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  1. nixx

    Very quick questions!

    Thank you so much folks; that's all been really helpful. I think the Asda squash fits the bill, thank goodness!
  2. nixx

    Very quick questions!

    Hello :wavey: I've jumped onto Atkins today after not doing it for oooooh I can't remember how long. Just some very quick yes/no questions because I'm not sure whether I'm remembering right! Sugar free jelly - is it allowed, and if so any particular brand? Sugar free squash? (ditto)...
  3. nixx

    MY FIRST WEEK HEALTHY EATING.....

    You'll have to splash out on some scales, I think. I don't think it's possible to do calorie counting without them, unless you're just eating pre-packed counted stuff all the time, which isn't going to be great.
  4. nixx

    My before, after and back on pics...

    Looks great - and if you lose 17lbs, you'll be too skinny! Where's the dress from - want one!
  5. nixx

    Vanilla shake!!!!!

    Depending what you had (and unless it was something like a very plain chicken salad), it will have knocked you out of ketosis, meaning your body will have to get back into it before it starts burning fat at the rate it was. In short, it will probably slow down your loss this week. Well done...
  6. nixx

    I'm back.... :(

    Hi Suzy - saying hello because you live near me! Just to say good luck and congratulations on getting back to it. I'm on week 4 just now, hoping to stay on it til I get married in August then go on hol. It's really hard keeping it off, isn't it? I've promised myself this is the LAST TIME I'm...
  7. nixx

    Lipotrim from Ebay?

    I've been getting mine from Ebay this time. I did it 2 years ago and lost 4.5 stones, so know what it should taste like, and it's the real deal. It's £44 for a week's supply. The reasons I don't go back to the chemist? I'm not overweight enough, I don't want to get weighed (I'm not...
  8. nixx

    Back from hols etc

    Elle, one of the first things you can have when you refeed is coffee with milk, so it wont have harmed your weight loss, I can virtually promise you.
  9. nixx

    im dissapointed in myself...

    It's done, forget it. Was it slimline tonic? If so, you might even get away with it at your weigh-in (and you might anyway!). Well done on the 15lbs in 10 days - that's great!
  10. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    Hear Hear! My thoughts exactly.
  11. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    It's "Prader-Willi" and "contraindications".
  12. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    Thanks summergurl :)
  13. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    From the PWA website: Incidence and Prevalence An epidemiological study carried out in one health region in the UK in 2000 estimated birth incidence to be in the region of 1:22,000, with a lower bound for population prevalence of 1:52,000. Previous estimates have estimated a birth incidence...
  14. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    I imagine if this came to fruition that those who were unavoidably obese because of a medical condition would be exempt from any charge. Do you have any idea how rare Prader-Willi Syndrome is? This may be contentious, but even that (with a huge amount of effort) can be controllable in...
  15. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    Who does the shopping and the cooking? Who pays for the crap they buy at the shops on the way to and from school? THE PARENTS. I'm far from naive, believe me. And I can start a discussion and continue it without fuming off.
  16. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    I'd feel mortified, which is why I lost weight. I'm glad I did, because I'm healthier. I'd also feel they have a point. We have strict limits on our baggage weight, supposedly because it costs more in fuel to fly a heavier plane, and are charged per kilo if our bags are heavy. What's the...
  17. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    Blame can be laid at their door, because as the adults in a husehold, they have the ulimate say in what is and isn't eaten, and what exercise is or isn't taken. I work in Child Health and schools, and every day see the results of parents making bad choices on behalf of their children. As...
  18. nixx

    OMG Ryan Air Fat Tax to fly

    No, Chelly, because someone's hair or skin colour doesn't make sitting in a seat next to them uncomfortable, or add extra weight to the plane, or make it difficult to move quickly in an emergency like being obese does. It's not discrimination, it's common sense.
  19. nixx

    ARRGGHH!! Urgent help needed please!!!!

    I found this: Eating out: make the right choices If it were me, I'd have the chicken chow mein. Noodles already in, no need for calorie-laden rice.... very filling too.
  20. nixx

    Homemade lasagne

    Blimey - only trying to help! I'll leave you to it.
  21. nixx

    Homemade lasagne

    You shouldn't just guess - like Karen says, you need to work out the points in each ingredient, add them up and divide by the number of portions. A guess when you have to is ok, like when you're eating out and don't know exactly what's in your meal, but if you're making it yourself, you might...
  22. nixx

    I'm back.

