I remember my mom drinking these from around 1995 to the early 00s. She never kept the weight off with them and she was always hungry and miserable. I used to sneak them once in awhile but would always get in trouble since they were her expensive diet food. I also remember her having the fat free snack well cookies and the olestra chips in the house. Ah the 90s were a weird time

@alashiadiggs4195

Жыл бұрын

Wow. With your mom digesting all these items she had to be in the bathroom alot! That's what Slim Fast did for me and I was still overweight 😳

@youtubegarbage7876

Жыл бұрын

Your fat mom probably drank the shake and did no exercise. My step dad drank this as a drink WITH his dinner.

@mynamemightbekelli9123

Жыл бұрын

Same! I wasn't allowed to have the shakes because my mom said they would make me lose weight..LOL

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

Hehe. I bought the shakes out of curiosity and was delighted at how good they tasted, especially the vanilla. That flavor beat out Carnation Instant Breakfast by a long shot. But - I never followed the slimmest plan. Hey people, it's a shake, so I don't care what your commercials say, it's a cool summer beverage. With or without some food to go with.

@planescaped

Жыл бұрын

I remember the chocolate one tasting like vitamin enriched chocolate milk, but more watery.

These are how I found out I'm lactose intolerant. I was constantly hungry, gassy and physically miserable. "No one is teaching people how to eat properly after losing weight" was the biggest problem- I just gained all of it back and round and round I went.

@DrawciaGleam02

Жыл бұрын

Oh dear...that's...not good man.

@justayoutuber1906

Жыл бұрын

I don't like intolerance

Topic suggestion: the "astronaut" food craze of the 60s. Spacefood Sticks, Carnation Instant Breakfast, Tang...

@beth4928

Жыл бұрын

Great idea! I was always fascinated by those

@richardadams4928

Жыл бұрын

It's more recent, I think, but I say throw in Astronaut Ice Cream and Astronaut Strawberries.

@Backroad_Junkie

Жыл бұрын

@@richardadams4928 Those are just freeze-dried versions of the real thing. (And you can find those "astronaut" foods quite a bit cheaper when just marketed as freeze-dried...) Now, spacefood sticks were just a bizarre item. Maybe, could be compared to today's protein bars, but probably less nutritious, lol. I remember "space" gels, too, but those are actually making a comeback, mostly as energy supplements.

“are you unhappy with who you are?” yes, deeply! thanks for asking!

I used this to lose 30 lbs in high school for prom. I gained back like 15 a year later but it wasn’t sustainable. Nobody can live off just shakes.

@kristyllockhart

Жыл бұрын

Me too, but I lost 40 lbs for prom with SlimFast, starvation, & prescription diet pills. 🤦🏻‍♀️ No wonder I needed my gallbladder removed by 23.

@sneakerteacher89

Жыл бұрын

@@kristyllockhart 😂 I guess Slim Fast ruined my gallbladder too because mine had to be removed a few years later.

@kristyllockhart

Жыл бұрын

Wow, maybe we should sue! Lol. 😂💀

@sneakerteacher89

Жыл бұрын

@@kristyllockhart 😂 Class action lawsuit on the way

@TheBLGL

Жыл бұрын

I have dysphagia so I wish I didn’t have to.

I lost 40 pounds on the Slimfast diet in the early 90s. I was a big baseball fan at the time so the Tommy Lasorda endorsement was a definite influence on me. I have tried many other diets over the years but today I still loosely follow the 321 plan but without using any of the Slimfast products.

@atheisthumanist1964

Жыл бұрын

Better options with smoothies now to be honest. You can actually make something you'd enjoy drinking just as much if not more. 1c real fruit juice (worth it to own a juicer tbh), 1/2c kefir yogurt, 1c of your fave frozen fruit or fruit mixture, 1/2c of frozen chopped kale, ice cubes if you want it thicker (amount is really up to personal preference. I personally don't add ice.) and if you want to stay full longer add a tbsp of chia seed. You won't even taste the kale. The fruit and kefir completely mask the taste.

I tried it for a while at college, but found out the shakes did nothing to curb my hunger and only led to me eating more at dinner. They never actually made me feel full. I guess that was down to the lack of fibre and not having anything to chew. Anyway I gave up on them pretty quickly and just tried eating a bit less per meal and getting more exercise, which, surprise surprise, worked much better. 🙂

Totally forgot there was a weight-loss supplement called AYDS in the 80s. Yikes.

@Lizzy514

Жыл бұрын

70s. And AIDS disaster put them out of biz.

