its really easy a shake for brekkie(powder or ready made) a shake for lunch(or a slimfast bar or soup) and your own 600 cal meal for tea,you can also have 3 slimfast snacks a day as well,i dont ,i dont think a extra 300 a day in snacks is helpful to lose weight.my son and i have lost 100lb between us in a year ,our 1st year diet anniversary was on the 1st of aug ha ha .we are still on it ,but you have to get used to a liquid diet for much of the 24 hours which takes practice and willpower,but once your brain realises its only getting shakes you get used to it.i have 3st to go and dont plan on changeing from slimfast as all the vits and mins are in the 2 shakes i have never felt better,thanks for being nosy ,i have had no one to talk to either,everyone i started with on the slimfast site have disapeared like all diets it easy to start but you have got to be in it for the long haul if you want to be slim,it took me 17 years to get fat i dont think 1 1/2 to get rid of it will be bad going eh,bye for now angie and josef x