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I cant abide any of the soups hun so not really the person to ask but i can say bouillon can be added probably on a less is more basis as its really quite strong. Try it, you may like it x

they can count towards them hun but it is really important you try to take as much water in as you can between 2-4 litres. I struggle bit i keep a bottle with me all the time and it is surprising how much you can take in x

Thank you ladies, my quality of life is already so much better x

I have been doing Exante for about 28 weeks over a period of 33 weeks accounting for time off and I have lost 11 stone 4lbs

my journey so far in pictures

Welcome hun and good luck on your journey x

Good morning ladies hope every one is doing well on their chosen plans. Quick question, I remember a long while back that someone made a list of allowed drinks. Are we allowed the perfectly clear red apple?

Thank you x

Thank you every one, still a long way to go but hit my 9 and a half stone this week and am on a challenge to hit 12 stone by xmas x

Weight loss at 7 stone off

Hi ladies, been a while since I have posted here so thought I would drop by with an update. I have done 23 weeks on Exante in total and have lost 9 and a half stone so far. Still going strong and still got a lot to loose but I finally feel it is possible to reach a target now. I have had a...

You could try adding some miracle rice or noodles to your meals. Makes them more substantial and filling so you get less cravings

I can not stomach the Carbonara at all, it leaves a foul taste in my mouth. The bolognese is my least favourite of the meals I will eat but love the Shepherds Pie and the chilli. I add a 1/3 of a pack of miracle rce to the chilli and it gives quite a substantial meal and amtiny amount of...

Good Morning Ladies. i have become awful in updating this diary. I am still doing Exante and still loosing. I have just completed week 18 and am now 7 stone and 11lbs down and feeling better. Still have a long way to go but every pound counts x

It is a red lace top although i have never worn any thing so bright so I am quite nervous about that :-/

Afternoon ladies (and gents) just popping by with a quick update. Today I hit the 6 stone mark and down to the next stone bracket and I am half way through week 13. I have had a few wobbles recently but fingers crossed I have got that under control now and its onwards and upwards. I've dropped...

Good afternoon ladies thought I would pop by and update you all on my progress as I have been really bad at keeping up lately - till now I have lost 5 stone 7lbs and am just cruising along quite nicely. I STS last week for the first time ever and I did not have the major break down I thought I...

Good afternoon ladies and gents, hope you are all well. So far i am on another 100% week and not really struggling with anything. One thing i have noticed is that evenings used to be my danger zone once I was settled down in bed watching TV but I'm finding recently I have been having my second...

Good evening everyone. I am getting a bit rubbish at posting my progress on here as its pretty boring really. I am just sauntering a long quite nicely with no problems really and don't think there is anything interesting to get you excited. I am generally losing a pound a day even with adding a...

thank you hun

8 weeks :)

I am guessing it is cause I have so much to loose and for a 'large' woman I am suprisingly active. What ever it is, I am so chuffed, and am only half a stone away from the largest amount I have ever managed to loose on any plan x

Lysterine strips

monday morning means one thing, weigh in day. I am another 8lbs down which means a total of 4 stone 7 in 8 weeks. So happy with that :)

thank you hun, I find i get so much support here and it really does help. You know you can get back on plan hun, you have done it before and you know how well it works. Im here if you would like a chat any time x

thank you so much hun, the wedding is 13th of September so want to get as much off as possible. Its quite nerve racking about it, I'm not good with that kind of thing as I hide my self away most of the time, I am not a people person and despite it being my brothers wedding I'm already feeling...

excersise is not a bad thing hun, sometimes its good to focus on something other than the diet as our journeys can sometime consume our lives. Excercise is something I need to start thinking about but small baby steps for now x

I am on week 8 of TS and the last week i have been getting really strong hunger pangs verging on the edge of painful. Its been like burning in my stomache. I am in ketosis and have been for a long while so was not expecting to feel hungry. I have learnt to ignore them and have a drink of water...

i dont make ice cream but have all my shakes blended in my kenwood smoothie maker and they come out like thick Mcdonalds style shakes. Always leave it till around 9 to have it and it is a real treat.

I've been so busy the last few days with uploading new items for sale and sorting out orders I've been not even been getting my bars till I'm in the car doing the school run at 3 in the afternoon and been fitting in my shake and porridge at around 9 and 10 at night. Thats probably not the best...

with your support it seems all the more realistic. Taking your words, if you can envisage it, you can do it!

Thank you hun, feeling pretty good right now. How are you doing hunney?

the main point is did you have a good holiday? restarting is much more difficult than when doing it for thenfirst time. I had a few days off due to family circumstances and i was really hungry the first day but now I am back in thenswing of things and have done day 10 of 100% and apart from...

I loosely follow 12 5 and 9, never earlier, often later

Today is monday and that only means one thing. Today is week number 7 and after my few days off and my 5lb weight gain last week I have been extra good! Actually not really extra good, I've been perfect :D Drum Roll Please........... 11lb off this week took off the 5lb i gained last week and...

I am indeed!

i should be punished lol. Still freezing, even when doing the ironing i had to wrap up!

