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Well..16 weeks down - 4 stone and 1 pound gone. This weather is horrible (much prefer Spring and Autumn personally) but it's a great appetite suppressant. I've also switched to Lifestyle because I just can't stomach hot meals in this weather. I still take my curry noodle soup to work, but...

Today I celebrate being overweight :) Because it means I am no longer 'obese'. BMI below 30! Woot.

Half Century achieved.. and just over half way. I've also abused the hell out of the sales, and even excited myself by realising I can now buy a size 10-12 top. Now if my bum would just catch on, everything would be great. I have 8 and a half weeks left on S&S until I refeed and prepare...

Bought my first Dr Pepper Zero today.. I haven't had any of the coke/Dr P zero's since starting dieting 3 months ago.. and it tastes so incredibly weird to me now. I used to love it, but now I don't think I'll be buying it again. Blegh.

In to the 15's! Inching slowly closer to being simply overweight rather than obese with my bmi PLUS people are really starting to notice. Feeling good about being somewhere near to where I want to be for my holiday in September.

Have you tried the mousse mix with a shake after dinner? I quite like that as a pudding. Or I have a chocolate shake hot with half a spoon of orange water flavouring in it.. very tasty as an evening treat.

I have a litre bottle at work and force myself to get through one am and one pm, I also have a litre 'cup' at home and fill it up when I make my dinner and then make sure it's gone before bed. I find if I use smaller glasses or containers I lose track of what I'm doing. Also have my black...

Using your veg allowance with the dinner type meal packs helps all of them a lot :) I like brussel sprouts with the cheesy pasta. And I find jullienned courgette goes great with the spaghetti meals.

Nice round 3 stone lost :D

I started this weight loss thing a little over a year ago. I was a size 22 top and a size 28 bottom. Today I am a size 14 top and a size 18 bottom. Still have a long way to go, but my first big goal was to be able to get into the 'normal' size range in most high street shops. Can I get...

If I can shift another 3lb I'll have lost 3 stone so far, which is really good for me :) If I could shift another 2.5-3 stone by my holiday at the end of September then I'll be well pleased as I'd be at about 13ish then. I have some guesstimate goal of 11 stone in the end, but that seems like...

I spent 8 weeks on exante before switching 2 weeks ago. S&S tastes much better with many more options. Being able to choose exactly what you want is a definite bonus too. I'm really glad I switched and would totally recommend it :)

Hey folks. I was doing Exante for 8 weeks before getting fed up with the limited choices, so I tried a Slim & Save taster pack and was immediately sold. I've been doing S&S for two weeks now and am finding it an awful lot better - and the weightloss just keeps on going, which is always a plus...

This is going to be my last Exante weigh in as I'm jumping ship to Slim&Save - I got a trial pack when I was trying to stomach the idea of another 4 weeks on vanilla shakes and pasta carbonara, and it's like a taste explosion lol. My tastebuds haven't been this excited since I discovered salted...

I've been doing up my garden mostly. Good exercise and my herb patch is getting more impressive. Although I have summer plans for cocktails with that, so it's not just to look pretty. For me I tend to buy nail varnish and then waste my evenings painting silly designs on them and faffing...

The muffins are kind of scary.. but maybe good for one of those days where you just really need something different. I've been a couple times but all east coast, Toronto/London/Mississauga. I'd like to go to Vancouver. I'm doing good thanks, Minnie :) Nearly at the end of my work annual...

Maybe something to celebrate with once dieting time is over then. That or a proper trip to Canada for the real thing. I mixed a little water with my shake until it turned to cake-mix consistency (doesn't take much water) and then popped it in the microwave. My microwave is overpowered so it...

4 Lb off this week :) Well pleased

Did you manage to try it Chelly? Is it worth hunting down? Today I tried making a milkshake muffin. Not sure I'll try it again.

Courgette 'noodles' as an alternative are great. I like mine with a thai peanut sauce. Much more palatable than these 0 noodley evils. Elastic bands is a great description of them. Bleh.

I spent a couple days before I started this doing my 5:2 diet style 'fasting' (something I plan to go back to once I shift the bulk of the weight with Exante) and it really helped with the first few days. I didn't really get headaches or anything, the worst I had was being cold, but that's more...

