Hey ladies, I was at wal-mart the other night and happen to see the new gfgc guide, and I noticed in it they said slim-fast is "g" which I assume was good? It said it was good for phase 1 2 and 3 whats the truth behind this? It also has stuff about atkins shakes and bars in their if im not mistaken some of those are good, dont hold me to it though i really dont remember. If anyone has the guide could you check it out and let me know? It would be greatly appreciated, I would'nt mind having a shake in the mornings with some cut veggies, I dont want to ruin all my work so I wanted to check with you all first. Thanks for reading have a great day.

I don't know but I would think that "real" food would be the way to go. I'm on the beach to get healthy so what is in something is just as important as is it op.

Lydia

Is it time for me to yell Frankenfood? Real food is the way to go.

I have that book as well since it's an easier reference list to take to the grocery store than the book.

I am frequently running out of my house 15 minutes after getting out of bed, and the other day I ran out of the quiche egg cups, and was desperate to get some food into me, so I stopped at Wal-mart. (I was good! ) Anyway, my thought was to grab some celery or something because they sell these little packs of celery that are ready to eat. Unfortunately for me, the SBD craze is hitting hard out here & there was no celery to be found... ANYWHERE in the store, string cheese either, so I pulled out my nifty little book to see if I could have anything like a slimfast bar, etc.

If you read the little blurb before they list the bars and shakes, Dr.A talks about how these certainly aren't a good idea for a regular thing, but when the circumstances dictate, they''re better than fast food. So I took my little book over to the aisle with the shakes & bars & stuff. The slimfast for a low carb lifestyle is the one that's acceptable in the book, (I had to read all the labels) so I bought a 4-pack. It certainly wasn't great, but it did the trick for the 3 hours I was out running around, and it didn't seem to trigger any cravings for me.

Now that I've rambled on for 3 days, I'll say what I wanted to say in the first place: For an emergency situation thay're good, but that's about it.

~Panda

Hi Angel

I'm goingto Walmarts this morning and I will check it out for you. I use Atkins Bars along with other low carb bars,cookies & candy when I need a fix.Which isn't that often,but I know that they are there when I need them. Hugs BB

I agree with Ruth. If you're going to make this a WOL, you need to stay away from things like bars and shakes. Dr. A has said several times that he has talked about bars and included them in the Kraft foods because there are so many people out there that aren't ready to move to real foods yet and he figures they are better off eating the bars that are better than others. Still, eating bars doesn't fill you up, and does just increase the unhealthy eating patterns you had before, IMHO. And shakes are horrible because drinking just doesn't give you a feeling of fullness, so you are terribly hungry afterward. Better to carry around good foods in a cooler. I take a string cheese with me in my purse and a bottle of water when I have a long shopping run, and throw in an apple if it's extra long. You could also include SBD safe crackers with PB, veggies with a small cup of hummus or dip, etc. It's easy to do these things and they will fill you up and keep your blood sugar level while keeping you healthy.

Just my thoughts.