Best Shakes to Help Lose Weight

HolyGhost

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Like most, I have a but extra around the waist. While I am watching what I eat. Some have suggested having a shake to help. What are some of the better ones out there for weight lose?
 
There is no magic bullet for weight loss. Shakes are a temporary quick fix that often end in people gaining back all of the weight plus some once they start chewing again. They are also chemical laden and almost always sneak in a sugar or worse a artificial sweetener

Here is how to lose weight:
1- Exercise more
2. Eat at home. You know what's in your food and you can control your portions. Restaurant and fast food tastes good because it's fat and salt laden. Human nature of not wanting to waste leads to one eating more. (more on this in #4
3. Eat way more vegetables and beans. They are low calories very nutritious filler goods
4. Avoid pasta, rice, and potato. These are high calorie low nutrient cheap fillers and generally what a restaurant fills a plate.
5. Forget anything you were taught about nutrition in the 80s and 90s. The body runs on either fat or sugar, Your body wants natural fat for fuel; eggs meat (dark meat chicken is better than breast) olive oil.
6. Eat like a caveman. The less processed your food the better. Read the ingredients of what you are buying.
If it's not super simple, don't buy it

Example of good
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Example of bad
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Example of really bad
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*Source, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night
 
I grabbed a random weight loss shake label and highlighted the bad

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any "lose" is sugar and seed oil is inflammatory
Also one should get vitamins from their food rather than having it supplemented into shakes or breads and cereals
 
There is no magic bullet for weight loss. Shakes are a temporary quick fix that often end in people gaining back all of the weight plus some once they start chewing again. They are also chemical laden and almost always sneak in a sugar or worse a artificial sweetener

Here is how to lose weight:
1- Exercise more
2. Eat at home. You know what's in your food and you can control your portions. Restaurant and fast food tastes good because it's fat and salt laden. Human nature of not wanting to waste leads to one eating more. (more on this in #4
3. Eat way more vegetables and beans. They are low calories very nutritious filler goods
4. Avoid pasta, rice, and potato. These are high calorie low nutrient cheap fillers and generally what a restaurant fills a plate.
5. Forget anything you were taught about nutrition in the 80s and 90s. The body runs on either fat or sugar, Your body wants natural fat for fuel; eggs meat (dark meat chicken is better than breast) olive oil.
6. Eat like a caveman. The less processed your food the better. Read the ingredients of what you are buying.
If it's not super simple, don't buy it

Example of good
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Example of bad
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Example of really bad
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*Source, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night
All outstanding advice, and one other key tip for weight loss is:

Eat your calories, don't drink your calories.

You'd be amazed at how caloric sugary drinks, beer, and yes even shakes are. The fluids themselves go right through you, but the calories stick. Switching from a soda drinker to a seltzer drinker can help you lose a material amount of weight relatively quickly, and it will also keep you better hydrated and with more sustainable energy. And it's cheaper and every bit as refreshing.
 
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All outstanding advice, and one other key tip for weight loss is:

Eat your calories, don't drink your calories.

You'd be amazed at how caloric sugary drinks, beer, and yes even shakes are. The fluids themselves go right through you, but the calories stick. Switching from a soda drinker to a seltzer drinker can help you lose a material amount of weight relatively quickly, and it will also keep you better hydrated and with more sustainable energy. And it's cheaper and every bit as refreshing.
Bingo!
And since you brought it up, soda/cokes/soft drinks are one of the worst things out there. Loaded with chemicals, acids, and sugars. Especially HFCS.
Quitting soda was one of the best things I ever did
 
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... soda/cokes/soft drinks are one of the worst things out there. Loaded with chemicals, acids, and sugars. Especially HFCS.
Quitting soda was one of the best things I ever did
So lemme get this straight: Are you saying that high fructose corn syrup ISN'T the Breakfast of Champions???? 😢
 
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So lemme get this straight: Are you saying that high fructose corn syrup ISN'T the Breakfast of Champions???? 😢
The breakfast if champions is a glass of water with lemon , followed by black coffee, scrambled eggs with cheese and ,.of course , bacon

Biscuits and gravy if it's a cheat day
 
The breakfast if champions is a glass of water with lemon , followed by black coffee, scrambled eggs with cheese and ,.of course , bacon

Biscuits and gravy if it's a cheat day
All sounds like the makings of a YUMMY smoothie - thanks for the weight loss advice! :thumbu:
 
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Bingo!
And since you brought it up, soda/cokes/soft drinks are one of the worst things out there. Loaded with chemicals, acids, and sugars. Especially HFCS.
Quitting soda was one of the best things I ever did
And are made to be addictive. That’s why you always want more soda.

People at work will burn through 3 or 4 cans of soda and wonder how I go an entire day and not finish a bottle of vitamin water.
 
If you get bored from drinking protein shakes, get a Ninja Creami and make protein Ice cream. That's what I am doing when I want to eat my shake as an ice cream instead of drinking it.
 
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I wouldn't recommend any kind of shake for weight loss. As a general rule, the more time you spend with the food/drink in the mouth/chewing and the harder texture it is, the more satiety you'll feel.

If you really just enjoy shakes though, sip it slowly over 20-30 minutes. That should help you feel a bit more full
 

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