I tried several years back when I wasn't a big breakfast eater. I agree, that it works well as a non-breakfast substitute. It was just enough to pull me through to lunch.I lost some weight, but I was working out a lot, too, so there's no guarantee it was the drink.

I had either Slim Fast or Luna bars for lunch for a couple of years while dieting and then maintaining. It's not particularly bad as part of a mini-meal strategy, since I had an afternoon snack planned for when I got hungry again. Main problem is it does have a lot of sugar and isn't particularly natural, but it's definitely better than a lot of what you could be eating on the go.

Ugh I know the shakes are disgusting! The bars aren't too bad but ya it was the grossest thing ever. You might as well eat a sandwich with the same amount of calories and doesn't taste disgusting.

I've had Slim Fast milkshakes before, but never as my sole source of intake for a day. I'll just have it like once every few months for a snack in between meals or as part of a meal. I could never just drink Slim Fast alone for a week straight. I doubt many people actually do that.

I don't believe in diet and starving yourself to loose weight. I am a vegeterian and since  I have been vegterian I noticed I feel a whole lot better I have enegry. I also do Yoga and Pilates. I noticed the change in my body. I try to eat more organic foods. Trader Joe's is my favorite place to shop.

All those diet pills and drinks are B^^%@#*& in my opion. If you want to loose weight work out and change the way you eat. Weight lost in not a diet put a true alternative way of changing your life.

Process food is the worse thing to eat, I don't eat a lot of diary I replace it with soy. I try to drink a whole lot of water. Meat is the worse thing you can do to your body. Beff rots in your stomach for 30 days before it actually digests in your stomach.

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I couldn't drink it so I ate the bars... and I never will again. I don't think I could even if I wanted to.

I like to throw them into my diet sometimes (when I say diet, I mean how I eat day to day, not an actual diet) as a snack, or part of a meal.  I think Slim Fast works well as an addition to the food I eat, especially if I'm in a hurry.  I could never actually do their diet plan though... not for long.  I don't always think short-term diets are bad if the extra weight came on because of short-term over-eating (such as pregnancy, surgery that prevented much activity, or a really emotional event that caused someone to start eating too much as a way to cope) as a way to jump-start weight loss and resume a healthy, normal eating plan. 

I love slimfast for breakfast. I am not a morning breakfast person and so I've turned to it in order to get something in me for the morning.. but I agree, there is not 4 hours of hunger control, and I supplement it with a banana, and I'm still hungry long before 4 hours..

A friend´s friend used to drink it, and one day she left the glass outside of the fridge overnight.  When she went to the kitched in the morning there were some strange little balls on the beverage, so she took them to a lab so that could do some tests to that stuff. Turns out those little balls were parasitic worm eggs. Ughh, talk about some nasty concoction =S.

I actually think the shakes taste good but they do not work. That "controling 4 hours of hunger" is not true. I like the bars, they are much more sufficient for hunger control than the shakes.

Ha, my surgeon recommended it for when I had my jaw broken and re-set.  It's nasty, I think I'll stick with Boost or Ensure.  I actually gained weight on the Slim Fast (keep in mind that "nutrient drinks," broth, and apple sauce were the only things I was allowed to eat for 3 weeks).

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