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Well day one is done, been a bit of an up and down day where it has been so busy but managed to stick to everything. Breakfast Nimble bread x2 butter 3 syns and hex b Apple Lunch Pasta bake with tomatoes, peppers, onions and chopped up WW sausages 2 syns, low fat cheese on top hex a...

I think the idea of 'no more excuses' is something that a lot of us can relate to, there are always reasons to put starting a diet off, some of my personal favourites are, it's best to start on the 1st of the month, I've got a event coming up so I will start after that, and the oldest one, I...

Well my weight has stayed the same which I'm feeling ok about seeing as I've been eating now all week. Just wondering how you all got on? X

Hi, Thanks for checking up on me. I'm feeling pretty rough, only got discharged Friday evening and have had a tiring weekend. Have just been eating healthy foods rather than the slim and save products whilst I get back on my feet. X

I'm doing ok, just so tired. Am keeping myself dosed up on painkillers to avoid any attacks of pain. I obviously didn't follow slim and save whilst in hospital as I think would have been impossible to do. Am eating food now and was planning on for this week just until I am feeling better as...

Well I have only just got home this eve. Literally felt like the longest few days of my life!

I have private dental care as well just nothing else. Nah stayed in last night and still here now as well. I have a kidney stone so have even drinking loads and hoping it's going to pass x

So so, I'm still in hospital through. Waiting to see a doctor now and hoping to be coming home today x

My week diet wise has been fine and have stuck to the diet but have been in hospital twice and stayed in last night so can't weigh myself today :(

Not had a good day back in hospital this morning and might be here over night :( need to see what's going on as can't go on like this. Really know why people complain about the nhs now though. 9 hours to be given a pillow for my bed. Hope you are all hanging in there and doing ok. X

I am exactly the same. I did one a few years ago and lost around 4 stone and over the past 6 years it has just gone up till I was at my heaviest last year. It's hard doing it again I think as where it's hard to do you sort of think why am I putting myself through this again, why didn't I keep...

Hiya, Thanks. Am hoping for a reasonable loss this week but won't be surprised if it is lower due to being unwell. How far are you into the diet? You coping alright? X

No, didn't have any food as such but had a porridge slim and save sachet. It's more paracetamol based I think so hoping it will be ok. Was extremely dizzy and faint when I got back but I had literally had half a bar as the pain was to intense to have anything. The doctor said it could be that...

Yeah they gave me some painkillers and did some tests but they came back normal so the doctor think for might be an ovarian cyst so will need to wait for an outpatients appointment now to find out but am not in the intense pain i was in before which is good

Hey guys am having a real feel sorry for myself day, ended up at the hospital as has severe pain in my back and now been told that it might be a uti however it may be a kidney stone, oh lucky me :(

Congrats, hope that spurs you on to keep going.

I don't think I would be able to go and sit and not order anything. It might not be so bad if it was in a pub or something similar but this won't be, and I think a lot of his family will be there and I don't know them so they may think I'm really odd. When I did it successfully first time I...

It's difficult to hide away as we are a family that likes to sit together and it is always assumed that I am in a bad mood if I go off somewhere. I am on day 11 I think. I know it's all on my head that i need the food as I don't. I'm hoping that when my body starts changing and I'm in some...

Am having a real down day today, keep thinking about eating and to top it off my parents who I still live with are having one of my favourite dinners. Sausages, French bread, crisps, pickles and salad. I know they have to eat still but the thought of listening to my dad eat (he is a very noisy...

How did you get on with the trousers? Any luck with them yet?

Had an encouraging moment this morning, managed to fit into a pair of jeggings that I couldn't get fit into before. They are the same size as my current jeans but I couldn't get them up over my bum and thighs before. Admittedly it may have been a squeeze but they fit.

I haven't tried it so not sure on pricing but they do have a website so it might be worth looking at and seeing if it seems any diff to the ones you have tried. I don't think shakes and VLCD will ever taste good but they do have the benefit of quicker results. So I think it's about weighing up...

I think it depends on what you want from the shakes? If it is just protein then there is one called herbalife and I think they do a protein one but haven't tried it or of it's for weight loss

I have found sleeping an issue as well, usually I would take a little while to fall asleep but feel it's taking longer, almost like my brain won't switch off. I haven't tried the spag bol one yet bit ordered a couple, is it any good?

Well done. You feeling pleased? X

Thanks guys, how are you all getting on?

Hi, Which shakes have you tried? I did lighterlife when I was 16 and they were awful, I find the Cambridge ones just as bad now as well. Have tried exante which aren't bad and then slim and save which I have been on now for a week. I find their porridge very similar to real porridge and...

Weighing in for week one -12lbs :) And my parter lost -19lbs :) So pleased. Was so nervous standing on the scale even though it has no option but to be lower if you have stuck to plan

So pleased -12lbs for the first week :) My parter lost a huge 19lbs as well. So pleased for him

Hopefully, I've stuck to the plan and only had 3 cups of tea with a small amount of skimmed milk and coke zero as things to keep me going so fingers crossed

So tomorrow is the big day, weigh in day for week one! Nervous and excited at the same time to see what the number is x

Have people noticed that their breath doesn't smell as bad on slim and save as other VLCD as mine doesn't smell bad however my bf's does and he has been using up his Cambridge shakes and he stinks now lol

I've been doing ok, past couple of days have been better as haven't had a rely bad headache, still craving a lot of things though. How about you?