I also blend the shakes with ice, they end up thick and filling, not quite a macdonald's shake but it feels like a treat instead of a diet shake. Adding cinnamon or nutmeg to the vanilla one and the porridge give them a lovely flavour and make a nice change too. Most of all keep coming back...

thank you so much, I will definitely be posting, my journey ahead seems at times impossible but I can't give up no matter what as to do so will in effect be signing my death sentence to an early grave and I have 7 children to supply me with beautiful grandchildren and I have to be around to...

Hi every one. Hope you are all well. i have the hugest amount of weight to loose. Never lost more than 5 stone at once then would regain it and more. Sound Familiar? i started Exante on 23rd of April and am doing well. Had four days off due to family circumstances but am back on track this...

do you know what it said?

I ate a chip!!! Forgive me for I have sinned :( Haydar had a birthday party to go to today and the food smelt so nice. I resisted until Hana brought her food and sat next to me (she was not invited but managed to gate crash and got a meal and a party bag lol) I ate one chip, it was only a...

i would love to go to the gym but its not an option for me at the moment. Going to start doing some walking as soon i have lost a few more stone and have some more mobility. Weird how this weather just makes us want to get out in the fresh air and be healthier. I think sunshine should be bottled...

well done Gemma! the key to this is making sure you get back on track asap and I think that way damage is minimal. I gained 5lbs and 2 days back on track and I was 6lb down. Had a 100% TS day today. Its getting to the point where I am having my bar around 3 now in the car on the way to do...

hey hun, I think with the very few calories we take in on TS is just enough to keep us going so I think it should be expected to have loss in energy sometimes. I have been taking some early nights to try to get on top of it and it also means less time to be tempted to pick. Rest as much as...

well done so far. I am a monday weigher too. First thing in the morning after a trip to the loo. I have been naughty and taken a peep on the scales and they are being very kind to me so far :D

hi there hun, it looks like you have been given great advice by the ladies here already. All I can add is if Incan get back on track after a lapse anyone can. I did 5 weeks of 100% TS, not one single thing passed my lips other than my packs and water and lost 3 stone 5lb then last week I had 4...

:confused: why?

I ordered 3 bumper packs when i first started and got sent 4 :)

I have way too many many vices, I deffinately have an addictive personality. One of my vices is Yankee and Village Candles, I have so many and burn them every single day.Another is pretty dresses for my 2 year old daughter, i wont even begin to tell you how many dresses she has, but its a...

am I the only woman that gets excited by new house hold items. I got a new iron today and just had to try it put. Oh my days when i got my new dyson and hand held dyson it was like all my birthdays had come at once! i have been so busy today, infact i made myself busy cause I manage best that...

welcome hun and wish you all the best for your journey. Keep coming back here as the support you get is invaluable and really does help. The good thing about Exante is it really does n't cost that much in comparison to other VLCD out there and I also think it saves money off the weekly shop...

well i think i got away lightly as another 3lb came off over night. Having another good day although despite being back in ketosis I have felt hungry but I am putting that down to being a lazy moo today and procrastinating which i don't usually do. I know another reason things went wrong last...

I like the peach and the orange. Peach makes lovely ice tea :-)

Hey there and welcome to Exante, keep posting here, you will find it such a help. Good luck for week 1

I have asked on Exante and not got an answer so wondering if any one knows Is there a maximum amount of water we can flavour with the powders in a day - for example, if I am drinking 2 litres a day can i flavour all 2 litres?

i am looking forward to trying the porridge, not sure about shepherds pie. I am staying loyal to Exante, not a huge price difference and I like the simplicity of exante. I know where I am and what I can eat with the limited choices. Think if I have too much choice i might go wrong

i came unstuck with that last week, came off plan for 2 days due to being all over the place and that messed me up for the whole week and i gained 5lbs but back on track now and 3lbs came off over night and just 2 more till i am back where I was. I womt be doing a food week formthe for seeable...

Thank you everyone, day 2 of 100% TS is complete. I was expecting to feel rough as I did on day 2 when I started but I have felt good all day, not had a single urge to eat. I used the orange powder in my water today, forgot that I had them in my kitchen cupboard. I am not sure if we can use them...

good morning ladies hope all is well. I've not posted for a few days, needed to get myself sorted out. Basically I was pretty much off plan for the week, no particular reason, I had just took my head out of the zone - it showed me I am still this all or nothing girl and i really do need to work...

Good luck with your journey hun and remember, the more you drink, the more you shrink so make sure you get your water in, it really does help x

hey every one, hope you have all had a good couple of days. London was quite stressful. I did very well with food, all things being considered. I did not have the usual sugar laden things i would normally have gone for. We bought some wraps, cheese slices and chicken slices and some garlic...

today has not gone according to plan but i am totally fine with it, its been coming on for a few days now and i had to get it out of my system. Firstly my 5 year old son had a play mate over and we had a bake fest. Pizza followed by whoopie pies, cup cakes and carrot cake. I did n't go mad...

i dont really like the taste of water but know the omportance of it so just get on with it. I can't drink tap water though, I have to drink Evian

same here hun, I am on heaps of medication so hope as I lose weight i will be able to reduce the doses. Have a lovely day today x

high five sista!

