I have never been able to follow a normal 'diet' as I have found that many diets often have more food in them than I would eat in a normal day, so I find it hard to lose weight as I don't eat a huge amount.

I started doing the Slim Fast diet after I had my first baby as I had an extra couple of stone to shift. The diet allows you to drink 2 Slim Fast milkshakes a day as well as 3 small Slim Fast snacks and then 1 healthy meal of your choice. This is called the 3.2.1 plan.

I have tried a few flavours of the milkshakes before, I am not a fan of strawberry and banana flavoured drinks in general but I have often bought the Cafe Latte flavour shake as its much like having an iced coffee. The chocolate shake to me though is by far my favourite. Not only does it have an intense chocolately flavour but it seems to be the only flavour shake that goes really thick and creamy. You make the shake up with 250ml of skimmed milk, along with two scoops (scoop included) of the chocolate powder. You can use a drinks shaker to mix it up but I prefer to use a hand blender, and I blend it for about a minute to achieve a really delicious thick shake.

Each shake is 230 calories when made with skimmed milk. I do find them very filling and they do see me through until my evening meal. I don't get bored with drinking them either, and they do come in a good range of flavours so if you think you might get bored then keep a few different flavours open at a time.

When I first did this diet a couple of years ago the tins were around £4.95 but having started doing the diet again now after my second baby I have noticed they have crept up to about £6 a tin which is quite expensive. But what I do is check the my supermarket website and most of the time you will find somewhere that has an offer on like 2 for £9 or 3 for 2 etc. And if you are lucky every so often Boots online reduce them down to £2.96 a tin, this rarely happens but I keep an eye out and stock up on several tins. I bought 12 at the beginning of January on sale and saved myself over £30! I thought I would save myself a couple of pounds one day and purchased a supermarket own brand chocolate shake and it was absolutely awful. I couldn't even finish the glass, it felt like it was sticking to my insides on the way down. You do get what you pay for!

Using this milkshake as part of the diet is great as they fill you up, you don't even need to follow the diet as it is intended, as if you just replace one meal a day with a shake they will help you lose weight.

Each tin hold 12 meals, so one tin lasts for 6 days. This I do find a bit annoying, why not just put 14 servings in a tin so it lasts a week?

Overall I have found this diet works well for me and the Slim Fast chocolate milkshake is a lovely creamy delicious shake, you certainly wouldn't know it is a diet shake!