About our Site Updates

Enhancements to Slim-Fast.com - including a new Weight Chart

SlimFast_Moderator — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:51:26 GMT

We listened to your feedback and we've made enhancements to Slim-Fast.com with some exciting new features!

Before the end of 2008, we'll be unveiling all-new Community features and a totally new and improved Buddy System that make it easier - and more enjoyable - to stay connected and supportive of each other.

Check it out! We've also just launched a new interactive weekly "Weight Chart" [www.slim-fast.com/weightchart] to help you track your success on Slim-Fast.com. Unfortunately, we were unable to restore any past weight information from the previous Weight Chart, but the new Weight Chart allows you to enter your past weight if you have been keeping records of your weight loss progress.

We thank you for your patience and continued support, and we hope you'll think - as we do - that the new features on Slim-Fast.com are worth the wait! But we're not stopping here. There'll be even more new features and tools coming in 2009.

Your typical food during the day

PinkTigerlily72 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:24:39 GMT

I am curious do you follow the meal plans or go on your own. I am starting SF tomorrow and I was going to go by the back of the can. I don't like following meal plans, I would rather eat to my taste, budget and lifestyle.

problems with the username with My Meal Plan

tlb123 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:08:09 GMT

everytime i try to click on My Meal Plan and fill out the questions...when i hit submit it says that my username does not match or something!? what am i doing wrong?

Looking for Hairbiz's buddies.....

hairbiz — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:00:44 GMT

Good afternoon, I just wondering if Hairbiz's buddies are out there. I have not been on here for like a long time and just can't get back on to where the buddies page used to be. Please send a message on here. I wanted to know how everyone is. Have a grea day, Hairbiz

Weight chart

jazzdancer49 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:32 GMT

Does anyone know when the weight chart is coming back? Without it its so difficult to keep track and see the progress

ALTERNATIVE FREE WEIGHT LOSS WEBSITE!!!!!!! GOODBYE SLIMFAST!!!!

Lindsay — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:32:09 GMT

This is truly the last time I am logging into Slimfast.com. I have been soooo sick and tired of waiting for their maintenance crap to be done, that I have now found a NEW website to track calories. The site is www.sparkpeople.com. I don't know where this website has been hiding, but it is truly an AMAZING find. It has everything you ever need to succeed!! Here you will find:

Weight trackers, meal plans, calorie trackers, recipes, support, goals, teams, daily and monthly challenges and a "myspace like" support community where you can post up to 50 pics of yourself, and have friends keep you on track!

The support here is tremendous!!!! You WILL reach your goal by just participating in this. I actually find myself excited to log in each day and see the encouragement my weight loss buddies have written to me and encourage them just the same. You will never need another weight loss site again. It's almost too good to be true that it is free!!!!!! but it is!!!!!!!!!! I just joined a team that is having a "biggest loser" type challenge for the month of september. I'm on the red Hot Rockets team!!! Wish me luck!!! This site has made me excited and motivated about weight loss again and you'll love it!!! It's free, what have you got to lose!!! TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Signing off slimfast.com FOREVER..... bye bye. (See you all at sparkpeople.com)

~Lindsay

PHOTO??

peppermintg — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:18:02 GMT

Is anyone's photo not showing up in their posts? My picture is showing up in my profile and if you click on my screenname, but not in the post???

New guy

mvines — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:29:52 GMT

Just wondering if I have the right gender or not for this program. Seems all the website help is for women but guess what, guys need help too!

I did notice when calculating my diet plan that it did ask if I were male/female, but is there a difference in the plan for gender? Anyone know what it may be?

I notice that the diary is not functional and Slim-Fast hasn't updated it in quite a while. I created an Excel spreadsheet to track my progress (weight gain/loss, goal, blood sugar, blood pressure, etc). I will make it available if anyone is interested.