​congratulations matty, thats a great loss, keep up the good work, you will see fantastic results on your next weigh in i am sure x

hi addicted and welcome. Personally I enjoys all of the shakes, the bars and the porridge. I have not tried the soups and have no intention of doing so after reading so many posts about how bad they are and just dont fancy the carbonara.

to be honest fizzy drinks are a major factor in my weight problem over the years. Some days I could probably drink 5-6 cans of full fat coke or other fizzy drinks. I drank no water at all if I am brutally honest. Since starting Exante i have always made sure I always have coke zero zero in the...

TS with no added food week feels right just now, if i wake up tomorrow and I feel different I will have my 201 calories of milk and just take each day as it comes x

I thought about having a bath today - dont get excited, I dont mean it to sound like its a rare happening! I shower every day, actually sometimes twice a day - I remember years and years ago being in a supermarket and this circle lady (I'll explain later but for now it means fat lol) come past...

welcome back Marge did you have a good time away? I have chickened out on the milk! I am still just doing TS this week and will see how I feel day by day. I am desperate for a latte but I am so scared of messing things up and not having a loss. I am such a coward but as I am in it for the...

hey Kay and wow 9lbs is a fantastic loss. Thank you so much for the kind words, so glad that my posts are of use to people. All the best for week 2 and i am sure you will have another fab loss.

thank you so much, i hope my diary helps other people see that the impossible dieter can do the impossible diet.

weigh in day has come around again and after a difficult week I am 5lbs down making a total of 47lbs in 5 weeks. I'm so pleased, I've never managed something like this before :D ah and it takes me into the 3 hundreds in pounds

i think i was dehydrated as I had not really drunk or eaten much after that. I've decided that i am not going to be eating during food week but will have my 201 calories in a milky coffee as think that will be easier for me than messing about with different foods etc and that way i will avoid...

this journey with exante is teaching me so much about myself and my food issues as well as helping me learn little tricks on how to get by on it - i normally have 2 1.5 litre bottles of water that I have to get through in a day and quite often its been a struggle. Today I had a 1 litre bottle...

i read so much about the soups being awful before I bought my packs and to be honest i really did not fancy them so just got the shakes and bars bumper packs and bought some porridge packs from a well known auction site. Porridge is my favourite by far with a good amount of cinnamon in it...

hey Maty and welcome. I have a huge amount of weight to lose and I am on the last day of week 5 and am 3 stone down. It most definitely gets easier and I look forward to reading your diary of your journey

i have a huge amount to lose but have lost 42lb in 4 weeks :D

I personally would not have more than 2 a day although as of yet I have not had one at all while on Exante and I was a total full fat coke addict. Think the amount I consumed more than added to my weight problem :(

good morning all from sunny leeds! So yesterday at the party did not go so well. I could not resist a few tuna sandwiches (quarters) and a small slice of pizza. Paid big time for it though cause it made me violently sick minutes later. I am assuming it was because of my bypass and my stomach...

Hi Alia, The only information I have about adding milk to your diet is as follows: For those of you looking to continue to abstain from conventional food then a milk allowance of 201 kcal per day may be more appropriate. This can be added to drinks or be used to reconstitute your packs. I...

h I have emailed Exante regarding the milk and will see what they say. it is a beautiful day here and its going to be a testing one I think. We are off to Oldham for the day as its one of my best friends daughters birthday party so its going to be cakes and all those food we dream of. Coping...

So talking about having milk for my 201 calories. I mentioned this on another Exante group and was told to have full fat milk rather than semi skimmed as apparently there is less sugar in whole milk. Any ideas on that ladies as i find that rather confusing.

We had hail stones in leeds too

Good luck on your journey x

good morning ladies. I'm feeling fab today, thank goodness and back on track in my head so no worries. I've decided to add milk every 3rd week for my extra calories, food is way too tempting for me. Im so excited for monday to come so I can have a milky coffee, sad hey that its going to be...

Hey Fjk well done on getting to day 4, once you get the first week over its so much easier, bad days are inevitable but try to ride it out. Im going to do my milk week next week, it will be week 6 for me then. Look to this forum for support, they are amazing, and the support in invaluable x

I am feeling a little better just still incredibly tired but slightly better. After all my thoughts on having some food today I sent my son out to get a chicken breast and some broccoli but I did not have it so its gone in the freezer. I have been incredibly hungry today, a real burning hunger...

I really admire you strength in not weighing every week. I am one who has scale obsessions and it can make things quite stressful. Wishing you all the best for your journey x

I have decided to have some protein or think i will attack something i should not - whats best to have, how much and how should i cook it.

having not had anything yet, i am not sure what to have. I think we can have grilled chicken breast but not sure what else - do i have that instead of a pack or in addition too. Right now green veg sound great too. A little advice would be fab. Also in what amounts do we have it? Also how does...

why is it that when I lose weight I always lose it from the top first. My face always gets slimmer, collar bones appear and my (@) (@) start to resemble a cocker spaniels ears, not that I have much in that department to start with. Why cant i lose it off my legs or (_Y_) or tummy first? Anyone...

spent the morning wallowing on the sofa in self pity while my eldest son took Hana upstairs for me. Took some Neurofen and although I am not feeling fantastic, feel much better than earlier. I've drunk no water today so once I get back from the school run I need to address that. I spent ages...

woken up feeling absolutely awful! My darling 2 year old daughter decided to sleep at 7.30 and wake up at 9 and not sleep then till 2am so lack of sleep is one factor. I've got a head ache from hell and am all achy and shivery. Feel like this is going to be my first bad day yet. I've already...

thats pretty much what approved food is, it sells stuff either close to expiry date or past it, food that is deemed safe.

sooooo hope you have had a day. My day has been pretty average as they go. Had my orange and chocolate bar at 2 and I have just had my porridge with cinnamon in now, quite a bit later than usual but since my daugter started work after college this week, my time from the school run till about 9...

