks,  but after that it was easy peasy..........I think they're all much of a muchness.....patience and perserverance are the key............(especially if you like choc. muffins)...
Replied by stilly73 on 07-Dec-2009 13:53 (Ref 2012530) Report
these are 6 days on 1 off.  I think you need to be sensible about it.  I have approx 30kg to get off, so I see this as a kickstart.  I have always been anti-shakes, but seem to have so much trouble loosing it by myself.
Replied by dtfonehome on 07-Dec-2009 14:00 (Ref 2012536) Report
Oh I see, well they're different to the TF ones, they were 2 meal replacement's a day, so it was easy to have a shake for breakfast and one for lunch.   I did eat copious amounts of vegies, and some fruit.   Just as I well I love my vegie's otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do it.

Now (as I've moved to the beach) I walk twice a day for 30 minute's each way, and that helps maintain my weight.....and then reward myself with a choc. muffin once a week.........lol

For the first two weeks you'll need plenty of conviction.............stay true to yourself and you'll get there.

If I can support you in any way, let me know.................good luck with this...........
Replied by stilly73 on 07-Dec-2009 14:04 (Ref 2012541) Report
Yes these are 2 a day also, and you can pick when.  I will be brekkie and lunch also, but if I go out for lunch with friends I will have it for dinner.  Then from what I understand, you drop to one a day.  I was walking also. The kids to school about 5k a day took me 40 mins, but this is their last week at school.
Replied by quickbuys on 07-Dec-2009 14:11 (Ref 2012549) Report
hi,
good luck to you. my tin of shakes is still sitting in my cupboard. cant bring myself to start, grhhhh... chanell
Replied by dtfonehome on 07-Dec-2009 14:30 (Ref 2012566) Report
Lots of water too Stilly........very important..

Having the kids home could be good, if you get them involved in walking, say, to a park and letting them run around while you nap or read a book under a tree, then the walk home will be good for all.   Tired kids, maybe even exhausted, a much trimmer Mum.....Yah happy days ahead............
Replied by stilly73 on 07-Dec-2009 14:36 (Ref 2012580) Report
Hmmmmmm like the slimmer, trimmer mum, lol.  Unfortunatley no park near me .  I live on the outskirts of town, so my walks are past sugar cane and small crops (how BORING!!!) keeping my eyes peeled for snakes!!!. 
Replied by tiny-stitches on 07-Dec-2009 15:03 (Ref 2012603) Report
Can you still walk to the school and let the kids play ball games or kites on the oval for an hour or so?   Or drive to a park and you walk around the perimeter while they play?
Replied by KeepCalmAndCarryOn on 07-Dec-2009 16:59 (Ref 2012744) Report
Just watch the TF Shake Plan.
I went on it and lost 30kgs when I had lost all the weight I wanted to I asked "What Now".
There was no plan B I just got told ( by the pencil thin consultants) to stay on the shakes- What the........
I didn't want a life having to live on diet shakes.
They gave me no answers and as such I was on my own.
Needless to say the 30kg came back as I had no stratigies on how to keep it off.
If you are going to go on a shake diet, it maybe be worthwhile asking how you go about getting off it when you have reach your goal weight.
Kath
Replied by stilly73 on 07-Dec-2009 17:09 (Ref 2012753) Report
Thanks for that Kath, I will be asking tomorrow.  I have all the weight watchers books here, and the 5 Symply Too Good books, also, but I think they have a book to get you back to eating normal foods once you go off the programm. (I HOPE!!)
Replied by xentric-emu on 07-Dec-2009 17:40 (Ref 2012779) Report
If you are on Lipitor, please be careful doing the shakes.  I did Optislim and it interacted with the Lipitor and I now have abnormal liver enzymes.  I did mine under the watchful eye of a Dietician and a Specialist Physician and still ended up with abnormally high liver enzymes, which are still high over 20 months later.

My advice, if you are going to do shake diets, do it in conjunction with a Dietician who will keep an eye on your health and will be able to help with after shakes diet plan.

