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I started out liking the chocolate and not the vanilla. Ended up liking the vanilla (but only with a cup of strong coffee in it) and disliking the chocolate. Never tried the strawberry. Have gone on and off the soup, but drink it every day, usually with hot sauce or white pepper. Like Curve...

I hope it doesn't go in time! But I suppose you're right-- and it's up to me to change my habits. California is hot and droughty. Crazy high water rates due to worsening drought. But the whales are migrating right now, so when I can get away from the work, which isn't often enough, I love...

Grilled sea bass with a little rock salt and black pepper sounds fabulous. Wished I liked to cook it as much as I like to eat it! Don't like the smell in the house, but love the taste.

Not sure why the forum felt s-w-a-n-k-y was an inappropriate word.

Your favorite bath treat? ( I like the lavender bath products from L'Occitane). I just found several small s****y aroma therapy bottles given to my hub by his favorite hotel. They certainly smelled like a treat!

Because you found you liked the taste of leaner food, Curve?

I can really taste the difference between fresh healthy food and junk food. Including junk food masquerading as healthy food. So that's a super welcome change. Had a small portion of coconut rice with dinner one evening at a Burmese restaurant and I could have sworn it was dessert.

Seriously, Katie. I went through an odd stage there after being fine with 3 per day for quite a few weeks. But when I can only get down two, I do take a multi vitamin, so I like to think that helps. Going back to Ireland in early April, so supplies will be plentiful again too.

You're a better person than I am JK--I told the hub he's on his own foodwise until I am finished with Lipotrim. I told him this meant dishes as well as cooking. :-)

JoanieK, a week into on my re-feed, I found a BIG bag of forgotten Malteasers in my suitcase, meant for my husband's christmas stocking. I am in California now, where we do NOT have Malteasers. No greater temptation, and I was on re-feed. I ended up throwing half of them out because after...

I am restarting on Saturday Bikini, so we can do this together. I didn't have that rough a time starting last time (in January). The first four days getting past the start of ketosis really weren't that bad. A few headaches, but you just drink more water the minute you feel one coming on. And...

I like the sound of that Liveadream! Can your bf teach us to cook that super healthy tasty dinner too please? Just finishing a two-week refeed in which I ate quite a few of the foods I'd been craving, and was surprised that most of them were not as wonderful as I'd imagined. Even Eggs...

Hi Everyone, I started Lipotrim TFR on Jan 4th 2015 and stayed on it through March 7th, losing 35 pounds in the process. I had planned not to refeed since I was doing well, had never cheated, and was worried about the potential difficulty of going back on TFR after being off. However I was...

Hope you're feeling much better now liveadream. I had a few days when I could barely get one shake down and more days than not when I can only get two down. Rare is the day I can stomach three. But I wasn't sick like you, and I did okay for the most part--lost 35 pounds. Am nearing the end...

Happy birthday, Curveappeal! You're rocking your refeed! Thanks for the lovely meal descriptions and pics, which gives us all ideas. I am on an accidental, unplanned refeed this week too. I have meetings this week in San Francisco, but I missed my train and ended up on the coach for 9 hours...

Thanks Katie and Liveadream, I went for a few days on just one packet, then went back up to two, and today managed three. So definitely a temp thing, but I still haven't returned to the level of okayness with the product I had before. Usually can't finish the last third of the shake without...

Hi Liveadream, I don't know if there is a normal time for coming off TFR. I know some people have felt 8 weeks was about the right time. I am just finishing week 8 and headed into week 9. Although the last 10 days were hard, suddenly I am over the hump, for the moment anyway. So I am keeping...

Find it a bit harder now, suddenly, but I am still keeping going. Staying focused on the goal. I didn't put all this work into this diet to give up now.

This week I really hit an invisible wall with the Lipotrim. Suddenly I am having trouble tolerating the taste. I am not interested in the morning shake, which I used to look forward to, and I can barely force myself to drink half the soup in the evening. The idea of the packets makes me...

Liveadream, that REALLY sucks about being made redundant. I am so sorry. The one thin silver lining to this storm cloud is that because you've been dieting, you're going to look and feel great when you go for interviews! Did I mention that I started Lipotrim because of a job interview? It...

The time has really flown on this diet! And although I've had several difficult days when I wondered if I should take a re-feed break, I am so glad I kept going! Thanks to the encouragement I received in the forum to keep going without breaks (because it's so hard to get started again, I was...

Great that you went for a walk, Liveadream I've taken shortish walks (under 30 minutes) at sunset for couple of days now, nothing major, but it feels great. And suddenly the scale is moving again. It feels good to be moving more, and it feels fabulous to actually be taking off this weight...

Curveappeal---Your friend has put her finger on the real danger---thinking we can carry on as before once we've lost the weight. But I am not up for the lose-it-all, gain-most-of-it-back, lose-it-all-again scenario. I know I have to change my relationship with food well before I get to the...