I was fat in junior high. My mom packed me a slim fast for lunch. And I got called slim slow all year. Thanks mom

@inr63

Жыл бұрын

This made me laugh harder than it should have

@HistoricHeroine

Жыл бұрын

That makes me sad. I'm sorry that happened to you. My parents divorced when I was in the eighth grade and my mother stopped buying groceries. Whenever I was invited over to a friend's house I ate more than the biggest adult at the table, and I was less than 100 pounds.

@mattpaul5441

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoricHeroine that's way more sad than mine. I'm sorry that happened to you.

@sir-jig-saw1077

Жыл бұрын

🤗..THE GOOD OLD DAYS

@DrawciaGleam02

Жыл бұрын

I believe that your classmates watched "The Nutty Professor". That's where I remember the words "slim slow" from. That being said, sorry you were treated badly.

I would love to hear about Dexatrim that had some type of super bad stuff in it.

@bridaw8557

Жыл бұрын

People popped those and acted like crack heads! 😂

@laurendebruijn2325

Жыл бұрын

Ephedrine diet pills (totally legal and over the counter til like the 80s i think) are essentially the pill form of dexatrim. Theres a reason dexatrim isnt available and you cant buy more than one box of anything containing ephedra at a time now...

@jazcc

Жыл бұрын

Oh I remember seeing those ads.

@annt.7785

Жыл бұрын

They were just trying to rat poison the fat off of people, that's all. 🤣🤣🤣

My grandmother would let me drink her chocolate slimfast as a kid. It was damn good.

@garcemac

Жыл бұрын

No it was not. It tasted like chalk. Quick was better. And healthier.

@maxdanielj

Жыл бұрын

@@garcemac chalk would probably have tasted better and be healthier 😏

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

Oh, wasn't it though? :) I find the fudge one too strong of chocolate, and that's saying something. Their vanilla tastes like the richest not too sweet white chocolate you could have.

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

@@thispeace1281 Yep, surprisingly good.

@joltjolt5060

Жыл бұрын

Lots of vitamins too lol

Ohhh yes, I tried Slim Fast and thought it was kind of pointless. Walking and eating fewer calories was what got my baby fat off.

@CankleCankle

4 ай бұрын

That’s the problem, most people aren’t willing to exercise so products like this will always give them the illusion that they are making progress.

My mom went on a doctor directed liquid diet in the 80's. She got sick as shit and ended up hospitalized. She ended up suing the doc.

@gohawks3571

Жыл бұрын

Geez, should have at least threatened a similar thing. I tried to have a dr test me for having ADD, and he put me on a "diet" instead. Of stripping me of all food & eating one food the first day, and if I didn't have any allergic reaction to it, add a second food the next day, and so on, adding one food a day. He didn't direct me on the best way to do it, so I did the best I could. I was young & it was one of my first times setting up my own dr's appt. I thought it sounded weird, but I thought I should do it first before I complained. I lasted 3 days. I ended up getting immensely sick, and lost my period for 9 months (wasn't having sex at the time, so definitely not pregnancy related). It took 3 days to really, really mess me up☹️☹️☹️ Btw, in my attempt to make things balanced, I did protien, starch, and veg. So day 1 was tuna, 2 rice, 3 okra. And got so very sick🙄

@quanbrooklynkid7776

Жыл бұрын

@@gohawks3571 yuck

@stickynorth

Жыл бұрын

Love that her first reaction is to sue... So American. Put down the food fatty! Problem solved.

@trustytrest

Жыл бұрын

@@gohawks3571 ok

I honestly really like Slim-Fast and similar meal replacement drinks. I work outdoors and can't always stop to eat lunch or breakfast. I also live in Florida, and some days are just too hot and humid to be lugging around a full belly while working.

@kurlykaitlyn

Жыл бұрын

I understand enjoying liquid foods like smoothies and protein shakes, but slim fast is not real food. Try protein shakes

@SkunkApe407

Жыл бұрын

@@kurlykaitlyn I drink those too. Just depends on my mood at the time. I'm fortunate enough to have the same metabolism at 40 that I did at 20. I'm one of those freaks that can eat like a trash compactor, and not gain an ounce.

@kurlykaitlyn

Жыл бұрын

@@SkunkApe407 niceeee!! I’m that way a bit too but I drink a ton of water. Water helps keep things going

@gohawks3571

Жыл бұрын

@@SkunkApe407 Lol, I have the same metabolism I had at 20 too. None🤣 I have always had to do ridiculous amounts of exercise to maintain , let alone to try to lose weight. Wish I could have a little of your metabolism....

@SkunkApe407

Жыл бұрын

@@gohawks3571 if I could tap and bottle the stuff, I'd freely share.

I never understood this. My mom had this when I was growing up, and since it was the closest thing to a milkshake I could have, I would sneak them. But a desserty, sugary thing as a meal replacement? I never, ever understood this....