    That's brilliant Charlie. Just imagine walking across that stage to get your certificate, all slim and glam and gorgeous!
  23. nixx

    Atkins

    Thanks howdy - fab username! Just can't decide what to do. I love WW and Atkins but they're not flexible enough. The JUDDDD looks good too, and better suited to my "pig" days. And OMG well done on that amazing weight loss!
  24. nixx

    Atkins

    Has anyone gone straight to Atkins from LT, without the official refeed? I know last time I did LT I found the refeed harder than the actual diet!
  25. nixx

    Share your *MENUS* please (Atkins and Low carb)

    Thanks Sue, you just made this diest even easier lol
  26. nixx

    Share your *MENUS* please (Atkins and Low carb)

    Can we have creme fraiche??!! I've been missing out LOL
  27. nixx

    Cream cheese for oopsies

    Oh my God I'm going to have to control myself! Thanks Sue :D
  28. nixx

    Cream cheese for oopsies

    Thanks Sun! Now all I need is some cream of tartar. My Tesco son't sell it for some reason.
  29. nixx

    Cream cheese for oopsies

    Hi Just a quick question. The cream cheese for oopsies - is it the stuff like Philadelphia? Thankyou!!
  30. nixx

    Am I doing it wrong?

    Oh thanks Laura! I'm glad it's not just me. I'd already started getting ready for packing in and starting weight watching tomorrow, but I'll stick with it. It's depressing, isn't it? Working so hard and not seeming to get there. I know I have lost weight, certainly in the first 3 weeks...
  31. nixx

    Am I doing it wrong?

    I've not weighed for 2 weeks, because I don't want to end up like I used to be, jumping on the scales every 5 minutes and obsessing about numbers. I weighed this morning, and I've not lost a thing. I'm doing induction (5 weeks now), not going over my 20 carbs, not struggling, not hungry -...
  32. nixx

    Should lose after weekend...............finally!!!

    He sounds gorgeous! Whenever we've introduced new cats, we've left them to it. Our current 2 aren't best buddies or anything - they don't cuddle up - but they don't fight, eat happily together and have the odd sniff of each other! Thinking of getting another one (or two) after our hoildays...
  33. nixx

    atkins-are we allowed diet soda's etc

    Thanks DQ. I'll see what I can find. I read somewhere that there's some in M&S that doesn't have it in, but not had a chance to look yet.
  34. nixx

    atkins-are we allowed diet soda's etc

    I thought we weren't allowed diet drinks because of the aspartamane. Great if we are, but can anyone tell me why we can't have aspartamane - I can't find it in the book, although I know I've read it.
  35. nixx

    Moroccan Chicken

    Thanks to Buffydog for the recipe for Moroccan Chicken in the "just recipes" thread - it's just like having a chicken curry (no rice, of course :cry:) Fab, it's a new favourite for me!
  36. nixx

    Does weight loss slow down?

    Thanks Shaz. When I think of the time I spent trying to lose on WW (and did lose, but very slowly), just losing 1lb a week, my littel 2lb is great! WW is good for me for maintaining, but too slow if I'm trying to lose any. I love this Atkins, but honestly am a bit bored of the food, but not...
  37. nixx

    Does weight loss slow down?

    Ah bless you both for answering so quickly. I thought so, and it makes perfect sense, doesn't it?! I'm not despondent at all, just thrilled with myself for having nipped my gain in the bud this time. I've lost count of the times I've lost loads then let it all creep back on. This is the...
  38. nixx

    Does weight loss slow down?

    Morning ladies I've been doing Atkins for 3 weeks and found your posts both inspirational and helpful, especially your meal suggestions. Now I think I have a dumb question. I didn't weigh myself when I started because I couldn't bring myself to look at what I weighed after having lost loads...
  39. nixx

    Schwartz hollondaise for fish

    Yes please, Buffydog, can you post recipes for those? Fed up of egg and bacon and sausage (never thought I'd hear myself say that!).
  40. nixx

    Should lose after weekend...............finally!!!

    Buffydog, which sausages do you have? Been looking for lowest carb today and foound some tesco farmer's choice (frozen) which were 0.4g per 2 sausages. How does that sound?
  41. nixx

    Can I have......

    Thanks Dancing, I will keep it simple. I can live without my squash and have jelly when I need a sweet taste.
  42. nixx

    Can I have......

    Sorry to be a pest. I have some sugar free squash that has carbs per ml undiluted. Would this be allowed? Thanks again :-)
  43. nixx

    Can I have......

