I’ve been using Huel BE a few times a week for a little while (Mainly Monday evenings before I go to a Pilates class and for lunch at weekends, occasionally other evenings when I get in from work if I’m feeling lazy (I usually take hot food to work for lunch)), I was advised that it can take a bit of time to get used to meal replacements so I have perservered but I find they just don’t fill me up. Has anyone else had the same issue? Would it be worth ordering a bag of v.3.0 and doing a scoop of BE and a scoop of 3.0? What would people recommend?
If trying 3.0, what flavour would people recommend ordering? I currently have Strawberry and Cream, Chocolate, UU and Cinnamon Swirl in the BE.
Hi, for me BE is more filling that 3.0 so I would stick with BE. Do you know how many calories you would usually have with the meal you’re replacing? A standard Huel (2 scoop) serving is 400 cal. It’s not exactly a large meal and more of a snack for some, you might need another half or full scoop to fill you up.
With standard two scoop servings I get hungry again after 3 hours. Seems about right as 5 meals of 400 calories means eating at say 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm to spread the meals evenly between normal breakfast and dinner times.
Yeah I would reitterate what @himji has said. For example, if you usually eat an 800kcal lunch, but are trying to switch in a 400kcal Huel meal then you will for sure be a little peckish! It seem obvious I know, but we often don’t know how many calories are in the foods we eat, so make sure you are giving yourself the calories you need!
The other thing I find helpful is to split up my Huel in the after by having two smaller lunches! Hope this helps!
Thanks all. When having Huel at lunch time maybe I need 2 heaped scoops instead of level, maybe even 3 (although not sure that amount of protein would be necessary).
I don’t know how many cals my usual lunches are, I tend to batch cook and divide into multiple portions and don’t always follow a recipe, and even when I do I often swap things in/out so the Cal amount may end up slightly different anyway.
Thanks all, I’ll have a play and see how I get on.
You could try having two meals or two scoops. a meal at about 10:30-11 and another at 2pm-3pm
You’re eating a lot more and as epicure says it’s more how Huel is designed
If I know I won’t be eating much during the day for whatever reason - I tend to make some overnight oats made with some Huel and have it at breakfast - that helps me feel full a good portion of the day so having lighter meals afterwards doesn’t bother me.
I always have 2 scoops when I have my shakes anyway.
As I don’t know how many calories are in the rest of my food and trying to lose a few pounds (literally only a few, not a massive amount, just trying to get my clothes comfy again) I don’t want to over do it and take on board more than I need.
I usually get my breakfast ready the night before. I don’t like porridge or overnight oats. I usually have cereal (weetabix atm) with fruit and soya yoghurt (I’m vegan and dairy intolerant). I have thought about blending some oats in with the shake though, I might give that a try.
Hey Phil overnight oats with Huel sounds like a brilliant idea. Will have to give it a try.
Any top tips you can pass on? Do you mix in the Huel at the start or right before eating?
my current favourite is a mix of wholemeal steel cut oats, rolled oats, dried fig muesli, dried raisins a scoop of cinnamon swirl BE all mixed up then add oat or almond milk and leave in the fridge overnight. have also added a scoop of fudge brownie complete protein powder on occasion but TBH I prefer it with just the cinnamon swirl.
I have to say Phil mixing in fig muesli and raisins with oats and a preferred flavour of huel sounds quite tasty. I like baked oats and muesli, maybe I’ll have to try mixing huel in with a bowl of muesli with oat milk - great suggestion, thank you.
Just a quick update, tonight I had a H&S for my dinner as I really couldn’t be bothered with cooking when I got in. I usually have 2 scoops and find that that feels more like a starter, so this evening I used 3 scoops (chicken and mushroom), that hit the spot.
I’ve tried blending a couple of scoops of oats and adding that into shakes with 2 scoops of BE a couple of times, but it still feels little more than an appetizer and leaves me wanting more food. As 3 scoops H&S seemed to hit the spot I will try 3 scoops of shake powder next time I make a shake and see if it makes a difference. I will feed back on my finding.
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