Take care.
Replied by stilly73 on 07-Dec-2009 19:02 (Ref 2012844) Report
No xentric-emu im not on any medication.  I plan on this being a short term thing just to get me kick started. Hopefully then I will be able to do the rest by myself
Replied by l127 on 07-Dec-2009 20:26 (Ref 2012884) Report
i did celeb slim.. as another member said there is no plan B, i lost 8kgs in a month. then got over drinking my meals. in the end the weight is back on plus more. i think at the end of the day the only way to do it is do the hard yards.. good luck either way you go..
Replied by sey35 on 07-Dec-2009 20:40 (Ref 2012894) Report
I have two work colleagues who went on the Slim Shakes.  They both lost a considerable amount of weight but as soon as they stopped, they put all the weight back on again.  The best way to lose weight is to exercise and eat small portions.
Replied by stilly73 on 08-Dec-2009 15:19 (Ref 2013721) Report
Hi l127, this is different to celeb slim. It is called "slimmm" it encourages 6 meals a day breakfast (shake or bar) a snack, lunch (shake, bar or soup), snack, dinner (cooked by you) and a desert. Then you drop a shake (your choice of when u think it would be easier) They also have a cookbook out to help you with cooking. Apparently this is the first of its kind in this sort of thing as it allows you to have a breakout day.  I have started today, and had a bar for brekkie, and a shake for lunch. I forgot the snack though so I need to train myself in that.  My biggest problem was skipping meals, then binging on crap. I will have a piece of fruit and a few brazil nuts for a snack around 3ish. My plans are not forever on the programm, but to train myself to eat right. Also to drink lots of water to flush out the toxins.
Replied by dtfonehome on 08-Dec-2009 15:33 (Ref 2013742) Report
My plans are not forever on the programm, but to train myself to eat right. Also to drink lots of water to flush out the toxins.


You hit the nail right on the head, stilly......that's the key!!

The only reason I ever put on weight, was because of what I put in my mouth, as soon as I lost the weight and started eating correctly, the weight stayed off.

Keep positive, stilly
Replied by stilly73 on 08-Dec-2009 16:30 (Ref 2013880) Report
thanks for the positive vibes dt.  I have a 30kg goal. So see how I go.
Replied by stilly73 on 15-Dec-2009 15:54 (Ref 2025760) Report
Week 1....................
loss of 1.7kg.  Could have been more if I walked this week, but Im happy with that.  Had my breakout day n Saturday, and still ate a rib fillet with mushroom sauce and salad, with teramisu (sp) for desert (christmas BMX break up dinner). So needless to say Im happy
Replied by dtfonehome on 15-Dec-2009 15:58 (Ref 2025766) Report
wtg stilly.............you're doing great...
Replied by stilly73 on 17-Dec-2009 16:32 (Ref 2028432) Report
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Replied by dtfonehome on 17-Dec-2009 16:45 (Ref 2028451) Report
you must have ESP stilly, I was only thinking of you last when I went to bed, wondering how you were doing.........good job there......
Replied by stilly73 on 17-Dec-2009 17:10 (Ref 2028469) Report
LOL, yes I am very happy. Im even feeling good in myself.  Not hungry really.  Im sure I can feel a diference in my clothes too. YAY!!
Replied by magnolia134 on 23-Dec-2009 00:40 (Ref 2033398) Report
I'm convinced that the only way to lose weight and keep it off is to join Weightwatchers. Yes, you lose the weight more slowly, but it gives your body - and mind - time to get used to eating smaller portions and eating the right sort of foods.

Over the years I have tried the shakes (meal replacements), the fad diets (Atkins anyone?), the Superslim (? where you eat lots of different nuts and pulses and grains - erk!) and Jenny Craig (meal deliveries) and although many of them work intially, it's keeping the weight off that's the biggest battle. And the only way to do that is to relearn WHAT you can eat, and equally important, HOW MUCH. And it must be followed for the rest of your life if you want to keep the weight off. So you really have to learn, and not try for any of the easy and/or quick fixes.

In 2008, I lost 20kg over 11 months on WW. It came off fairly slowly but regularly (about 0.5kg per week), and I reached my goal weight and therefore became a lifetime member. I have maintained my weight loss for over a year now, because I now know what I can eat and how much. I still get weighed once a month at WW and that's a good incentive to stay 'good'. My biggest problem was not knowing how much, as I already had a fairly healthy diet - I just ate too much. So portion control, which involved weighing food before eating it, became a habit, until I learned how much I could have. I might 'break out' occasionally, but always follow it up (or precede it if I know a blow out might be happening e.g. Xmas lunch!) by cutting back on the following (or preceding) days.

