WRT to shakes, don't do it. No point and it really isn't healthy. You will get further more effectively with a controlled diet and regular exercise. (Diet as in eating habits, not diet diet!).

Good luck everyone, I want my goddamned kickarse body back, and am bloody well going to get it. I am too young to be fat.
:yeahthat: (to both!).
Shakes dont teach you anything which is a problem because unless you want to be on them the rest of your life when you go back onto normal foods you wont have mastered portion control, knowing what you are intaking, you wont think about calories etc... Well worth looking into a dietician/nutritionist over shakes.