    Thanks so much Dancing, that's all good news to me! Congratulations on your weight loss, too, that's amazing; you must feel fantastic.
  44. nixx

    Can I have......

    And corned beef??? :)
  45. nixx

    Share your *MENUS* please (Atkins and Low carb)

    Thanks Shaz, there's tomorrow's tea sorted!
  46. nixx

    Can I have......

    ...... marscapone cheese .......shop bought egg mayo on Atkins? Please??!!!
  47. nixx

    Share your *MENUS* please (Atkins and Low carb)

    Hello ladies (experts!) How would I go about making a creamy mushroom sauce to go with some steak? I'm on induction and read it somewhere in this thread and would love a go!
  48. nixx

    Fat Acceptance

    Thank you, and well done to you too, you're WELL on your way!
  49. nixx

    Fat Acceptance

    Thanks all for having a look. I don't for a minute dispute that there are thin, unhealthy people and fat, healthy people. What I don't like about the fat acceptance movement is their seeming inability to accept that not everyone thinks the same, despite the fact that they want acceptance for...
  50. nixx

    Fat Acceptance

    I didn't know where on the site to post this, so put it in here because I read Lighter Life threads avidly (you're all very interesting!). This Don’t You Realize Fat Is Unhealthy? « Shapely Prose is an.... interesting..... site. I wasn't aware of the Fat Acceptance movement until I found the...
  51. nixx

    Cutest pics...?

    Have you all see this? Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? Brilliant!
  52. nixx

    what happens when you reach goal?

    I think the theory is you increase your points each week until you get to a point where you stop losing, and that's the number of points you need to maintain. In practice, it's not so easy, is it? You've worked so hard and finally done it, got where you want to be, the last thing you want to...
  53. nixx

    I know strictly it's a no no but...

    I did Lipotrim andhell, I missed my vodka more than my food. I had 1 night off when I went to one of those parties you just can't miss, and where you just can't not drink. I planned on sticking to vodka and slimline, but got cocktails FORCED on me! I got straight back to it the day after, and...
  54. nixx

    ww after lipotrim

    Hi Blondie. I lost around 4.5 stones with Lipotrim and went on to lose another half stone or so when I switched to WW. The key is the refeed - done prerly, you wont regain any weight. I don't go to classes, but I've done WW on and off for 20 years (EEEK!), so I think know at I'm doing! I've...
  55. nixx

    Ducolax/Ducolease

    Deb, I don't mean to be critical, just wondering, and this might be answered elsewhere - are you still SSing even though your BMI is 21?
  56. nixx

    Sharing favourites & new discoveries

    M&S Count on Us chilled puddings (with the yoghurts etc): lemon meringue - 2.5 chocolte and cherry dessert - 2.5 toffee muffin dessert - 3
  57. nixx

    Christmas Party Was Friday

    I had one night off in 4 months of abstinence and ate a chicken breast and drank an off-licence. Before Lipotrim I could down bottles and bottles, and still did on that night, about 2 months into the diet. Now, however, I can drink a lot less, I suppose because there's a lot less of me (4ft...
  58. nixx

    Porridge!!

    30g is not very much, but cooks to plenty and is very filling. A good heaped tbsp at a guess, or a good handful. I add salt, and stir water in, maybe 3 parts to the oats. I microwave it a minute at a time, stirring inbetween, til it gets to the consistency I like. I have candarel on top, and...
  59. nixx

    Will anyone be interested?

    Hiya Shelly - I'll try to get on later to put some up for you. No problem.
  60. nixx

    Will anyone be interested?

    Hiya Shelly - do you mean for the refeed or for WW? Here's a week of refeed: Day 1 LT vanilla shake with tsp coffee 4oz chicken, small bowl of salad with balsamic vinegar LT vanilla shake with tsp coffee Day 2 LT vanilla shake with tsp coffee ¾ tin tuna in brine, small bowl of salad...
  61. nixx

    Will anyone be interested?

    It will be reall yuseful to a lot of people. Some of us did it on lipotrimusers.com. I found it good to look back at what I did and how I kept it off. It'll help keep you on the straight and narrow fi you commit to posting it on here. I lost 4.5 stones ish and have lost around another half...
  62. nixx

    Quick question...

    Thanks both of you - that makes sense. So after week 9 of management, you still have a pack a day? How long for (oficially!)?
  63. nixx

    Quick question...

