Weight loss

How to lose weight with Formulite

Losing weight can be hard. Maintaining weight loss is even harder. Formulite is the perfect tool to help you shed weight, with a diet reduced in energy and including regular exercise. Losing weight with Formulite is simple:

1. Replace one to two meals per day with one of our delicious shakes
2. Substitute a morning or afternoon snack with a sachet of our Lupin Soups
3. Use in conjunction with the Formulite 4-week meal plan (available in our Weight Loss E-book)
4. Keep in touch with your health professional for monitoring, support and motivation

Once your goal weight is achieved, move on to using Formulite Weight Maintenance Plan and enjoy Formulite as part of your long-term diet

1. Cut back on sugars and refined carbohydrates

These foods include soft drinks, fruit juice, cakes, biscuits, ice-cream, sorbet, lollies and chocolate. Sugars and starches elevate blood sugar levels, which in turn stimulates secretion of insulin, which is a blood sugar regulator and the main fat storage hormone in your body. When insulin levels go down, your body better utilizes fat for fuel.

Special note for people with diabetes: Please check with your doctor before making any dietary change

2. Eat plenty of vegetables and wholegrains

All types of vegetables are nutritious and low calorie/low kJ:

Alfalfa sprouts, asparagus, green beans, bok choy, broccoli, brussels sprouts, celery, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, eggplant, kale, lettuce, mung beans, mushrooms, peas, pumpkin, radish, silverbeet, spinach, snow peas, sweet potato, squash, tomato, zucchini.

3. A high-protein diet

A high–protein diet keeps you feeling fuller and reduces your desire for snacking. Depending on your calorie intake, shakes can be included as a healthy part of a high-protein and low-fat diet.

Great protein sources include:

• Meat – beef, chicken, pork, lamb
• Fish and seafood – white flesh fish, tuna, salmon, prawns
• Eggs – poached, boiled, scrambled, fried (without fat)
• Legumes – lentils and beans
• Formulite Meal Replacement Shakes

4. Exercise regularly

By exercising regularly, you will burn kJs and prevent your metabolism from slowing down, which is a common side-effect of losing weight.

The Heart Foundation recommends:

• Be active on most, preferably all, days every week
• Aim to accumulate 2.5 to 5 hours of moderate intensity physical activity or 1.25 to 2.5 hours of vigorous intensity physical activity each week
• Do muscle-strengthening activities on at least 2 days each week
• For more information visit the heart foundation