Has anybody out there tried the NUPO diet?

somegirl2009 · 10-12-2013 09:02PM

signmeup wrote: »

OK Back on topic.

I have tried Nupo, and other 'fad' diets like 16/8 ect. And I find they worked FOR ME.

I like the nupo shakes. I use them

Background - 3 years ago, I was overweight (pushing on 11 stone). This was from over eating and portion size. I find it very difficult to stop eating when I am full and I needed to retrain myself.
So I did a 'crash diet' which included fasting for between 16 and 20 hours a day, and ate my dinner in the evening, eating enough until I felt full which meant I didn't go to bed hungry, or wake up starving. I also found it easier to eat nothing, then eating in moderation. Again, this is what worked for me, after years of trying to track calories, and living in a constant state of hunger and feeling deprived because I was only allowed a little bit. Fasting worked for me. I like my food a little too much, and it was a case for me of once I started eating in the morning, I wasn't able to stop.

I uses to take a protein shake around 3pm (first 'meal' of the day) it would fill me up and keep me from getting dizzy, but they also make me very constipated (sorry tmi)
Then I discovered Nupo - I now have one of those shakes. They are delicious and fill me up, while keeping daily calories low, and not making me crave more food.
I have kept this routine up, and I've been a constant 9 stone for over 2 years. (it took me about 3 mts to loose the 2 stone) I sometimes do the strict Nupo only diet if I want to loose a couple of pounds that I gained (eg after 2 weeks holidays eating out all the time), but mostly I have 2 shakes during the day , and my main dinner at night. This calorie deficit then lets me to have treats when visitors are over or if I just feel like it. I also go out for dinner with hubby most weekends.
I'm sure most people would think i'm nuts, My hubby still tells me every morning that I should have breakfast. But it is what has worked for me, and I have kept weight off, and more importantly I feel in control of my weight. I never felt in control before. Learning 'not to eat' was the best diet tip ever for me. Every diet tells you want you can eat - only protein, limit carbs , ww points etc.
I lost weight by NOT EATING, and learning that hunger is not a bad thing.
Sounds simple, but its true.

I think a 'kickstart' is not a bad thing, somepeopple like me need it. I liked how everyone commented how well I looked initially and it really gave me the motivation continue. I didnt realise how bad I had got.

I'm planning on doing the strict NUPO shake diet in the run up to xmas during the week, which will allow me to go out at the weekends and wine and dine myself without piling on the pounds. My friend did it for her wedding and lost about 8 lbs which she was delighted with for her big day.

I think everyone has to find out what works for them. Personally I dont want to go to the gym (but I do run a couple of times a week for health reasons) and I dont want to 'eat clean'. I want to enjoy life the way I want to live it, and this works for me!

Hi , Thanks for your reply, i can actually relate to you when you said you found it difficult to stop eating when you are full and that you also found it easier to eat nothing, then eating in moderation this is why i suppose i enjoyed nupo because i was not over eating and i knew that if i stick to the shakes i will loose weight.

can i just ask you rather than doing the 6 nupo shakes per day, you have 1 shake for breakfast 1 shake for lunch and then you have dinner is this correct?

also i know this is a discussion forum but i wouldn't bother explaining myself to anyone on here that has only negative comments to make about nupo etc as they will always have something to say about the matter. but i really appreciate your comment as this was the very reason i started the thread to talk to people who have used nupo.

so thanks again

ford2600 · 10-12-2013 09:05PM

"There are MANY different theories as to what is healthy , and what is not. And lots of published material to defend different opinions. It is not an exact science."

http://nusi.org/

Interesting site if you want to read more about nutrition

El_Dangeroso · 10-12-2013 09:10PM

signmeup wrote: »

Once again, it is your definition of what is healthy, and what is a crash diet.
My diet is a sustainable (for me) , and as stated I've lived like this for nearly 3 years (but maybe you consider 3 years short term too?)

