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I think it is normal, the first few days is always the worst. You are very very unlikely to have water intoxication from 3 and a half litres and dizziness and feeling faint doesnt sound like water intoxication, its probably just your body adjusting to far less cals than it is used to and far...

I think its really good but I am not very good at being consistent, I play with it more than I do it as exercise really but you can do jogging and proper exercise, most things are more fun and toning. Not sure if I would say you would loose weight with it unless you jog constantly. Kids will...

Hi, I have a 4000 word essay to be handed in in less than 3 weeks and I just cant sit down and read all the boring papers without something to eat. Its just automatic to study and snack, I think its related to boredom and distraction as much as anything else, and now I am watching celebrity bb...

Hi, I am on day 3 as well, it is really difficult isnt it, cant give you much advice but just think only 4 days till weigh in and all those pounds that will have melted away by then :). Why dont you go and have a hot bath with lots of bubbles and a good book or magazine and stay there until you...

Ooo I have sunk so far down the page :( need to bump it back up as I need a drink :)

Hi, I am doing W8 and the hardest thing I find about it is that I HATE HATE HATE water, lack of food I can cope with, water I cannot I have hated it all my life. I would love to be doing CD but there are no counsellors in Jersey and I know there are some counsellors out there, I know I cannot...

Definitely the blender, the shaker always leaves lumps, blender all the way

Hi, officially you cant get them, LL, CD and W8 all have flavouring for drinks but LT dont, and you cant get the others unless you are on the diet, or know someone who is. They are really expensive as well, the W8 one cost £7 and drinking 4 litres a day only lasted me 5 days. Do you have any...

It is more expensive because it is £49 a week but it has made all the difference to me, LL is much more expensive so I guess it is an inbetween. It does have counsellors and meetings but there are none in my area but I have been assigned an on-line counsellor (not that I have made contact) Just...

Hi, personally I hated LT, I did it for 3 weeks and hated every single sip of water and shake, I was miserable all the time it was like self torture, I thought all VLCD would be the same and I know that a lot of people say that it is the blandness that makes them stick to it, but I was the...

Ooo why cant we merge all the VLCD they are all so similar yet all have different options, some have food some have drinks, bars, porridge, if they were all available on-line I would be combining them. My lemon flavour makes all the difference to my water intake fruits of the forest sounds...

Hi Kate, I wondered exactly the same, last year I did LT and lost double what I am loosing now since starting on the pill. Plus I found I was hungry more for the first 3 weeks but that seems to have eased now. Maybe if I come off this pill a stone will go .... :D I can but dream :)

I dont see why it should do, LL works the same way as LT so if its fine on that diet it should be fine on LT. I also use lemon flavouring from W8 and it has not effected my WL but means I dont mind drinking the 4 litres which I normally hate. Wish we could buy some on-line

Thanks everyones for your answers, its really interesting seeing the different persepectives, it seems like CD have more options, but W8 has food and I do like food :D its nice to have something hot to sit down with in the evening and join the family eating instead of shovering with another cold...

Whats a stickie?

Yes thanks that does help, thats prob why W8 include milk then so that it makes up the cals and they can do it on-line without GP permission.

Mike how many cals are in CD?

Hi, what are the differences between LL and CD cals and carbs wise. Does anyone know which is meant to have the best WL?

How many calories a day is CD, I know LT is 420? is the carbs content the same as well?

There are 4 (that I know of) VLC diets, LL, LT, W8 and CD Does anyone know which is meant to have the best weight loss or what the main differences are between them? I know that LT is 420 Cals W8 is 480 Cals plus milk and their carbs are the same but which diet is the best for weight loss ??

I know exactly how you feel, I did LT last year and lost 2 stone in 3 and a bit weeks, this time I had my week 4 WI today and only lost 3lb, so 19 in total and I was very fed up, had hoped for 2 stone by now like last time, and this time it was even more important as I start IVF in a weeks time...

Hi, last year I did LT for about 5 weeks before getting married and I only had 2 a day because I hated the taste so much and just didnt feel I needed them because I wasnt hungry, I guess thats because I was in ketosis so not meant to get hungry but after about the 4th week i started to feel...

I am just fininshing week 4 and I will have lost 1 stone and 6 pounds I lost 4lb a week in the last 2 weeks and looks like I am going to loose the same this week, I am on it for 5 weeks and had hoped to loose 2 stone but looks like I will loose 1 stone 10lb, and it would have been 2 stone in 6...

