Atkins Advantage bars as meal replacements...
 

I've been using the advantage bars as meal replacements the past few days (only lunch) and it works great! the bar fills me up till dinner and in the past 3days, lost an average of 0.9lbs a day! yay! the bars don't seem to stall me weee! and they do wonders for me on the throne (toilet haha)

Awesome, and they have a nice amount of nutrition!!

Question: do you think we could use CARBWISE bars the same way???

Thanks! Heidi

i haven't seen those carbwise bars yet... are they cheaper? i'm spending a fortune on these advantage bars now lolz... pork rinds also help a lot as hunger stoppers for snacks :D soooo good with vinegar!

I did a trade online for 40 FREE CARBWISE bars, and their price is $1.43 at Walmart (but I am getting them free) How much are the Atkins ones?

what do you mean by a trade online for FREE bars? i love the word FREE! :D can you explain?

the atkin's ones are 6.99canadian for 3... that's like 50cents US hahaha j/k, maybe around 4canadian for 3... not too bad :D

I meant FREE CARBWISE bars COUPONS. 2 weeks ago in the coupons of the Sunday paper, there were coupons for 1 FREE CARBWISE,and also a 50¢/1 carbwise bar. I belong to a "good deals" board also, and I did a trade for the 40 FREE coupons for $3 paypal, so even though basically I pd $3 for all my FREE CARBWISE, thats not so true, because I did a survey online and they paid me $15 in PAYPAL for the survey, thats the money I used to pay for the coupons. Funny huh??
There are still FREE COUPONS out there, they are selling them on ebay (for a HORRIBLY HIGH PRICE THOUGH!!!!!!)
Good luck!
Heidi

EDITED: just checked out ebay and an auction just ended for 30 FREE CARBWISE BAR COUPONS for $17.50!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!

I like the atkins ones better because they have
the most fibre. the chocolate decadence has 11gm of fibre. AT walmart they are 1.93 right
now. for a while they were around 1.54!

I use a shake or bar for breakfast almost every day. I get more nutrition in my then before I LC'ed!

sandy

I like the Carb-Solutions bars myself better than the Atkins bars...

I also use them as a meal replacement occasionally and not as a snack. I think folks get stalled on them when they wind up adding too many calories instead of using them as an emergency substitute.

Actually, I was kinda thinking the opposite, that they provide TOO FEW calories to be relied upon as a substitute for lunch on a daily basis, especially if breakfast is small and there are no planned snacks between meals. They average only 220 - 250 calories each, and are quite low in fat.

I do agree with manucpa though that if a person is otherwise eating sufficient food, the "extra" calories from the bars as a snack can add up.


Doreen

I was doing them as a meal replacement and STALLED!! I don't think I was getting enough calories and also there is something in them that stalls some people. When I quit and went back on a regular lc meal I lost two pounds that week.
JoAnne

That's why I think they should only be used in emergency situations for meal replacement, I guess you can always eat two if you need more calories ( or space them apart) I can't imagine eating them every day, day in and day out !

Rice Boi:

I noticed you live in Mississauga- head to Loblaw's/Zehr's/Fortinos etc and get Advantage bars for $29.99 for a box of 15 (or $1.99 a bar). I also heard Costco has the same price- it's a regular price not a special.

The only thing is they may be sold out at some locations, with how popular our WOE is getting!

Try using vitacost.com, I get the bars for around $23 box, they have a great supply of lc products, and only $4.95 shipping for any size order, so if you're stocking up its a great deal.
Have a great day!
JoAnne

I got 1 coupon in the paper a couple weeks back and got one of the carbwise bars. It wasn't the greatest thing, but perhaps that's a blessng in disguise (eat them for true emergencies, not for daily snacks). It didn't occur to me to get more coupons on ebay. I'm going to do that. I guess they go for about 55-60 cents/bar using the ebay-coupons that you buy. Not free, but better than paying 3-4x for anything else.

Thanks for the idea.