Hey Jody, welcome to the Huel Forum, great to have you on board.
Thanks Adrian for your opinion here, however I don’t think this is reflective of how many Hueligans use Huel.
I would say that Huel can absolutely be used for healthy, gradual weight loss. There are plenty of people who done this, just search for Weight Loss on this forum. Huel is very filling because of a number of reasons: protein content, fibre content, slow-release carbohydrates as well as volume too which will contribute to satiety.
I would say though that going all in on Huel is probably not your best option. You’ve said that:
Take this learning with Huel. Weight loss is, in the simplest terms, to do with maintaining a calorie deficit over a long period of time, think in months and years, not weeks and days. Trying to build up to 2000kcal of Huel per day is only going to lead to you restricting yourself from foods you love and moments you cherish - like meal times with family. Huel is not about this. We see many people here diving into a 100% Huel diet, but it isn’t sustainable in exactly the same way if you restricted yourself to another food forever wouldn’t be.
However, Huel absolutely can be used to help you lose weight, even if you only have Huel 1-2 meals a day. As @airiartev has said, Huel is really easy to monitor calories with Huel, that means you can be super precise with what you are eating. We have a guide here which you should definitely read carefully as I think it would really help.
I hope this helps as a starter for 10, I would love some others here who have lost weight with Huel to chip in too. The key point I want to reiterate, don’t go 100% Huel to lose weight because I don’t think it is sustainable for you.