@slitheen3

Жыл бұрын

A majority of meal replacement shakes and bars are extremely sweet, whether they're actually loaded with sugar or not. I wonder if it's because sweetness is the best way to mask the taste of everything else they put in there?

@gohawks3571

Жыл бұрын

@@slitheen3 Hmmmm... And, eeeeehhhhh🥴😖

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

Yep, no gross artificial sweeteners in it. Good stuff for an occasional treat.

@jackb1969

Жыл бұрын

Did you gain weight? You're not supposed to drink them and eat

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

@@jackb1969 So the plan says, but it is flawed.

I tried it when I was 20. I was starving all the time and I had like zero energy. I kept it up on bough for about a month. Lost about 15 lbs. gained it all back in like 2 months.

My Mom went on and off slimfast and various other crash diets right up until diabetes caught up with her.

these and sonic shakes were my only food when I was in my first trimester with my middle child. I had an aversion to eating and lost 10 lbs. doctors weren't concerned because I was overweight, but I had to get some calories and nutrition and slim fast was relatively cheap and easily accessible at gas stations

My mom bought Slim Fast in the early 2000s when she was trying to lose weight and I of course thought they tasted good so I’d help myself. Once I opened a can and took a big swig and some sort of horrible gelatinous blob came out and I never again drank a Slim Fast. 😖

Brings back memories. I remember as an 80s kid, my mom drinking this along with going with her to Jazzercise. Though only to be put into a windowless room so we wouldn't laugh and mimic their workout. I remember tasting some leftover in the blender and it tasted chocky. Years later as an adult, i tried it myself and it still was chocky tasting. Plus it devastated my stomach due to being lactose.

@infallibleblue

5 ай бұрын

Chalky? It does have a powder like taste. It was ok if mixed well.

Didn't know it was around that long. I brought one for lunch every day in junior high and was soooo depressed not losing weight. If I (and my mom that bought it) knew then what I know now....

@quanbrooklynkid7776

Жыл бұрын

Damn...

Suggestion: Celebrity endorsed kids' cereals, such as Mr. T's and Urkel-O's.

Since you showed an ad of it, PLEASE do an Episode on AYDS. The name, the weird ingredients, where did it go?

A video on the history of salad dressings or chef boyardee would be cool. I love all your videos!!!

@richardadams4928

Жыл бұрын

They already did one on Hector Buoardi.

Oh SNAP, Mr. W. History got some ATTITUDE! @ 11:32 "Are you unhappy with who you are?" ... I'm still cracking a smile! :) I'm sure I watched this video when it came out, but this is why i rewatch fave videos just like we used to rewatch old movies on cable or til the tape wore out.

I would like to hear about the crazy 3-day diet with the saltines, hot dogs, tuna, melon, and vanilla ice cream that people believed would make them lose ten lbs in 3 days. Lol. My parents did that one over and over in the 80s/90s too. No weight loss, unsurprisingly....who would think processed foods and ice cream would contribute to weight loss? Those are counter productive to any health benefits. The tuna and melon were/are fine though. Tuna has Omega-3 fatty acids and musk melon (American cantaloupe) is basically water with some flavor and texture.

@ferociousgumby

Жыл бұрын

Carageenan, betamethulcellulose, etc, etc, Filler that passes through your body undigested. There were also capsules you could take - can't remember the name - that had a powder in them that absorbed water and swelled up to fill your stomach, but it was basically an indigestible block of "something" - cellulose, I think, which can only be digested by cows. Must have caused a lot of constipation.

@kite6864

Жыл бұрын

@@ferociousgumby still have those type of things today. alot of processed foods labled high fiber have cellulose as the fiber. there's a diet pill called pletny, a fiber that expands in your stomach.

You ignored the original meal-replacement craze in the 1960's....begun when Mead Johnson introduced Metrecal. Other brands followed, including Carnation's Slender, and PET Foods bringing out Sego at that time (a commercial for which is where Alfred Hitchcock discovered Tippi Hedrin, which led to Melanie Griffith) Not to mention one of the great ironies being that at the same time Unilever acquired Slim-Fast...the also bought Ben & Jerry's ice cream enterprise.

@kirbyculp3449

Жыл бұрын

LOL, like a doctor that owns s cemetary.

Mom packed a Slim Fast shake in my lunchbox every day for camp as a pre-teen to help supplement all the calories I burned. Plus, I really liked the chocolate one & I wasn't allowed desserts/sweets except on holidays & special occasions.

I can’t believe that those shakes and supplements are still being sold and in pharmacies, of all places 🤦🏻‍♀️😣

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

Oh, they're not bad as an occasional beverage. And they sell them at the grocery stores here. I can leave every other flavor (not that they taste bad) but the vanilla is delicious.