Thank you hun, hope you are doing ok, if you can make it through the first week you will be fine and the satisfactin from knowing you have done something 100% is fantastic. I am really in the zone so fingers crossed for another 100% TS 4 weeks x

I got mine from approved food, £20 for 40 I think it was

Good evening ladie, hope you have all had a good day. I've now completed day 30 of TS and in that time nothing other than shakes, bars and porridge have passed my lips along with plain water and bouillon. The time has flown by so quickly, hope the next 30 days are as successful as the last x

Imwatch it too, thats what got me started, it amazes me how tey do it - i think its starting to find its way over here more too, i never go for a big shop without my coupons :D its mostly things like washing pwders, comfort, cleaning products, cereal, frozen foods and nappies i can ge hold of a...

she has about 7 stone to loose I guess so a fair bit. Her loss was over 3 weeks, sorry my mistake. She is happy with that as she had one blip and then the three bars a day. I was just curious thats all as sometimes it is easier to have an extra bar if you are out and about x

I was wondering if weight losses would be greater having 3 shakes/soups/porridge a day rather than 2 and a bar. I'm not looking to lose more a week as my loses are fab but my daughter who is doing Exante aswell made the mistake of having 3 bars a day thinking it was ok and she has lost I think...

Welcome and all the best on your journey. First week is tough but after that it gets easier x

Well this has to be a record. I have got my little ones fed showered story and asleep by 6.30! Trust me this isma record, dont know what to do with all this time in my hands this evening. My hubby is working really late tonight so dont have him bugging me either haha We sound so loved up don't...

You ladies are all so kind here and you speak so much sense, I am going to listen to you all so mich more. It certainly changes my mood when I come here and readmallmthe positive comments so thank you all,so much, you have no idea how much I value this support. Soooooo I have been to boots and...

Best of luck with Exante, if you can get passed the first week it becomes so much easier. I am now on day 28 and it is routine, I don't even think about eating now, its certainly become a case of eat to live rather than live to eat.

I emailed Exante regarding having an extra shake due to a very high BMI and they replied saying they don't advise anyone to have an extra shake as it could put them out of ketosis. Im not sure if it would apply here but I am guessing so.

oh my days i have had one hell of day. Hubby has had the whole weekend off work which he has not done for I don't know how long. Felt like my space was being invaded LOL Spent the day packing up orders so hubby was left looking after the kids, not always a good thing when the little ones...

I was tanned cause I lived in Dubai till I was 18 apart from a stint at boarding school. My happiest memories of my childhood are there. Thank you for the kind words, I really need them right jow, been giving myself a hard time today. I am truely blessed to have a loving husband and 7...

yes ladies thats the spirit, we can all do this, we are here to support each other through this difficult journey! I am now saying I won't be fat and 41! That gives me 15 months to get to a half decent weight at least! I would love a stone a month that would fantastic. 3.5 pounds a week, that...

So a couple of pics of me as a young girl and you can see the weight is on already, things just went down hill from there and it was a stone a year for a very long time. Thankfully as I near my 40th birthday in a few months I have not continued with that pattern but probably would have if I had...

thank you hun, i am feeling flightly better about everything. I think its human nature to want everything to happen fast and when a carrot stick of 39lb in 3 week is dangled in front of you, it makes you more impatient. I have to keep telling myself that I am in this for the long haul and as...

I am worried if I eat one thing it will make me want to eat more, I am king of an all or nothing girl

Hi Gemma I have just read through your diary, you are doing great. My eldest son has Aspergers so I really understand how difficult things an be. He will be 18 in January and he has come so far, I am so proud of him. Well done on the weight loss so far, I am craving eggs now after reading about...

Hi Alia, I am very happy to hear that your weight loss has been so good over the first 3 weeks. I would not advise adding an extra pack to your diet as this could bring you out of ketosis and lower your weight loss. Weight loss will differ week to week. Any further problems please do not...

I have just written in my diary about how I find weekends much more difficult as I am much less busy so count the hours down till my next shake or bar. I savour my bar, I break little pieces off and eat it so slowly. Also with my shakes i blend them with ice so they are like a thick thick...

I am now on day 26 and the last few days I have started to feel quite dreadful. I have no energy, feel really tired and weak. I just don't know whats going on. I am fine and on plan so I should be feeling really great and full of life but I don't. I had a quick peep at the scales today too and...

Thank you hun, you too.

day yesterday was good hun ty my hubby is doing good, he is kind of doing his own thing to be fair. He has a shake and a bar at work then comes home and eats stuff he feels are appropriate. He is losing, not as fast as if he was doing TS but he joined the gym 2 weeks ago and goes every night...

