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Looking forward to reading how you get on!

I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to read. To mull over everything. I'm back again, more weight to lose, i'm feeling quite fed up. /Adele I was here a couple of years ago. Lost some, now gained some again, like many of us I suppose! Exante/VLCD works for me, although it is a...

Hi Pierce, I hope I didn't sound peevish! ;) It's great that minimins is back. And just when I need you too, you must have read my mind/my scales! Seriously, thanks for the hard work, and thanks minimins for coming back.

Hello and welcome back! I'm slightly apprehensive, because there seem to be much fewer posters here and a lot of the threads are really old. Is there a way of making it clearer which ones are from before the closure so people aren't posting to ghostly uninhabited threads?

Well done Katie!

I'm still here! Just busy with school hols. Away on holidays for the next fortnight, so I am going to take a break from the plan, but fully intend to make good food choices and go back on total solution when we get back. Hang on in there everyone!

Good luck! :-)

Blimey, that pasta carbonara is so SALTY. It is demoted to my least favourite of the hot meals. But actually they are all not bad. I'm almost looking forward to getting back into ketosis/on plan properly. I ordered some dresses from *a well known online retailer that features frolicking young...

2lbs down this week, which is not bad considering I took a day and a half off the plan. I was an extra 2lbs down earlier in the week, but it looks like the curry on Friday night added it on again! I'm not too upset. I knew that this was coming and I planned to eat. I am not telling anybody apart...

Had a spag bol tonight and again I was quite impressed with it all things considered. I am currently doing a shake for breakfast, 3/4 of a bar for lunch and a hot meal for dinner, with the other 1/4 of the bar for when I am feeling like a boost. Still feeling whoozy, so I am going to have a...

Note to self: Do not embark on an afternoon baking extravaganza with the kids when on a diet. It is not a wholesome and productive activity if the end result is gorging oneself on cheese scones in the name of "experimental recipe" tasting. :rolleyes: Talk about self sabotage!

How's the tiredness Claire? I'm feeling wiped out too. Has it got any better?

hello there! I keep on getting "cut off" by a baby who likes clicking the shut-down button on my computer. Fair enough. I suppose. I'm still feeling very weak which is a pity as I thought it might have worn off by now. It could be because I am on my TOTM, but not sure. I have started on Spatone...

I was very pleased with my "weigh in" yesterday morning. 9lbs! This diet really works! I *think* I look a little less puffy around the face too, and i could be imagining it but my boobs may be shrinking. Back fat is stubbornly hanging on there though! :D First thing to pile on when I put on...

Thanks Katie. I have no idea you could subsbribe to diaries. I'm hopeless at this! lol! Well done on your weight loss so far, you are doing brilliantly.

Wow, that is an amazing difference! We'll done!

Day 7 in the slinky house. Almost made it through one week. Yay! It's fab that I got into ketosis quite quickly and don't feel hungry, but I'm quite worried about the feeling faint thing. It has been going on a couple of days and hasn't subsided. So much so, that I resisted going for a long...

Thanks suzie. How did the graduation go?

Yes, it works. If you stick to it, it can't not work. It's not easy, but no diet is. I find this one easier than others. (Might contradict myself several times on this forum over the coming weeks, lol!)

Good to know I'm not unusual. I'm still feeling a bit "delicate". Even after having had my latest pack. We'll see how we go.

Thank you!

(Contains food references- sorry, most of my posts do! Be warned!!!) This is day six or is it day 5? No I think it is day 6. I'm well confused with all this dizziness. Anyway, I thought I posted with my thoughts on carbonara but can't see it. (Salty, watery, but actually not too bad). I'm not...

Feeling faint And getting "whities" quite a bit today. Day 5 (or is it 6?) is this normal? I don't feel hungry any more and I think ketosis kicked in a couple of days ago. I don't think I'm under drinking, although I may have yesterday as was out and about frantically running after kids all day...

On exante total vlcd. Feeling faint And getting "whities" quite a bit today. Day 5 (or is it 6?) is this normal?

Well done on your loss so far, I'm sure you'll do brilliantly on JUDDD

Well, I added about 130 m&s of water, left to sit covered for 5mins then nuked for 2.5mins. Result? A bit gloopier that ideal, but actually not bad at all. A tad salty maybe. Overall, quite impressed! Looking forward to trying the others tomorrow. :eating:

Wondering what you find the best way to prepare the pasta hot meal before I make a mess of it?

