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No, you're not the only one - I think it will happen to everyone at some point...on any diet. You should be fine with the protein, but the carbs maybe not so. It al depends on what you had and how much. Did you start with your swimming? You see scales aren't really accurate if they don't weigh...

Hi Goose. Hope everything's OK with your husband (no matter how old a bloke is, Mum always knows best!). Where are the lumps? Is it painful when he swallows? Has he had mumps? Blimey! You had a flapjack and were happy! I'd rather see what the fascination dogs have with other dogs than eat one...

Hi LCH. You've done really, really well and don't be too downbeat about losing 1lb - I was really ill a couple of weeks ago and only lost 2lbs because I wasn't getting enough water. I was weighed last Monday and it seemed like I'd only lost another 0.5lb which made me feel down and I was on the...

Hi. Perhaps you're exhausted, mentally, through the length of time you've been on the diet. You can go one of two ways: 1. change what you have on this diet, i.e. if you have strawberry and vanilla shakes, try chocolate (I hate chocolate and love vanilla, but I've been so bored I tried the...

Yep, I think this is the easy part, too. It's easy because everything we need is in one sachet that we take 2/3 times a day and we don't have to think about anything else. Once the Maintenance is over, that'll be the hard part where we have think about everything we eat and how much of it we...

Of course it takes great willpower and you are doing it and that's great. I think we all struggle from time-to-time - I know I do but, as someone else has mentioned, we've eaten and eaten well for years, so to try and change that isn't going to be a quick fix. I started in the middle of July and...

Hi Jennimet. The thing is, we're programmed to eat. We eat because thousands of years ago people didn't know when the next meal was going to come along so they ate as much as they could - a bit like when a fox gets into a chicken coop (it doesn't want the food, but it will bite the heads of all...

Brilliant, Goose. I think men are more inclined to 'cheat' than women are, but you're doing very well in the face of very strong adversity. You cheat once and it's very easy to slip into the same old routine. Keep it up.

Hi LCH. Please be careful on this diet and don't make yourself really ill (does anyone know if there are any side-effects or long-term issues with being on this?). During the first two weeks, Saturdays and Sundays were spent almost entirely in bed, I was so tired. Even now, I really don't know...

That's superb - well done, Goose. Psychologically, it's a massive, massive thing to get into single figures and that can only be a great spur for you. You'll now very easily lose your 15.5lbs in less than 6 weeks, be at your ideal weight and be off this awful regime. Just so long as you remember...

Ooooh, why did you have to explain it? That sounds absolutely superb! There's an Italian take-away that does chicken sorpresa - a breadcrumbed chicken breast, with cheese and garlic butter in the middle. To be honest, respect to you for not having some or really bothering about it.

** STOP PRESS ** (Please don't read any further if you are of a nervous disposition). Just to let you know...I tried the flapjacks and they taste like someone has broken down MDF wood and given them to monkeys to eat. Then, they've fed peanuts to the monkeys and waited for it to pass through...

Swimming is excellent for you - will not build up such intense muscles that will put your weighing figures out, so you'll know that you're still losing weight and toning up your body. Keep it up and you'll be at your ideal weight and off this diet in no time.

DOK, Hez - you're both doing very well and seem to have the mentality to complete this diet. I'd have eaten that pie and gravy and then looked for something else! The thing you need to look out for - and it's getting to me - is boredom. Don't be too disheartened when you only lose small amounts...

Hmm, I know what you mean - some pharmacists don't seem too helpful. You sound like you're doing really well and, if you keep up with the way you're giong, you should be at your ideal weight in no time (and your 'Special K' won't feel so naughty).

Nah, I don't like Thai, either, but this was when they went to America, along the Mississippi. They made some fried chicken and waffles. The chicken looked really nice and it's something I'm going to try when I'm down to a good weight (I know, I know).

Haha, superb, Goose. You will never have time to feel hungry with baby around. You've done brilliantly and your weight should drop off/stay off.

Haha, yep. I watched all-day runs of 'Man vs Food' between weeks 1 and 2 and it was the worst thing I could have done! I watched more this weekend, along with 'The Hairy Bikers' and it wasn't so bad. Watching 'Hell's Kitchen' hasn't been too bad, though. I searched a little bit for some 'Hairy...

You sound like you have the mental awareness to succeed - as shown by your figures of how much you've lost..it's brilliant what you've done - and to eat and live healthily in the future (sorry, I didn't mean you personally shouldn't let dieting take over your life, I wasn't having a dig, I just...

My two penneth: don't watch all-day runs of 'Man vs Food' or 'The Hairy Bikers', especially in your first two weeks. After that, it becomes easier and you don't seem to bother as much.

Thanks LCH - good luck with your weigh-in tomorrow. Let us know how you get on and that 6lbs should have increased. By the time you come to weigh-in again, you should (hopefully) have a bit of a better feeling what the bars are like - but you should have a bit more water than you usually have...

Hi LCH. I love vanilla anything (Vanilla Coke I was one of my favourite drinks) and don't like chocolate anything. The first time I got my week's supply, I asked for 10 vanilla and 4 strawberry shakes - the strawberry, though nice at first, became a bit tiresome. The second weeks' supply, I got...

Hi. The pharmacist I go to has scales that weigh in kgs. For my initial weigh-in, the pharmacist noted everything down in kgs. The second and third times I went, the pharmacist was busy so one of the staff weighed me, but they have a guide provided to them for changing kgs into st/lbs. Ask your...

There's a guy on YouTube (I don't think I can post a link to it, but if you look for 'Weight Loss Update', by Larry Bundy Jr (he's English, well, Cockney and not a mas murderer)) and he says he's been on Lipotrim since July 2009 and the video was uploaded October 2010. He's had two months in...

It's probably not due to the water, as water should rinse all the slimy feeling away. You should get some mouthwash - apparently, Oraldine or Listerene (both the original flavours only) should be used with this diet. Try crushing up some fresh mint leaves, adding it to water and rinse your...

My advice (for what it's worth) is to keep drinking water/black coffee/black tea and keep yourself busy. The first week went alright for me, but the second week was a killer (don't be put off - we're all different and it affects us in different ways, like I haven't had any headaches at all)...

Hi. I've not heard of that and I've not seen anything about that on the Internet, but you could do one of two things: speak to another pharmacist or two (another at a Co-Op, to see if it's something the company is suggesting and one or two indpendents, or someone from Boots); take it that you've...

I don't think it's worth doing Lipotrim 100%, go straight into re-introducing food under uncontrolled circumstances, going back to 100% Lipotrim for three days, going on holiday and eating whatever and then coming back and doing Lipotrim 100%. Speak to the pharmacist - in advance - and get them...

I've not heard of that, but you could do one of two things - speak to a different pharmacist, or just take a break. You've done superb up to now, so take a little break at 11.5st to 12st, plateau for a short time and see how you cope, then start again.

I think fruit messes with the ketosis. Perhaps drink iced tap water or iced sparkling water.

Perhaps he's scared. He may be scared that you'll lose weight and leave him; or he may be scared because he doesn't understand the diet and doesn't want you to get hurt. Explain the diet to him and why you're doing it - to feel better in yourself. If he still does things like leaving tempting...