@Bloodygat

Жыл бұрын

Ain't a pharmacy the best place? Very sick, surgery patients or elderly that cannot eat enough protein or calories to sustain good life from regular food alone can have a relief by drinking those type of shakes additionally. I agree selling them as weightloss drinks in pharmacy is a bit gimmicky but they can have their purpose, it just depends on formula and usage

@qsita

Жыл бұрын

@@Bloodygat there are many other and specifically made for those patients like Sustagen so your argument is not really good. I’m not a fan of pharmacies selling snake oils, sorry.

@qsita

Жыл бұрын

@@oceanelf2512 for an occasional beverage I’d rather have a liquid breakfast like “Up and Go”

@oceanelf2512

Жыл бұрын

If it doesn't have any of that artificial sweetener crud, I'd give that a go.

I remember slim slow one of my teachers would have one of these for lunch followed by a box twinkies and wondered why he wasn't losing weight.

@kyliCatherine1

Жыл бұрын

Slim slow 😂😂

@ferociousgumby

Жыл бұрын

@@kyliCatherine1 Slime slop!

@The_Architekt

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t teach you how to spell either. Lose*

@CwL-1984

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Architekt oops my mistske

@topanlazuardi9251

Жыл бұрын

Losing# that the word you seek it seems

"Low Fat" versions of a product typically have higher sugar and or salt content than their original counterparts. The "low fat" craze is actually responsible for the obesity epidemic in America.

@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819

Жыл бұрын

Because fats usually helped with flavor, and without fat, people compromised with sugar.

@ChadwickTheChad

Жыл бұрын

Actually fat, trashy conservatives are responsible for their own obesity.

@mikeoxlong4556

Жыл бұрын

I always tell my friends this and they dont believe me. just get the real thing, but in moderation.

@Falling_Down_1776

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeoxlong4556 Exactly. Same here.

@Falling_Down_1776

Жыл бұрын

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Yep.👍

My dad called it Slime Feast....😂

I remember Tommy Lasorda also had a weight loss competition with one of our popular school teachers to benefit students in need.

Totally remember my mom buying these all throughout the mid 90s to early 2000s. I remember drinking them every now and then, but as a kid/teenager, they acted more as a snack than any sort of meal replacement. Also, my mom never lost weight because of the slim fast, it was the whole eating better and exercising thing that seemed to help best. Go figure.

@kimberlypatton205

Жыл бұрын

My mom just drank disgusting “Tab” soda… don’t know how she got it down…

I always knew Tony Montane was snorting Slim fast…thank you for confirming 😂😂😂😂

Ayo hold up. Just started the video and was that product called AYDS???

My 4th grade teacher Ms. Webster used to knock these back all day and talk to herself, she was single. That's all I remember from the 4th grade.

I remember years ago buying their bbq chips... mostly cause I liked the odd taste of them lol

I used these as an edition to my breakfast in early teens to keep weight on, turns out my then type of ADD medication used for an ADD form of Asperger's was the key problem I had with the weight and once I stopped it for a safer drug, I moved upin size and weight not much due to genetics, but I was bigger.

@patrickzaugg5684

Жыл бұрын

similar here

@caseysmith544

Жыл бұрын

@@patrickzaugg5684 Yeah that drug was Conserta, then had Strattera before I stopped that at age 21. Then at about age 27--28 I found I was an ADD form of Asperger's.

@patrickzaugg5684

Жыл бұрын

Dude, fuck that combo.

@mikec5400

Жыл бұрын

@@caseysmith544 Then when you're 50 they are gonna say it was something different

@caseysmith544

Жыл бұрын

@@mikec5400 Because the company making Concerta that made the worst ADHD/ADD drug for those under 30 can Get away with paying off those in government to get rid of and burn the results of the drug so that the suicide and the rest of the bunch of problems were never there and say those people never took the drug as most are dead by 50 due to the drug.

That stuff is nasty! I tried it once when I was kid because one of my cousins drank it. Ugh I’ll never forget the taste. Like watery metallic sour chocolate 🫣

@planescaped

Жыл бұрын

Watery metallic chocolate describes the chocolate one perfectly.

@champslim

Жыл бұрын

The Juice was sooo much better.

@kurlykaitlyn

Жыл бұрын

@@champslim what?’ They had a juice?!! 🤪

@champslim

Жыл бұрын

@@kurlykaitlyn Yes!! The pineapple juice was sooo good. The discounted it and I was heartbroken. My mom really didn't do the shakes but the juice and meal bars was always in the house.