Good to know Natalie thanks! It's early days for me but I'm struggling with the milkshakes. Once I'm more in the zone it won't be an issue. What do you usually have? x

REALLY didn't like the apple and cinnamon porridge last night. Good texture but FAR too sweet and cloying. It was a real struggle to eat it. I had it in the evening as I wanted something warm and have run out of meals. (Some more ordered). Had a sneaky weigh in this morning and I'm under 11...

Each day? Or for example can you have 3 bars or 3 meals instead of say a milkshake, meal and a bar?

Great loss!

Didn't think the toffee was too bad actually. Had the chocolate hot and it was pretty horrid. Will try it cold.

Today's kitchen fail involved not putting the top on the blender properly. Lots of lovely toffee flavour milkshake and ice on kitchen walls. Hohum. It was nice though. Particularly with the crushed ice. Chocolate bar is interesting. Not sure I like it or not. It kind of has the texture of the...

I know what you mean about the soups. I always felt like I wasn't having a proper meal when having a soup when not on a diet as it is. ( and with that psychology is it no wonder I am overweight?!) as it is I'm a bit meh about the milkshakes. They are just upgraded drinks, which don't count as...

Day two in the operation slinky house. Had a red berry bar for breakfast/ morning snack. Bleurgh. These are nothing like I remember them. The red chilli at lunch was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if the hot meals are new since I did this last, but I am regretting now getting so many...

Oh interesting about the carbonara, haven't tried it yet. The chilli wasn't bad for me today.

27lbs in 2 months is amazing! Hang on in there, you can do it again!

Day one. Challenge 1: mix banana milkshake without covering oneself and kitchen with same. Ok, lesson learned. I will not attempt this with an electric whisk and a mug in future!!! I don't know whether this fail tarnished my experience but I heartily disliked the banana milkshake, which was...

How's it going?

I went to sainsbury's yesterday and their flavoured water (fizzy and non) with malic acid seem to contain things like apple juice from concentrate also, which is confusing me if this is allowed on the diet. Or have I got this wrong? I'm wondering if Sainsbury's have changed their...

Actually are you sure that Ribena light is allowed? There is blackcurrant juice from concentrate in it?

Thanks. That's good to know about ribena light too. x

Hi Abbie. Great to have someone about the same. I am 5ft 3 too. It is frustrating that if we were a couple of inches or so taller we could carry the weight eh?! To be honest the babies are just an excuse for me. When I am pregnant I go into cake overdrive! Have you done a VLCD before? I haven't...

I just remembered that I would like to get some water powder flavouring, but apparently I can't change my order now that I've placed it and I am a bit miffed that I will have to pay extra postage if I order some now. Boo. Is there anywhere else I can get some that won't affect the ketosis? And...

Oh, and my stats to the left are REALLY OUT OF DATE!!! I must change them. :)

Hello, it's me, I'm back!!!! Not that anyone will notice/remember, but hey. :D I lost loads on a lighter life diet about 6 years ago which was brilliant, and put on some again. Lost well on Exante for one month about 4 years ago, and then put on again. :sigh: I'm not going down the lighter...

Well, I'm still here! :D Just! I have moved to working solution. If anybody can stick to total, and plenty here are able to, that is much better, let's face it, and kudos to those who do. I have to be honest, I do feel like a failure for not sticking to the total solution. But I have to pull...

Well done Sarah, Great News! :D

Well done! You look so much younger too!

You have a point there Chika. I have no problem weighing daily when I've been really good, or on plan, but avoid the scales if there is any chance I have gained. Which means of course, I was in complete denial every time I put on weight. I have had the occasional sneaky scales peek in between...

Ach, I'm alright thanks. Just. I'm starving and have a thumping headache. Serves me right, lol! I was supposed to weigh in yesterday, but I dare not. Terrified what the scales will tell me.

:sniff: (I'm a bit wibbly and teary tonight) Seriously. I need to bring this back. It's just gutting that after weeks of hard work I'll have to start all over. Oh BLAH! Thanks though Jan. I will try and start again. Clean slate. From scratch. Tomorrow. I'm off to bed tonight. Line under.

