If I go on a diet by drinking protein shakes/smoothies, will that help me lose weight, and how fast? Thanks!?

Answer 1

Not sustainable for life so my answer is no.

If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit.

Here are the golden rules:
Initially cut down to 1200 calories women & 1500 men
Exercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved.
Don't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise.
Drink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day.
Limit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day.
Never eat dinner after 6pm.
Adopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!
Make low fat dairy choices
All food choices need to be low fat
Don't make food a big deal and don't socialise using food

Follow this menu plan as a suggestion:
Breakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon
20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR
fruit salad w low GI soy yogurt
Snack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)
Lunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna/lean meat & salad (no butter)
Snack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt
Dinner 5.30pm - 120g-150g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato
Snack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)

Exercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between.

Cardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes.

To maintain you can increase calories to 1500 women & 1800 men and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again.

Good luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.

Answer 2

Protein shakes and smoothies are generally for weight gain, I believe.

What you are referring to should be those slim-fast chocolate milk drinks that you have as a meal. Yes?

P.S. Carb cutting really works! I have seen the Atkins Diet work on somebody. It just sucks that your bacon double cheeseburger needs to be wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun! :-P

PPS. Answerer above is right too. Smaller meals, throughout more of the day for example 5-6 meals instead of 3. Dinner should be lightest meal, breakfast largest. If you put less on your plate, you feel less inclined to eat everything, just to "clear the plate."

Answer 3

I hate people the give short concise answers that seem to be condesending and I don't mean for this to be one of those. Despite all the hoopala about magic pills and spells, the only way in the world to loose weight is to take in less calories than you can burn in the course of your daily routine, or to raise the level of your activity to burn more than you currently consume. Think of this - - you can't add water to a jar at the rate of 2 cups per minute with a drain that allows only one cup per minure and not expect the jar to overfill and run over. The best advice I can give is to watch what you eat and exercise. I now have to watch what I eat and drink, exercise and take insulin - trust me, you don't want to get to that point.

Answer 4

Just eat a balanced meal in smaller quantities. Most of us overindulge and over eat. Stop eating when you feel satisfied -- not stuffed. Everything in moderation is the key.

Answer 5

strap on your 4 inch stilettos and you only have to climb 25 flights

Answer 6

it depends.... if you excercise and eat fruit while on the protien shake diet youll lose more

Answer 7

when eating out ask your server to point out the healthiest options on the menu

Answer 8

sometimes even sleep is not as restful as it can be