Good to hear you’re dieting and exercising to lose weight. Properly incorporated dietary supplements can speed and ease the journey. Therefore, there are supplements that may help with controlling appetite and slightly boost metabolism, especially if you’re not adverse to stimulants such as caffeine. One such supplement is ThermAccel, and an effective non-stimulant supplement is Weight Loss & LiverSupport. Meal replacements integrated into your daily meal planning is also very effective in weight/fat loss and maintenance as it helps control calories and appetite. I have placed a sample supplement plan below that includes the meal replacement LeanMR (meal replacement). You can add ThermAccel or Weight Loss & LiverSupport to this program and follow directions on the bottle.
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Weight Loss/Maintenance & Health Supplement Program
Daily:
• dotFIT Multivitamin & Mineral for your age and gender (ActiveMV, VeganMV, Women’s or Over50)
o Take as directed
• LeanMR
o Use as directed within daily meal planning (see below) and to make sure you get ~1gm of protein per pound of lean body mass (or weight if not overweight) daily from all sources divided 4-5 times daily
o Can also be used as a supplement to a meal or by itself (or mixed with desired supporting contents) to shore up total daily protein needs
As needed
• Super Calcium
o Use if you do not meet the daily needs of calcium (~1000-1200 mgs) from food intake
-Females take 1 or 2 daily with meals; if you need to take 2, take one with AM meal and the 2nd with PM meal; Males take 1 only if necessary
• SuperOmega 3
o Take 1 daily with meal if not consuming 2-4 svgs/wk of fatty fish
Meal Replacement Integration
Weight loss phase:
• Meal Replacements (MRs) generally supply two small meals a day and allow freedom of choice from traditional foods for the remaining allotted foods/calories. Therefore, use as two small meals within any calorie restricted meal plan of 4-5 meals since it's been shown that frequent small meals are better for weight loss than fewer larger ones especially as it relates to satiety, preservation of lean body mass (LBM) and energy levels
o Get LeanMR recipes here: https://www.dotfit.com/category-cid-1868.html
Maintenance phase
• Continue to consume 4-5 small meals daily within caloric allotment that include 2 MRs for convenience and to help ensure overall diet quality while reducing food costs
You can go to our recipe section on the dotFIT website to get recipes with meal preparation instructions including meal replacement recipes: https://www.dotfit.com/learn/recipes