Sorry to bring a downer on anyone reading my diary. But I'm really struggling. I don't know if it is a week 4 thing, or if it is just a "I'm so frigging bored I could eat my earwax!" thing, but I am failing left right and centre. I'm not in ketosis any more, AS IF! With the amount of carbs...

WHAT a bloody weekend! On friday evening I was sighing to myself. "If only I had an excuse for a pig out." Well, I've had a couple of excuses and I've had my blow out, and I'm feeling well rubbish now. I spent a couple of hours in A&E with my daughter getting her glued after an argument with a...

Aw, thanks Joanne. I need to keep thinking that way though, and big it up to myself. I have lost a stone in 3 weeks. And although the losses are likely to slow down a bit, there is nothing to stop me losing another stone by the end of February. However, I am just getting so bored with this now...

Hello! I moved to London from Dublin not knowing anyone either, and my BF joined me in the summer and is still here about 20 years later. Love the name by the way! Good luck with the weight loss.

Looking brilliant! Well done!

Whoop! Well I've reached the one stone off mark and pretty pleased with myself. I have only gone down by one measly ell bee this week, but to be honest, my losses were so ridiculously high for the previous two weeks I'm not surprised that it's evening out a bit. :)

Lol, I'd forgotten that one Cybill. Good idea!

Yay! Well done!

Wowsers, another great loss! It's fingers up to those who believe that new years resolutions are all broken by week three!!! Well done!

I totally relate with what you're saying here Angie, about feeling like "well I was never hot anyway" whether we were or not, but I think you are being hard on yourself, and I think it's sad that you think that you are "not that attractive". If that's you in the photo in your avatar, you look...

Well done!

Wow! Blimey! 2 bloody stone! That's some loss in 3 weeks! Well done. Bet you feel well chuffed! Keep it up.

Great post thanks! Interesting about olives of all things being a complete no no. Who would have thought it!?

I defy the odds by not being sure about either Marmite or Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper is too sweet, but if you went mad at the supermarket, try watering it down with fizzy water, and it's not too bad. If I could make marmite slightly less salty, then I would like it more. Marmite: Reduced Salt. I...

I wonder will they be doing Exante any week?

This time with colour! :D Cybill - 14lb - 9lbs lost, 5lbs to go Teetiefunk- 14lb - 12.5lbs lost 1.5lbs to go Poppygirl - 28lb Chubbzey - 14lb Kenshin112 - 28lb spyro2008 - 14lb - 9lbs lost, 5 lbs to go JoanneM - 18lbs - 10.4 lost, 7.6 to go polishrose- 25lbs - 12 lost-13 to go Sazzler -...

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I was getting all excited there and mooching around for the car keys to go to the supermarket and then I thought. "I'm going to drive to the supermarket. To check the ingredients on a packet of JELLY." I don't even like jelly. This diet is actually driving me completely mad. :D

They are all such pretty, bright young girls. It would be great if they considered staying in education and making something of themselves rather than just resigning themselves to their "Man's world". But I guess it is a cultural thing. Lol at the dresses though. That poor tot in that massive...

Yeah, well done Nicola! And you were very brave to go on TV too. Enjoy your footie!

Doing great 124! Keep it up!

Day, um, lost count, in the Slinky house. Weigh in day. Week two -5lbs. Really pleased and somewhat surprised, as I thought it would be lower. However, everyone has different rythyms and I'll probably have no loss or 1lb next week. Saying that, I felt very peculiar this morning. Shaky, weak...

I'm feeling much better now, but still kind of wibbly. That was quite scary actually, it was quite full on. I wonder did I accidentally not eat three packs or something yesterday (I think I did though.) I had a cup of hot sweet tea (yes, one sugar) and a snooze and am feeling less weird now...

that's a great idea MummyTum. Let us know how you got on, and of course show us the dress!!

Today I'm feeling very unwell. I'm very faint, light headed and feel weak. (e.g my legs are wobbly) I also feel nauseous and freezing cold, particularly my hands. Could this be anything to do with the diet? (I'm on Exante total solution.) Or is it just coincidence. I'm a bit worried.

I prefer the exante shakes, they aren't as sweet as the LL ones. Try adding a sweetener. I don't know what to suggest about the soups. I wasn't brave enough to try them, so have no idea what they're like!