I am only putting another point of view across. I visit the doctor every 6 months and have blood tests, and a full check up. I was there just last weeks, and my doctor said I was in 100% healthy, better than I have been at any point in the past. I believe ( and have read much published research on the matter) that keeping a low body weight in one of the most important factors to long term health. There are MANY different theories as to what is healthy , and what is not. And lots of published material to defend different opinions. It is not an exact science.

I have never, and would never promote what I consider to be an unhealthy lifestyle. My point is that just because my opinion and experience does not conform to your idea of what everyone should be doing , it does not make my opinion wrong. Its an alternative.

You know what else helps maintain a low body weight? Smoking. I smoked for 10 years, perfect cholesterol, never got sick, great bloodwork. My point being that just because YOU don't have any negative effects from replacing real food with synthetic nutrients AT THE MOMENT does not mean that this does not have repercussions for health for others.

There are people out there who have to live from meal replacements due to health reasons and the issues they run into are documented in the scientific literature.

I mean opinions vary wildly on this forum but we pretty much all agree those shakes are garbage of the highest order that are in the main designed to exploit people who are desperate for a quick fix to what is an underlying problem that the eating plan does not address.

Alf Veedersane · 10-12-2013 09:14PM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

also i know this is a discussion forum but i wouldn't bother explaining myself to anyone on here that has only negative comments to make about nupo etc as they will always have something to say about the matter. but i really appreciate your comment as this was the very reason i started the thread to talk to people who have used nupo.

So you only want to hear people tell you NUPO is the way to go? Like you said, it's a discussion forum there's going to be a discussion about the merits and demerits of NUPO. That's how it works.

runawaybishop · 10-12-2013 09:22PM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

Hi , Thanks for your reply, i can actually relate to you when you said you found it difficult to stop eating when you are full and that you also found it easier to eat nothing, then eating in moderation this is why i suppose i enjoyed nupo because i was not over eating and i knew that if i stick to the shakes i will loose weight.

can i just ask you rather than doing the 6 nupo shakes per day, you have 1 shake for breakfast 1 shake for lunch and then you have dinner is this correct?

also i know this is a discussion forum but i wouldn't bother explaining myself to anyone on here that has only negative comments to make about nupo etc as they will always have something to say about the matter. but i really appreciate your comment as this was the very reason i started the thread to talk to people who have used nupo.

so thanks again

This is fecking frustrating - all you are doing is focusing on the bits you wish to focus on and ignoring the massive warning signs.

somegirl2009 wrote: »

however i am just using this diet as a kind of kick start back into losing weight again

You cant "kickstart" anything with this, except rapid weight gain when you cant stick to it. You dont need this "kickstart", you just need to make small changes.

somegirl2009 wrote: »

I got on great after, best of luck with it. I drank the 6 shakes a day but replaced 1 shake most days with the meal replacement bar as its nice to actually chew food when all your doing is drinking lol. but i actually felt quite full i enjoyed the drinks and i defiantly lost weight over the 2 weeks.

then at the weekend after the 2 weeks i was away and hand no nupo. I then stopped doing it saying that i would start my own diet 1200 calories per day which has not worked for me. so looks like im going to be starting nupo tomorrow aswell hopefully it really does work. it just takes determination i suppose. and also the money side of it i find you can actually save money it costs 10 euro per day but if i add up the money i spend on food a day it can be a lot more than that..

let me know how you get on

You will definitely lose weight eating 700 calories a day. You will also lose your health. 1200 calories is also too little most likely, unless you are 6 stone and 100% sedantry?

somegirl2009 wrote: »

drinking the shakes alone per day i think its around 700 calorie intake! which i know is extremely low however it will create weight loss.... i agree with you all it may be very hard to sustain... there is no way you could drink this forever.. but for me it gave me the kick start i needed to loose weight

This is completely unhealthy. Completely.

somegirl2009 wrote: »

its not recommended to do that particular diet for more than 3 weeks without getting medical assessment.

