Im on day 5 of my nutrition shake diet

BallistixOnZ490

BallistixOnZ490

BallistixOnZ490

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Day 1 was 2 shakes and chocolate.

Day 2 was 1 shake and 1 bowl of unsweetened porridge.

Day 3 1 shake and normal dinner

Yesterday 2 shakes.

Also got a barbell set and am doing multiple lifting sets each day. I have 2 bags of Bulk 1 in the vanilla and chocolate flavours and they are at least not completely vile.

But why am I still fat? ... Digits on the scale remain the same. (/S I know its not gonna do anything in just 4 days).

Gonna need some pasta today. Each shake is 400 calories and only 2.6g sugar.
 
MikeTheNative said:
Depending on how overweight you are it can take months.
I lost 3 stone in 4 months and that is probably on the quicker side.
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85 kg, ideal weight range is 65-75, so need to lose 10-20kg.

My heart blockage has been getting very sore / irritated / irregular heartbeats which is what prompted me to lose weight / cholesterol, been feeling very close to having a heart attack soon if I don't improve my diet.
 
If you're looking to be healthy and not just lose weight these shakes are not the way to go. One a day will be okay for sure if it helps, but relying on them for health really isn't.

Don't be scared of sweetening up porridge for example, honey is good stuff. Low sugar fruit also good, allbeit expensive.

What was in your normal dinner?

Thought about getting yourself down to a spinning class etc?
 
The_Arbiter said:
If you're looking to be healthy and not just lose weight these shakes are not the way to go. One a day will be okay for sure if it helps, but relying on them for health really isn't.

Don't be scared of sweetening up porridge for example, honey is good stuff. Low sugar fruit also good, allbeit expensive.

What was in your normal dinner?

Thought about getting yourself down to a spinning class etc?
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My normal dinners were all junk and lots of takeaways. I already have thought of getting honey to add to porridge, but am delaying my next food order now.

The stuff in the shakes is far healthier than anything I would normally eat, takeaway or not.

I was mainly making my own quiches, cakes, cookies and all butter curries.
 
You have to do exercise, lifting a few barbells is not going to do jack.
Try walking to start and if you can progress to maybe a bike or some spinning classes as suggested earlier.
 
Calorie deficit does not for a healthy weight loss make. Light weights are also unlikely to do an awful lot in the grand scheme of things. If your health permits, go for walks. You'd be surprised how much you can burn off just going for a good walk, especially if you're coming from a more sedentary lifestyle (by choice or otherwise).

I also heard replacing a bathroom is good exercise :p
 
From the way you talk I thought you were really huge 85kg isn't massively heavy unless you're a dwarf.

Either way as you know you'll need more than 4 days to really notice anything although I'd have expected you to have lost some water weight by now if you've switched from a salt/carb heavy diet.

Which shakes are you using?
 
Ayahuasca said:
Have you had this diagnosed as irregular beats rarely ever have anything to do with a blockage. If so, there would be far more obvious warning signs for those on the way to a heart attack.
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Yes its been diagnosed twice, mild then moderate blockage. The irritation, irregular beats, heart feeling like its jumping out of theh chest started recently, a few years after the moderate blockage was diagnosed. Medical history says both heart blockage and arythmia, most likely due to too much cholesterol in the arteries which I'm hoping is reversible. The symptoms have already vastly reduced while drinking these shakes.

tom_e said:
From the way you talk I thought you were really huge 85kg isn't massively heavy unless you're a dwarf.

Either way as you know you'll need more than 4 days to really notice anything although I'd have expected you to have lost some water weight by now if you've switched from a salt/carb heavy diet.

Which shakes are you using?
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Its not, my BMI is only 27, but my heart is already messing up. Could be due to more cholesterol build up than fat, so using the shakes which contain coconut and avacado fats would be the right way to reduce cholesterol too. I'm using Bulk 1, got the vanilla and chocolate flavours currently, £45 per 3 kg, also have a £10 voucher to buy directly on their site but will wait for one bag to finish before trying the banana flavour.

The chocolate one tastes like barely sweetened digestive biscuits, but also tastes a lot better with half of the water replacing with milk. Might want to get extra sweetener to add to it soon
 
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After 5 days I thought I would have some greggs again, but no more than at weekends.

Big mistake, my heart is now jumping out of my chest with pain shooting up to the left temple and left arm, though it subsided after a couple of minutes and I'm still alive.

No more greggs / any takeaway again then oopsie. I was feeling a lot better until I had a usual takeaway.

One more takeaway will probably kill me.
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
After 5 days I thought I would have some greggs again, but no more than at weekends.

Big mistake, my heart is now jumping out of my chest with pain shooting up to the left temple and left arm, though it subsided after a couple of minutes and I'm still alive.

No more greggs / any takeaway again then oopsie. I was feeling a lot better until I had a usual takeaway.

One more takeaway will probably kill me.
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Oh, the drama. Nothing in this thread makes sense.
 
DeliciousStorage said:
What is unhealthy about them?
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Depends what's in them, which dictates if they are unhealthy or not, optimal vs a optimal balanced diet. Any junk is obviously junk, sweeteners being the most common one. Processed nutrients will never digest fully and be absorbed fully. Blending up foods adds to the previous bit, where nutrients aren't digested fully. Examples are vitamin pills, proven to be not a substitute for a varied balance diet, varied being a key word as shakes will not do this. Apples blended up are unhealthy due to sugar being absorbed quickly due to the fibre being blended. Bread, wholegrain keeping its fibre vs white where a lot of the fibre is removed. Rice cakes are another good one, carbs that are turned into pure sugar essentially.

We all know dark leafy greens are best, fried food is worst. Adding fresh fruit for quick energy, and potato or wholegrains for longer based day to day energy.
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
but also tastes a lot better with half of the water replacing with milk. Might want to get extra sweetener to add to it soon
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Ditch the milk at least. If you're happy to shake your way to losing weight, milk isn't doing you any favours. You've probably done in your taste buds a bit, try to refrain from a sweetening up stuff. Just part of the battle sadly.
 
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