Daily weigh ins can vary so much they are virtually meaningless. So why do I jump on the scales at every opportunity?! LOL! I guess it is kind of addictive. Have to agree with everyone here. Even if you are tempted to jump on the scales, don't take it to heart and either do your formal weigh in...

Aw, hugs to you Mamakash. Operations are scary. And even worse I think with the uncertainty of not knowing when they will happen. I'm sure you'll be in and out in no time. x

There is only one thing worse than being in a supermarket aisle full of your favourite sinful foods, and that is being in a supermarket aisle full of your favourite sinful foods that are all marked down to half price. I shielded my eyes as I passed the @!$$4 section and headed straight for...

I'm back on the Bouillion! I didn't feel too bad yesterday evening after my small Saturday diversion, and getting through a mound of ironing made me feel very smug about myself re-embracing the programme. Not least because Slinkyboy decided to order in a p!&&4 for himself, the sod! So I glowered...

Hi, you can get reduced salt bouillon. Same brand. I drink about 3 cups a day, but they are fairly weak. I don't know what the limit should be.

Yes, i do need to uptake that water in the mornings and early afternoons. It has amost become a habit not to drink enough. I'm finding it very hard to get the water down. I had that party yesterday and gripped a glass of fizz for the whole evening. It was lukewarm and flat by 9pm. I have to...

We've a similar amount to lose as well Lexyell. Good luck and let me know how you are getting on.

Day something... [counts silently on fingers] Day TEN in the Starving Slinky house. 10 whole days of will power and self deprivation. I am a bloody LEGEND. Go ME! AND my cupboard full of 1.5 litre fizzy water, my shexy Krups hand blender and plastic Tesco measuring jugs. AND my funky Marigold...

Hmm. Good point Babystar. I already split my morning vanilla to have with coffee, but I might try splitting the other two as well to spread them out a bit.

Brush yourself down and draw a line under it. Lots of water and start anew tomorrow. x

Well done Laura!

I have on off light headedness with the total solution and I'm very tired in the afternoons. Should I consider adding another pack, or could it be that I'm not having enough water? :faint2:

So we can also have Tesco High Juice apple, strawberry and rhubarb? That's great if we can. I'll get some next week. I'd love to find more stuff like the Sainsbury's fizzy malic acid flavoured waters. I don't get to Sainsbury's very often and only Tesco and M&S are handy for me.

I'm wondering what the posh toothpaste is! :D

Hi OneTwoFour. Can I call you 124? ;) Welcome to the forum. It's a complete life saver for me, these ladies and gents have pulled me back from the brink of giving up lots of times. Great motivation to surprise your Mum by the way. Nothing to do with CBT, but I remember last time when I was doing...

I've been tempted to ask this too. I got through Lighter Life by turning shakes and bars into biscuits.

Aw Dreamer, well done on just moving on from it. Well done on your commitment to the gym. I can't get my head into the exercise zone yet, and admire anybody who is working out as well as coping with this diet.

The weekend is now looming. Slinkyboy has returned from his travels and is tempting me a lot. Not with his hot bod (as if!? ha!) but last night he was muttering about wanting to order a Chinese AT 10PM!!! I talked him out of it. Tonight he has slipped out to buy himself a couple of beers. At...

They clearly have never done a VLCD, or don't know anyone who has. Sheesh! Given the option to be stupid enough to to remain obese and suffer from an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer, or to drop the weight with a very low calorie diet, I know which I would choose.

Brilliant pictures. You guys are an inspiration!

Weigh in Day Week 1: -8lbs. RESULT! Very pleased. Yesterday I got in some fish and veg and salad, and by the evening, I wasn't that interested in eating anyway. Similarly tonight (so far!) I'm not tempted. So for the moment I'm still on TFR, but with an open mind. It was such a relief not to...

Thanks Lynn! :)

Hey angie-bum, I remember you from my last VLCD experience in 2008ish. I did go for a boiled egg in the end, and actually it really helped. I'm considering moving to working solution sometime next week if I find this too much hard going. I was surprised by the strength of feeling in me last...

Thanks everyone. :) And Katie, thanks, I'd love to be your diet buddy. I'm so bloody relieved that I didn't cave in last night. It would have thrown my head, and my insides, all over the place. And with my first proper weigh in tomorrow morning, it would be such a pity to let my scales leer at...