My coffee machine is sitting sadly in the corner of my kitchen gathering dust. I like my coffee totally milky and would have 2 costa lattes a day. I've tried black coffe yuck! I've tried the vanilla shake in my coffee Double yuck! Im missing my coffee more than chocolate and all those naughty...

Good luck hun you know you can do it x

you wanted to but you did n't hun, that takes will power so be proud of yourself. I am dreading being tempted cause at the moment I am not being tested which is why its plain sailing. I suspect that time will come and I hope my resolve stays tough and i can resist as you have done. This...

The sun was out today, managed to get two loads dry outside, the highlight of my day lol. Nothing spectacular happened, all routine, had my porridge at around 1pm and then wen to Next to pick up some parcels. Have only just managed to get my bar as went and got my car valeted and then dentist...

They are no officially classed as ok but if you check the figures on the back of them there is hardly any difference so people use them. I dont know if they will affect my loss so will probably just have one every now and then.

i am a slave to the scales, it drives me mad cause my weight can vary by as much as 5lb up and down during the day. So i dont really take note of it just a fleeting glance then its Monday morning weigh in that counts.

I bought some today and had the chocolate one and cant say i am impressed, it did n't seem so dense as the exante ones. I have bought some of the largest loser bars as many people are using them and they were up for sale on a popular food store for a ridiculously cheap price.

I ordered the shakes and bars bumper pack for my fist month then bought some porridge a week later to try it and I love it, add a little nutmeg and cinnoman and it feels like i have had a full meal. I did n't fancy the soup one little bit and will not be trying them. I am lucky i like all the...

I had a look at it hun but the maximum weight limit would n't accomodate my surplus pounds. I've found some on eBay that look great but just trying to decide treadmill or vibro - treadmills are way much more expensive and i would have to save some pennies for that - might get the vibro plate...

I must admit I like my bouillon quite strong so i have a full teaspoon for mine and it is lush - i really think its holding me together cause as someone else said it is amazing between packs,and curbs off the hunger pans for a while longer. I took a trip to Asda today and bought a box of green...

Anddddddddddd??? :D

I used the powdered husks and add a teaspoon to each shake and porridge that I have and its certainly got me 'going'. Its probably every 2 days now compared to wen i first started and did n't 'go' till day 11. Also as said by jael, we don't loose weight at a constant rate so i would hang on a...

Welcome fitnessqueen and mayday, first few days are tough but if you can get over them its becomes so much easier. Turn to the members here in moments of weakness and there is always usually someone around to help. Best of luck x

I looked at them in my tesco yesterday and the rasperry ones are on offer but not the chocolate ones and there was 3 in the pack but from the box they looked smaller - was tempted to try them but i am so nervous of trying anything that could knock me out of ketosis as i felt rubbish on the first...

i've woken up feeling rather sick! Don't know if its lack of sleep or the start of a bug :( going to snooze for an hour while madness develops here and the kids get up for school, I will check in later x

indeed i must and I will!

4.30am and i am wide awake - contemplating if to go down stairs and have a cleaning spree or lay here in bed till i nod off. This time I would have been snacking on all kinds of crap before Exante, now i dream of porridge bars and milk shakes :D

I would love to do it to prove every one wrong, my brother is rather self centred and all about him with his flash cars and his own business. He has always looked down on me. I wish we were closer but I've accepted that is never going to happen so no use dreaming about it. My husband is so close...

thank you hun, one day at a time is most deffinately the way forward. I can't look beyond that as it makes it seem like I have an impossible task. I used the reduced salt bouillon, you can get it in 1kg tubs on the internet but I believe you can also find ot on th supermarkets. I always have...

thank you, the support here is invaluable x Yes I believe it is the ketosis that does it, not funny though, wont be long to june and I have the heating on and am huddled up with a thick f.eece blanket, I must look bonkers :p

I've been quite lazy today. Caught up with a few programmes I've missed inbetween cleaning up and sorting the washing out. Had my porridge at 1pm and a chocolate and orange bar at 5, going to have a vanilla and cinnamon shake later. I've just worked out there is 17 weeks and 3 days till my...

i lost my gall bladder many moons ago not long after the birth of my eldest daughter after a nasty bout of pancreatitis. I have chosen not to do the foodnweek, I am worried that introducing food so early will lead to a down ward spiral and end up with me off plan.

Oh hun you had a fab weight loss, what made you do it? Any how, its done now, you cant undo it so put it behind you and start afresh. A bad day does not have to mean all is lost, chin up, you,can do this!

Yaaaaaaay well done Laura thats a fab second weigh in, be proud of yourself. Have a lovely walk and while you are shopping buy yourself a little treat, nothing edible though lol, you really deserve it.

I had a huge blow out the night before I started and it was a lot more 2 bowls of cereal. It will get easier as the days go by, once you are over the first week it will become habit and you will be in ketosis and have loads of energy. Ive bought lots of food replacement diets over the years...