Eww, how do you swallow them they are just so dry!! I love the idea but they stick in the throat so much I am sure I will choke :D

Day nurse and night nurse is really good and come in capsules now so no sweet sticky medicine, I would take some of them they work really well

I hate them to and have partially switched to W8 as well, the shakes on that taste amazing and you can have their spag bol which is brilliant, I can actually sit at the table and feel like I am having a meal with the family, plus they will have chicken noodles soon

I used to really love it, I had it with curry powder, chilli powder etc and now the smell of it turns my stomach and I cant stand it, not sure what happened :confused:

Like eating sawdust

Thanks that is a good idea, all these things help. Mornings are fine its the evenings that are so difficult

Thanks that is a good idea. I feel a lot better again this morning, it is just the evenings really

I can swap them for 2 dogs?, they would probably love the cheesecake to

Try putting a spoon of coffee in the Vanilla or Chocolate its the only way I can tolerate them, I dissolve the coffee in a tiny bit of hot water then add the cold and its not so bad (assuming you drink coffee!)

I can but dream :D

I know exactly how you feel, i did exactly the same 2 weeks ago, everyone knew though and I think they all assumed I would fold and kept commenting on my amazing will power, it was that thought that made me so determined to do it to prove that I could do it and would not fail (I have found it...

That is totally amazing, and a massive inspiration to everyone, we cant wait to see the next installment

the flap jacks are enough to make people suicidal :D

Another good plan out of the window then lol

Hi Cathy we posted at the same time, yes awful- I dont think his voice is poweful enough for this competition, he looks to sweet and child-like all the time he looks like he is 13 but he is 16, my step son is that age!

I did slim-fast last year and got on really well with it and lost 3 stone, I just needed a quick fix this time to get me started on IVF, so this is a 5 week blitz, although its not blitzing as much as I hoped, but still I feel like i have done the best I could possibly do to loose weight so cant...

I am watching x-factor, pop-corn with it would be nice with it :D :D, no just kidding I wont eat the crisps or pop-corn, water all the way for me :D :D

I have been mixing diets too, they are exactly the same cals, and carbs so I dont think that should make a difference, I have been having 2 LT and a W8 spag bol in the evening. It is absolutely gorgous meal and is 10 cals less than LT and exactly the same carbs and nutritional content so I cant...

Thankyou so much, I followed both of your advice and now I am full and dont want to eat. I had to skip the peppermint tea bit :eek: :eek: although it would have made me sick and that might have stopped me eating :D :D I drank the water and had an extra shake and feel so much better, although now...

:D Couldnt I just take a mult-vitamin :D

LT and a packey of walkers crisps have the same cals and carbs in them, that means I could be having 3 packs of crisps a day instead of the LT :D :D :D that would make me so much happier :D :D :D

thats what I need then... 3 kids and I will be fine :D :D :D

Thanks Beverley I have been fine until tonight, most of last week I only had 2 shakes instead of 3 because I just was not hungry- I dont want to eat, I feel I need to eat. You said about having another shake, do you think that would be OK if I have another shake that would probably fill me. I...

In the last 3 weeks on LT, I have sat through a wedding, a family gathering, a meal out with the family, and 3 take aways and not eaten. But in the last 24 hours I am absolutely starving, my urine is showing only mild ketosis instead of the strong colour I was in before. Last night I spent all...

Mmmmm yes not thought of that

Mmmmm I think the meal is a better idea :D:D:D he may object to being sat on :D:D:D and not so much fun for you. Personally I hate LT and would kill to be able to do CD but there is no longer a councellor in Jersey. They have porridge for breakfast and Cranberry bars that are meant to taste...

Is a donner kebab low carb :D:D:D with chilli sauce and garlic mayo :sigh::sigh:, I could leave the pitta bread :D:D:D I dont even eat them, last time I ate one I didnt even like it- fatty and salty yuk, but have become obsessed I keep looking at the clock to see when the kebab shop closes, only...

Hi Angie-bum, considering you have been having low carb extras since the beginning your weight loss has been really good, what have you been having?