The only exercise I undertook for most of the year I lost weight was walking. In the last month, as the last couple of kilos were hard to lose, I joined a gym (Contours), and that certainly helped lose that last couple of kilos. I still go 2-3 times per week, but surprisingly, didn't put on any weight when I recently had to skip two weeks due to a sore back. The osteo said that because my body had to expend more than the usual energy to keep the pain under control, was probably the reason. But I know if I eventually stop going to the gym, I will take up walking again and am reasonably confident I will be able to maintain my weight.
Replied by cintra on 23-Dec-2009 15:24 (Ref 2033776) Report
Hi,
I tried the Slimmm shakes, unfortuantately every time I drank them I felt really ill from them, they were like drinking a really watered down milk drink.  Tony Fergusons taste much nicer and more filling.  I think the lure of a day off sends you over the rails too.  They do have a forum also, but when I did it, it was very new and not many people on there, I don't think they lasted very long either!  In saying that though, everyone's tastes are different, and you might really like them, good luck with it.
Replied by stilly73 on 23-Dec-2009 22:24 (Ref 2034073) Report
Another 1.4kg gone!!! and feeling great.  I quite like the taste of them, as they are not over sweet.
Replied by dtfonehome on 23-Dec-2009 22:28 (Ref 2034077) Report
Wow, wtg stilly, be strong over xmas.   I know it'll be hard, but resist, resist resist......................



You're doing great...............


Have a great xmas, get plenty of rest and make sure you drink heaps of water..............
Replied by stilly73 on 23-Dec-2009 22:44 (Ref 2034087) Report
Thanks dt,
yes christmas wil be a challenge, but im confident . Yes PLENTY of water especially with this humidity, its disgusting,

Have a GR8 Christmas!!!!!!
Replied by stilly73 on 29-Dec-2009 13:41 (Ref 2038496) Report
Ooooops I put on 900g this week (bludy Christmas)  oh well plenty of pavement beating between now and new year.
Replied by dtfonehome on 29-Dec-2009 16:02 (Ref 2038728) Report
ok - that's allowed, don't be too hard on yourself.   I'm not game to jump on my scales till next week.   Some little person keeps knocking on my door and handing me plates of food that I otherwise wouldn't dream of having in here.

1. Chocolate mudcake
2. Pavlova - twice
3. Mince tarts with custard and ice cream
4. Custard Pecan pie

.....................sooooo stilly, my heart goes out to you.....But January 1st, it's back to dieting for us both...
Replied by stilly73 on 05-Jan-2010 14:51 (Ref 2045302) Report
OK another 1.4kg off.  Woohoo. Im feeling great. Nearly ready to drop to 1 shake a day!!!
Replied by dtfonehome on 05-Jan-2010 17:18 (Ref 2045458) Report
Good job Stilly, have you started walking yet?....................
Replied by mazzie-moo on 07-Jan-2010 08:52 (Ref 2046885) Report
Now is the best time to start with weight loss! :-)
I used Herbalife shakes for my weight loss (not that I needed to lose heaps, but lost 6kgs to reach my goal weight of 60kgs). I'm now a distributor and weight loss coach and am happy to help anyone who wants to lose weight, and change their eating patterns so they can keep the weight off for good.

Shakes do work, but yes if you stop the shakes and just go back to eating how you used to prior to shakes, it makes sense that you will put the weight back on. It's crucial to understand that you need to change the way you think about food and know what foods to eat to keep the weight off and maintain your new trimmer, slimmer body.

Send me a message if you want any tips on weight loss and eating right :-)
Marian.
Replied by stilly73 on 07-Jan-2010 17:55 (Ref 2047346) Report
Hi dt, yes well occasionally, depending on what I have been doing around the house, and the rain up here has slowed that down a bit too, but when I can get out I do.

Thanks for that mazzie I shall keep you in mind
Replied by stilly73 on 12-Jan-2010 16:45 (Ref 2052479) Report
UPDATE....... lost 800g this week total loss of 4.4kg to date YAY.  I only walked once this week, I just felt off.  I will have to get into it more this week. I have been looking at the Symply too good cookbooks to get some healthy meal ideas.
Replied by dtfonehome on 12-Jan-2010 16:51 (Ref 2052489) Report
Hey, you're going good there girl...........keep up the good work and you'll be there in no time..............
Replied by stilly73 on 20-Jan-2010 09:11 (Ref 2058621) Report
WOW this is going great another 800g off!!! I am starting to notice it also, mostly in the top part tho   (LOL) but a little around my waist also.

 
Replied by dtfonehome on 20-Jan-2010 12:23 (Ref 2058788) Report
What an inspiration stilly.....keep going and you'll be halfway there in no time................great to come in here and watch your progress..........
Replied by stilly73 on 20-Jan-2010 12:36 (Ref 2058800) Report
Oh dt, thanks. Im feeling so great!!! I have been looking through my Annette Sym and weight watchers cookbooks for yummy recipies, and the family love them.  I would really love to get hold of Annette's CD ROM, but cannot find one here so might have to go pay full price for it.
Im happy to keep posting, even when I do gain, and I hope thats not too often. LOL.
Replied by stilly73 on 25-Jan-2010 18:08 (Ref 2063237) Report
Hi I had to weight in a day early because of Australia Day tomorrow, and wow I had lost 1.3kgs!!!! I was soooooo happy.

