MTB_Roadie Posted April 18, 2011 Share I only eat Futurelife, reason being, you make it with just a cup of cold water....so I save on milk, its Lo GI, it is filling, taste super awesome....so for me I love it as it saves a lot of time! Edited April 18, 2011 by MTB_Roadie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted April 18, 2011 Share You seriously weigh your meals? FFS! Life is too short. I know how much stuff weighs by looking at the size of the portion. I did weigh everything for a while, it helped me lose 30kg and that is after people said I would put on weight if I stopped smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted April 18, 2011 Share I think I paid about R24 for my Futurelife about a week ago, and that was R2 cheaper than Pronutro. That's at Pick 'n Pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted April 18, 2011 Share It used to be quite cheap before it got popular. Started at about R22 two years ago and has gone up to about R29 now. But everything else has also become more expensive. If I go for an early morning ride I prefer Future life as it's not too heavy on the stomach and seems to provide good energy levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted April 18, 2011 Share I know how much stuff weighs by looking at the size of the portion. I did weigh everything for a while, it helped me lose 30kg and that is after people said I would put on weight if I stopped smoking. Where the before & after pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Where the before & after pics Here is about 4 weeks in, probably 92kg in this pic I will have to get someone to take an "After" pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngala24 Posted April 18, 2011 Share I met chris a couple weeks back and he is half the size of this guy in pic Well done chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Here is about 4 weeks in, probably 92kg in this pic I will have to get someone to take an "After" pick I miss that bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted April 18, 2011 Share I have BOXES of BOXES of the stuff in my garage Edited April 18, 2011 by Chavez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fit Dietician Posted April 18, 2011 Share future life tastes great, but when I have it for breakfast (which is most days, due to the morning rush), I find that by 9:30/10am I'm starving again. Something like weetbix is way more sustaining. Future Life is a Low GI (glycemic index) product at a GI of 50 (the pack says 55, but that is just the logo GI Science Lab uses to prove that it has been tested and is indeed low GI). Something interesting that i was discussing with some clients the other day is that the original Weetbix has a GI of 70 (high)and the Salt&Sugar free Weetbix has a GI of 78. Theoretically, based on the high GI of Weetbix, it would satisfy you for only an hour or so and then you would feel hungry again. Depending on what you eat your Future Life (and for that matter any carbohydrate) with the GI can drop a certain amount. For example if you eat Future Life with water then the GI stays at 50, but when you eat it with full cream milk the GI will drop a little and therefore should keep you fuller for longer. Therefore protein, fat and most other LOW GI foods actually slow the digestive process and this lowers the glycemic response that a higher GI carbohydrate would normally have. So my feeling is that you may not be eating enough Future Life to sustain your (what sounds to be) fast metabolism. Having a slightly larger portion and may help, and do this daily until you feel you getting in what satisfies you. And what also helps some people is having Future Life as a porridge instead of a shake. The fluid volume of the shake may make you feel full without necessarily providing you the calories to keep you satisfied for 2-3 hours. Eating Future Life as a porridge may provide you with the calories in a smaller volume and thus give you satiety for longer! The other thing that may be a factor is if you are training more (and/or have more stress) than you did when you felt satisfied on Weetbix? - this means your body needs more calories to meet the demands and this can too be sorted by increasing your portion size. Hope that helps! BTW - did you know you can drop the GI of pizza by having an Appeltiser with it! LeTurbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted April 18, 2011 Share BTW - did you know you can drop the GI of pizza by having an Appeltiser with it! anything for beer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted April 18, 2011 Share anything for beer? If you make your Futurelife with beer it will provide you with more calories than it would with water. Not so much if you use Windhoek Light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted April 18, 2011 Share If you make your Futurelife with beer it will provide you with more calories than it would with water. Not so much if you use Windhoek Light.fanks...good enough for me PS Windhoek light is not a beer...it's perrepis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henco Posted April 18, 2011 Share Future Life is a Low GI (glycemic index) product at a GI of 50 (the pack says 55, but that is just the logo GI Science Lab uses to prove that it has been tested and is indeed low GI). Something interesting that i was discussing with some clients the other day is that the original Weetbix has a GI of 70 (high)and the Salt&Sugar free Weetbix has a GI of 78. Theoretically, based on the high GI of Weetbix, it would satisfy you for only an hour or so and then you would feel hungry again. Depending on what you eat your Future Life (and for that matter any carbohydrate) with the GI can drop a certain amount. For example if you eat Future Life with water then the GI stays at 50, but when you eat it with full cream milk the GI will drop a little and therefore should keep you fuller for longer. Therefore protein, fat and most other LOW GI foods actually slow the digestive process and this lowers the glycemic response that a higher GI carbohydrate would normally have. So my feeling is that you may not be eating enough Future Life to sustain your (what sounds to be) fast metabolism. Having a slightly larger portion and may help, and do this daily until you feel you getting in what satisfies you. And what also helps some people is having Future Life as a porridge instead of a shake. The fluid volume of the shake may make you feel full without necessarily providing you the calories to keep you satisfied for 2-3 hours. Eating Future Life as a porridge may provide you with the calories in a smaller volume and thus give you satiety for longer! The other thing that may be a factor is if you are training more (and/or have more stress) than you did when you felt satisfied on Weetbix? - this means your body needs more calories to meet the demands and this can too be sorted by increasing your portion size. Hope that helps! BTW - did you know you can drop the GI of pizza by having an Appeltiser with it! Interesting info! I do not add sugar when eating future life, it's already sweet enough as is, but I guess with sugar added it will also mess up the GI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted April 18, 2011 Share How much for the bike? Will you sell the wheels separate? Why you selling? Where's the couch? What size is the frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w_65 Posted April 18, 2011 Share How much for the bike? Will you sell the wheels separate? Why you selling? Where's the couch? What size is the frame? Already sold but here is the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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