Regards,

Mike-

finding buddy

sweetmamaof4 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:55:50 GMT

looking for twogirlsandaboy ,this is sweetmamaof4 sylvia

HELP

oneswellpig — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:28:22 GMT

Is the site ever going to work fully? It is kind of frustrating.

Fighting Fifty and Weight Loss

resamarie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:56:38 GMT

E-mail from SlimFast: Buddy System Never Coming Back

Yayaba — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:08:52 GMT

After wondering and wondering where oh where were my SlimFast Buddies, I decided to write an e-mail to SlimFast's Support. I received an e-mail back stating that there are no plans to ever bring back the SlimFast Buddies System.

I thought this was a wonderful feature of the website and I miss it terribly and I miss my buddies. I was able to exchange e-mails with two of my buddies right before the system went down-- I'm so glad I reached out to them to encourage them to write me by e-mail. I would never have been able to reach them again to see how they're doing if I hadn't had the foresight to to exchange e-mail addresses. My buddies and I had become so close and so supportive over the year or more that we corresponded.

It amazes me that SlimFast would just do away with this feature completely. I still use the products, but I don't really use the website anymore. I think the Forums and Blogs stink since I'm not a blogger at all. I want to talk to my buddies, but not in a community format!

Bye SlimFast!

Yayaba

-------------

UPDATE: January 7, 2009 - from Yayaba: Guess the Buddy System is back by popular demand! Thanks Slim-Fast!

6months to loose 75lbs!

lovchaos1184 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:38:15 GMT

Hi everyone! i have about 6 months to loose 75lbs. i need a buddy to help me through this who have a time limit as well. i am going to get a tummy tuck and a boob job in 6months so i want to go from 195 to 120. it'll be hard but all is possible with effort and support. thanks!

Are our messages even being read?

LovelyLynetta — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:56:41 GMT

I have come on to this site hoping that something will have changed. They did bring back the meal plan, that is great, but what about everything else? I read that someone got an email stating that the buddies feature is not coming back. I have read that people are upset about this and the fact that they can't get access to buddies or the weight chart and food diary. (not just in this forum but many others as well) I don't ever see a reply from SF staff saying what is going on, what is coming back or is gone for good... nothing. I don't know what disappoints me more, the fact that the site has all these features that don't work or the fact that they never answer any of our questions. The last time I saw any change was over 3 months ago and have seen NOTHING since. No changes, no posts about changes or progress and no answers.

SF, could you please tell us what is going on, what features are staying or going so that we can have a choice of if we want to stay with you or leave?

Thank you.

Weight chart and food diary

AuntieJanet — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:18:31 GMT

Why can't you just put back the old ones until you have the new ones in place. Can't you just make a slight name change until you add the new program the fix the name change. We really count on your tools to keep us going in the right direction. These pages have been down for months.

Lack of weight chart

bubblehead — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:14:12 GMT

I have been a member since mid 2007 and used the chart to help me keep on track to losing 25#. I tell you that the weight chart has been broken ( out of service) for a year now since I used it last! . That certainly tells me the people in charge of the company and or web site just don't care to fix it. Maybe the executives and CEO took the extra cash and went on a SPA vacation like some other greedy CEOs we have been reading about? If not, are they simply too inept to fix what a current hight school Sr. could fix? Sure I am angy - the Slim Fast Corporation is simply slacking in mantaining this site on all cylinders and I see no improvement in the future. A year to reboot one part of the web site? Really? NFW joe! I really believe like another poster asked, "Are they even reading these posts from their customers". You tell me?

back on the plan

sunflowerchild3 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:19:42 GMT

Ok, this plan has worked wonders for me in the past but after a stressful year of work,school,and lagging on excercise it's time to get back on the plan. My most useful tip I can share is being creative with the shakes and meals. Good luck to all. Anyone want to swap recipies?

Substitutions

Jgray01 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:38:40 GMT

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem nor where to ask this question... so here goes. I am trying to substitute a turkey salad for my dinner and I can't seem to do it. I know that we are suppose to have a "real" meal for dinner but some nights that is not possible with me. I have tried every option to add that as my meal but it won't work. I knw that htere is a chef salad for the lunch portion but I can't find it to add for dinner. Does any one have any ideas?

