Slim Fast Review

All items reviewed in this blog post were received free to me from Influenster and Slim Fast in return for honest feedback.

So slim fast has come out with a line of new and improved products to help you with weight loss. I really like the simplicity of following the new program and it makes dieting and calorie counting easier. On the slim fast program, you are allowed to have a shake or bar for two of your meals per day, two 100 calorie snacks, and a sensible dinner. As a new mom, I dint have the time to divvy up 100 calorie portions of my snacks, so like the preportioned snack bags available. Below are the 4 products I received and my review of each.


My first product to try was the chocolate shake which I used as a breakfast meal replacement. I will say I had this with a banana and lots of water, and it surprisingly kept me full until snack time. I did definitely need the snack after a few hours though, which is a great part of the SF plan with built in snacks between meals. I enjoyed the taste and texture of the shake. I didn't taste the fake chalky chocolate taste that many shakes have. It didn't taste like chocolate milk, which I don't like, but kind of like a treat. I found the portion size to be adequate and really a full size drink rather than a small one. I like the product is gluten and lactose free and also has a lot of protein. I typically don't enjoy meat in the mornings for my protein, so this was an easy way to get that in.

The other meal replacement product was a bar. I felt like the bar was delicious, but not as filling as the shake. It was ingested Mich faster than the shake just because of its small size, didn't contain all of the nutrition added in a shake, and was definitely nowhere near as filling. To me, this would be more of a snack type item. However since its considered a meal replacement, it seems to have a lot of calories for just a bar. Most other granola type bars of that size tend to be between 100-130 calories, and the slim fast one is 180. On taste alone though, it was amazing! I was a little Leary of the salt with chocolate taste, as that isn't a combo I usually like, but they weren't too salty and the flavors blended well together. I always love a bar with real nuts and ingredients where you can see exactly what you're eating and they are in mostly whole form.