Meal Replacement supplements?

Sinny · 11 Apr 2013 at 21:14

Just a quick thread for some advice, I've currently caught the gym bug again after a year off and gaining weight I lost, but as I'm back on, I'm finding the meals I'm cooking aren't large enough, or I end up just eating what's in the house.

So as I was talking to a friend the other day, he mentioned meal replacement shakes.

do these actually work? and actually make me feel full?

LiE · 11 Apr 2013 at 21:53

You're having trouble eating enough?

Sinny · 11 Apr 2013 at 22:11

LiE said:
You're having trouble eating enough?

I'm eating more than enough, a lot more than I probably should. I want to eat normal portions, but without feeling hungry afterwards.

Somnambulist · 11 Apr 2013 at 22:40

Eat more satiating foods.

whitetop · 11 Apr 2013 at 22:44

don't have food shakes dude this is what i was on and ended up with really bad health and i know others that had the same problem.

the shakes are full of crap and junk.

eat more of good old food as if you have a good google you'll find shakes are bad and people will even say don't bother

LiE · 11 Apr 2013 at 22:46

List your diet.

bsoltan · 11 Apr 2013 at 22:48

It takes time for your appetite to adjust specially if you've been eating more for a while.

Give it time and gradually reduce your intake and you'll see a change.

I've found that self control comes into it a hell of a lot more than anything else.

Sinny · 11 Apr 2013 at 22:59

This is my Diet according to two weeks ago.

7am - Cereal
12 midday - Usually soup/poached eggs on toast/Grilled bacon/Pasta (mostly bread based)
4-6 - Whatever my parents cook, this can range from Curry, to Pasta(sauce) etc. usual family meals.

I have stopped eating Crisps, biscuits and anything I consider to be bad (atleast for the past 2 weeks).

that's more or less how my diet goes at the minute, I drink 3-4 maybe more brews a day (no sugar), and 1-2 full glasses of milk.

Which is a big stepdown from what I usually eat.

LiE · 11 Apr 2013 at 23:13

Read the diet thread. You'll need to know how many calories you're eating to be able to adjust it. If you get hungry you need to look at eating stuff like salads/veg and low GI carbs to keep you going.

Skillmister · 11 Apr 2013 at 23:44

There's no wonder you aren't full.. You're eating **** all and not exactly great stuff.

All shakes will do is make you feel bloated for an hour then you'll be starving again.

Begbie · 11 Apr 2013 at 23:51

whitetop said:
don't have food shakes dude this is what i was on and ended up with really bad health and i know others that had the same problem.

the shakes are full of crap and junk.

eat more of good old food as if you have a good google you'll find shakes are bad and people will even say don't bother

Shakes are bad? What rubbish.........

whitetop · 12 Apr 2013 at 00:53

Begbie said:
Shakes are bad? What rubbish.........

well yeah rubbish look on how they are made plus he said meal replacement shakes these are full of junk. have a good look into them you'll find out why they are rubbish.

plus being one that used them for 6 years i know they are rubbish and once i found what was in them and they are not really good for you i stopped having them and felt way better.

Funcy · 12 Apr 2013 at 09:14

3 meals a day and i'd be hungry all the time too! Especially on training days.

I'd say add some meat/eggs/fish to your 7am meal, which will keep your hunger satisfied for longer. Drop the family meals and make your own, then you can have whatever portion size you want.
Snack on nuts and keep topped up on water.

tom_e · 12 Apr 2013 at 09:40

whitetop said:
well yeah rubbish look on how they are made plus he said meal replacement shakes these are full of junk. have a good look into them you'll find out why they are rubbish.

plus being one that used them for 6 years i know they are rubbish and once i found what was in them and they are not really good for you i stopped having them and felt way better.

This depends if we're talking slim fast type mrp crap or the sort of thing most of us would consider an mrp which is whey/casein plus something like ground oats and a fat source.

Psycho Sonny · 12 Apr 2013 at 10:49

Sinny said:
This is my Diet according to two weeks ago.

7am - Cereal
12 midday - Usually soup/poached eggs on toast/Grilled bacon/Pasta (mostly bread based)
4-6 - Whatever my parents cook, this can range from Curry, to Pasta(sauce) etc. usual family meals.

I have stopped eating Crisps, biscuits and anything I consider to be bad (atleast for the past 2 weeks).

that's more or less how my diet goes at the minute, I drink 3-4 maybe more brews a day (no sugar), and 1-2 full glasses of milk.

Which is a big stepdown from what I usually eat.

7am - forget cereal - have poached eggs, bacon, beans and potato scone or waffles (potato instead of bread basically)

noon - soup and a sandwich or pasta and meat or baked potato and decent filling

eat banana's, cashews, peanuts, rice cakes as snacks.

try and wean yourself off bread and pasta, potato is a great substitute, you can still have bread and pasta occasionally though just that they are refined carbs and in most cases complex carbs are better.

tom_e · 12 Apr 2013 at 10:59

Wholemeal bread and pasta are both complex carbs, in fact both are much more complex than a normal white potato.
Also potato scones and waffles are both crap and both are also highly refined.

Sinny · 12 Apr 2013 at 15:02

tom_e said:
Wholemeal bread and pasta are both complex carbs, in fact both are much more complex than a normal white potato.
Also potato scones and waffles are both crap and both are also highly refined.

if I can have wholemeal/brown bread I could do that easily. I have poached eggs, omellete, eggs in general quite a lot.

Cheers for the info. Just needed a basic gist of what's better.