Thread: My time has come...AGAIN!!! ;-) May Madness!!!

Greetings all. I have lurked in this section for a while before deciding that this option is the one for me. I have previously enjoyed mixed successes on both WW & SW. I have struggled to believe that I can practically eliminate food from my life for the foreseeable future, but long threatening comes at last, and I am delighted to report I have successfully completed Day 1 - TS 100%.

The other amazing thing is that I drank an incredible 7.5 litres of water to-day, yes, that is seven! Previously, the only times
I consumed that volume of liquid, the glass had the word Carlsberg etched on it!

Continued success to each and every one who posts on this thread. Reading your successes & wobbles has given me the courage to at least try this diet. For that, I thank you.

Best of luck,

Conor

Hi Conor, good luck on exante. I am relatively new too, only on day 5 now and finding it okay.

Just be careful on the water though, dont over-do it, I am sure I read before about 'water intoxication', caused by over excessive amounts. Exante recommend 2-4 litres, sipped generally through-out the day. I have bought the Strawberry Flavoured Spring water, and I am drinking 3 litres.

Good luck in your journey.

Good morning Mary, thank you for your kind words and timely advice. I looked it up and sure enough, there is indeed such a condition. That's the joy of this site, everyone shares their advice and knowledge. I will keep it to the bare 4 litres so to-day.

Continued success on your VLCD, you mastered it before, and no doubt you will have similar success this time round.

Kind regards,

Conor

Hi Conor, good luck with your Exante journey, onwards and downwards.

Good morning fellow Minis. Thanks Nursetubs for your encouraging words, yours is one of the success stories that has encouraged me to take my first steps into the world of VLCD.

Day 2 - over and delighted to say that I survived it TS 100%.

Believe it or not, I weighed myself yesterday morning, but STS. I was disappointed, but I realise now, a lot of it was the water weight I retained from the 7.5litres I consumed on Day 1. Lesson learned, I reduced my intake to a mere 4 litres and hey presto, a loss was noted this morning. Official Weigh-In is Saturday morning, all will be revealed then.

I am now into my third day and even at this very early stage, I find I am less lethargic than normal. A huge factor for me is being off alcohol. I have survived an entire week without it, even in social situations in pubs & restaurants. I certainly feel more mentally capable of handling challenges. There have a number of issues that I have procrastinated about, that I am now undertaking. I hope this "feel good" vibe lasts me through this journey. Already, this morning, I have consumed 1 litre of water, and am looking forward to another day 100% TS.

I can only say to anyone THINKING about it, to certainly give it a go. Once you've drank your first shake, swallowed your first soup & munched your first bar, the mystery is gone, and you'll find you have Day 1 behind you.

To concur with Nursetubs, I find I have almost completely avoided headaches by the sheer volume of water I am drinking, so definitely have plenty of water to hand.

Good luck to-day to one and all.

Conor

Morning all, start of Day 4. Just had a quick sweep through the threads on here and it looks like everyone's doing very well for themselves, it great to see! Glad to report that all is going well for me also. I had a quick peek at the scales and I am happy so far. Official weigh-in is Saturday morning, so that will tell the real story.

I have a strange feeling of well being, not wondering what or when my next meal will be makes a refreshing change. Obviously being on this TS diet, I have had to give up the booze. I am off it now for 8 days. I am also a lover of coffee. In four days, I just had one coffee as part of my vanilla shake. I expected to have major withdrawal headaches, but so far so good. As I have mentioned on other posts, I believe the fact that I'm drinking about 6 litres of water (incl soup & shake) is definitely helping. So its all good.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Best wishes,

Conor

Originally Posted by CelticTiger

I have a strange feeling of well being, not wondering what or when my next meal will be makes a refreshing change. Obviously being on this TS diet, I have had to give up the booze. I am off it now for 8 days.

Good morning Conor, great feeling isn't it? I think it's something to do with ketosis so you must be there yayyyy. Can't wait to see your WI Saturday, I'm as excited as you are! You have a real determination and I think you will do well. xx

Hi folks, I survived Day 4 - Only just. I've had sweet food cravings all evening. I actually took out a Cr8nch!e bar and went to tear off the wrapper, but I put it back in the jar...

If that was a cream slice, I would have folded! And I don't normally eat sweet stuff.

It's just our minds playing games with us as we make the transition from See-Food Diet to Exante Diet!

Good night all,

Best of luck to-morrow,

Conor

Day 5 - Its almost 1pm and I'm still not hungry... Better get on with my husks & packs. Well I'm just after getting ready for a business appointment and stepped on the scales...I liked what I saw. However, I am away on business for a couple of days, starting this afternoon so that will be a huge test for me.

Good luck to you all,

Conor

Hey Conner well done for reaching day 5 your doing fabulous stay strong while away and u will have a fantastic wi result :-) x

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Glad to help Conor

Well done on getting to day 5, you should be well in ketosis by now which will be keeping the hunger at bay. You will still get cravings though, but just try and keep yourself busy at these times and it will soon pass.

You are doing fab Conor, keep it up

Well done Conor - your head is obviously 'in the zone' and so you're much more likely to succeed.
The sheer novelty and excitement of seeing real results is one of the big plus points of this diet. I can't wait to see your WK1 weigh in on Saturday!

Keep up the fab work

hi conor just found your diary. You are doing so well. good luck with your days away I look forward to your weigh in, am excited for you!

Hi Ladies,
Lovely to hear from all you lovely ladies. Apologies for the delay in replying, but I am staying with my parents while on business in Galway. To-day was beautiful, like a summers day. I am going back to Salthill beach soon for a walk in the fresh sea air.

Did okay, but not getting in as much water as I'd like... Might bring a 2ltr bottle of agua on my walk.

Just had a quick snoop on your threads, and you ladies are doing fab, really putting it up to us blokes... While I remembered to pack my sachets & bars, I forgot my Psyllium husks, and I miss them. Still I figure, what I don't loose this week, I'll loose next week!

Best of luck ladies & thanks for all the encouragement,

Conor