Eggs Florentine would be right up there on my list too, Liveadream. Only I'd add sliced tomato, avocado, American bacon and call it Eggs California. You'll have to post your bf's sauce recipe when we're done. Also looking forward to sushi rolls, with a bowl of endamame, hot sake and green tea...

I also hate going for job interviews being overweight. The scramble for the right outfit. The concern that as a woman you'll be judged first for your weight.

I hate that as one grows older so many of the serious health problems people start to have are weight related. Diabetes, heart problems, hypertension, back pain, joint pain, etc. etc. It makes no sense whatsoever to allow yourself to be considerably overweight as you enter your fifties, unless...

Curveappeal, I know I would have been sorely tempted by the pizza had I been there, so that's some amazing will power you have there. I have not seen friends socially since I started the diet for that very reason--my friends are fabulous cooks and I don't want to have to explain that I am not...

Lauriloo, you are impressive! You fought the cake and the cake did not win! I've lost many a battle over the years to a good cake. Now that you've won that battle, it will make every other cake showdown easier.

So I've found a new Lipotrim supplier who rocks. He suggests using other products with Lipotrim. So using Lipotrim as the core of the diet, but supplementing it with excellent products from other VLCD diets. Have any of you ever done this? Can you post your experiences on this thread? SOME...

Would love to add fresh cilantro/coriander to the soup, but afraid it would deter ketosis. Does anyone know if we can add fresh herbs to the soup?

Started adding 5-6 drops of a smoky hot sauce to the soup tonight. It's doesn't taste spice-hot at all, but the subtle smokey flavor gives it a really nice flavour and breaks the soup tedium. What are you all doing for variations on the soup?

Time WILL fly, indeed. That's great that you've got a support system there in your mother. Supportive mothers rock.

Feeling lucky that I don't have to cook for anyone! My son just left for Uni and I told my husband he was on his own until June mealwise. Week 7 now and my energy is great again. Just a bad day here and there, especially in week 3. Will be interested to hear how your energy is this time...

Way to go Liveadream! No matter how slow the loss, keep going and you'll get there. Give up in discouragement, and you'll stay right where you are. I don't know about you, but I don't want to stay right where I am. So I am keeping going. I pulled a rack of clothes out of the closet today and...

Liveadream, my weight loss slowed dramatically too after the fourth week. I am losing about 3lbs a week now, and have never cheated. I was discouraged by this at first, but I've decided to ignore the scale in as much as I can because there is only one way my weight is going and that's down...

Kerry, you must be nearly going on week five now. How are you doing?

Becca, Are you over your flu now and back on the Exante? I can't imagine continuing if I were that sick. Hope all is well.

Katie, week two will speed into a month in no time. You've got the worst bit over with.

That's terrific--you've got 5 weeks finished. Soon it will be 6, 7, 8 ..... I am heading into week 7 on Monday. Most of us are on TFR here. Until we refeed and do maintenance. Not that I've done this before, lol.

Wow, Mark. That's incredible. Keep going!!

Are you still on the shakes, Roxie? Are you doing TMR again? When you were on last year, how many months did you stay on?

I am wondering how many people have been on TMR for over two months now? What is the longest you've been on TMR?

Congratulations liveadream, that's fabulous progress! I lost about the same my first month. I am at the end of week 6 now, and the weight loss seems to be much slower. But I can feel it in the clothes I fit comfortably into again, so even if I am not seeing it on the scale, I am feeling it in my...

I had great energy my first few weeks of the diet. Amazing energy--just like you described. I am more tired on my third and fourth weeks now. And have had some energy crashes. Drinking the right amount of water seems to help. I am not as crash prone if I've kept up with the water. Still, over...

Hi Mark, I had trouble getting the water down too at first. I took someone else's advice and made it a discipline to drink one glass directly before and directly after each feed. Then I take three 16 oz bottles with me through out the day, and take a swig whenever I can. They inch down over...

The blender really helps a lot. I did the first week on only a shaker. But I didn't like the consistency of the shakes. Much better consistency with a blender.

That's a great idea. I've just been adding ice, but it does water the shake down.

How is everyone doing? Butterfly, are you still staying motivated? I am approaching the end of my fourth week, and still going strong, but finding I need to re-motivate myself every few days.

Becca, how are you getting on? Has it grown easier or harder? I had one bad day last week, and one bad day this week--bad meaning I just felt tired and weak and so ready to be done. But the rest of the time, it has been pretty much okay. On a bad day, I know it will pass, and the next time I...

By the way, my weight didn't budge at all for five days, twice so far. Then both times, there was a largish drop of 4-5 pounds on the sixth or seventh day. So hang in there! The only direction the scale will move is down. I've started not weighing so much too, to keep from getting discouraged...

Thanks Kerry, that's excellent advice, and I appreciate your experience. I'd like to stay on, and just get it all over with in one stint. Most of the ebay suppliers I've exchanged emails with charge 72 pounds sterling per week's supply to ship to the US. Seems like the shipping would be less...

