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Also be aware that it is the collective experience of ADBB that the bars and shakes, etc. have a tendency to slow or stop weight loss in some folks.

So you may be able to eat the bars and shakes and lose weight, but are you losing at your true weight loss potential? You may lose "faster"/"easier" without the bars/shakes.

And as Georgianna noted, eating those bars/shakes to replace a meal---a meal of real food----doesn't really teach you about proper nutrition.