Best meal replacement plans for weight loss

Too much to eat? These meal replacement shakes will get you back on track

It’s safe to say that Christmas, Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day feasting is has made its exit from your life, leaving behind what you might notice to be a questionable number of months worth of flab from all the sinful (but still incredibly delicious) eating you’ve been doing.

Perhaps you’re thinking of following a strict nutrition plan as you work from home. As much as we’d like to offer words of encouragement, let’s face it: you don’t always have time to cook a healthy, well-balanced meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner every single day.

Not only is that extremely time-consuming, you’d probably end up exhausted from planning and cooking by the end of the third day. Here’s where meal replacement shakes come in.

Meal replacement shakes are a great option when you’re pressed for time but not willing to ruin your healthy eating lifestyle for some fast-food and processed snacks.

Besides being packed with all the nutrients you’d need, most shakes are also low in calories, meaning you’d probably get to lose some weight in the process too.

Read on for the best meal replacement shakes you can find in Singapore.

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Meal replacements that come backed with solid nutritional science? Count us in. Ample’s products are crafted with high-quality ingredients from non-GMO, real-food sources, complete with a generous amount of fiber, nutritious fats, complete protein and four or less grams of sugar per 400-calorie meal. Choose between flavours like Vanilla Cinnamon or Chocolate for keto-friendly diets, Berry for a dairy-free option and regular Vanilla for a protein burst.

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Chinese brand Mishang’s Chia Seed Milkshake comes in a box of six unique flavours (our favourites are coconut and strawberry!) that’ll keep you full throughout most of the day. The shake is targetted at those who tend to skip breakfast: rather than bingeing out during lunch, the drink is said to give you the right amount of nutrition and energy to get you going for a long workday.

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Sustenance is changing the game with 100 percent natural and vegan meal replacement shakes. The local food tech startup creates the shakes from freeze-dried brown rice, chia seeds and acai berries which are then milled into a fine powder. Besides zero additives, preservatives or chemicals, each pack of Sustenance is manufactured with minimal processing so that you’ll get all the natural goodness in its most efficient form.

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Meal replacement shakes aren’t just alternatives for those on the go, they can be used as a temporary solution to cut calorie count for those on a diet plan. The Light Meal Shake from Glam.D comes in three delicious flavours: Chocolate, Matcha and Injelomi (roasted soybean) that average about 150kcal per shake and come with tons of vitamins and ingredients like muesli cereal and multigrain to keep you full for hours on end.

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Wondering what to eat while you’re working your way to a leaner, fitter build? All you need is a serving of Labrada. It’s made with an exclusive, high-grade protein blend (a mix of fast- and slow-release proteins to provide a sustained supply of amino acids, to be exact!), 21 essential vitamins and minerals, as well as healthy carbs. The mix even comes with a fiber blend that’ll help keep you satisfied throughout the day — sans the midday friend food cravings.

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Perhaps you’re calorie counting, in an attempt to control your intake while you work out. Estimating your home-cooked meals isn’t the most accurate way, so we recommend getting a meal replacement shake from MyProtein. At a lean 200 gram per serving, each meal contains 17 grams of quality protein, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fibre, and a nifty blend of essential vitamins and minerals, such as folic acid, chloride, calcium, iron and zinc. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, or you just want to cover the taste of what regular protein shakes taste like, the salted caramel flavour is one of the better tasting options from the line.

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Natural, GMO-Free with organic superfood complex carbs, that’s what Designer Whey stands for. This 100% whey protein in vanilla bean flavour is crafted with premium milk, topped with healthy fats from sunflower seeds, and 23 vitamins and minerals to help your body refuel, repair and recover from unhealthy diet plans.

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