I've probably been dieting since middle school. I was always the chubby kid, so losing weight has always been on my mind, even as a child. And to this day, I'm still trying to lose weight. But I have much healthier habits now compared to when I was younger. I've focused more on a healthy lifestyle rather than losing weight quickly. Because shouldn't a healthy lifestyle and weight loss go hand in had? Or is that just me? But I digress.
So when I was chosen to test out the SlimFast VoxBox from Influenster, I was excited. For those of you who do not know about Influenster, it is a website where you review products and can actually test out products for free based on your social media influence. It's a fun place to look for new products and share your experience.
I was chosen to participate in the SlimFast VoxBox It's Your Thing, in the mail I received a little guideline about the SlimFast Diet and four products from SlimFast to test and review. So all the products included in this blog post, I received for free for testing purposes. The four products include: SlimFast Advanced Nutrition Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla Cream, SlimFast Advanced Nutrition Meal Replacement Bar Dark Chocolate Sea Salt, SlimFast Advanced Nutrition 100 Calorie Snack Baked Crisps Sour Cream and Onion, and SlimFast Advanced Nutrition 100 Calorie Snack Drizzled Crisps Cinnamon Bun Sugar.
The SlimFast Advanced Nutrition Plan is a simple diet plan and there are three steps:
- You replace two meals a day with a SlimFast meal replacement shake or bar.
- Eat one healthy meal (around 500 calories.)
- Enjoy three 100 calorie snacks or fruit or vegetables.
So let's start off with the SlimFast meal replacement shakes. My SlimFast Advanced Nutrition Meal Replacement Shake Vanilla Cream was 180 calories and it was also high in protein and low in sugar. However, when I drank the vanilla shake all I could taste was sweetness and I have no idea where it came from. It was a little too sweet for my taste. The shake contains soy and lactose but it is gluten free, in case you wondering. It also said it had a four hour hunger control but for me, it only kept me full for two hours. This was one of the pre-made shakes they bottle up and sell, but personally I like the SlimFast powder that you mix in the blender. I've been drinking those for years and they're great for breakfast, I used to have them all the time before school. They're not as sweet as the prepackaged ones, and honestly I think they taste a lot better. Plus you can choose what kind of milk you want and how much powder you want, so you determine how many calories you have there.
The meal replacement bar is very similar to a granola bar. My SlimFast Advanced Nutrition Meal Replacement Bar Dark Chocolate Sea Salt was 190 calories and it was high in protein. It also contained soy and nuts. Overall the bar was delicious and not too sweet. Would I like eating a granola bar as a meal? Not really, but those bars were delicious... So I guess I'd have another.
So that's all of the the meal replacements, let's take a look at those snacks. The SlimFast Advanced Nutrition 100 Calorie Snack Baked Crisps Sour Cream and Onion were high in protein and fiber, and were also gluten free. They had a fluffy and puffy taste to them, and they certainly do not taste like chips. But for a diet snack, it can be a great chip alternative. It definitely tasted like a diet chip, and it takes some getting used to.
But for a sweet snack the SlimFast Advanced Nutrition 100 Calorie Snack Drizzled Crisps Cinnamon Bun Sugar did just the trick. They are high in protein and fiber and contain wheat, milk and soy. I'm not sure how to describe these snacks, it's not a chip and it's not a cookie, I guess you could say it's something in between. It's a sweet snack with frosting on top and it's pretty good and very filling for a snack.
Overall, the SlimFast It's Your Thing VoxBox from Influenster was a great box to receive! It was my first VoxBox to sample for free and I am very appreciative of it. I love SlimFast, and I've been a fan of their shake powder for a long time. So it was nice to try out some of their other products! I really enjoyed the meal replacement bar and the sweet 100 calorie crisps. I think their idea of a diet is a great idea that could work for some people.
However, I don't know if it would work for me long term. I'd get really sick of having the shakes and the meal replacement bars daily. And I don't know what it was, but something about this food left me feeling hungry all day. All I could think about was when it was time to eat next, which is a terrible feeling when you're trying to lose weight. But my hunger was rewarded, for the week I tried the SlimFast diet plan I lost two pounds!
Will I continue the SlimFast diet plan? Not necessarily. However, I will take their idea of a diet plan and make it my own. Instead of having a shake or bar for two meals, I'll find something around the same amount of calories for that part, and stick with the one 500 calorie healthy meal. When it comes to a healthy diet, it's all about balance, and that's what I'm trying to do. And hopefully it will continue to work!
For all my fellow dieters out there, good luck! I hope you all find a plan that works well for you. Happy weight loss and happy diets.
Until next time.
PS) I'm also required to post this:
I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.
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