Replied by dtfonehome on 25-Jan-2010 19:47 (Ref 2063316) Report
That's the way, Stilly.   You're doing great.
Replied by stilly73 on 29-Jan-2010 17:25 (Ref 2066853) Report
YAY YAY Im soooooo happy (insert a happy dance emoticon) I bought a pair of denim shorts a while back from the markets. I got them home, and they didnt fit, about a 4-5cm opening.  Well today I got them on and done up WOOHOO!!!!
I might be able to finally clear out some clothes from my wardrobe!!!
Replied by stilly73 on 02-Feb-2010 15:08 (Ref 2070044) Report
Wow what a bummer, I only lost 100g this week. I know its still a loss, but I would love to have shifted a bit more. I doesnt help that I was only able to walk 3 days this week because of the rain we have had. Oh well hopefully a better week ahead.
Replied by Shellbells on 02-Feb-2010 16:54 (Ref 2070101) Report
 im starting shake diet tomorrow:)
Replied by stilly73 on 02-Feb-2010 17:40 (Ref 2070130) Report
Hi Shellbell, what one are you doing?
Good luck.
Replied by Shellbells on 03-Feb-2010 10:36 (Ref 2070589) Report
Optislim
Replied by stilly73 on 03-Feb-2010 11:28 (Ref 2070639) Report
Ok well all the best with it. I dont know too much about Optislim. 
The programm I am on allows me to have a day off, so on this day I choose recipies from Annette Sym "Symply too good to be true" cookbooks. These recipies are everyday cooking, and most of the time using items that I have in the pantry of fridge.
Once again Good luck!!
Replied by Shellbells on 04-Feb-2010 16:27 (Ref 2071529) Report
With optislim it says you can only stay on it for 3 weeks then you must take  a break so I will see what happens in 3 weeks and I still get to eat some fruit and salad and lots of water (joy). I will let u know next week how much I lost. Once I lose a certain amount I will go off shakes and just to normal diet but I want to use shakes to kick start it all and give me the motivation to stay focused and stay on track
Replied by stilly73 on 04-Feb-2010 17:16 (Ref 2071576) Report
Yes I am the same, I was very anti-shakes but I needed this to kick start me.  I really recommend those Annette Sym cookbooks, I was messaged by a member on here who is using them for her weight loss and she was going great guns.  All the best for this week, cant wait to hear how you go.
Replied by Shellbells on 06-Feb-2010 10:07 (Ref 2072744) Report
 Im on Day 4 today the 1st 2 days all was good but yesterday I started going thru some bad detox with bad headache and feeling a bit hungry  but all is good today.  I have been drinking at least 2 liters of water a day something that my body is not used to lol so yeah living on the toilet but I'm also taking bowel cleanse tablets to I have managed to lose 3 kilos already Im a little concerned about that much loss in only 3 days.
Replied by stilly73 on 06-Feb-2010 10:17 (Ref 2072754) Report
The headaches are just wonderful hey....... NOT!!! lol, but as you said it is only from your body going through detox.  3kg in 3 days is alot, but it is more likely fluids to start with.  I still fing drinking lots of water hard and I have been doing mine for 8 weeks.
Keep going your doing great!!
Replied by stilly73 on 09-Feb-2010 13:03 (Ref 2075158) Report
Well, i am stoaked, surprised and over the moon.  I have lost another 1.7kg.  This makes me sooo positive and able to stay focused on the program.  I have even been able to start sorting through my wardrobe, and removing the clothing that is too big for me now WOOHOO!!!!
Replied by Shellbells on 09-Feb-2010 14:14 (Ref 2075194) Report
well done congrats to you great effort.
Replied by dtfonehome on 09-Feb-2010 20:04 (Ref 2075423) Report
That's a great outcome, stilly.   Lovely to watch your progress.  I'll bet you're so proud of yourself, I know I was when it all started dropping away.
Replied by Shellbells on 10-Feb-2010 06:32 (Ref 2075758) Report
Today has been 1 week for me and I lost 4.9kg woo hoo Im excited but I will be glad when I only have 4.9 to go though :)
Replied by stilly73 on 10-Feb-2010 08:05 (Ref 2075801) Report
WOW shell that a lot, well done!!!! What else are you doing with it? I know the feeling it will be great when I am near my target weight.
Replied by Shellbells on 10-Feb-2010 08:13 (Ref 2075808) Report
drinking lots of water lol, I have 2 serves of fruit and 2 serves of green salad a day and 3 shakes and thats it Im about to start Zumba lol and now children are back at school today so I will be walking to and from school
Replied by stilly73 on 10-Feb-2010 09:59 (Ref 2075904) Report
Yeah I have looked at the Zumba, looks like sooooo much fun. I have no co-ordination, so should be funny. As long as it only me and my little man around who cares. I also walk my boys to school, but I pick them up in the car in the arvo, it's just so stinking hot, once the wearther cools, I will walk back in the arvo.  The rain we have had up here has put a dampener on the walking, so that is why I havent walked, and why I need to lok at other exercise. I have dropper to 1 shake 3 days a week, and hopefully once I loose another 2kg I will go to 1 a day for the 6 days.
Way to go hun, keep up the great work.
Replied by stilly73 on 10-Feb-2010 11:42 (Ref 2075984) Report
Well I just ZUMBAD, funniest thing you ever saw. I just done the basic steps, and I have discovered I have no co-ordination, and cannot dance like Beyonce. ROFLMAO
Replied by ShaDowLurKeR on 10-Feb-2010 11:55 (Ref 2076025) Report
My boobs get in the way of some of the movements!!