Feeling very positive for week 4 :)

Thank you every one x so how is it that little kids know when you are busy and have loads to do? I had orders to pack up and my Hana is being a complete terror. She has not had a nap at all and she is still wide awake. Best plan, hubby just got back from the gym so he can deal with his...

Wow 7 weeks is a huge achievement, im hoping I can last that long and more. Well done and welcome x

Thank you every one, the help and support i find here is amazing and I am so greatful to you all. I have such a long journey ahead of me but knowing I can turn to you guys at times of need really help. I had a letter in the post today from my last ******** world consultant saying she missed...

thank you hun x

Porridge with cinnoman and nutmeg is yummy x

So today is my 3rd weigh in after being on TS for 3 weeks and not slipping up once and its another 7lb off making a total of 36lb in 3 weeks (2st 8lb) im so happy, this plan is really working for me, looking forward to this week, feeling so positive. :D

hi hun welcome back. Keep up the PMA and look here for support it is invaluable and everyone is so friendly. Congratulations on making it to day 7, it gets easier from there and I'm sure you will have a fab loss when you weigh tomorrow Waiting to hear how you get on xxx

I laughed at that Chelly. Chris is very overweight but won't do anything about it. He's tall but weighs about 19stone with a lot of that being a huge beer belly. I cooked for him before starting exante but even though I fed him healthy meals he was (and still is) bringing home and eating lots of...

Im craving sweet potato chips :-/

Today has not been great. I have not had anything I should n't have but the thought has crossed my mind. I've been sat here for the last half hour wondering why I can smell cakes baking and its been making my stomach grumble. Then I realised what it was, its my yankee candle that I lit an hour...

Hey Lynne, hope you are having a good day. My eldest daughter is just finishing her 2nd year at Uni and I have a feeling once she is done next year she may come home, although if you ask her she says no way she can cope with the noise now and all the kids after moving out. My friends often say...

Thank you, hope the numbers are good to me tomorrow x

Good Morning every one. I've been awake since around 6 and decided to come down stairs and do some cleaning before kiddies wake up. Its so much easier to do it when they are not around. So washer on, drier on, dish washer on, kitchen sides cleaned, dishes washed (stuff that cant go into the...

Evening times are my danger zone when I am less busy and lay in bed watching TV. Mornings are ultra busy for me and I don't tend to get my house work done till around 12 so thats when I sit down and have my porridge. Afternoons are split up with the school run and super market so by the time we...

no Dr Peppa zero or coke zero in mine just cherry coke zero

Morning hun you have a good day today, well done for resisting the biscuits, this is day 20 for me now and its become habit. Keep coming here for support, its amazing how much support you get and it really helps to chat to people who know exactly what you are going through. Have a lovely day...

I always try to act like nothing is wrong but I'm apparently so transparent, people always know when there is some thing wrong. im hungry today, its cause I've done nothing all day except catch up on tv shows i don't get chance to see during the week. I've been clock watching today, had my bar...

Add a little cinnamon, it tastes amazing :)

hey Darcy (btw love the name) thank you Darcy - welcome on board, I'm sure with the help,and support from all the lovely people here you will do well. Starting your own diary can help to, I waffle on on mine but its a great tool to use x

Gosh reading my posts I'm going to have you lot lot think I'm sectionable by the time I'm done. weekends are the hardest for me I think. I have a kind of routine during the week but days seem to drag Saturdays and Sundays. Hubby is off work this weekend too so I have him annoying me grrrrrr...

Welcome Iain, your target is perfectly doable. There is so much support on this group so use it to help you along. Im on day 19 and its habit now. Day 2 is not too great but hang in and it will get easier x

Think the husks are a good way to go, Im adding them to all my shakes and porridge and Im starting to 'go' more frequently x

well done hun, so pleased for you, 7lb is so doable in 3 more weeks. Get that lingerie ready, your man is gonna be on fire :D

It is so hurtful and you are right people just dont get how hurtful they can be

Another thread made me think about clothes - I used to love my clothes even up to being a size 32 I had an over flowing wardrobe or two - lucky for me my ex husband works for a well know online catalogue for big women and I am able to get everything at cost price. Once I got past a 32-34 i...

Im think I prefer going every 3-4 days, its too painful lol

i used to love clothes, my wardrobe was amazing, i had so many even though I was a big woman I never let that stop my passion. As I grew out of them I stopped caring - my 2 year old daughters wardrobe is now my passion, she has a ridiculous amount of clothing

Thats one of my goals, to weigh less than my hubby - he is kind of doing Exante but grabs bits of food here and there. He had lost 7 kg but gained 3 back over the weekend and is back to having lost 6kg just over 10lb so we are in competition. I've lost just over 13kg so the gap is getting...

Fingers crossed you like it - nothing worse than trying something and hating it when every one else loved it x

I'm a major porridge fan, I love it, its the high light of my day lol - i cook mine in the microwave, taking out out regularly to stir it, once quite hot i add the husks which thickens it then when done add cinniman and nutmeg. Its so filling, I feel like I have had a substantial meal

. It looksmfab hun, mine is small but twice the size of what we have - sadly when buying the house it was big house small garden or smaller house bigger garden - all the sprogs meant a bigger house with 6 bedrooms.