Thanks everyone. I'm a bit calmer now. It's weird how the craving is so full on in the evenings. And weird how strong it is. I did boil an egg and then had two mugs of swiss bouillon, and then 20 mins later had a hot banana shake with cinnamon, and now I'm feeling a lot better. I'm sitting...

Thanks for the kind posts guys. i'm blubbing now. Cybill, you are such an inspiration with your weightloss, and I love your balloons, and it's just made me think I am going to have to pull some more strength out of the bag from somewhere. It's not even been a week. I need to do this for me. I'll...

I'm feeling very low and sat here on the edge of tears. I don't think I can do this. I'm wondering if instead of dialling something unmentionable I should have something, like a boiled egg and some peas and cucumber. I feel so bloody pathetic. :tear_drop:

Thanks everyone. I feel very low today tbh, and yet again am hovering over the phone, dying to to dial something in. It is always the time of day where I get really really starving, and it seems like nothing has changed, even though it's the end of day 6. I'm beginning to think a VLCD is not for...

There's a thought coolchick. My daughter is 7 and loves going horseriding when she's on holidays so I was thinking of checking it out locally anyway so she could do it.

Last time I lost a lot three stone I was going to treat myself to an iphone with an inscription on the back to remind me not to put it all back on again. I never got one. Partly because I couldn't think what to have inscribed on the back. Two lessons to learn here: if I had got an iphone, then...

I used to horseride (albeit a million years ago as a teenager) and it was really hard work on the bum and thighs! I only do it once every couple of years now, and OH how I feel it the next day. Ouch!

Hi Mark, welcome and good luck on Exante!

YEAH BABY, YEAH!! :austin powers: I need to get my own diary here as I keep littering the main page with "I feel miserable" posts. End of Day 5 in the Slinky house, and I feel like I am still not in ketosis because I am still starving and am sat up in bed resisting gnawing one of the bed...

WOW! Well done!

I really want to try the bars, but bought the shakes bumper pack, and I don't want to shell out the minimum £36 on bars that I may or may not like. :(

(Getting There) Claire just show him your sig, and your public declaration of love and how can he refuse! :P I love the idea of Pandora beads for each stone loss, it will serve as a reminder and an incentive to keep those pesky lbs off too! But I don't wear jewellery really, so I won't be doing...

I bought some really nice tasting Twinings Rose Tea in the supermarket, but am now worried that it is forbidden because it is a "flower tea". Is rooibos/redbush tea allowed?

I'm on day 4 and I've been feeling woozy and a bit dopey too. I keep on dropping things and getting the days mixed up. I'm also crabby as hell. Fair does for cooking your family a roast. I've just sent my family out to "get their own bloody dinner!" I think my OH is secretly relieved. I keep...

Wouldn't have thought so. Good luck to your Mum!

Thanks everyone. I'm now on day 4 of Exante, and finding it tough, but I know once I'm in ketosis I'll find it a lot easier. :) You'll find me in the Exante forum!

Well done on your loss Millux, and thanks for the inspirational words.

I made an accidental discovery this morning when making hot vanilla shake with coffee. The vanilla on it's own, but hot is actually lovely. I wonder what the strawberry one is like hot.

My kids treats this week consist of raisins, rice cakes snackajacks and maccaroons, namely stuff that I wouldn't touch with a barge pole. I cooked lamb for the family tonight, on the basis that I never eat it, and I intend to continue in that vein. Everyone in this house is going to be eating...

Day three in the Slinky house. Weeing non stop, freezing, headachey, bored of water, bored of shakes, but mostly, MOSTLY starving. I'm really flagging. I'm so glad my OH is here, because it is almost only pride stopping me from dialling something unmentionable on this forum. I KNOW I need to...

Aw thanks. needed that! (((((((:))))))))))

So far so good Bobby. Between now and about 10.30 is a danger period for me though. I'm feeling really ratty right now, can't wait for the kids to go to bed LOL!

Hey Kaz, we started on the same day! Well done us for getting through day one! Hang on in there, we can do it!

I found it hard to sleep the last time I did a VLCD, and ended up reading lots into the small hours. I had no trouble last night though, my first night on VLCD in a couple of years, and slept like a baby. Hope it lasts!

Wow, you look great. You look much younger in those recent pics.

It's a good motivation for weightloss, weddings, whether you are the bride or not. I hated that feeling that when people haven't seen you for ages and you feel like a sack of potatoes. And that horrible quandary of WHAT to wear! I've been a bridesmaid a couple of times too. Once when I was a...