I think you need intsy winsty ones to do Zumba
Replied by stilly73 on 16-Feb-2010 12:17 (Ref 2080229) Report
WHAAAAAAAA I gained this week. Only .4, but it's still a gain. Must have been the steak I had when we went out for dinner Saturday, but it was nice. Oh well got to take the good with the bad.
Replied by Shellbells on 17-Feb-2010 07:04 (Ref 2080718) Report
Stilly look at what you have lost already and in that achievement rather than the bit u have gained :)
I have lost 7.6kg so Iam very happy about that but still have a long ways to go. :)
Replied by stilly73 on 17-Feb-2010 10:31 (Ref 2080816) Report
WOW shell, thats a great loss for a couple of weeks.  I have looked at the amount I have lost, and am still stoked, it just gets dissapointing and you question yourself on what went wrong.  I still have about 16kg to lose to get to my goal, then I will work for another 5 after that. Fingers crossed.
Replied by gorgeousgourmet on 18-Feb-2010 18:53 (Ref 2081902) Report
Wow guys, i just read through all of your posts and i must say i am very impressed! I have tried many diets including the shakes but i guess i wasnt at that point yet where i had enough willpower to stick to it.

I just started lite n easy, started my second week today and i have lost 1kg so far which is not much but im happy with that as its better than nothing! After seeing how well you have been doing on the shakes it gives me more encouragement to stick with what im doing, its nice to read about other peoples success.

Well done and good luck with your weight loss!

Gorgeous Gourmet
Replied by Shellbells on 20-Feb-2010 16:34 (Ref 2083143) Report
I have lost 8kgs now Im so very happy I still have a ways to go but its a start :)
Replied by stilly73 on 23-Feb-2010 22:34 (Ref 2085681) Report
Hi to date I have now lost 10kg in 12 weeks, which has been a good slow loss.  My mentor wants me to give up the shakes for a week and see how I go on my own, she still wants me to go for my weigh ins but she thinks i can do it without, and just count my calories.
WOOHOO
Replied by Shellbells on 03-Mar-2010 16:42 (Ref 2090968) Report
I have now lost 9.4 kgs the last week  seems to have slowed down so much and its annoying but Im still happy with my loss in 4 weeks
Replied by stilly73 on 09-Mar-2010 15:38 (Ref 2095165) Report
Hi all, sorry I missed a week.
to date now I have lost 11.7kgs.  It has taken 13 weeks, but it has been a nice steady loss.  I have been off the shakes now for 2 weeks, and I am just watcing my calorie intake. I have another 13.5kg to go to get to my goal weight, but I am going to start looking at it in 5kg blocks.
Replied by Shellbells on 09-Mar-2010 17:38 (Ref 2095308) Report
Hey there well done great job congrats :)
I do mine in 5kgs lots to it seems so more achievable well to be anyway lol.
Keep up the good work
Replied by maggie65 on 07-May-2011 16:56 (Ref 2290155) Report

Hi everyone I started my Slimm Shakes today have a bit of a headache but thats lack of sugar and a drop in my number of cups of tea today.

My current weight is 72klo's i have 6 weeks to loss 5klo's as my daughter has her 18th birthday party on the 11th of June and I bought Jeans 12 months ago that i can not fit into, so the 11th of June I am going to wear them.

I have done Jenny Craig a couple of times over the years and it worked but is very costly over time,I love my food and as i work as a medical receptionist i tend to bing eat as i work shifts and don't always get a break so the Slimm shakes are perfect for work.

My goal weight is 62-64 klo so here we go.....
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