I am freezing, quite literally freezing :winter_brr: Me and my 2 year old are snuggled up on the sofa with the thickest fleece blanket we have. She has a nasty cold and it sounds like its going down to her chest, hope not, she was born at 27 weeks and her immune system is still some what...

You reminded me of my dad with the mention of Alan Titchmarsh. He was a huge fan of his and his garden was his pride and joy. He was always pottering around doing stuff. Sadly he passed away 10 years ago this year and I certainly did not inherit his green fingers! The garden looks better now...

Bank Holiday Monday was our summer I think :(

Justcaught up, how are you doing today shrimp?

Good morning hun, i read your diary daily, hope you are feeling better today, i'm freezing cold today. Try to get a nap hun, 3 hours really is not enough x

Come hun dont keep us waiting, there are lots of us with fingers crossed for the 10's xxx

TMI I know but its star week and I was worried this might affect my loss this week so had a cheeky look on the scales and i am 5 lb down so far, will be happy with that even if it does not go down more. i wish it would stop raining, late last year we had our garden enlarged. We had 2 parking...

Yaaaaaay!!!! Will be trying it later to see if i like it and if i do will go stock up on it. I've just had a chuckle to myself, in the winter when it is freezing cold I put an 8 pack of coke on the window ledge outside, used to save going down stairs to get a drink and keep it cold :D

yes it has, wonder how much i would have gained in the 3 weeks if i was not doing Exante? Thank you hun, how are you getting on?

Mmm my passions are buying clothes for my princess, decorating my house (or rather watching hubby do it and i put all thr accessories together) sad as it may sound cleaning, i love traveling but not at this size, wont fly again till I've lost 10 stone, reading, going to the cinema but wont go at...

I thought, as we are all here following a diet plan that takes up a huge part of our lives it might be nice to learn more about each other. So aside from food, which is why we are all here, what are you other passions/hobbies in life? Maybe there are things you liked to do before gaining weight...

I thought as much thanks hun x

Any thing pink is ketosis hun but the darker it gets the more dehydrated you are so you need to up your water intake x

Busy day again for me. Cleaned cleaned and cleaned some more this morning, hung my washing out although I suspect it wont be out for long judging by the clouds looming in the distance! Had to head out for some retail therapy, I'm a bit of a Next fan and can't resist buying pretty things for my...

Good afternoon Marge :wavey: I'm grand hun, how are you doing?

she is doing fab hun, will get her to post later when she's got a spare few mins x

Good on you hun x

Been to asda today and coke is on offer for £2 for 8 (bargain) but of course they had sold out of coke zero but had cherry coke zero - any one know if its allowed?

thatbdepends how its done hun - of course at the start there will be a lot of restriction but it does not take long to stretch the stomach to a much bigger size if you constantly over eat

I've seen one good friend through her surgery and shes about 12 stone lighter and still has about 11 stone to go but it is not a miracle cure. When i had my first one it was when little research had been don and i regret it - they put a band around the top of you stomach to restrict food going...

I loveeeeeeee the porridge too, I ran out a few days back and was totally lost. My new ones arrived today and cooked it and added cinnoman and its just lush and it makes a substantial amount too

. Well done Laura thats a fantastic loss, so pleased for you x

Has any one else suffered with thrush doing Exante? I've only ever had it during pregnancies but have strangely got it now

I could have kissed my delivery man this morning, he brought me porridge! I love that stuff and missed the last 5 days without it. Going to make sure I don't run out again. I was really surprised when I had it though as my stomach has really shrunk and I struggled to eat it all - really I...

My very sad looking redundant coffee machine, she makes the best lattes every :cry: :cry:

The last flight was horrendous but hun I'm so much heavier than you. I was 31stone 11lb when I started and am now 29st 10lb. Hopefully you will conceive when a few pounds are off and it will also be so much healthier for you and baby if you are lighter. With my last daughter we both nearly...

Its totally understandable that things have slipped after loosing a family member. I am sorry for your loss hun, keep checking back here, the support is invaluable xxx

Any pound off is a pound off forever. I would probably be disheartened too, but I'm sure if you hang in there you will get a good loss. We are all so different and our bodies react in different ways and while its human nature to compare our selves to others we really should n't. Xxx

Ok I went this morning and it felt like i was pooping bricks!!! Ouch! TMI but I like to share haha :D :D

Your doing it for you and no one else so tell them to mind their own business x

Soooo I did not post last night as I fell asleep really early - in fact I fell asleep before I had had my 3rd 'meal' so when I woke up a few hours later I asked my daughter to make it for me. I was dozing on and off and don't even remember her bringing it to me. I was rudely awoken though by...

Thank you, it's still early days and I have a long journey ahead of my but feeling positive right now x

I used one tea bag, exante peach flavouring and some sweetener tablets and loads of ice

Im averaging 2-3 litres a day plus 2 mugs of bouillon - im quite 'lucky' in a way that one of my medications has a side effect of drying out my mouth so I'm having to constantly drink. That used to be coke or any other full fat fizzy I can get my hands on

Exante recommend them

I look like crap to be honest, i've got spots, dark circles under my eyes and my skin is really dry, hope it gets better

I went the first night I added them and the second but nothing since but I am still adding as they work as a thickener too. I've got some dulcolax today so going to take one tonight and see what happens, hope it moves things along so to speak x

Hey Vixter day 2 was a hard one for me and day 5 but after that it has got better now and its become habit and normal. I've a huge amount of weight to loose and I know it wont continue to fall off like it has done but its given me such a good start that I'm determined to keep at it. Take one day...