My gast is flabbered. You seriously don't think this is something to be concerned about?

somegirl2009 wrote: »

well im not sure as i have to buy myself a good weigh scales...but i think the answer to that question is no !

So you cant maintain the weight loss, that is not surprising.

Addressing the other poster

signmeup wrote: »

I have kept this routine up, and I've been a constant 9 stone for over 2 years. (it took me about 3 mts to loose the 2 stone) I sometimes do the strict Nupo only diet if I want to loose a couple of pounds that I gained (eg after 2 weeks holidays eating out all the time), but mostly I have 2 shakes during the day , and my main dinner at night. This calorie deficit then lets me to have treats when visitors are over or if I just feel like it. I also go out for dinner with hubby most weekends.

you have 240 calories in shakes and one dinner? I find that hard to believe.

"I sometimes do the strict Nupo only diet if I want to loose a couple of pounds" <-- why dont you do the strict nupo diet all the time? Is it because its not sustainable?

signmeup wrote: »

1. What would you consider sustainable. I've been living like this for over 2.5 years now using meal replacement shakes as part of my diet.

You have been living on 240 calories and one meal for 2.5 years or 6 shakes a day? God help you.

signmeup wrote: »

Previously, I have breakfast at 8am,and be hungry again at 10, and for most of the day. Since I started intermittent fasting, i actailly dont feel hungry until around 3pm. I cant really explain it other than I had food cravings all the time before and now I dont.

I can explain it, you were eating poor quality foods probably.

signmeup wrote: »

I am not ignorant to nutrition

I'm sorry, but you appear to be completely taken in by the spin.

signmeup wrote: »

Once again, it is your definition of what is healthy, and what is a crash diet.

Not just his definition, mine too and most doctors that arent paid by nupo.

signmeup wrote: »

My diet is a sustainable (for me) , and as stated I've lived like this for nearly 3 years (but maybe you consider 3 years short term too?)

I am only putting another point of view across. I visit the doctor every 6 months and have blood tests, and a full check up. I was there just last weeks, and my doctor said I was in 100% healthy, better than I have been at any point in the past. I believe ( and have read much published research on the matter) that keeping a low body weight in one of the most important factors to long term health. There are MANY different theories as to what is healthy , and what is not. And lots of published material to defend different opinions. It is not an exact science.

I have never, and would never promote what I consider to be an unhealthy lifestyle. My point is that just because my opinion and experience does not conform to your idea of what everyone should be doing , it does not make my opinion wrong. Its an alternative.

That diet isn't sustainable - i doubt you were following it for 3 years. No doctor would advise someone to eat so little from a bottle for so long.

Our point is you should listen to the overwhelming evidence. You really think everyone is lying to you for the giggle?

TLDR: Stop advocating this poison.

somegirl2009 · 10-12-2013 10:38PM

ok runaway. i get your point!!! i know what you are saying and i take your opinion on board...........

now if i could discuss "nupo" with other nupo users that would be great, without having to put up with negative comments and people posting what i say word for word and having something to say about it.

somegirl2009 · 10-12-2013 10:44PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

So you only want to hear people tell you NUPO is the way to go? Like you said, it's a discussion forum there's going to be a discussion about the merits and demerits of NUPO. That's how it works.

no i don't want to hear people tell me NUPO is the only way to go... if someone has used NUPO and has had negative or bad experiences with it i would love to hear, that was the point to find others who have used NUPO and to see how the found it positive or negative.

ford2600 · 10-12-2013 10:48PM

Just to come to @signmeup's defence a little here.

I think all replies have been made with the best of intentions with OP's and everybody's well being in mind, but I think what catches a little is the preaching, even if very well intended. Maybe @signmeup fells like she's being told what to do.

When it comes to food, people get very entrenched and absolutely sure they are right.

For what it worth, I think any such diet is mental and I couldn't recommend it to anybody. But I can't tell OP what will help her lose weight and remain healthy either, certainly not over an internet forum.