    Hello there As an ex-Lipotrimmer, I read this forum regularly just to see how you all get on, and find it very interesting. One question - at what point on LL do you stop using the packs? When you reach your target, what happens, and how long does it take? How quickly do you move on to...
  64. nixx

    I don't really know how to put this...

    I think you've hit the nail on the head, Sweetpea. The ones who don't blip, don't post, because they don't need to. I agree with the thing about empathy, Tubs, but don't agree that "oooh, you're at it again, never mind, you'll soon sort it out" is empathy.
  65. nixx

    I don't really know how to put this...

    I DID say I didn't want to cause offence. I realise no-one's here to lose weight for me, and that they're being honest. I just wondered whether constant reassurance that everything's ok (when it patently isn't, in some cases) is a good thing. For me, the "for gawd's sake" would work - I...
  66. nixx

    I don't really know how to put this...

    Hiya Twiggy and thanks for relpying. If you ever need a buttkicking, you know where to come! I know what you mean, I'd never wade in and shout "get a grip" either - I just wondered if anyone else was thinking it, or if anyone would say they really need it. If I'm bad, I WILL come asking for a...
  67. nixx

    I don't really know how to put this...

    ....without it sounding preachy or offensive, so let me start by saying that's not my intention at all - it's a genuine question. About me, firstly. I've lost and gained stones and stones all through my life, since being about 12. My latest (and last, I hope) loss - I lost around 4 stones 7...
  68. nixx

    Doing WW after Lighter Life...

    When you come off a VLCD and go back to eating real food again, the way to avoid that initial gain is to refeed properly. I did it after Lipotrim. I did their refeed menu for 2 weeks, gradually reintroducing different food groups, especially carbs. I didn't put any weight on, in fact lost...
  69. nixx

    can someone PLEASE helpme!!!

    Have you seen the Lipotrim refeed plan? LT works on the same principle as CD, so give that a go. You'd only need 8 shakes for a week. Failing that, do WW, but do it with minimal carbs for a couple of weeks.
  70. nixx

    Hairloss and periods - the real deal

    Hi Mrs L - of course I remember - I dip into the Lard Arms regularly, and you make me laugh a lot - which is, as you say, great! Things are going well so far (ever the pessimist!). I'm following the WW points plan and managing myself well at the moment. I probably don't need to lose anything...
  71. nixx

    Hairloss and periods - the real deal

    Does anyone knowif there's any type of food we should be avoiding to minimise the effects of hairloss? Any supplements or prescription medicine anyone can recommend? I've JUST started noticing this, 7 weeks or so after starting to eat again after 4 months of Lipotrim.
  72. nixx

    Weight Watchers in the media

    It drives me mad reading those "how I did it" stories. THeir photos may well be an inspiration, but reading "30g cereal, chicken salad, salmon and veg, and the occasional glass of wine" is enough to put ANYONE off starting. Yes, I like a sald, but I don't want to feel like the only way to...
  73. nixx

    Sharing favourites & new discoveries

    Mix a sachet of Options into some low fat natural yoghurt nd it makes a chocolate sauce which is gorrrrrrrgeous with tinned pears or a banana.
  74. nixx

    Sharing favourites & new discoveries

    WW lemon cheesecake yoghurt - close your eyes and it could be a REAL cheesecake - and only 1 point!
  75. nixx

    last day online.....

    Hi KittyKat - you don't need luck, because it works! You just need to stick to it, and the weight will fall off. Have you done WW before?
  76. nixx

    Christmas Challenge.... WELL DONE YOU LOT - almost 100 stone lost between you

    Hi there, and good luck everyone. I hope I can have maintained by Christmas. Off topic, but can someone tell me how to do the "was, now, soon" pics like Mini has in her signature? Thanks!
  77. nixx

    Exhaustion and Inspiration in Development

    Hi Claire - your post and user name struck a chord with me. People have asked me "OMG, how do you do it, how do you live on milk shake?" and all the usual other questions, and my answer is, I just decided to do it, and told myself "Just do it". I too heard about Lipotrim and thought - "I'm...
  78. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    Yes, Mrs L, I think I'll camp out here for a while, you're all clearly very supportive of each other and a friendly bunch. And yes I can be witty when I'm quoting someone else! Helen, I remember as a child my lovely Nana plying me and my sister with plate after plate of food, and still...
  79. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    Tiger Girl and Yo-yo - it all sounds really interesting - wondering now if I've missed out! It's funny, I recently finished a Uni course which had a module about Counselling, which I desperately didn't want to do but REALLY enjoyed. I wonder if I didn't want to do it because I knew deep down...
  80. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    LOL yes of course you can use it! The woman was an absolute star - a real terror who scared me into losing weight - she had the class in stitches every week. Sadly retired now, so I can't join her class, which is a shame. She called normal people "civilians", as if we WW were a different...
  81. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    Hi there That's where I always struggled - when things went wrong. I couldn't just say to myself "forget it". I would always decide to carry on and have a day or 2 off, then start again (having put pounds on!).
  82. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    Blimey, I went on a bit there, didn't I?!
  83. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    Hi mrs L Yes, you have answered it - you've told me how it helped you! When you mentioned addictive eating, something clicked there. I know I have an addictive and quite destructive personality (I don't smoke, but hell I can drink) and when I honestly think about it, yes, my eating is an...
  84. nixx

