How to Use Atkins Shakes

Consuming meal replacement drinks can help you lose weight, but it takes more than chugging a shake whenever hunger strikes to help you shed pounds. Diet shakes, such as Atkins Advantage Shakes, have the nutrition of a healthy meal but significantly fewer calories and less fat. When combined with exercise and healthy meals, drinking Atkins shakes can help you reach your weight loss goals or maintain your current weight.

Instructions

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  Determine your daily caloric intake needs by following advice from a medical professional and by using a calorie calculator, such as the one found on Mayo Clinic's website.

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  Set up a weekly meal plan to ensure that you meet your caloric needs. The makers of Atkins suggest replacing breakfast and lunch with a shake. For more variety in your diet, alternate between shake flavors. Atkins shakes are available in a variety of flavors.

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  Consume two snacks less than 200 calories each between meals. Examples of healthy snacks include light yogurt, tuna on a few crackers, baked potato chips, granola bar or trail mix. Atkins Advantage Snack Bars are also available.

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  Plan ahead for dinner to avoid consuming excess calories and fat at a time of day when many people are needing stress-relief. A healthy dinner could be 4 to 5 oz. of lean protein, a medium baked potato or 1/2 cup of cooked rice and 1 cup of cooked vegetables.

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  Supplement your diet with exercise. Make sure to get at least 200 minutes of exercise a week. If you are a beginner, start with 50 minutes a week and eventually move up to 200 minutes. Choose a type of exercise that you enjoy doing. You will be less likely to stick with an exercise routine you do not enjoy.