Soup yuk yuk yuk yuk :(:(:(:( I dont understand it cos I used to like it, I used to add chilli one day, curry powder the next, piri piri, tabasco, etc etc.., and then one day I just smelt it and cannot even bear the thought now :confused::confused:, I tried it again and the smell and aftertaste...

I am craving food I never even eat!, Kebabs, Cheeseburgers, Chips with cheese etc..., nothing sweet and I never eat those foods, probably once a year if that and usually been drunk and dont really remember !. All week I have fantasised over a kebab, and its been years since I ate one and didnt...

Of course another alternative is of course to have a nice weekend of lovely eating and drinking with your boyfriend which will keep him happy for a few weeks and may push your BMI to 30 then you will have no problem at the Pharmacy at all :D:D:D:D. The one thing my husband doesnt like about me...

I am not ready to consider life without chocolate or diet coke at the moment - I admit I am an addict, but I like being an addict and its the only thing that keeps me going. Alcoholics need to drink every day, I never have chocolate every day but I would hate to give it up permanantely. Caffeine...

Thats an amazing loss congratulations, I am drinking 4 litres a day and my weight loss is nothing like yours!!!, I lost 8lb in the first week then 5lb this week which I am pleased with- but its no where near most peoples losses!!

I am on LT, I thought cos it is protein only and no carbs it wouldnt take me out of ketosis, especially considering I havnt had the shakes, I know I am not supposed to eat, but it was such a tiny bit of protein only it had alot less cals than a LT

The trouble is it wont get any better cos its related to the medication and thats got to continue for 3 weeks, this is my last 3 weeks of doing LT as well as I cant have it during treatment. Do you think if I have a tiny bit of chicken a few times a day it will make much difference to my weight...

Hi Everyone, I am hoping that someone can come up with some advice for me. I have been on LT for 2 weeks now and doing OK, I have recently started on some new medication that I have to be on for the next 3 weeks (coming off is not an option) the main side effect I am having is nausea and...

Well done, I wish I could even get half of what you have lost in 2 weeks!, I cant believe you have lost so much so quickly Pam

Hi, I did LT last year and hated the shakes so ended up only having 1 a day mostly 2 on a good day (rare occurance) I ended up ill, weak sick and having to quit, so really dont advise it. Try and have the 3 otherwise your body just wont get the nutrients it needs Good luck Pam

You dont look like you have 93lb to loose!!!! where from??

I wonder what bubble bath tastes like :wave_cry:lol, I clearly need to stop moisturising in order to get more dry skin :mad:

Isnt it funny how much they eat!!, it seems like the entire day revolves around food, or is that just me obsessing :D:D:D he gets up and comes back in eating something else and I think you cant be bloody hungry again you only ate 22mins and 6 secs ago :D:D:D greedy pig :D

Hi, I am feeling really hungry too, my second weigh in is on Friday. Last night I lay in bed and was so hungry I couldnt sleep, and today my stomach was rumbling continually and I never get that. I am sure its since I started the pill on Friday because I was fine before then. Water water water...

Thanks everyone, well I had better be off to bed, another night down. I have been addicted to diet coke for 20 years so I am finding giving it up a million times harder than the food :D. Whenever I am stressed a diet coke sorts it, it is my nicotine I guess but I suppose it is good to go cold...

Thanks kitten kat, 5 weeks does seem like a lifetime at the moment, especially considering what is at the end of the 5 weeks. I am under alot of stress at the moment so its nice to have some support. I will keep posting, although I was beginning to wonder if everyone was going to just yell at me...

Ok, I will consider myself suitably lectured. No diet coke and my hunger is in my head.

Yes I will try some tommorow. I think my head is messing with me I have spent the weekend at a family wedding, spent Friday all evening at a Mexican Restaurant and all day Saturday at the wedding then all day Sunday at a massive after wedding buffet Party, so had a bad weekend, but I stuck to...

Hi, I know I am only doing it for 5 weeks, but I dont have 5 weeks to get to goal, I have 5 weeks before I start IVF. If this cycle fails I will be back on it as to get to goal would probably take 6 months because my BMI is more than yours. I have been on 300cals a day for the last 2 and a half...

Hi Everyone, this is my first post on this Forum, I have been on Lipotrim for 10 days now. I have been in ketosis for a while, I have been checking my urine which has millions of ketones and can smell my own breath :(, but I am still so so hungry :sigh:, and all I want is a diet coke. I did...