    How many women on here have PCOS?

    Me too, I didn't have periods for years and years (don't know how I got my son!), but they're back, and regular, and bloody painful!
  85. nixx

    How has counselling helped you?

    Hi, just interested really.... I've lost my weight with Lipotrim, after I decided against Lighter Life because of the cost, and because I thought I wouldn't benefit from/didn't need the counselling. I look at myself and why I overeat, and genuinely think it's purely because I'm either greedy...
  86. nixx

    Friend's comments (long post sorry) Help needed!

    Bottom line is she's worried that YOU are going to be the size 8/10 one and SHE is going to be the 16/18 one, and can't cope with it. I agree that she's a toxic friend (I like that, good description), but that if you calue her friendship you need to have a word. A strrong one. THat about...
  87. nixx

    iv weighed myself at home

    As long as you're weighing yourself at roughly the same time of day wearing roughly the same kind of clothes, it doesn't matter which you weigh yourself on - 11lb loss is 11 loss, whether it's on yours or hers, so fingers crossed and congratulations!
  88. nixx

    Quorn Escalopes

    I love those quorn crispy fillets - 3 points each.
  89. nixx

    I just called the diet doctors!

    Good for you - I sat fuming watching that one-sided rubbish last week!
  90. nixx

    Hello!

    Hiya Paula, doing just fine, eating a little bit more and different things, finally. Not been reading much on here, been blimmin ironing all day - how's things with you?
  91. nixx

    slimfast??

    You're absolutely right - I spend far too much on food shopping. I love cooking and do a lot of it - we have 2 fridge-freezers now, full of food (and I wonder why I have a weight problem?!). There's only 3 of us! I justify my £80ish a week at Tesco by telling myself I'm saving Clubcard...
  92. nixx

    slimfast??

    I'm sorry - I hope I didn't offend. I see your point completely. When I looked at the cost for me, I was giving up a £15 bottle of vodka a week so I was halfway there! Add that to lunches bought more or less every day at work and £30 is easily reached. Sorry again.
  93. nixx

    slimfast??

    I've done LT since April (refeeding now) and can honestly say the £30 per week spent on it is far less than what I'd spend on food and drink normally. I don't understand how you can't afford LT but can afford a week's worth of food and drink.
  94. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    Just realised I've actually LOST 2lbs this week, not stayed the same. I was thinking of what I was when I went away on Thursday and what I was when I got back yesterday - stayed the same. I lost 2lbs from day 1 to day 4 though.
  95. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    Hi Chitty I weighed today and stayed the same, will be weighing again next Tuesday 21st then on holiday on the 25th. Don't think I'll lose anything, to be honest, will just be happy to stay the same before I go!
  96. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    Sorry, Chitty, didn't answer your question - yes, straight from shakes to this - seems too much too soon, doesn't it?! making tea, will be back.
  97. nixx

    Hello!

    It is lovely, but I can't wait to get to WW to have "proper" (i.e. Curly Wurlies) food! I love the points system and I know it works, so just want to get back to that to be honest. I've had a week of refeed now and stayed the same, so hoping not to put toooooooooo much on on holiday...
  98. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    Your welcome DD. Hope it helps, although I know there's not much variety on it as I'm just too scared to start eating some stuff just yet. Sonya, we're going to the Lagotel. I went 4 years ago and it was great, so hoping it's not changed too much! Will be lying sunbathing on my tummy so as...
  99. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    LOL yes, off to Alcudia. Can't wait - my first "proper" holiday for 4 years. I love being "normal" again too - just being able to pick up a size 10 and know it will fit is great. Having a bulging wardrobe to choose from instead of putting on the same old "fat clothes" every day. I've...
  100. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    I'm off on holiday soon too, Chitty, and to be honest am ok with what I weigh now, but would be happier having lost another half stone. I'm going to carry on with this til I go, then do my absolute best to behave while I'm away (barring vodka) and join Weight Watchers when I get back to help me...
  101. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    Here you go. I've not been eating as much as it tells you to on the refeed thingy (too scared!) but have been drinking all my water. I've not been hungry or craved any of my old favourites, and if you'd told me 4 months ago I'd be able to eat salad without half a jar of mayonnaise, or even look...
  102. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    OK, give me a few mins and I'll try to make sense of my scribbling!
  103. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    I've done a week now and not put any weight on, so quite chuffed with that! If anyone wants, I can post what I've had, as I've written every little bit down. I've been very careful and carried on drinking the water too. I think it's a habit that'll stick with me now.
  104. nixx