1) I didn't know I needed a SlimFast documentary 2) I didn't know a SlimFast documentary could be so droll! I'll have to check out some of your other work!

I spent years with genetic insulin resistance. While never really overweight, i was soft. I was skinny but developed a gut. My diet was a train wreck and I felt like garbage. I ended up becoming a bodybuilder before it was a said and done, but even eating very "healthy," my blood sugar still went up and down. Eventually I scrapped most all carbs and got my life back. Every major health marker improved, and I feel great. I've lived a super low carb life since 2015 and my bloodwork looks amazing, my athletic endurance is through the roof, I look and feel years younger and I'm never sick. No Slim Fast for me.

I am eating my birthday cake while watching this video....

@zoso1up

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday

Lady’s love cool Tommy. Now that’s a funny reference.

Atkins, South Beach, Keto, Pritikin, Eat Right 4 Your Type, Phen-Fen, Juice Fasting, Trim Spa…..

I am a 30 year old woman with PCOS and I used the Herbalife diet shakes to drop 70 lbs over the course of 10 months a few years ago. Kept the weight off, too, and built muscle (my body fat percentage was 27-28% a year ago and now it’s at 26%, despite my putting on around 7-10 lbs over the past year). But I took advantage of the peace of mind the diet shakes offered to constantly research healthy nutrition, micro and macronutrients, the caloric profile of ingredients I was cooking with, so I ended up learning a LOT and I am now able to often eyeball the amounts I’m cooking with or eating, accurately. The one “proper” meal a day I was preparing for myself was always very healthy and nutritionally balanced, the entire 10 months or so. I trained three times a week at the gym and I started drinking 3-4 litres of water per day, which I still do. I use protein powder nowadays because I weight train three times a week and I need the help for muscle recovery. Probably wouldnt have been able to achieve this without those diet shakes. For someone like me who doesn’t lack discipline, but just grew up in a chaotic household with no specific rules about food or knowledge of calories, this was great.

The Slim Fast pineapple/orange juice were sooo good. My mom had those juices in the house while I was growing up and I loved them. Never had the shakes tho

Remember there was a guy in my middle school who drank slim fast with every lunch and breakfast and I remembered thinking. Wait isn’t it suppose to be a meal replacement?

@NoNumbersAtTheEnding

Жыл бұрын

I used them to help me gain weight for a time

@ferociousgumby

Жыл бұрын

@@NoNumbersAtTheEnding Products like Ensure are meant to help you stabilize or gain weight, taken as a supplement with meals.

benzocaine chewing gum for weight loss? that's hilarious. the only way that could work is that you'd feel super weird when trying to eat (or talk) because your mouth and perhaps your esophagus would be numb.

I've used them as a post-workout snack, but never to replace meals.

I remember when slimfast was an easy “yo mama” joke in the 90s/early 2000s for middle schoolers

here in Germany in the early to mid 90's Slimfast was promoted by the dutch gameshow host Harry Wijnvoord, who narrated "Der Preis ist heiß", the german version of "The Price Is Right"

If you follow the instructions, the weight does come off as predicted. It's tastier if you use whole milk, and add the powder and three ice cubes into a blender and make what looks and tastes like a malt-shop shake! For a much higher level of protein (the USRDA numbers are too low), go with Muscle Milk.

Lol was going to comment about how my mom used to drink them, but looking at the comment section, it seems everyone’s mom did

I tried it in the early 2000's, I liked some of the flavours (chocolate, vanilla) but not enough of them to be able to stand 2 a day. When I was convinced by a friend to try weightwachers I was able to include the shakes once or twice a week as a treat and that was pretty successful. I was very overweight (nearly 300lbs) but over the course of a year lost 80lbs of that and weightwatchers (and presumably similar diet programs) do actually change your eating habits, so these days I don't actually follow the program but I maintain my weight through habit. I haven't had a slimfast in years, I guess I just got bored of them.

Cool to see David Hoffman's vids in!!

You nearly snapped my neck from the whiplash of, "did you ever try Slimfast? Are you unhappy with who you are?" Well since you asked... See, it all started when I was a kid and my mom made me wear a sailor outfit to school everyday. *prattles on about childhood traumas that inform my adulthood quirks*

@trustytrest

Жыл бұрын

bruh

In the 60s there was a liquid diet drink called Metracal. I was very underweight in high school, so mom would cook me a huge breakfast every day and I would top it off with a Metracal chaser. I used Slim Fast in the early 2000s to lose weight (I was no longer under weight). Slim Fast helped me lose weight but it was a very low carb diet that took the weight off and kept it off. Being diabetic makes a low carb diet an almost necessity.

i tried slimfast before for a week and lost 10lbs, then i switched to Apple Cider Vinegar and black coffee W/lemon juice+2 meals a day and 2 10 minute workouts with push-ups, sit-ups+lunges+squats+lots and lots of walking and over the course of the pandemic i lost 120 pounds and went from 300+lbs to the 180lbs i weigh in today

@stee8345

Жыл бұрын

Niiice! I lost 30lbs doing basically the same except biking tons and of course the apple cider vinegar

@notsaranohuh

Жыл бұрын

CONGRATS!!!! 💖💖💖

@CrazyMagyar

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Not trying to be insensitive, but did you have a bunch of loose skin afterwards? If so, how did you manage it? My wife’s friend lost over 200+ lbs and had to have surgery to remove all of her loose skin.

