OK so I’ve been using Huel for almost a year now, but this was mostly in a transitioning period, and also mostly so I could have reliable quick breakfasts and lunches so I wasn’t snacking at work, with limited success - I would have on and off days, or more regularly Huel through the day then supermarket junk food at dinnertime! sigh
But I couldn’t shake the fact that I would feel better through the day when on Huel, then absolutely awful after eating a large solid food meal (physically and mentally).
After a while of this I finally realised I was emotionally eating, as I had other stresses in my life which were forcing me into ‘comfort foods’ as a coping mechanism.
What is really instrumental in my story here, is that being able to easily stick to Huel for the working day, then crash when I got home, gave me the mental framework to view my eating habits objectively and be able to make serious and well-informed decisions about my lifestyle.
Fast forward to today and I have now been 100% Huel for about a full month now, and it was the recent publication of the Huel ‘30 day’ trials that made me speak up - I feel GREAT!
From the point where I was still binge-eating in the evenings, and made the decision to STOP and go 100%, I lost about 8 pounds in the first 2 weeks - this is to be expected somewhat as I was ‘purging’ all the crap I’d force-fed myself, but now, another 3 weeks or so later (sorry for not documenting more precisely), I’m down almost a full stone from my heaviest point - that’s from 15st 1 to 14st 2.
The loss has slowed lately, but that’s because by losing this much, the calories I calculated to consume for loss at the start (2000), are now closer to a ‘sustain’ intake for my current weight, so from today I’m dropping from 12 scoops daily to 10, which should give me around 1650 to help with the next phase of loss at a more controlled and sustained rate.
For the record I’m an IT Manager so my workout regimen is basically quite sedentary, and after a long day of problem solving I just want to sit and switch off in the evenings!
I have taken to walking more regularly though, and try to fit in a trip around the business park during lunch, and some light workout excercises when I get up.
TL;DR : I use 100% Huel now, feel awesome, and lost a lot of fat!!