    Hello!

    Doing OK Paula, day 3 of refeed and I've had 2 meals today!! I feel stuffed! How're you getting on?
  105. nixx

    I have decided - WW 4 Me! WI Day

    Thanks for that Cheryl - I know that makes sense! I know I have to get away from my usual carb scoffathon when I start WW this time. No more huge crusty white baguettes! Hope you're soon feeling better (although I imagine the 9 vodkas will go some way to make sure you will be!) Nixx
  106. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    LOL I'm following one posted by a member on the other site I mentioned - following it loosely but sticking within the guidelines. She posted what she ate for 2 weeks on refeed, but it is mostly fish/chicken/meat and salad or veg - no real recipes, if you know what I mean. Perhaps I'm just...
  107. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    I'm trawling through the books right now for recipes - luckily I love cooking and even luckier am good at it(!) and becuase I've done all these diets all my life and because I work in healthcare, I know a fair bit about food and nutrition. I do feel for people who don't, though, and are left...
  108. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    I get your point Mini, but for someone who's been overwieght for a long time, a page or 2 of advice which we've seen before and never taken up, and one day's sample menu, just isn't enough. We have to learn to eat like this for ever, from now one, so we need more ideas than that. And let's...
  109. nixx

    Re-Feeding On LT could someone tell me a bit more about it?

    I've just started refeeding this week, and the only info/instructions you get are those in the above post. It's very specific for 3 days, then from day 4 onwards gets infuriatingly vague, just saying "low fat meals from low fat sources" but not offering any suggestions or any complete no-nos...
  110. nixx

    I have decided - WW 4 Me! WI Day

    That's great, Cheryl! After all this time SSing, did you do WW any different - did you try to do it low carb or did you just have whatever you wanted with your points? I only ask because I'm going to WW when I get off my hols and wondering whether I'll be able to be "normal"!
  111. nixx

    Low point sweets!

    My son is wine gum freak so I bought him some of these and he prefers them to the "real" ones. Be warned though - they have a laxative effect if you eat too many (although I suppose that might be a good thing!). Nixx
  112. nixx

    Hello!

    I've been to my Mum's today to borrow loads and loads of WW cookbooks. Oh I miss food! Spoilt for choice now!
  113. nixx

    Hello!

    Yes, until next Thursday, then I can start some proper food at last LOL
  114. nixx

    Hello!

    LOL and I have just this minute had another bl**dy shake for mine! Roll on next week, chicken breast here I come!
  115. nixx

    Hello!

    I've just had a vanilla shake with a tsp of coffe in - yum. That's the only thing I'll miss about LT! My first WW breakfast is going to be beans on toast and I can't wait. I keep reading on here what you're all having and it's keeping me going!
  116. nixx

    Hello!

    Hi Cheryl, I see you're doing WW too now - very good luck. You've proved yourself to be determined and successful so I'm sure you'll have no problem with a "real food" diet! Hi Paula - doing ok today, just been weighed and lost another 3, so a concerted effort this week before starting to...
  117. nixx

    Hello!

    :mad: Oh bu99er. I suppose you're right though - out of the fridge they can take an age to eat, so I will stock up on those for my little indulgence!
  118. nixx

    alcohol

    I used to drink at home every night, and easily get through a bottle of vodka a week, if not more. I got an optic so I'd realise how much I was drinking, but it made me feel guilty so I took it down and went back to pouring it. I'll have to stick to weekends otherwise I'm going to need a...
  119. nixx

    alcohol

    As long as you count them you can have what you want. A gin is 1 point for a 25ml measue, and have slimline tonic - nil points!
  120. nixx

    alcohol

    A girl after my own heart! When I start, I'll be keeping some points aside for a vodka or 6. Probably just for weekends, as when I used to drink every night things got a bit out of control :eek: As an aside, my sis is a WW leader (just handed her notice in, though) and when she was losing...
  121. nixx

    Hello!