I'm feeling so hungry today, my stomach is growling at me. I'm not tempted to eat anything though just getting used to the rumble in my belly. Its so loud I hate to think whats going on in there, sounds like world war 3. I've just been keeping myself busy all day, pottering around doing bits...

I may try that then and see if its any better

I waffle too much!

I've gone twice since i started, day 11 and day 12 and I'm now on day 15

Hi there and welcome, I'm just starting my 3rd week and trust me it gets easier. If you get a hunger pang drink a glass of water and that should keep them at bay and you are getting much needed water in to you

Leila is my daughter btw x

Ah woke up at 5am to bright sunshine, going to get washing on the line today. I was actually feeling a little hungry when i woke up but on the Evian now and no longer feel hungry. So yesterday I tried 2 different things and they were both rank! First I had got all excited by having my coffee...

Throw the left overs away straight away and squirt washing up liquid over them :D

Stop feeling guilty and putting yourself down, today is a new day, dont let one slip up become a bad day then a bad week then come off it completely. We are all human and make mistakes, stop beating yourself up x

Make sure you drink enough water throughout the day but not huge quantities all at once

Either take a bar to have at lunch time or take a shaker and a shake and at lunch just fill the shaker with water and powder and shake a way x

i hope so hun, i have wasted so much of my life. Im picturing summer next, i hope then to have lost a load of pounds and actually enjoying a stroll around the park or chasing the kids in the playground

Omg I am so cold I can't even begin to explain. My hands and feet are like ice and I am practically shivering. I've just come out of a boiling hot shower and am wrapped up in bed under my thick duvet and I still can't get warm! My best friend or wifey as I call her is starting Exante tomorrow...

That is one of the ways my weight and declining health has made me so down and depressed. I am a cleanaholic, I make no excuses, I used to get up at 3 or 4 am in the summer to hang my washing out and make sure everything was spotless. As I got bigger my ability to continue that has become less...

New packs??? Oooh how exciting, I can't wait!

Oh my days how lovely has the weather been today. The BBQ was great and it was nice having my mum over. I'm a bit of a hermit really, don't venture out as much as I should, hope to change that as the pounds melt away. Again I did not touch a single bit of food even if the burgers and sausages...

Thank you ladies just need to get through today now x

Ive been awake since 5am, did a little work and now the kids are up. I best get this derrière moving and get my house organised for our BBQ later. I'm feeling like today will be easier than yesterday as I am in my own home, can always go hide in a corner if it all gets too much. I am really...

Good morning kitty, just caught up on your diary, hope you have a good day and I'm sure if you stick to it you will get more than 2lb this next week x

your a gem hun, you are so supportive and im so very grateful to you hun x

I'm going to blow my own trumpet tonight as today was another first for me, I'm achieving a few firsts already on my journey with Exante. I think today has been one of my toughest challenges ever and I did, hell yeah I did it! I cant actually but into words how happy I feel. Not only did I not...

Today I feel like a scitzophrenic (dunno if thats the way to spell it) I ate my bar on the drive to oldham which is nearly an hours drive away. We have brought the kids to a play area that has free wifi and the voices started as soon as i opened the door when the smell of the food hit me! Ive...

Yes you can hun but they are something like £2.58 each and you would need to pay postage too

same here hun, every day I would stop at the shop and spend £20 plus on crips, sweets and cakes and ice cream, its ridiculous cause I would have the carrier bag full to take upstairs and the kids would look in it and say mum is this for upstairs (meaning mine) or can I have something - gosh...

Thank you hun

Welcome on board hun. The first week is the hardest but trust me and all the others, once you hit ketosis your energy levels rise and the hunger pangs diminish. You will find so much help and support here, the ladies are amazing x

Its what i order to and for the life of me I cant see it

I think any out of the norm vaginal bleeding should be investigated hun. Even if its just for your peace of mind I'd go along to your GP to get it checked. oh and talking about Farmer Giles, I pooped again tonight whoop whoop but it sure as hell hurt my bum bum lol those bloody piles are not...

Fab advice x

I am goi g to buy one to try it, must admit i am not sure about it but then, as I say to my delightful children, don't knock it if you have not tried it

Thank you ladies x so its 2.37am and hubby woke me up coming in, noisy bugger he is and this is a major danger time for me. If ever i woke up in the night i would always start snacking, thats total madness is nt it but i have a cupboard in my room and it would be full of every kind of treat...

Just finished working and about to have my last shake of the day, got a challenging day tomorrow, off to Oldham to see one of my two best friends, who ive persuaded to start Exante but her packs are not with her yet - we always take the kids to a play area and have a meal so i need to stay...

Well i need to make sure that does not happen again so got heaps loads of porridge coming and it would be a bank holiday weekend so don't think they will come till wednesday now - just have to stay focused and have 2 shakes and a bar till then. just outside school sat waiting to pick my son up...