Three phases

Losing weight with FitLine

Losing weight rarely fails for lack of willpower. It fails in week five. That is why this plan has three phases instead of a diet: four weeks to start, eight weeks to adjust, then the normal state.

How losing weight works

In one sentence. The body loses weight when it takes in less energy over the day than it uses. No product suspends that rule.

What this plan does. It works on both sides of the equation. On the intake side, a meal is replaced by a shake with a known nutritional value — around 210 kcal instead of a meal that is hard to estimate, with 18–20 g of protein and over 30 % of the daily amount of all vitamins and minerals. On the expenditure side, a filling breakfast and the basic supply keep energy and performance up — because someone who feels well moves more, and movement is the largest item in daily expenditure that anyone can influence.

Phase 1

Start

Weeks 1 to 4

For the first four weeks you replace two of your main daily meals with ProShape All-in-1. That is exactly what the product is made for — and exactly what is confirmed for it.⁸

ProShape All-in-1: twice a day in place of a main meal, under 250 kcal per serving
D-Drink: first thing in the morning during the first 14 days, one sachet (7 g) in 150 ml still water
Optimal-Set: PowerCocktail in the morning, Restorate in the evening — the basics keep running
TopShape: 3 capsules twice a day, one to two hours before meals⁷
Feel Good Yoghurt: as breakfast with muesli — made yourself, with whey protein, inulin and lactic acid cultures¹⁰
C-Balance: before the meal, whenever there is bread, pasta or potatoes
Activize Oxyplus: spread across the day, when the afternoon gets long²

Phase 2

Adjust

Weeks 5 to 12

Now a real meal comes back. Only one main meal is still replaced — and that is exactly what is confirmed for maintaining weight after weight loss.⁹ This phase decides whether the result stays.

ProShape All-in-1: once a day, usually in the evening
Optimal-Set: unchanged, morning and evening
TopShape: unchanged, 3 capsules twice a day⁷
C-Balance: still before carbohydrate-rich meals
Feel Good Yoghurt: still as breakfast — the meal that returns in this phase¹⁰

Phase 3

Keep it off

From week 13

Not an ending but the normal state. The basics stay; ProShape comes in when a day gets out of hand — travelling, shift work, after a weekend.

Optimal-Set: morning and evening, that is the core
ProShape All-in-1: as needed in place of a meal
Feel Good Yoghurt: as a fixed breakfast that no longer costs a decision¹⁰
Activize Oxyplus: when you need it, not on a schedule²

What a day in phase 1 looks like

Yours will look different — which is precisely why we talk first.

Right after getting up

D-Drink

1 sachet (7 g) in 150 ml still water — only for the first 14 days, and before anything else

Straight afterwards

PowerCocktail + Activize

1 sachet (15 g) and the first Activize serving together in 180 ml still water

With it

TopShape + ProShape Amino

3 TopShape capsules and 6 Amino capsules with the same glass — one glass, done

Breakfast

Muesli with Feel Good Yoghurt

You make the yoghurt yourself the evening before — whey protein, inulin and lactic acid cultures instead of a tub from the chilled aisle.¹⁰ In phase 1, ProShape instead if the morning is tight

Mid-morning

Second Activize serving

before lunch

10 minutes before lunch

C-Balance

when bread, pasta, rice or potatoes are on the plate

Lunch

The plate rule

half vegetables, a quarter protein, a quarter side dish

Afternoon

TopShape, second serving

one to two hours before the next meal⁷

Evening

ProShape All-in-1

32.3 g powder in 230 ml milk (1.5 %) — the replaced meal⁸

Before sleep

Restorate

1 sachet (6.7 g) in 250 ml still water, stir well and drink straight away

Drinking: at least 2 litres of calorie-free drinks over the day — water, unsweetened tea. On a calorie-reduced diet that is a requirement, not a tip.
D-Drink: first 14 days only, each time before the PowerCocktail. One pack holds exactly 14 portions; after that the routine continues without it.

The meals — this is where it is decided whether the plan lasts

Breakfast. Muesli with the Feel-Good Yoghurt is a good choice: the yoghurt brings around 10 g of protein per 200 ml, the oats provide fibre that keeps you full. Two pitfalls: ready-made mueslis often contain considerable amounts of sugar — check the ingredients. And nuts and dried fruit are healthy but very energy-dense; a generous handful can double a breakfast. So weigh it once instead of guessing; after that you have the measure of it.

Lunch following the plate rule

Vegetables and salad

Half the plate. Plenty of volume, few calories, filling. Raw or cooked, both count.