    HI Paula, thanks for the welcome.
  122. nixx

    Hello!

    Thanks both of you - yes I'm very pleased with myself - big cheshire cat grin :D Good luck with CD, these things DO work, and it'll be falling of you at a quick rate. I love WW, always have, but I needed quick results this time for my holiday, so LT it was, and I'm so glad I've done it...
  123. nixx

    Hello!

    Hi Sonya, yes getting on just fine, but really cannot WAIT for my refeed now! How's CD going?
  124. nixx

    Hello!

    I've just been having a read through the WW board and it feels like coming home! I've been on Lipotrim since mid-April and have lost nearly 4 stone and am near target, but I go on holiday in 3 weeks so I'm refeeding soon. When I get back I'm going to WW to lose that last bit and maintain, and...
  125. nixx

    How will this affect me?

    Thanks Sonya - looks like I'll just have to wait and see and keep my fingers crossed wont I?! Have learned my lesson too - I felt ROUGH by about 1am, and awful today too :-(
  126. nixx

    IMPORTANT! Please read if on a vlcd

    Thanks Bex 8 litres!!!
  127. nixx

    IMPORTANT! Please read if on a vlcd

    Can you copy and paste it - i'm not a member of their forum. THanks
  128. nixx

    How will this affect me?

    I've been on LT for 8 or 9 weeks now, not cheated once and been really pleased with the results. Last night, however, I had a planned cheat - one of those parties you HAVE to go to, and HAVE to have a drink. SO..... I had my 2 shakes and loads of water as usual, some plain chicken around...
  129. nixx

    Ideas for doing LT while in work

    :doh: Haha, I suppose if it's not one it's the other, and when I'm skinny they'll be on my back scrutinising everything I eat! It's made worse by the fact that they're mostly nurses, so think they know everything about LT despite never having heard of it before I went on it.
  130. nixx

    Ideas for doing LT while in work

    I might have to give a peanut flajack a try, now, girls. I had a free coconut one last week, had a bite and had to spit it out and chuck the rest away - it was soooooooo salty YUK. You're both doing really well - if you can stick with it for a couple of weeks it'll seem like a way of life...
  131. nixx

    Boob measuring this lucnhtime

    You must, Irene, they are wonderful there, and such a HUGE assortment of clothes and underwear for us very well-endowed ladies. New brochure just arrived this morning and it's better than ever.
  132. nixx

    Its very quiet in here......!

    Same old, same old - still doing fine and the results are pushing me on now. Getting fed up of people saying: Oooh, I couldn't do that! Oooh that can't be good for you! Is it safe? Why don't you just eat less and join a gym? How much longer are you going to do it? How can you sit here...
  133. nixx

    Its very quiet in here......!

    I think there's only me doing it now Sonya! Everyone seems to have converted to CD. How's it gone this week - when's your weigh in?
  134. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    Congratulations! And OMG it's nearly your wedding!
  135. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Oh my god so I am! I wouldn't have realised that, thankyou! Now I feel even BETTER!
  136. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I lost 4.5 this week, so a bit more cheerful. Everyone's noticing and I'm geting a few"Wows" now, too, so that's really motivating me. So is fitting in some NICE clothes for a change, and buying new ones too! Not spending too much, though, as I'm hoping not to be in them for too long!
  137. nixx

    Hi second week

    Ask the chemist for some of the fibre sachets, I've not used them but it's what LT recommend. And keep off the oranges!!! And a big WELL DONE for your 13lbs - that's great!
  138. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Hi Sonys, fine, just fine. I'm getting weighed on Saturday instead of yesterday because Saturdays are easier for me, so fingers crossed for then. I've lost 4 on my scales, so a bit happier than I was last week! How's the Cambridge, are you findng it any easier than LT? How long can you sole...
  139. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks Sonya, I've been having a dig around on here and notice that it's perfectly normal but GRRRRR I've had such problems with periods - irregular, heavy, non-existent - over the years I was getting used to them being regular! Fingers crossed they may just disappear for a while! Ah well, as...
  140. nixx

    What is your Ideal weight?

