Slim-Fast has long produced meal replacement shakes, but the company has also created a weight loss plan that includes its shakes and other meal replacement products. Slim-Fast Optima, now renamed Slim-Fast 3-2-1, is a weight-loss program that lets you sign up and use the website resources while advising you on how to use the products to lose weight.
What You Eat
The Slim-Fast 3-2-1 program lets you eat six times each day following the 3-2-1 rule. Your daily diet consists of three snacks, two Slim-Fast meal replacement products and one meal. Snacks must have 100 calories or less and your choices include Slim-Fast 100-calorie snack bars or a 100-calorie portion of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables or nuts. Your two meal replacement choices are a Slim-Fast Optima shake or Slim-Fast Optima meal bar, each with about 180 calories. Your balanced meal, which can be eaten as any meal of the day, is a 500-calorie, low-fat, nutritional dish you can prepare at home using the Slim-Fast recipes.
3-2-1 Details
Slim-Fast created its 3-2-1 version of the plan to help increase sales by removing the sugar from their original products and replacing it with aspartame, according to the Every Diet website. The Diets in Review site adds that Slim-Fast 3-2-1 also contains a combination of protein, complex carbohydrates and healthier fats than its original. The shake options include premixed, ready-to-drink shakes, smoothies you mix with yogurt and shake mixes you blend with milk. A typical 3-2-1 shake contains 24 g of carbohydrates, 10 g of protein, 24 vitamins and minerals and 5 g of fat. Slim-Fast 3-2-1 shakes, meal bars and snack bars come in a variety of flavors.
How to Begin
Slim- Fast offers resources on its website you can use if you choose to follow the Slim-Fast 3-2-1et plan. Registering is free and allows you to track your progress, personalize a meal plan using the links to the products and recipes and join the community forum to connect with others who are following the plan for motivation and support. The cost comes in when it's time to purchase the Slim-Fast products. Prices vary depending on where you buy the products, which are available at supermarkets and through online retailers, although Slim-Fast does not sell the products through its own website.
Considerations
Although the plan's calorie count is low, it does not dip below the recommended 1,200 calories per day that would make the diet unsafe. Slim-Fast plans also recommend at least 30 minutes of daily exercise for losing weight as well as an exercise support system online, the Diets in Review website notes. Other pros of the Slim-Fast 3-2-1 plan include quick, prepared meals and snacks for most of your daily diet and healthy recipes for the meal you prepare yourself. Drawbacks of the plan include the cost of the products and their use of aspartame, which can be an issue if you are sensitive to the artificial sweetener.
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