Protein

Fish, poultry, eggs, pulses, tofu, low-fat quark. Protects the muscles and keeps you full longer than anything else.

Side dish

Potatoes, wholegrain rice, wholegrain pasta, pulses. Do not leave them out — but keep the portion in check.

Plus a tablespoon of good fat — olive oil, rapeseed oil, a few nuts. Fat is not the enemy: it makes the meal filling and is needed to absorb the fat-soluble vitamins. In total this day comes to about 1,200–1,500 kcal. Nobody should go below 1,200 kcal without medical supervision.

What the individual products contribute

Optimal-Set: PowerCocktail and Restorate – the basic supply

How to use: PowerCocktail straight after getting up, Restorate before going to bed.
Why: Eating less automatically means taking in fewer vitamins and minerals. That is exactly the point at which diets become unpleasant: tiredness, trouble concentrating, catching every bug. The Optimal-Set lays a reliable basic supply underneath.
What is confirmed: Rich in vitamin B6 – contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism. · Rich in vitamin C - contributes to maintaining the normal function of the immune system. · Rich in Magnesium - contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system and to normal muscle function.

Activize Oxyplus – energy for the part that really counts

How to use: 3 portions a day. The first stirred into the PowerCocktail in the morning, the second late morning before lunch, the third in the afternoon. Not later, because of the caffeine.
Background: What the body uses over a day is called total energy expenditure. It consists of the basal rate — what heart, brain, breathing and muscles cost at rest, around 60–70 % of the whole — and the activity component, meaning everything you move. The basal rate can hardly be steered in the short term; it depends above all on muscle mass. The activity component is the lever everyone holds — and it is not decided in the gym but in a thousand small places: stairs instead of the lift, standing up instead of sitting, the walk after a meal.
What is confirmed: Rich in vitamin B6 – contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism. · Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxin), vitamin B12 (Cobalamin), and vitamin C contribute to normal psychological function.
Please note: Contains 30 mg of caffeine per daily portion; not for children, pregnant or breastfeeding women. The high niacin content can temporarily cause reddening of the skin, a feeling of warmth or tingling — harmless and temporary.

D-Drink – the first 14 days

How to use: For the first 14 days, 1 sachet (7 g) in 150 ml still water — straight after getting up and before the PowerCocktail, as the first thing of the day. One pack holds exactly 14 portions.
What is in it: Selenium, zinc, molybdenum and choline, plus fibre and extracts of nettle, milk thistle, artichoke, ginger and turmeric.
Please note: Meant as an opening: it accompanies the first two weeks, after which the routine continues without it.

TopShape – the capsules before meals

How to use: 3 capsules twice a day, each 1–2 hours before a meal: in the morning with the PowerCocktail (before breakfast) and late morning with the second Activize portion (before lunch). That way no extra glass of water is needed. Anyone taking the capsules on their own drinks one with them.
What is in it: Biotin, calcium and zinc plus extracts of bitter melon, green coffee bean, white mulberry, purslane, peppermint, dandelion, mate and ginger. Vegan.
What is confirmed: Biotin contributes to normal macronutrient metabolism and Zinc contributes to normal metabolism of fatty acids.
Please note: Both portions sit before the meals that are actually eaten — the shake takes the evening. That also puts both caffeinated plant extracts (green coffee bean, mate) in the first half of the day. The 1–2 hour gap before the meal is part of the instructions.

C-Balance – before the carbohydrate-rich meal

How to use: 1 sachet (5 g) in 150 ml still water, about 10 minutes before the meal. At most 2 portions a day. Taken afterwards it comes too late — it belongs before the meal.
What is confirmed: Chromium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood glucose levels. · Zinc contributes to normal carbohydrate metabolism.
Please note: Anyone taking diabetes medication should clear it with a doctor first — chromium can affect glucose metabolism. And C-Balance is no substitute for keeping an eye on the side portion.

ProShape All-in-1 – the meal replacement

How to use: The shake in place of a main meal: 32.3 g powder with 230 ml milk (1.5 %), with the vegan flavours 300 ml unsweetened soy drink.
Per portion: Around 206–235 kcal, 18–20 g protein, 3–7 g fibre and at least 30 % of the daily amount of all vitamins and minerals.
What is confirmed: Substituting two of the main daily meals of an energy restricted diet with meal replacements contributes to weight loss. · Substituting one of the main daily meals of an energy restricted diet with a meal replacement contributes to the maintenance of weight after weight loss.
Please note: Preparing it with milk or soy drink is part of the specification — only then does the shake reach the prescribed 200–250 kcal and the full nutrient content. Mixed with water it is no longer a complete meal replacement.