If you asked me 12 months ago I probably would have said eat less and exercise more; follow the food pyramid, low fat etc etc. Now I'm not so sure.

Now that 40-50% of my calories come from fat, and I've lost all interest in sugar/carbs(except very generous veg and fruit) I have incredible energy and feel great. Triglycerides halved, hdl above optimum levels while after changing to this diet.

I tell this not to suggest either path but to illustrate that there is no one size fits all or unique solution to nutrition

FYIW I'm a 38 yr male who has never had excess weight and have always been very active/fit. The reason for high fat diet was in response to need to power ultra distance cycling. Interestingly while after losing maybe 3lbs in 6 months I look much lighter and have much improved toning, without any exercise change.

To OP, NUPO might "work" in short term, but as someone who has always been very interested in food/nutririon I can't see it being a healthy long term lifestyle choice, but what do I know I'm just an eejit on the internet:eek:

flikflak · 11-12-2013 11:14AM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

ok runaway. i get your point!!! i know what you are saying and i take your opinion on board...........

now if i could discuss "nupo" with other nupo users that would be great, without having to put up with negative comments and people posting what i say word for word and having something to say about it.

Thats the point of a public forum. You post something and that post is open for others to comment on. If you want to discuss a particular product with users of that product then perhaps you should look on the product website and see if they have a forum. If you post in an open forum then you have to accept that people will have differing views than your own.

Alf Veedersane · 11-12-2013 11:17AM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

no i don't want to hear people tell me NUPO is the only way to go... if someone has used NUPO and has had negative or bad experiences with it i would love to hear, that was the point to find others who have used NUPO and to see how the found it positive or negative.

You've repeatedly said it works for you and you're sticking to that so what difference would it make if someone else that used it had a negative experience?

JJayoo · 11-12-2013 11:25AM

Too lazy to read the entire thread but how much would a weeks supply of these shakes cost?

runawaybishop · 11-12-2013 11:47AM

JJayoo wrote: »

Too lazy to read the entire thread but how much would a weeks supply of these shakes cost?

22 piece starter kit which provides you with a 2 week supply for use with the Very Low Calorie Diet plan

Price €161.80

So 80 euro a week.

El_Dangeroso · 11-12-2013 11:57AM

runawaybishop wrote: »

22 piece starter kit which provides you with a 2 week supply for use with the Very Low Calorie Diet plan

Price €161.80

So 80 euro a week.

What?? How do they justify that cost for what amounts to a bit of protein powder mixed with sugar and a multivitamin?

JJayoo · 11-12-2013 12:05PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

What?? How do they justify that cost for what amounts to a bit of protein powder mixed with sugar and a multivitamin?

Profit nom nom nom

It does sound like a pile of piss, and for that price you could probably get a "better" meal replacement product, or make one yourself with a blender.

Sangre · 11-12-2013 12:12PM

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

What?? How do they justify that cost for what amounts to a bit of protein powder mixed with sugar and a multivitamin?

Marketing costs (and high calories profits).

flikflak · 11-12-2013 12:27PM

Hmm maybe I could invent my own and get rich quick! *Applies for dragons den*

runawaybishop · 11-12-2013 01:25PM

flikflak wrote: »

Hmm maybe I could invent my own and get rich quick! *Applies for dragons den*

Instead of the NUPO 6 shake a day diet i give you the 5 shake a day diet!

CZ 453 · 11-12-2013 09:58PM

Alright folks.
I went and bought ten days worth of these shakes about 4 weeks ago. I was 104kg.I'm 28yrs and I'm 6 foot tall. Prior to going to see the doctor I had intended to lose weight anyway as I was about 22kg overweight. The doctor told me I had a cholesterol level of 8 :O. Got a right shock. So I started on the shakes and soup and started to drink lots of water. I was going for lengthy walks also. I could only manage about 5 shakes max(600cals) a day due to the volume of water I was drinking.