@alexgeorge501

Жыл бұрын

@@notsaranohuh thnx

@alexgeorge501

Жыл бұрын

@@CrazyMagyar just a little loose skin, i'm gonna tone most of it away

I used slim fast for 3 mos after my last child. Lost weight like I wanted. I had an appointment w my Dr for an ear infection and he asked how I was doing w the weight loss..this was in the days that a lot of your drs actually looked at your chart and compared last apt w the present apt and already knew what you were seeing him for before he stepped in the room. When i told him i was using slim fast he said to stop using it now, it ruins your metabolism if you use it long term or use it everytime you gain weight. I was reluctant & used it another month or two. He said it didn't take much use of the product to mess the metabolism up. Never used again.

Growing up in the 90's to the 2000's seeing family members, teachers to later on in high school classmates consuming Slim Fast products every single week.

I need to get some more of this stuff

How dare you be sarcastic with The Velvet Fog....lol

@ve2vfd

Жыл бұрын

The Velvet Frog you say?

@Machtimus

Жыл бұрын

@@ve2vfd actually I said the velvet fog. Jimmy say him perform. Jimmy thinks Mel Torme is the perfect spokesperson

@ve2vfd

Жыл бұрын

@@Machtimus Night Court: Dan Fielding refers to Mel as the Velvet Frog.

@Machtimus

Жыл бұрын

@@ve2vfd yooooo...I totally forgot about that. Judge Stone was such a huge Mel Torme fan. And who could forget Yakov. Thanks for the correction

Shows how much I pay attention to store shelves. Had no clue it went the way of the dodo.

As a bit of hypocrisy, I remember my mother using SlimFast products when I was a kid (late 80s/early 90s) and thinking how absurd the idea is, this sweet, milky drink being a healthy way of losing weight, it didn't work for her and probably caused more weight gain when she came off it. Yet, as an overweight adult I actually fell into it myself, thinking it an easy way to buy myself slim. However, pretty much all SlimFast products would cause me to get really painful gas and generally feel crappy, I never lost any weight (probably because BMR was dropping whilst also still being prone to binging due to hunger). The original docs were right about it, it doesn't teach you good habits, so even if you do lose weight on it, you'll gain it right back and then some... seems part of the plan tbh. Switched to OMAD fasting at the start of this month and not only have I lost 8kg in 3 weeks but it's something I can do pretty much indefinitely and, instead of costing extra per day, I save a ton of money not buying breakfast/lunch/snacks/cola etc.... highly recommend it. Not only am I losing weight fast and easily but I feel a ton better and get to eat a lot of really good food each night. I try to avoid sugar/processed carbs but that just means I get to eat more veggies, cheese, meat etc. Check out 'The Obesity Code' and 'The Complete Guide to Fasting' by Dr Fung :)

Tommy Lasorda!!!

I remember my mom buying this stuff. I would drink it as a milkshake while my regular meals.

Man, that's something. Made a suggestion for Slimfast to my uncle's wife. Rob Lowe is an advocate for Atkins diet. Mel Torme is dead. That generous of Gibson, Hershiser, and Lasorda to lose the weight and donate the money to nuns. I like the channel.

There are also nutritionally-fortified drinks like Ensure which are actually meant to ADD calories to your diet if you are underweight, ill or have dental problems. I have no idea how they taste.

My mom drinks an Atkins shake every morning and then eats low carb and calories meals for the rest of the day along with plenty of exercise and she’s been able to keep the weight off. So now that’s what I’ve started doing and I like the Atkins better it’s thicker so it doesn’t feel like chocolate water. Plus it keeps me full longer so I’m less likely to snack!

I thought Slim Fast tasted really good but as a weight management tool it was unhealthy and impossible to maintain

The problems? The shakes were expensive and they weren't filling enough to actually BE a meal replacement. Also, I'm shocked this video leaves out the Jenny Craig videos. They were a staple in diet advertising around the same time Slimfast was blowing up. I think they were more meal plans, but still, an indirect competitor with a large footprint.