ProShape Amino – protecting muscle during the weight-loss phase

How to use: 6 capsules a day, straight with the PowerCocktail after getting up — then no extra glass of water is needed.
Why: Losing weight never means losing fat alone — without counteracting it, muscle mass always goes too. That is why many diets fail in the long run: less muscle means a lower basal rate, and afterwards the weight comes back more easily. The remedies are simple: enough protein and movement.
Amino acids: Protein is not a single substance: it is built from twenty different amino acids. Eight of them the human body cannot make itself — they have to come with the food, and anyone who makes the portions smaller inevitably gets less of them too. Those eight are what the capsules provide, around 2.9 g per daily serving.
What is confirmed: Protein (amino-acid) contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass. · Protein (amino-acid) contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
Please note: A supplement, not a replacement for protein from food. The bulk comes from the yoghurt and muesli in the morning, the protein portion at lunch and the shake in the evening.

What is realistic

The plateau will come. After two to four weeks the scales often stand still for a few days even though everything is going right. Normal, and no reason to cut calories further.
Weighing. Once a week, always on the same day, in the morning after getting up. Daily weighing mostly measures water fluctuation. Measure your waist every four weeks as well — it often changes when the scales do not.
Movement is not an extra, it is half the equation. 30 minutes of brisk walking a day plus some strength training twice a week make the difference between “lost weight” and “lost weight and kept it off”. Strength training protects the muscles and with them the basal rate.
The exit is part of the plan. Phase 3 is not an afterthought but the point at which it is decided whether the result holds. Anyone who jumps straight back to their old diet usually has the weight back within a few months.
Keep an eye on the cost. The complete programme adds up. If you do not need everything at once: the shake is the part that is confirmed.

What goes with it

A meal replacement only works as part of an energy-restricted diet; other foodstuffs are a necessary part of that diet.
Make sure you drink at least two litres of energy-free fluids a day.
Food supplements are not a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.
PowerCocktail and Activize contain caffeine and are not recommended for children or pregnant women.
If you have a medical condition, take medication regularly, are pregnant or breastfeeding, please discuss this with your doctor first. I advise on everyday routine and nutrition, not on health.

² Rich in vitamin B6 – contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism. ⁷ Biotin contributes to normal macronutrient metabolism and Zinc contributes to normal metabolism of fatty acids. ⁸ Substituting two of the main daily meals of an energy restricted diet with meal replacements contributes to weight loss. ⁹ Substituting one of the main daily meals of an energy restricted diet with a meal replacement contributes to the maintenance of weight after weight loss. ¹⁰ Calcium contributes to the normal function of digestive enzymes.

If you want to know what you tolerate

Then this is not the right page. This one is about losing weight and holding the result. Anyone who wants to find out which foods agree with them and which do not belongs with cellRESET — four phases built on real food instead of meal replacement.

When this plan is not suitable

Do not use during pregnancy or breastfeeding, for children and young people under 18, or with a current or past eating disorder.
Clear it medically first with diabetes (especially on medication — calorie reduction and chromium can affect blood glucose), with kidney or liver disease, with thyroid medication and with any ongoing medication.
Caffeine: PowerCocktail, Activize, TopShape and the ProShape shake each contain caffeine or caffeinated plant extracts. It adds up — anyone sensitive to it leaves out the afternoon Activize.
Allergens: the Feel-Good Yoghurt contains milk, lactose and bovine gelatine and is prepared with milk.
Stop and see a doctor with persistent dizziness, a racing heart, marked hair loss, missed periods, or if food starts to dominate your thoughts.
A supplement stays a supplement. No product in this plan treats obesity as a medical condition. With marked overweight, medically supervised treatment is the better route.

Compiled from the label and manufacturer information of PM-International / FitLine. The sentences quoted under “What is confirmed” are health claims authorised in the EU, in their official wording — which is why they appear word for word and not in our own language. What is printed on the product packaging always takes precedence. This page is general information and does not replace individual dietary advice or medical care.

Worth knowing

You cannot order on this site. I inform and advise here — purchases are made exclusively through the official FitLine partner shop run by PM-International. You will find the current price there.

Cheaper on Autoship: ordering regularly costs around 10 % less in the FitLine Club, and considerably less again as a registered team partner. How that works is set out under Ordering, autoship and returns — or just ask me.

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