SlimFast - 7 Day Starter Kit REVIEW

Sooo my parents have FINALLY listened and respected the fact that I want to lose weight and have kindly bought me a SlimFast kit to lose weight.

Right let's take a little peak inside this box shall we....

Okay so basically there's a pamflet stating how fabulous these products are but there is also a meal plan. Now we're talking!

Concept: 2 of my meals should be from SlimFast, snacks including fruit and dinner should be a 600cal meal, oh jesus why do we put ourselves through this?!

To look majestic in a bikini in precisely 2 months thats why.

The starter pack includes:

2 Strawberry Ready To Drink Shakes, 2 Chocolate Ready To Drink Shakes, 2 Café Latte Ready To Drink Shakes, 4 Chocolate Crunch Meal Replacement Bars, 4 Summer Berry Meal Replacement Bars, 4 Cheddar Bite Snack Bags, 3 Sour Cream And Pretzel Snack Bags,4 Chocolate Caramel Snack Bars, 3 Heavenly Chocolate Snack Bars

THE VERDICT

I did not follow this completely by the rules and by that I mean I still ate a low cal salad for lunch and a normalish dinner but I still lost a noticeable amount of weight wooo!!

Favourites
The savoury snacks were amazing for curbing cravings - like having a packet of crisps without the calories and guilt!

The Heavenly Chocolate bar was HEAVEN - I kid you not, tastes lush and its only 80 calories ma gawd. I'm the kind of person that always needs a sweet treat after dinner so this is my new go to!

Now I absolutely have to give a shout out to the Cafe Latte Shake - if you love a good old frappicino (yaaas to the basic bitches) you will adore this. I have a coffee every morning and this has become my replacement without the calories and crash.

Not my cup of tea
The chocolate shake - I had hyped it in my head that it would taste like a chocolate milkshake nesquik I'm looking at you - which most definitely didn't so I was a little disappointed.

Chocolate Caramel Snack Bars - tasted like Mars bars which if you like you'll love these

Summer Berry Meal Replacement Bars - had a weird chemical taste (maybe the protein) so I gave this bar a miss

Well the holiday has been and gone and our next one is planned for 2 months hence why I'll be purchasing another box of goodies to get me on the right track. I'm genuinely impressed at how much weight I managed to lose from dabbling with this and doing 10,000 steps a day. This time I'm going to try and stick to the rules whilst running 4 times a week... I'll update you on the results soon my pretties - let's say in 3 weeks!!!

xxx

Our top 6 Foods you HAVE to try in Spain

1. Patas Bravas
If you have never tried this piece of heaven in the form of tapas you are WELCOME my friend. Patas Bravas is essentially diced fried potato that is accompanied by spicy tomato sauce or aioli (Mediterranean sauce made of garlic and olive oil). For all our UK readers - La Tasca do a divine version of this!

2. Calamari
I literally want to salivate at the though of Calamari. This is fried squid, combine it with a squeeze of lemon and a glass of wine on a sunny day = pure bliss. Although the squid is fried it is a very light dish and if you don't like 'fishy' dishes this is perfect!

3. Tortilla Espanola
The english transalation for this gem is Spanish Omelette. This tastes amazing hot and cold.

We stumbled across a beautiful little restaurant in Barcelona for Tapas down a side street of Las Ramblas

4. Paella
Amy absolutely detests this dish but I HAD to put it on the list. Paella is a combination of rice, saffron, chicken, prawns, mussels etc. This is quite a filing dish and is perfect for dinner.

5. Sangria
Okay, okay we admit this isn't a food but we adore Sangria and feel like it would be a bit much doing a whole post on it haha 

Sangria is a traditional alcoholic Spanish drink which consists of red wine and chopped fruit, sometimes with additions of orange juice or brandy. We literally love it that much that Amy has learned how to make it and the minute the sun is out the jug is out in our household.

Our first of many jugs...

6. Albondigas
Now we know the Italians make a mean meatball but who knew the Spanish do too?! Albondigas is spanish beef meatballs with garlic tomato sauce - lush especially with some bread and olive oil.

If any of you lucky sods are off to Spain this Spring/Summer please, please try some of the treats mentioned in this post and let us know what you thought!

xxx