Totally loved Tim Horton's when I've been in Canada. I didn't know there were any over here at all! Now I need to try and see if I can find anything nearby

I would really love just the cucumber right now! I walk past so many fast food shops on the way to and from work, and I keep eyeing up the salad garnish more than anything else!

The porridge definitely tastes like Rusks to me! I like it on cold evenings (which are happening a lot lately - grr weather)

Inch loss is always really satisfying! Well done on sticking with the diet and the no smoking, that's amazing to be doing it at the same time. Willpower of steel!

9 Lb off is brilliant, but I don't know if you're like me, but the clothes fitting is the most exciting part! Cruise for work sounds pretty amazing, hope you can enjoy it around the work parts!!

Annnnd 16's! Just barely, but still :D I don't normally weigh this frequently, but I need the little morale boosts at the moment. It's the busiest time of year at work and while I oddly enjoy most of it, it's killing off braincells left and right (and there weren't that many there to start...

2 stone badge got :) Plus an extra 2Lb on top.. I may hate totm, but I like what happens once it goes away. 1 more Lb until the 16's :eek:

I like to draw a lot, and indulge in video games, reading and cheesy TV. I've also got really into gardening lately, but I wish the weather would behave itself.

It was the same loss this time last month too, so I can't say I'm disappointed with it, especially with the way my clothing is going too. It's definitely positive. I'm just a grumpy-knickers at the moment! It'll pass :) And that 2stone badge will be mine very soon!

Tried these tonight and no amount of seasoning could save them. That texture is incredibly weird/rubbery. I couldn't keep eating them :(

The couch to 5k app looks really good, I'd like to shrink a bit more before killing my knees. I also like the look of zombies run - that sounds like a running app that would motivate :)

Realllly close, I did stick two fingers up to the scales this morning when I was 1 lb off, haha

Fingers crossed for 10's on WI :) Sounds like you should make it, and that will be amazing!

TOTM again :mad: It always makes me so grumpy (yay hormones). But another 2 Lb off this week, and officially down two dress sizes top and bottom :) So I can't be too grouchy. I'm a total pear so 20 on botton and 14 on top now (shrink please, bum!)

I've put a little peach powder into a vanilla shake.. kind of peach melba-y. It's pretty good. Or maybe anything different seems good..haha. But too much powder and everything is really sweet. I don't have a very sweet tooth so it can get overpowering fast.

Spent the day taking advantage of this nice weather and got my garden back from its winter state. Lots of mowing, weeding, digging and planting. Very productive. Just had a few moments where I had to stop for a bit because I was horribly dizzy :/ Woo. Ah well, everything is much nicer now...

Today I'm stuck doing local election duties in the smallest station in the county. Slow day will be slow. But it's also weigh in day and it's another 3 pounds off this week :) really hoping next week will get me to my two stone badge

Funnily, today I can get into them. I'm confused but not complaining! Magical shrinking arse is not something to be sniffed at (and that is a weird sentence now I've typed it) I also got excited when I could buy something in Primark. Tried on the size I assumed I might be and it was hanging...

The tomato soup is really only fit for the bin, I can't stomach it even with added seasoning. Veg and Mushroom are ok though :) But I prefer the carbonara over all the soups. I only went for a pick your own box this month - more expensive but I spent more money buying things to replace what I...

If you get the carbonara nice and hot on the hob and then leave it to stand for a couple minutes it should give the pasta chance to soak up the liquid. Needs a little patience (not always easy when hungry lol) but it works ok :)

I've had bars the whole time and done fine, I think it's Lighter Life that keeps you off bars to start with (someone can correct me if I'm wrong) Bath/shower to warm up definitely helps! I went straight to bed after that even if I was just messing around with a book or laptop :) Thankfully it...

