Has anyone ever tried the Atkins Strawberry shakes? So good!

(Laura) #21

I think they are okay in a pinch, but not for every day or multiple times a day.

I use ketochow and it tastes really good.

#22

Well some of the responses I’ve seen on the board are less than I’m used to on other boards, but it doesn’t bother me that much. It’s just interesting if I go to another plan’s forums, they’ll go into sermons about how keto is bad for you. Intermittent fasting is bad for you. I guess most people with weight to lose find it a bit lonely. I’m sure as I go along I will be making better and better food choices but for now I am happy to be losing. I was thin most of my life until I was injured and basically unable to walk for nearly 5 years. What I like about keto is that it’s a lifestyle not a diet. So drinking an Atkins shake every once and a while is probably way better than keeping the weight and since I don’t feel deprived, it’s much easier to not fall off the wagon. I haven’t even once thought of cheating and I haven’t!

(Brian) #23

Other than the ingredients lists, the thing that got me about Atkins products was the price. What can I say, I’m cheap. I remember buying the package of “peanut butter cups” for a great big price tag, getting them home, opening the package at the end of a meal where I was anticipating a real treat, and finding a tiny, shoe-leathery, nearly tasteless morsel of way overpriced disappointment.

And I knew there were things on that ingredient list that I shouldn’t be eating anyway. So the whole Atkins treats went by the wayside very quickly.

Now, we pretty much make our own treats. They’re still expensive because quality ingredients are expensive. But I’m seldom disappointed. Non-keto folks that eat at our house have been commenting lately that I need to be making this stuff to sell. It’s good. But I don’t think I’m up to an enterprise of that magnitude. Profit margins would be tight because of the costs of the ingredients and the time to make stuff. Startup expenses would be quite large because it would likely require a commercial kitchen. For now, they’re just our own private treats. :slight_smile:

(Bob M) #24

If these work for you, then that’s great.

My theory is that more sweet items, fake items (like fake breads), fat bombs, processed foods you add to your diet, the less likely you are to succeed. I personally avoid anything sweet except as rare treats, fat bombs except as rare treats, any processed foods, etc. But if you give me one slice of (real) ice cream pie, I’ll eat 2 or 3. If you give me a sweet fat bomb, I want another.

When I first started on low carb, many years ago, I bought some Atkins chocolate bars. They were tiny. I ate one and thought it was great. So I ate another. And another. Then a short time later, I was in the bathroom for a long, long time. It wasn’t pretty. That taught me that most of this processed food is crap.

Consequently, because I know this, I limit these types of items.

If they don’t affect you or cause you cravings, then they might not be a problem for you.

(Running from stupidity) #25

This stuff?

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(Chris) #26

What I find hilarious about this space is that there’s literally hundreds of “experts” out there espousing how you need whole, real food keto and shouldn’t snack.

Then they sell you sweet snacks.

(Cancer Fighting Ketovore :)) #27

I used to make shakes for my kids with canned coconut milk, 2tbsp (or so) or peanut butter, and an avacado.