When I was 18 in 1960, I tried Metracal as a diet plan. I had gained some excess weight during my senior year in high school. In 3 weeks, I had lost 25 pounds, so I stopped taking it. I didn't gain the weight back, but for the next year I had to stand up slowly, or I would almost passes out from a loss of blood pressure. Besides, the stuff tasted nasty.

@ferociousgumby

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A lot of people just gave up eating entirely and drank Metrecal instead. It's basically fasting, which is not good for anyone except for very short-term or for medical reasons. Also, just what is IN that stuff, and does it really replace anything? Looks like skim milk powder, coloring and chemicals to me.

@williamromine5715

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@@ferociousgumby I didn't know it was still being sold. What was tough for me, was that my folks weren't on a diet, and I would wake up to the smell of bacon and eggs, but would have to drink that watery stuff. I lost 25 pounds in 3 weeks, and the doctor told me to start eating again. Who knows what was in the stuff? This was 1960, after all.

@ferociousgumby

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@@williamromine5715 I dieted excessively in the '70s because everyone was telling me I was fat. I would virtually starve myself and write down every calorie I ate, and still did not like myself. I see pictures of myself back then and think: come ON now, you were gorgeous! Why didn't anyone tell me I was good enough at the weight I was? I weighed 150 and a doctor said I MUST lose 30 lbs. or boys would not be interested in me. The upshot of all this (and of COURSE I gained back all the weight, and then some, each time) is that now my body does not know how to keep a level weight. During 2020 I put on 20 lbs. from stress eating, but in the last year or so 30 lbs. has dropped off me, and I do NOT want to lose any more, but it is still coming off. BTW, I am now heavier than the "fat" 150 lbs. of my teens, and everyone keeps talking about how I'm too thin and need to put some back on. But I'm either on the way up or on the way down. This would not have happened without obsessive dieting. It is a dangerous pattern and should NOT be pushed on anyone, particularly young girls.

@williamromine5715

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@@ferociousgumby I agree. However, I am male and it was my desire to lose weight.

Can you do one about Limmits slimming biscuits?

How do we feel about huel or Soylent 🤔

It works as long as you eat slimfast and only slimfast, and only in the amounts allowed. And doing that is very hard to do, so most people fail. Do a video on the sensa sprinkles. And phendimetrazine and how people, especially the beetles, abused it so bad they had to stop manufacturing and ban it and tweak the molecule into phendimetrazine so it wasn’t so addictive.

@ferociousgumby

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What beetles?

@clintparsons3989

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@@ferociousgumby the band.

I tried the Chop Suey from Lean Cuisine. Why did they stop making that. Best chop suey ever!

"special-k cereal" me, an intellectual: *wait what?*

In the late 1980s, I lost 15 pounds with Slim-Fast and gained it back when I stopped drinking it. I miss the Slim-Fast powder that you mixed with juice. Apple juice was the best.

I can't see how drinking 2 cold drinks can make you feel satiated until dinner. Sounds miserable. I have lost 30lbs by counting calories last year! Nice cause I can eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and have snacks and a small dessert and still lose weight! Fad diets aren't going to help you learn how to eat less & make healthy choices in the long run. They promote a starve/binge mentality that isn't healthy.

@tashalynn29

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I guess it depends on the person. I do the slim fast shakes. For me they work. My problem is sticking to it... when I'm on them though they do control hunger and I don't graze.

@davidswentnickas7595

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Tastes like a milkshake but full of protein & vitamins, if having one between meals prevents snacking/helps you maintain portion control on your main meals it just makes sense to drink it. Same as having a protein shake after a workout instead of a bag of chips, or any other nutritional supplement drink.

@TheBLGL

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I can’t speak for dieters cause I’ve never been one, but I have dysphagia and am drinking protein shakes to keep weight on. Sometimes I can’t finish them cause I get so full. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t get why anyone would willingly do it though, I wish I could eat normally.

I remember those commercials where the spokesperson claimed that they drink the shake for breakfast, lunch, and have a sensible dinner. I once tried one of those shakes and thought they were nasty!

In Europe, there are set limits for what can be called VLCD (very low calorie diet) products. Buying with that moniker you know that the stuff is clinically tested as effective and safe to use as the only source of nutrition for weeks if wanted. Coincidentally they also taste pretty iffy, and are mostly used the way they are actually intended for, to lose quickly weight before surgeries and such. At least they aren't a sugary scam!