I have a weigh in on wed morning, did have a sneaky one the other day and it was down 5 pounds, annoyingly my partner has lost a stone in just a few days, can't help but feel a lite jealous of him x

Not to bad, on day 5 now. Think it helps that my bf is doing it as well, suffered really bad at the start with headaches at the start but they are easing now thank god! How about you? How are you getting on? X

It's all party here, a can of coke zero and take me out! Now that's a Saturday night anyone would be jealous off lol

Well it's day 4 and I caved for a can of coke zero. It's made me feel so full and have only have a few mouthfuls. I fe bad for having had it even though I know it's something that is allowed although not encouraged

The very first time I did the diet and lost a lot I was so strict on myself and didn't have anything I shouldn't have but each time I have attempted to do it since I last a couple of days and then cave so I'm hoping that this time if I can have the milk (skimmed) and only a small amount as I...

I will join, it's me and my partner so might put his weight loss on here as well. X

It's just so I can have a taste of something different or something to give me a boost. I used to drink a lot of diet coke and used it as my alternative to alcohol as I dont drink so was thinking it would be nice to have some after work as a pick me up. I tried drinking black tea when I did...

Not feeling as bad today, still have a headache though :( Did anyone drink coke zero or tea with skimmed milk whilst on the diet and if so did it affect your weight loss?

I think I'm being sick because of the headaches. I suffer with migraine type ones and am often sick with them. I was sick in New Year's Eve for an unknown reason so could be feeling run down as well. Am feeling a bit better today as have slept for the majority of it and have forced myself to...

Day one was hard! Had an awful headache and was sick about 4 times throughout the day and night. Nothing seemed to get rid of the headache and still have it this morning. Hoping it will ease as the day goes on.

So it's officially day one: Weighed myself (sad times) 18st 7lbs So need to start shifting this weight, was 17st 13lbs earlier in the year which isn't good hoping that I have a good first week and get close to that number again.

So am due to start slim and save tomorrow. New year and new start. Am hoping for a good loss like when I did lighter life as am due to go on holiday to Florida in May and want to be happy with the pictures as won't be able to go again. Feeling a mixture of nerves and excitement about starting...

That's the same story as me, I lost 4 and a half stone and did follow a refeeding programme but didn't focus on what triggered me to over eat and eat a lot of junk so need to sort those issues out this time round and keep the weight off as well. I hope to be in my own home and thinking about the...

I'm starting again in the new year and have about 5 stone to lose in total. What sort of plan are you going to be doing?

Hi, Good luck with what ever diet you decide on. I did lighter life when I was 16 and did really well and was so happy with the size I was but at the time i didn't think I was smaller. Am going to attempt to get back to that size and have 16 weeks to get as close as possible as will be going...

Thanks for the wishes of good luck. What sort of plans have you got for dieting? Any one braving to be good over Xmas? X

Ended up going slim and save but ordered some shake and go products for my bf to take to work, and he had lots of Cambridge shakes left from a previous attempt that are still in date so he's going to use those x

Have taken the plunge and ordered my first pack to start in the new year :)

With water- not keg water! Stupid fat fingers on an iPhone, another reason to diet so I don't like like an idiot with my stupid messages lol

I hadn't heard of it either only lighter life and Cambridge but this is the same sort of principle as those as in the meal replacement with shakes and drown yourself keg water lol. I think the more you buy the cheaper it is, think it works out at about 30 ish a week which is a lot cheaper than...

I'm going to get an order in and start in the new year with my bf, we have until May to get ourselves a bit more on track as that's when we go to Florida. I should be ok on the rides the size I am I just want to be at the size I was when I did lighter life. I was a size 14 but happy with that...

Ok, as think there might be different products from different diets that I would like to try but I think as long as I'm within the calorie intake then it should be ok, I've only ever followed a plan and had a counsellor to sort of tell you want to do

Do you think it would be ok to combine 2 VLCD as I like the idea of the shake on the go style they have on exante as it would be good for my partner to take to work whereas I work from home so can make things up easier. I know that they can be done in shakers but he is so lazy and I'm so...

Yeah it was me! On the wrong site! I blame it on a busy weekend lol

Maybe I was on the wrong site, it just said a choice from 5 shakes whereas exante had bars and the things like porridge etc which I thought was more appealing than just shakes.

I had a quick look at slim and save and although the price is appealing there doesn't see to be as much of a choice in terms of flavours and products

I have tried slim fast in the past but I was in my younger teens and being told to diet by my mum which was never a good combination. I know she was only trying to help but when you are nagged at it makes you want to do everything bit diet. I remember they tasted nice and it didn't feel like I...

Thanks, I will look into that one. Have ordered a few bits from the exante site just to see what the products are like as didn't want to order a lot and then realise I can't stomach it as found the Cambridge ones awful and lasted 3 days. I have no idea how I did 13 weeks the first time round on...

Hi, I have just joined as have looked at posts quite a lot in the past and finally plucked up the courage to join. What sort of healthy eating plan are u following or are you trying the old fashioned calorie counting.

Yeah that's what I am looking into ATM I have done lighter life in the past and did really well, I kept the weight off for around six months and then slowly started putting it back on and 6 years later in back to where I started. I'm going to be trying the diet with my partner as he needs to...

Thanks. I have tried WW before and didn't have much success, I have had some success on SW as was weighed earlier in the year at 19st 11lbs which shocked me as I never thought I would be that close to 20st. I now weigh in at 18st 3lbs but have lost motivation and feel I need to try something...

Hey, I've been using this site for a while but always been to scared to join fearing that no one would talk to me. I have literally been on a diet for as long as I can remember and tried everything! I'm now in a situation where I am thinking of trying another low cal diet like Cambridge...