So after 14 days I had lost 9kgs leaving me at 95kgs. Once I had finished the Nupo I started to look on the sticky thread here and calculate what I should be eating. I substituted the shakes with healthy foods and meals and started back at the gym. I'm now 93kg(still some way to go).

On the Nupo I will say that the 9kg I shed enabled me to run for longer and it broke the cycle of crap foods that I was eating. That said the most valuable tool I used was an excel worksheet to log all that I was eating and the weight I was at.(I found I was reluctant to eat something unhealthy as I would then have to log it)

somegirl2009 · 11-12-2013 10:43PM

shezer wrote: »

Alright folks.
I went and bought ten days worth of these shakes about 4 weeks ago. I was 104kg.I'm 28yrs and I'm 6 foot tall. Prior to going to see the doctor I had intended to lose weight anyway as I was about 22kg overweight. The doctor told me I had a cholesterol level of 8 :O. Got a right shock. So I started on the shakes and soup and started to drink lots of water. I was going for lengthy walks also. I could only manage about 5 shakes max(600cals) a day due to the volume of water I was drinking.

So after 14 days I had lost 9kgs leaving me at 95kgs. Once I had finished the Nupo I started to look on the sticky thread here and calculate what I should be eating. I substituted the shakes with healthy foods and meals and started back at the gym. I'm now 93kg(still some way to go).

On the Nupo I will say that the 9kg I shed enabled me to run for longer and it broke the cycle of crap foods that I was eating. That said the most valuable tool I used was an excel worksheet to log all that I was eating and the weight I was at.(I found I was reluctant to eat something unhealthy as I would then have to log it)

Well done that's a great loss. How did you find swapping the NUPO shakes for healthy food ?

CZ 453 · 11-12-2013 10:57PM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

Well done that's a great loss. How did you find swapping the NUPO shakes for healthy food ?

The transition to healthy foods was very easy. It took a lot of calorie counting and searching on the internet for the right foods for me.I had to get foods loaded with dietary fibre in order to bring my cholesterol level down. Water consumption was key.When I get a bit lazy I would buy an M+S salad or meal from the count on us range.

When I moved onto actual food I felt very full. I am trying to take in about 1500-1800 calories a day. Some days I take in less and some days i take in more. The use of the Excel sheet helps me see what I am taking in.

I found that I was able to see unhealthy eating patterns while I was on the shakes. An example-If something caused me to be anxious I would find myself gravitating towards the sweets cupboard and I'd have to remind myself that I didn't need sweets as I wasn't hungry or in need of sugar.

calmcghee93 · 10-01-2014 11:57PM

Today was my first day on the Nupo diet, I bought a 2 week supply of shakes and soups and I'm hellbent on sticking to it, with no cheating or extra food. Day 1 has been OK, I had a strawberry shake, a chocolate shake, the veg soup, another strawberry shake and the thai veg soup with half a nupo bar. They're all pretty good but the only one I'm not too happy about is the Thai chicken one, since I thought that would be my favorite!

Haven't had anything else but several pints of water, feel pretty good other than this dull headache in my temples. Tomorrow is a little get together so wine will be inevitable, which I'm annoyed about because I want to stick to this religiously for at least two weeks.

Btw, don't feel hungry or tempted at all!

somegirl2009 · 11-01-2014 02:12PM

calmcghee93 wrote: »

Today was my first day on the Nupo diet, I bought a 2 week supply of shakes and soups and I'm hellbent on sticking to it, with no cheating or extra food. Day 1 has been OK, I had a strawberry shake, a chocolate shake, the veg soup, another strawberry shake and the thai veg soup with half a nupo bar. They're all pretty good but the only one I'm not too happy about is the Thai chicken one, since I thought that would be my favorite!

Haven't had anything else but several pints of water, feel pretty good other than this dull headache in my temples. Tomorrow is a little get together so wine will be inevitable, which I'm annoyed about because I want to stick to this religiously for at least two weeks.