0:24 Truly was a different time; no one smart would proudly display “fructose” on the front of the packaging today lmao

I used to drink it in the 90s, and it tasted good, so a few months ago I decided to buy the little bottles of it, boy was that a big mistake! That stuff tastes horrible, back in the 90s it wasn't completely sugar free, and the shakes were thicker too! I admit I hare diet foods, like soda, can't stand any artificial sweetener, they all taste like your eating or drinking something with chemicals in it! So the new way they are doing their shakes are definitely not like it was at all, I had to force myself to drink two of them on two different days that is, because it was making me sick!

Never tried Slimfast but used the South Beach Diet for a while.

They did NOT use Tony Montana in this! I'm dead 🤣

I used it when I didn't really need to lose weight, but I kept my weight down so I thought it was working. My husband at the time called it Cancer in a can lol. I haven't used it since the very early 1990s I now need to lose weight and I eat a keto diet. It really works and is much better for you when you actually eat real food.

Like you mentioned in your video these diet shakes are great for losing weight, but the minute you stop drinking them you gain all the weight back. In 2020 I weighed 232 lbs and started drinking Atkins protein shakes. I lost 42 lbs in nine months… At first I felt great, but then I developed gastritis. I had to be put on all kinds of medications. Once I stopped drinking Atkins I quickly started gaining all the weight back. Here it is June 2022 and I’m at 220 lbs once again. I guess I should try losing weight the old fashion way like exercising and eating healthy…? Lol

@frontporchmint

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From what I understand from college, it’s all about calories in and calories out. You can never outwork a bad eating regiment, nor can you go on if you’re experiencing a chronic or undiagnosed ailment. The best way to start, if you’re not in the above is to start tracking what you eat and staying active whenever possible. Drink water, eat Whole Foods, and don’t give up. Godspeed

@halo2d

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You should talk to your doctor and see if you can get a referral for a nutritionist. The Adkins diet can really mess up your kidneys and your insulin production. If you get a nutritionist they can help you makes sure your getting enough of the right stuff without doing anymore damage to your body. Good luck :)

@CrazyMagyar

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@@halo2d this was almost 2 years ago… I’m no longer on the Atkins diet. I regularly see my general practitioner and my neurologist, both of whom do regular bloodwork to make sure everything‘s OK. Although I am overweight my kidneys are operating at 100% and my blood sugar levels are fine. My only issue now is high blood pressure and gastritis, which my doctor is working with me on. Thanks for the advice… Yeah I’ve heard some horror stories in the past about these diet drinks messing peoples insulin levels up.

I bought one in the past and I think it tastes good, but its not really nutritious. Its just sugar multivitamins in powder form. Nutritionists really likes a whole food, plant based approach and I definitely enjoy this diet quite a lot. Sustainable and no hunger, keeps my muscles and body working like clockwork.

Do dexatrim next!

We have a box of the slim fast shakes in the house for times when my husbands Chron's flares up. It's the only thing he can consume during those times, so it's not used for dieting at all

I still do slim fast but I modify it a bit so I’m not so hungry. Like I’ll add an extra scoop to my almond milk in the morning to sustain me. And I’ll make sure my snacks throughout the day are at minimum 200 calories. I was able to lose 2 pounds in the first week. I was fine with that.

Honestly it worked for me. at least a little bit. Eventually i just didn't eat as much cuz i was so used to just having the shakes n snack and whatnot.

watching this as i ate my Atkins Bar. lol

My mom likes slim-fast when I was a kid and it's helps her out. 😀👍

S. Daniel Abraham is still alive at 99, so there must be something to it.

In college, we'd drink Slim Fast down about an inch and fill the can up with rum. We didn't lose weight, but we had a lot of fun sunbathing. I tried the Cambridge Diet. Believe it's out of business now. Good. It was a serious fasting program, something like 900 calries a day. Tossed that diet and took up the only diet that worked like magic: I walked home from work. I went from 150 lbs to 112 in about 3 months and have never felt so good!

This is nothing but a protein shake and it works (just like any other protein shake). Replace breakfast, lunch or dinner with the shake and you save 300-400 calories per day. Obviously, if you go back to 'normal', you might gain weight again. But most people with an office job don't need 3 meals a day though. We live in a day and age where overconsumption of calories is the normality. Take it slow and steady. Don't change your habits and nutrition by 180 degrees from one day to another (unless you were eating complete garbage before). Do a small change - e.g. replace 1 meal with a shake - and see if you can keep it up for 1 month, 2 months, 3 months. Ideally, you can do it for the rest of your life. And after getting to your target weight, you can even enjoy the 2 other meals per day even more.

There’s that diet where you can eat anything you want, as long as you’re naked in front of a mirror. I threw out all the mirrors.

The “Atkins Craze” saved millions of lives and transformed just as many and continues to do so today. Without it we wouldn’t have the popular Keto or Paleo diets which are based on Science that the Atkins diet pioneered more than 40 years ago.