Crap Diet

[Sumo'sBaby]

I just don't get it!!! My bestfriend decided to go on a diet after seeing some of my progress. She asked me what I was doing and what I was eating. After telling her that I eat 6 small meals a day etc, etc, she decided to go on Slim Fast because she would puke if she ate that much. I could just scream and shake her silly!!! She's drinking a shake for breakfast, lunch and a sensible dinner. She's taking Xenadrene and is bitching about how hungry she is with a terrible headache.

Please make her see that she needs to eat right to loose weight and this Slim Fast stuff is crap!!!

 

[muskles]

has she done lots of fad diets in the past? if not, maybe she should just do the slim fast thing for awhile and find out for herself that it doesn't work... might help her realize that you were on to something 3 or 4 months down the road. heck, after a week of starving she might decide she should try a diet where she gets to eat.

how will she measure her progress? weight only, or also bodyfat?

 

[new@gettinbig]

Slim fast is a JOKE...but most women have to try all possibilities before reaching the conclusion that they DO NOT WORK....they may lose some weight...but it will come back..as her if she is going to drink slim fast shakes for the rest of her entire life?? Ask her if that is how she wants to live her life...drinking a diet shake...sounds fun? You can talk to your blue in the face but they have to want to make the change and most want to do it their way..and they think they know it all or they heard that Betty down the street lost 20lbs on this diet...Most of the clients I see have tried at least 3-4 different types of diet programs...doing crazy stuff....then they see how well their blood sugar is controlled w/ eating 6 times a day..and how they dont have to deprive themselves of FOOD to lose weight...it doesnt have to be a DIET...just a lifestyle...a way of eating

 

[FitFossil]

I just love that Slim Fast jingle "...and a sensible dinner..." BAHAHAWAA. Who can limit themselves to a sensible dinner after putting your body in starvation mode all day?

Sure, I bet you friend will initially lose "weight" on this diet, but a lot of that weight will be lean muscle. Once she goes off the diet, she'll have a hard time keeping the weight off. With less muscle mass, she'll have a lower metabolism. Then she'll high-tail it back to the Slim Fast (because it "worked" before) or some other diet gimmick, and the ugly yo-yo cycle is underway. A lifetime of fighting her weight and only getting fatter for her efforts. This is how the diet industry insures repeat business.

I know how hard it is for people (esp women) to believe they can lose weight by eating. I was skeptical but now I'm a convert. The whole bodybuiling lifestyle really is the world's best-kept secret to looking good, feeling good, and being able to eat lots of food. And bodybuilding doesn't have to mean "getting big". If she trades 10 lbs of fat for 10 pounds of muscle, her measurements and clothing size will be SMALLER (because muscle is denser than fat) and look a ton better because muscle is hard and shapely whereas fat is soft and jiggly.

Your friend might not believe you right now, but this time next year, when you're looking better and better and she's still struggling, maybe she'll see the light.

 

[Temple]

That is one of THE most frustrating things about this lifestyle. I regularly have gals ask for my advice and I can pretty much tell you before hand at what point in the conversation their eyes will glaze over. I have two sister's that give skinny/fat a whole new meaning. They eat "SALAD" and drink 'DIET PEPSI" but only at night because if they eat lunch they will get FAT.

 

[Sassy69]

EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION!

And stop getting brainwashed by the media. Slim Fat is a marketing ploy, just like everything else. People go thru this amazing denial about food -- they have no problem buying shit loads of Slim Fat and spending the next 3 months bitching about being hungry and not getting results, but they couldn't POSSIBLY consider the idea of more small meals -- they will listen to a 30 sec jingle about sugar in a well-pkged can and consider that all they need they need to understand about nutrition & exercise.

Print out the stickies at the top about the myths of women lifting, etc. and show them to your friend. See if after she reads them, do they make sense? Show her your diet & the calorie totals to prove its not "so much food". Oh yea, and mention a training program of some sort.

 

[Sapphire]

How old is she? When I was younger I definately tried all the fad diets. Eating six times a day, to me is better than not eating at all! I've tried Slim Fast myself and quite frankly didn't last a week! It's crap.

Maybe you could give her a one day sample 6 meals with a time schedule and have her try it. I bet she's amazed at how much she's NOT starving. Also, I've found that minimal caloric intake = headache, combine that with taking Xenadrine and I too would have a headache, a severe one!

Just my 2 cents

~Sapphire

 

[Sumo'sBaby]

Day 2 of her diet was yesterday and she decided to stop after her shake for lunch and her 1 hour plus workout of just cardio. She went off on a binging spree and ate. I told her so. Thank goodness it only took her 2 days to see it was a stupid diet. She's asking me to help her with her diet. I knew she was smart but she won't touch the weights. (sigh) Oh well at least she's seen the light. Baby steps are ok by me.