The end of week 1 was the worst for me, I was tired and really cold so I'd end up having a bath of an evening just to warm up enough to be able to sleep and then went to bed early. Thankfully that only lasted a few days. Keep going! You're nearly through it :)

Congrats on your first week, that's a great loss! I don't know about Tesco water, but I do like the peach Exante flavouring mixed with tea, left to cool and then iced.. it's really yummy if you like iced tea :)

Aww no :( That's such a shame, especially when you're in the zone and doing so well on it. Darn bodies not playing ball. Good luck with the move to SW though! I'm sure you'll do great with it :)

I was very good on event night, even though there were nibbles everywhere and people were seemingly desperate to give me drinks. It was a promo night for a new hair salon, so I booked myself in for a cut today instead as a treat for getting through the first 4 weeks. Now if I could just get...

I keep losing track since I weigh on a Thursday but started this on a Monday! Thank god for MFP tracking :) WannabeSkinnyMinnie13- 14lb to lose- 12lb lost- 2lb to go Jael001 - 14lb to lose - 13.5lb lost - 0.5lb to go Nix - 14lb to lose - 8.25lb lost -5.75lb to go Giggles - 14lb to lose -...

Thanks ladies :) I'm pleased with my first month. And even more pleased that I never need to go near an Exante soup again, lol. I normally love soup, but the good, home made veggie kind, and not these. Going to an event later that is giving out free champagne.. that one's going to be a...

Pub for water sounds familiar ;) My friends are getting used to it now, not so many 'are you serious?' looks.

So close to the 13s, that will be amazing :) Congrats on another loss! You're doing awesome

Sorry for being so quiet lately, work has been sucking my will to live. Anyway: Week 4 done, ignored the whole additional food thing, and lost 4 Lb :) Really pleased with that, especially as it gets me to 22 Lb off in my first 4 week batch and another badge. Now I'm onto box #2 and I went...

Thanks for the input! I think I'll just keep on as I am and ignore food week, it all seems like it's asking for trouble. I like my routine (and the results) so I won't mess with it :) Got my fibre internet installed today.. so ridiculously happy with the speeds now.

Week 3 = 4 Lb off :) Much more like it after last week. But now it's heading into week 4 and the site says I should be having a small amount of food a day. How do other people deal with this? One of the things that keeps me 100% all the time is because I pick out my three packs of a...

I've never been to a spa - always too ashamed of myself, but maybe in the future :)

It sounds like you're making some amazing changes, it's really inspiring :) And congrats on another loss!

That's one hell of a work day, good luck getting through it. And good on you sticking to the plan, hope the scales start showing evidence of your hard work soon.

3lb this week, halfway there :) WannabeSkinnyMinnie13- 14lb to lose- 7lb lost- 7lb to go Jael001 - 14lb to lose - 6.75lb lost - 7.25lb to go Nix - 14lb to lose - 4lb lost -10lb to go Giggles - 14lb to lose - 6lb lost - 8lb to go katmat - 14lb to lose - 7lb lost - 7lb to go Time2go - 8lbs - 7lb...

Sounds like you had an amazing time, that's so great :D No need to apologise for being happy, you deserve it!

Busy busy busy, but progress at last as totm winds down. 3lb off this morning and into the 17's for the first time in years! Super excited by that :) Also discovered that there is such a thing as too much cayenne pepper in your pasta (tasty burning) and that I quite like mixing up half my...

Well WI day and still no movement. Still makes it 2lb for the week, and a loss is a loss is a loss. But I will continue to curse totm :| I've stuck to it 100%, drank a minimum 3 litres of water (plus coffees) and walked at least 4 miles a day (more on the weekend). Hopefully next week will...

I find the tomato and chicken soups to be vile. Can just about manage the mushroom and veg with some garlic powder and pepper/chilli. I won't be getting them with my next box though. I really like the porridge, tastes a bit like rusks to me :) And I like the carbonara with more water so...

Thanks guys :) I want to see that magical 17st show up - free of the 18's would be lovely.

Conventions must be a little daunting.. it's one thing being an actor and doing your job that way, buts cons can be pretty intense. Scales haven't moved since Saturday.. at that point I'd lost the extra 2 lb to make it an even stone loss, but not I'm in totm stasis :| And I only just got hit...

Oh jealousy does not even cover it! And Misha too! He's such an adorable weirdo :worthy:

Yeah I already saw the Walking Dead finale - I don't mind waiting a day for Game of Thrones to air here, but I can't wait until Fridays for Walking Dead stuff - especially with spoilers all over the internet! I like how the TV show is different enough from the comics that it keeps me guessing...

honking despite munchies trying to beat me!