A stone in two weeks is amazing! My loss was too good to be true--my scale must be faulty. Stepped on today and suddenly weighed five pounds more. So it looks like I've lost 20 lbs in three weeks, not 25, which seems about right. I can live with that. I know you can make your goal for May if...

Hi Becca, Well I tried not to weigh so much last week as I'd been on a long plateau, but after two days, I weighed again and had lost four pounds. Two days later, I'd lost another 4-5 pounds. This after over a week without losing anything at all. There must something must be wrong with my...

I am walking every day for 30 min to an hour, but not much else yet. Have a great weekend!

Thanks so much for contacting lipotrim and asking! Great to know that our additives are okay. If I couldn't drink my shakes with coffee, I don't think I'd be able to stay on this diet. I am really wearing thin on the soup, but the coffee and vanilla shake and coffee and chocolate shake, I am...

How are you doing today, Becca? No exercise for me this week as I've hit the wall energy wise. The first two weeks I had amazing energy, but this week suddenly I am flattened. I've also hit another weight plateau--five days with only 1/2 lb change. So I am going to try to not weigh again...

That's interesting about what your pharmacist said, because mine told me that both the vanilla and choc shakes taste much better with coffee added. Which I've been doing. Tried them both ways and much prefer them with coffee.

So now I am halfway through week three and the great energy has fled. Have been sapped this week, and not feeling great. But am still following diet faithfully. Good energy was too good to be true, but at least it lasted for the hardest two weeks. Now that I am on it, I am not stopping.

LIPOTRIM CHOCOLATE MOUSSE If you need variety, you can make your chocolate shake packet into a mousse by mixing it with less water, then freezing it in a shallow bowl for 10-15 minutes. Eat with a tiny spoon to extend the sensation that you are actually eating instead of drinking.

COFFEE WHITENER I just read an old post that suggested saving a small part of your vanilla shake to add to your coffee as a whitener. Brilliant!

MAKING CRISPS FROM LIPOTRIM SOUP A forum member named "AND" posted this suggestion for an alternative soup recipe on another thread today. I haven't tried it, but it sounded so creative I thought I would post it. So here it is, verbatim from "AND" "With the soup try mixing into a paste with...

LIPOTRIM LATTES Quite a few people report drinking their Lipotrim vanilla or chocolate shake HOT with coffee added. They like the latte-ish taste and texture.

TIP Make coffee and tea portions in the morning and as they cool, pour them into your shakers so when meal packet time comes, you just add the packet. You can carry the coffee in your shaker to work, so you are ready to mix. I also add ice cubes when I add the packet because I prefer the...

CHOCOLATE MINT SHAKE Several people on the forum have suggested making a cup of peppermint tea and adding it to the chocolate shake. I tried this yesterday and it was a nice change.

STRAWBERRY SHAKES I haven't tried the strawberry packets yet. I was worried they'd taste too artificial and that I would hate them. But I am hearing they taste much better with ice cubes added. Those of you who are drinking the strawberry shakes, are you putting the ice cubes in the blender...

SOUP ENHANCEMENTS I've been grinding pepper into the empty bowl (but NO SALT as it makes you retain water weight) I've also been adding a variety of hot pepper and chile flakes. I read somewhere on the forum that Habanero Flakes work really well, but I haven't tried them yet I read somewhere...

ADD FIBER. I add a half teaspoon of powdered fiber to every shake and to the soup now. This has two benefits: first, it gives me all the fiber I need to keep my digestive system comfortable and regular during the diet. Second, it thickens the mix just a tad for a much better texture...

ADD COFFEE both to the vanilla and chocolate shakes. I add an 8 oz cup of my favorite brand (Peets!) but you can do this with instant powder too.

Hi everyone, Surely someone has started a thread like this in the past but I couldn't find it. If there is a thread like this, point me to it. If not, let's crowd source a group of recipe variations--so that when we hit that moment where we need a little variety, we can come directly to this...

Hi Becca, Bravo for keeping going, Becca!! You'll be rewarded on Wednesday, no doubt. My weekly check in is Monday, but I weigh every day. Are we not supposed to? I don't go to a pharmacy--I picked up 6 weeks supply because I was going to be working in the States this winter and I wanted to...

Becca, do hang in there, because after 7 days without losing you are bound to have a good drop. And you had such an amazing drop the first week. You can't compare just eating regularly when you aren't losing weight during a flat period because this program is a metabolic process that curves in...

How did your weigh in go Becca? And hello everyone! I am a first timer on day 14 and have lost 13 lbs--so nearly a stone in two weeks. Yes--everything does smell more delicious, even things I don't like! I've been weighing every day which might not be the best idea as some days I seem to go...

I am quite surprised by how easy this diet is. I felt shakey for about 15 minutes on the afternoon of the first day, but since then, I've felt steady, energized, and not very hungry. I notice I have great energy. Not the sad, sagging, over-tired and cranky feel of other diets over the years...