New girl

lgranado — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:52:51 GMT

Hi everyone...I'm introducing myself. I'm 22 years old and i'm trying to lose the 15lbs that I let myself gain. I'm really bumbed out about it because for the last 3 months I've been trying to lose the weight but to no success at all. Tomorrow I'm starting the slim fast program because with this extra weight, I'm not myself...I really hope this works

trice

trice — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:40:13 GMT

I just started have a question? How long should I wait to eat between each meals.

New to Slim Fast Forum

Rachel Emaline — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:06:59 GMT

Hi there everyone, I just purchased my first canister of the Slim Fast Optima, and I loved the taste. I jumped on the website and joined. I love how they figured out a plan for me. If anyone needs a buddy, I'll be thrilled with any encouragement and I'll do my best to encourage my buddy.

A little about me. I'm 39 and I have 3 wonderful children. My oldest son is in the USMC and he just returned safely from Iraq. I have a daughter who is a senior in highschool. She is super and very supportive of my weight loss plan. I also have a wonderful 6 year old, whom I homeschool. I think he will enjoy my exercising because hopefully I'll have more energy and we can run and play more together.

I hope everyone has a great day and God Bless, Rachel

Getting started once more

"Hilda the Holstein" — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:45:37 GMT

There is few things more disappointing when you spend some serious time reflecting than to accoplish something significant and have the reward be taken away!! Such is the case with a twenty pound weight loss early this year in preparation for my son's wedding on June 14th. Lot's of people told me I looked great, but the best part was I felt awesome. Some of my grandchildren told me I acted like and worked like I was in my twenties (I started them into and worked with them in a hay making business).

Unfortunately, the reality of the fact that I'm back to where I began at the beginning of the year hit me as I performed on Saturday as my second personality "Hilda the Holstein". My mind and my motivation for having fun was far more fit than my body... boy am I paying the price now!!

This experience caused me to search for some help... not just to lose weight, which I've done 'successfully' many times, but to get it off... get fit and stay that way. I joined the Slim-Fast community this morning.

trice

trice — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:34:46 GMT

hello

New to the Site

supergirl84 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:56:33 GMT

Hello! I'm new to this site (again). I say "again" because I used it when I was stationed in Italy with the Navy. I took the weight off and kept it off but as soon as I hit American soil Feb 08, I started gaining weight again. The convienience of fast food and such when you're on the go was way too tempting and I got kind of caught up in it. Completely stupid, right?

So anyway, I was at the heaviest I've ever been in my whole life...170 at 5'6''. Not very good. I know I'm not "fat" because I have really muscular legs but I wanted to shave some poundage off my tummy and such so I can look good for my wedding next year.

I'm eating healthy again (Low Calorie/Low carbs/low fat EVERYTHING) and exercising at least twice a day. It's not easy. The amount I've been running, I have blisters on my feet the size of Wyoming and I think i'm developing shin splints (help!). After work, I still manage to get up the energy to go for a run. Last night I told myself I was going to give myself a break on running but when I got home I realized I couldn't sit still UNTIL I ran. It's becoming a very good addiction for me.

So I've lost about 4 pounds now and I started last week. I'm at about 1000 calories a day if not less and drinking LOTS AND LOTS of water. Cutting out sodas and junk food makes a HUGE difference...seriously. I used to have bad skin breakouts but I haven't had one in the past week - all the hydration and exercise...the results are almost instantaneous.

Alright, enough of my rambling. Just sayin "hey". If anyone has any tips or anything, I'm all ears.

- Caity

Slim Fast Error Web Page

kdh841203 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:06:05 GMT

I need to know if its my computer or Slim Fast website. Both the Diary and My Weight Chart are coming up with page cant be found. Anyone expierencing this?