Absolutely love Game of Thrones. I've read the books so many times, my copies are really scraggy looking. It's interesting seeing how the TV show changes things up. Having GoT to watch is filling the gap between the Walking Dead finishing and Teen Wolf (such an awful guilty pleasure) starting...

Ahh weird dreams are so odd! I had one where I mixed my shake and put it in a sandwich, took a bite and then freaked because it was carbs. Woke up very confused with myself lol

Good luck with it :D

Congrats on the 3lb, that's brilliant! Sorry to hear about the ear, but well done on keeping motivated and positive throughout :)

Quiet couple of days, especially as right now I'm a right grumpy bugger. Yay mood swings :P I would love for all of this to be over! Continuing to do well with the diet itself though, even though I got hit with a random case of the munchies this evening, still had a pack to go though which...

First week of April down and 4lb gone :) WannabeSkinnyMinnie13- 14lb to lose- 3lb lost- 11lb to go Jael001 - 14lb to lose - 1.75lb lost - 12.25lb to go Nix - 14lb to lose -4lb lost..10lb to go Giggles - 14lb to lose - 0lb lost - 14lb to go katmat - 14lb to lose - 4lb lost - 10lb to go...

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Man, I can definitely tell totm is coming, today has been hard work. Not through feeling hungry, but I've been so very tired. Been out all day and walking and such and felt so weak.. got shaky for a while. If this could stop, that'd be nice. I kind of just want to go to bed, but I need my...

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Hope so! Just dawned on me that TOTM is looming this weekend... arg! How does anyone else find that on a vlcd? Better? Worse? Same usual hell? On the plus side, I tend to overheat during that time, so maybe that will cancel out the ketosis coldness and I can feel normal! :p

AMAZING! Well done :D You'll soon have that sneaky shift into the 11s and beyond!!

Planning ahead for when food comes back sounds like a really sensible thing to do. I must admit that I'm already finding that a bit daunting since I live with fairly unhealthy people - I think just cooking for myself will have to happen eventually. Right now it's just nice to not have to think...

Thank you! Coming on here definitely helps with the willpower :) Adding spices to the soup is the only way I get through them - garlic granules and chilli powder are my new best buds!

Haha, yes they are! I am going to buy soooo many pairs of shoes, I can just feel it :p

Thanks! Hoping I can stick with the willpower on going out since I have yet more of it next week. Kind of getting used to watching people eat though, at least I'm not hungry!!

Thank you :D I will be dancing like an idiot! But a very happy idiot

Crusty bread - delicious carbs

The being cold thing is the worst part - I keep having a soak in the bath and then layering up and going to bed - with my laptop! It's a bit antosocial with my housemate, but it beats freezing.

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I have two cats, Duckie and Tribble who are both black and white mogs. And one dog - Loco Bean - who is a slightly mental Springer/Cocker cross.

So many bad horror films - Chernobyl diaries definitely felt like a waste of a good premise. I watched Stonehenge Apocalypse once - that was about as awful as it sounds.

Thanks, Jael :) Nothing is quite so motivating as a good result.. I know it's slowing down now, but still! It would have taken me a month to get this off the normal way.

Week 1 and 12Lb gone! :D So happy

Well, I survived a week :) And other than feeling cold of an evening (going to bed in multiple layers is kind of annoying) it's been pretty good and I've learnt a lot about the products. But - and most importantly - I've lost 12 pounds :D Happy happy! @gigglepants - The ice in the shakes...

Honk! And ahh week 1 weigh in tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Wow, you look amazing! Congratulations :) (I'm also jealous of your beautiful hair!)

I struggle to resist weighing every day at the moment, so power to you for holding off! I swear I'm becoming part fish with the amount of long baths I'm taking of an evening now..

Size 10 is incredible, well done! I'm sure you'll hit goal before you know it :) So close!

Another afternoon in the pub.. I swear I don't normally live like this. But had the afternoon off to celebrate a couple of birthdays, including a 60th. Was fun and I stuck to water and snuck my bar through the afternoon. Came home to my ebay delivery of porridge to try and omg, it tastes like...

