Weight loss shakes can be the best tool to
help you lose those unwanted pounds. If you have been trying to lose weight for
the longest and you have not been able to stick to any diet for more that a
couple of days, weight loss shakes can be the key to your success.
The problem with most diet plans is that
they require a lot of extra effort and preparation which is very hard to do
when you have a busy lifestyle. Preparing 3 or 6 meals a day (depending on the
diet plan you are following) is extremely hard. I can barely manage to prepare
one and that is on a good day. Most often we end up giving up on the diet not
because we couldn't handle the foods or we were too hungry, but because it is
8:30PM we just put the kids to bed, we haven't really had any time to cook anything,
and we are starving.
So here is where weight loss shakes come
into place. It is a lot easier to open a can or whip up a smoothie than it is
to go to the store, get the ingredients, cook the meal and hope that we like
it. Meal replacement shakes or weight loss shakes are super convenient and they
actually help you change your eating habits. They are a lot easier to stick
with and that is the key to losing weight.
Now, have you ever been to a health food
store or the diet section of your regular grocery store looking for one of
these shakes? If you haven't you are in for a real treat. There are dozens of
products out there that have the same claims: "easy to use",
'nutritious", "filling", "satisfying", "will help
you lose weight". So which one are you going to choose? Here are a couple
of the ones that I recommend and a couple of the ones that I would stay away
from:
Slim Fast: Run the other way! There is
nothing to Slim Fast that a cup of chocolate milk cannot cover, plus the tin
taste is very prominent. Ok, maybe it has a couple more vitamins, but
seriously, you drink a cup of chocolate milk plus a multivitamin and you have
surpassed Slim Fast nutritional value. If you don't believe me go to the store
and look at the first four ingredients: Fat Free Milk, Water, Sugar, and Cocoa.
Right Size Smoothies: I have heard these
smoothies advertised on the radio like crazy. I finally went to the store and
looked at their ingredient list hoping to see some decent ingredients... and I
was disappointed again. Right Size smoothies have not one but two kinds of
artificial sweeteners, Sucralose (generic for Splenda) and Acesulfame K. If a
product has anything other than a natural sweetener, I pass. There have been
way too many studies to prove that artificial sweeteners have no rightful place
in anyone's diet.
Medifast Shakes: Medifast has become one
of the most popular diet plans lately mainly because they make it super easy
for you to follow their plan. I will not take credit away from them, they have
helped so many people to lose weight and I hope they help many more. However,
their shakes don't really contain enough nutrients to be meal replacement
shakes and they have Acesulfame K.
Vega Complete Whole Food Health Optimizer:
Now we are talking! These shakes are amazing. I couldn't believe it when I saw
them. They are all natural and all vegan too. Don't get me wrong I am NOT vegan
but the quality of this product is amazing. The only reason I didn't choose
them as my very best shake is because most of us are not looking for a vegan
product, due to the quality of the protein. I usually look for something with
whey protein which is a lot better in terms of body absorption and usage than
any vegetarian protein.
Shakeology: This is the best of the weight
loss shakes that I have tried so far. It is all natural, it has whey protein
(which is the only ingredient that prevents the whole shake from being vegan)
and it has a ton, and I mean a TON of great nutrients. Probiotics, digestive
enzymes, antioxidants, supergreens... If you can think of something healthy, it
is probably in Shakeology. And, they don't even advertise it as a weight loss
product but as a complete, nutritious, healthy meal.
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