Btw, don't feel hungry or tempted at all!

I had a head ache the first 2 days. However I was fine after that. Just be careful when drinking wine because there's no food in your stomach you can get drunk pretty fast. Lol.

somegirl2009 · 14-01-2014 03:03PM

Starting NUPO today.

Im going to be doing the nupo shake diet so either 6 shakes per day or 5 shakes 1 bar

I have the chocolate shake & the Thai chicken soup

The soup is actually quite nice, its nice to have something hot on days like today.

I will post weigh loss results this day next week.

the groutch · 15-01-2014 10:09AM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

Starting NUPO today.

Are you starting to see a pattern emerging yet?
This is your 3rd time doing this "diet" because it's not sustainable in the long term, and teaches you absolutely nothing about proper dieting and nutrition.

somegirl2009 · 15-01-2014 10:26AM

It's my second time actually. And it's my choice.

runawaybishop · 15-01-2014 10:38AM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

It's my second time actually. And it's my choice.

Its still a bad and stupid diet. Why don't you try something that works long term?

edit: we'll help you with your diet by the way. Thats why we post here.

Essien · 15-01-2014 11:31AM

runawaybishop wrote: »

we'll help you with your diet by the way. Thats why we post here.

+1

This place is a mine of good info and advice, especially the stickies. The fact that there's a thread about a 'meal replacement' product in here at all is a bit upsetting tbh.

Oryx · 15-01-2014 11:42AM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

It's my second time actually. And it's my choice.

None of the negative comments here are ever an attack on you, btw, so please don't think that. They are an attack on what is seen as a very cleverly marketed, stupidly expensive meal plan, that will most likely not help you long term. I'm cynical about diets like this, and I hate to see people conned. I think this diet is a con that takes advantage of the fact that people are getting too busy and/or inexperienced to cook for themselves and plan a proper diet. If you do nothing else, please read the ingredients of the packets you are eating, and compare those ingredients to other types of sugary bars and flapjacks, normal packet soups and smoothies etc in the supermarket. You may be surprised to find that what you are eating on NUPO is not so far removed from those other things.

Dolbert · 15-01-2014 01:12PM

Oryx wrote: »

None of the negative comments here are ever an attack on you, btw, so please don't think that. They are an attack on what is seen as a very cleverly marketed, stupidly expensive meal plan, that will most likely not help you long term. I'm cynical about diets like this, and I hate to see people conned. I think this diet is a con that takes advantage of the fact that people are getting too busy and/or inexperienced to cook for themselves and plan a proper diet. If you do nothing else, please read the ingredients of the packets you are eating, and compare those ingredients to other types of sugary bars and flapjacks, normal packet soups and smoothies etc in the supermarket. You may be surprised to find that what you are eating on NUPO is not so far removed from those other things.

These diets also take advantage of another trait of serial dieters: desperation and self-loathing. I know this because only in my darkest moments did I consider them (thankfully not for many years now). I could have read all of the stickies in the world and they wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference, because I needed the weight gone NOW and all rational thought goes out the window when you're in that state of mind.

I'm currently trying to talk a good friend out of doing another 'diet' like this, but she won't hear it. The last time she did it her hair fell out and she got heart palpitations, as well as piling on more weight afterwards. All she remembers is the fact that she lost 3 stone in 2 months, and is blinkered to the rest of it because she simply cannot stand being in the skin she's in.

All of this is to say I know how you feel OP. But by doing this diet, you are being cruel to your body and mind, with possible long-term effects. At the end of the day, would you rather lose 10lbs in a fortnight and pile it all back on, or lose 10lbs over a couple of months and still have your health and sanity? All the best...

CZ 453 · 15-01-2014 02:42PM

somegirl2009 wrote: »

It's my second time actually. And it's my choice.

Hi,
How much did you lose after the first time? Did you go back up?

Has anybody out there tried the NUPO diet?

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