Thanks for the tip, Jael.. I'll have another go. Only used half a spoon this time but maybe less is the key. Survived pub night with my coffee and fizzy water (my attempt at a treat lol) while surrounded by steaks and gammon and smothered chicken. +1 to willpower :D

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I can't dance for toffee (although give me a few weeks and then offer me toffee!) but yes! Give it a few months and I can flail madly in the sun with my heels on :) Today I decided I'd try Bouillon. Verdict: :yuk: Hot, nasty salt water. Not for me at all. Nipped home from work to stuff...

I'm on the bumper pack too and I think I've tried everything but the porridge and carbonara now.. still waiting for those to come in the post. I can handle all the shakes and bars but the tomato and chicken soups make me want to go hide in a corner. Next month will be picking my own :) looking...

Summer needs to be a good thing to look forward to, I'm sure we'll get there if we keep on going :) I'm becoming horribly aware of food adverts - they're everywhere! I'm not actually hungry, just the idea of eating sounds nice when all this stuff flashes up. Arg. I will have my nice cup of...

Yep, on day 5 at the moment! This is my first VLCD attempt, and it's going good so far

Congrats on the first 10lb :D Not having to do the group sessions and such is one of the things that sold me on Exante, I can't be doing with all of that. But the forums here are a great source of motivation :)

The first time I tried the toffee nut bar I could barely finish it, now it's some happy solid joy.. nom nom - choc orange is still my favourite, but I alternate them

Honking for 5 days :D

I found that one, thanks :) Shoved them up to swap so fingers crossed, else it'll be ebay

Had to edit my first post because I forgot one very important motivation: Holiday! I'm going back to Italy in September and I need to be able to do it without anxiety over my big behind. I went last autumn too and it was just beautiful - Florence is one of my favourite places now. I even lost...

Lumps are so bad :< I've found that if I just mix it up in my shaker and then microwave it then it's pretty good. Mushroom soup is actually - and thankfully - nice, so I'm glad I've at least got that to fall back on for my savoury kick - all these sweet things are going to get to me else...

Reading everything here is great for motivation :) And posting keeps up the distractions! Best of luck! x

Not too badly :) Past the omghungry stage for a couple days, and I think I finally mastered soups - even though the tomato and chicken ones can go die in a fire somewhere lol. Thankfully I don't do much for Easter, spent the night watching films with friends which was nice.

I'm in :) WannabeSkinnyMinnie13- 14lb to lose- 0lb lost- 14lb to go Jael001 - 14lb to lose - 0lb lost - 14lb to go Nix - 14lb to lose -0lb lost..14lb to go Giggles - 14lb to lose - 0lb lost - 14lb to go katmat - 14lb to lose - 0lb lost - 14lb to go.

Vanilla shake with coffee is my new happy place. And another day where I'm not feeling hungry :) I'm out at a friends place tonight, and while the guys will no doubt eat and drink, my friend is at least my diet buddy while being on LL! Day 1 was the worst, I visit my dad once a week and...

Thanks for the tips :) I need to keep experimenting - have a whole months worth to get through!! Mushroom tomorrow, and I usually love mushroom soup so hoping I saved the best for last. Garlic is always good :)

Too true about being lucky to even have a summer, jael! I wish the weather would be kind for once. I'm so over being cold now.

I'm currently at the end of day 3 and feeling surprisingly good. Spent the day out walking the dog and then nerding out with Doctor Who. I'm working through the bumper box and trying different combinations so that I can try and figure out what I like, then I'll go for a pick-your-own box...

I figured I'd start this whole diary business with outlining my motivations for losing weight, beyond the usual health aspects and whatever. Then I can look back at this and remind myself of these things. - Fashion. I love clothes. So much. But I'm entirely too aware of my size and feel...

In the last year I lost a couple stone just doing the usual eat sensibly route, but impatience has kicked in, especially after seeing a friend do so well with LL. I don't like the idea of meetings though, and I like that Exante has less of the aspartame and other rubbish so here I am! Day 1...

These are really cute, can't wait to actually be able to use one!

Super helpful! I started this morning and am devouring info like there's no tomorrow :)