[Chickensoup]

OK, I put on some kid and stess pounds and need to lose it. The Slimfast diet always worked for me but now I am prediabetic and trying to lose metabolic syndrome weight.

I need a meal replacer, preferable a powder that works like Slimfast with much less carbs.

The ideal? Powder that blends with milk, low carb, medium protein and medium fat.

Anyone?

[citizen]

I’m type 2. Eat less. No desserts. Limit your fast sugars.

[FReeperCK]

Check out HMR diet. Shakes are very good and they have an at home program if you don’t want or can’t do classes.

[TChad]

What has worked for me is to get plenty of exercise (mostly cycling and walking), to avoid eating regular meals, to think about things other than food, to give in to the occasional cravings for particular foods, and to almost never seriously overeat or let myself get seriously hungry.

I have learned that I cannot tolerate a very low-carb diet. I have also learned how to carefully use fat to stop my hunger. I'm not in the "Carbs are evil!" crowd or the "Fat is evil!" crowd. There is a balance...

[ottbmare]

Why would you want to eat a powder instead of real food? You can't go through the rest of your life like that--such diets always fail in the long run because nobody can really stay on them forever. And as someone who is prediabetic, you must stay on your diet for the rest of your life, or you'll end up diabetic. You have to choose a way of eating that you can stick to effortlessly, without thinking, for the rest of you life.

I'm in the same boat as you are, with prediabetes. What has truly worked for me is the Wheat Belly Diet. "Wheat Belly Blog

Here's a video in which the cardiologist who developed it describes it briefly: CBS interview And here is a video by the doctor: Video

P.S. My best girlfriend lost 25 pounds recently on this diet. My blood sugar is back in the normal range, my weight was never an issue, but my arthritis and asthma are much improve.

[ThomasThomas]

I know a guy who Lost about 10 lbs eating at a Red Lobster. The restaurant closed not long afterward. Food poisoning is a rough way to do it but it worked for him. He became a picky eater for about six months and lost another 20 lbs. I suggest skipping food poisoning part and do just the picky eater part. I lost about 20 lbs by just not eating if I didn’t feel hungry. It felt odd to leave food on my plate at first but if I felt full I quit eating. I also drank water though out the day. .

[Pajamajan]

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[TheRobb7]

I used 2 apps to do what you see here: iRunner, to track my progress walking and LoseIt! to log my food intake. You can share info between the 2 apps, which makes it easier. It works and you can do it. FreepMail me if you have any questions (yes both apps are free)

[HereInTheHeartland]

I have been eating mostly the spinach and lettuce from my garden the past couple of weeks. And some lean protein.

Minimize refined sugar and carbs. Walk or bike as you can. And get good restful sleep.

[class8601_nuke]

I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I was put on a restricted sodium diet. I have found that if you keep your sodium less than 2000mg/day everything else seems to fall in line. just my $0.02 adjusted for inflation.

[JoeProBono]

http://www.metabolic-syndrome-handbook.com/content/metabolic-syndrome-diet

[greeneyes]

There are some similar products that I have seen on line and at Walmart, but I can’t remember the name of most. It seems like there are some premixed bottles of Glucerna that you can just open and drink.

Also several meal replacement bars that are low carb. Atkins has some stuff like that, and may even have a powdered type.

I had a diabetic friend, and she lost weight by eating full servings of fresh veggies and 3 full servings of lower glycemic fruits, and half portions of starches and proteins each meal. She kept the glucerna in her purse, in she needed a boost.

[Osage Orange]

What’s a kid weigh?