And I feel really chuffed. Now all I need to do is do it again tomorrow and take it from there!

Eh? If you want some more to do I'll give you my address. My house is a complete mess and I don't know where to start. I managed to clear out some cupboards earlier when I would usually be preparing an enormous lunch for myself, so perhaps my house will be spick and span in a few weeks... :D

Trying this at breakfast!

mmmm. Cinnamon with Banana milkshake sounds good! Must try that tomorrow.

Are all tablet sweeteners okay to use? Which ones do you use?

Yay, I won't feel so bad about it then. I have just had my third shake of the day, a vanilla, and it would work perfectly in coffee. It's much less sweet and sickly than the lighter life version, which is good. Still wouldn't go with tea though. I have had a couple of Redbush teas without milk...

Aw Kev, I feel your pain. I'm only at the end of day one and my head is killing me. I've been really ratty with the kids this evening too. :( Hopefully it won't take long for you now, some people on here are in ketosis by day 3. I think I went pretty fast the last time I did this, but I didn't...

...isn't it? I'm not complaining actually, I don't like my chocolate overly sweet, but just wondering. Is it splenda we can have or which sweetener?

I know what you mean Sleepy. I have been trying to get off coffee for the last few months, it was making me jittery and a bit nauseous, particularly in the morning. So I haven't reordered any Nespresso capsules! Coffee with vanilla milkshake would work, but I can't see it working with tea...

Cybill - 51lb Teetiefunk - 40lb JoanneM - 47.5lb, 6.8 lost, 40.7 to go. Getting there- 40lb JCJazzy-46lb babystar31 - 50lb polishrose - 50lb-3 lost- 47 to go Tasha37 - 49lbs Divalicious - 50lbs Julie2011 - 35lbs Fortyandfat - 17lbs Springermad - 40lbs GetFitGirl - 50lbs Mia - 42lb TT Tessie...

Thanks K8te, I hope to lose 3 stone, but a nice round number of 40lbs would be just fab. I've just measured my waist and am slightly shocked. Presumably we are supposed to measure it in all its wobbly glory and not cinched in like the waist of our jeans? Mine is beyond muffin top and falls short...

This was one of my major gripes about doing a VLCD last time. I am addicted to my cuppa and will happily down six cups a day, sometimes more. However, they just have to have a mere dash of skimmed milk in. Tea without milk just tastes peculiar to me, and despite trying to get used to it, I never...

In Lighter Life, which is a similar VLCD food replacement diet, we had little soup drink sachets that were allowed as drinks. Apparently they were the same as the Swiss Bouillon that you can buy in supermarkets and which was much cheaper. Presumably as the same principal applies, you can have...

I started this morning (5th), so I'm a fraud posting here, but it seems a nice friendly place to start, and I intend to catch up with you lot! I lost 3 stone 2 years ago with Lighter Life, but didn't like the counselling element of it. I will miss the support of the girls I did it with, but I...

Excellent! Put me in for 14lbs then. :)

I'd love to join in, but don't have my essential equipment yet. (Snow + lack of forward planning etc.) Will I be welcome if I get it within the next few days or should I wait until Feb?

Hi everyone, I accidentally double posted because I had this on the vlcd section too. I think I might give Exante a try. As I said over in VLCD (that sounds like a disease doesn't it?!) I need to convince myself to go for it NOW rather than wait until after Christmas, because the only person i'm...

LOL that my post count is only 3. I think i must have posted 1000s back when I joined in 2008...

Thanks peeps. I think I might give Exante a go actually, they seem very reasonable. And I won't have to get all touchy feely with my old Lighter Life counsellor! What they say is true though. It is MUCH harder to do it a second/third/fourth/nth time. Just even to get started, to get the head in...

I should have put this post in here rather than in introductions really. Here it goes: Hello again. I lost 3 stone a couple of years ago on Lighter Life. I was delighted, but since then I went through a difficult patch and have basically piled it all back on. I realise that a very low...

Hello again. I lost 3 stone a couple of years ago on Lighter Life. I was delighted, but since then I went through a difficult patch and have basically piled it all back on. I realise that a very low calorie diet is the only way to go for me, as it was the only thing that has ever worked, but I...