    When I went to WW.... erm 19 years ago!!... my goal weight was 8st 4, and that was the top of the weight range. I got down to 7 13 briefly, and at around these weights I was SKINNY. My face, looking at photos now, was so drawn I looked older than I do now. I think for me 9 stones is around...
  141. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Bit of a personal question, but.... ... has anyone else had this, or is it just me? I've had regular periods for ages and ages, and I'm now 9 days overdue, and not pregnant (done a test). I can't see anything about LT affecting your periods, but just wondered??
  142. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Hi Sonya, yep, still being strong - bored, fed up, dying for a quarter pounder with cheese :ashamed0005: but still strong! I promised myself and everyone I wouldn't cheat on this, and I wont. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can I have a 4 or 5lb this week!!! How's the Cambridge going?
  143. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    Congratulations! Is that on the CD, Niki?
  144. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    It's Wednesday, but I'm struggling to get there on Wednesdays so may wait until Saturday and make that my new weigh in day. Fingers crossed.
  145. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I know I'm DUE a bigger one - i just want it this week!! Trouble with this diet is you can't try harder, can you? You just do what it says, and that's it. I can't think - "right, i'll have a really good go at this this week" - there is no trying harder, or being extra good. You just drink...
  146. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    BAD MOOD ALERT! I'm not happy. I have not got on the scales since I got weighed on Wednesday, and jumped on this morning to have lost 1, maybe 2 pounds. I only lost 3 last week and the week before, and I'm getting demoralised and demotivated. I have my 3 shakes a day, 5 litres (at least) of...
  147. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Yep, still here, still necking my shakes and water Sonya. Bored bored bored of bloody shakes but I can see the results now, so keeping strong. And 3 months til my hol!
  148. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks Niki, yes I've been watching you! I know why it's dropping off a bit, but I keep seeing people on here with 6 7 and 8lbs losses and feel a bit crap! Ah well, that should teach me not to compare shouldn't it? Keep up the good work, and with any luck you and I will be gorgeous skinny...
  149. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks for replying Sonya, and I know you're right :rolleyes: ! You do so well motivating everyone on here while you've so much crap going on in your life too, so thankyou again, and well done for that. Here we go - week 5 - and I know its working, and I look so much better (if I do say so...
  150. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    NOT HAPPY! I only lost 3 again this week - what am I doing wrong?!! Drinking 5 litres of water, having my 3 shakes, and nothing more. My period is 3 days late - nothing unusual - is it something to do with me being premenstrual?
  151. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    Congrats Niki, and good luck with the CD.
  152. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I haven't cheated once either... and I blimmin well wont now. That's truly inspiring. Off for some more water lol.
  153. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    6 stones in 12 weeks!!?????? omg!
  154. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Hi Sam, and thanks. Wow look at how much you've lost! I can't wait til I have less than a stone to go like you. Roll on July!
  155. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Woohoo! thanks sonya!
  156. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Done that - here goes
  157. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Keeps saying "invalid file" :sigh: I'll keep trying.
  158. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    And now how do I put a ticker thing up?
  159. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks Sonya - done!
  160. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Hi all Only lost 3 today :-( - is this about normal at this stage? 8 first week, 5 second, and now 3. The chemist said it's likely to be because I'm due on my period in a day or two - is that true? Oh and how do I change the title of this thread!!!
  161. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    :party0023: Congrats, Niki, on the weight loss and the wedding date. You REALLY have an incentive now!
  162. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    :D Lmao me too, me too, pig headed. I've told them all to zip it and just wait til I'm thin THEN they can moan!
  163. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    Snap! My scales said 7, but I couldn't feel it, and I lost 8, so don't worry. If you've stuck to it, you can't not lose. Yes lets be buddies - we need all the support we can get! I don't know about you, but I'm surrounded by people saying stuff like "oooh that can't be good for you" and...
  164. nixx

    Fuzzyduck...3lbs this week. Half way there!!! :)

    Hi Niki Just saying hello, and will be watching how you do - I'm 4ft 11, and started at 13st 4, so we're virtually the same! I'm on week 3. I lost 8 on week 1, and 5 on week 2. I get weighed again on Wednesday, so will let you know how I get on. Look forward to seeing how you get on too...
  165. nixx

    Can I drink TOO much water?

    Forgot to let you know - I emailed lipotrim and asked if you could drink too much water on this diet and told them i was drinking around 5 litres and they said " yes you can drink too much water. 3 litres is enough". So there you go. Now I have to cut down on water too!
  166. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Hi sonya, yes i've been around, lurking. I lost 5 more this week, so that's 13 now in 2 weeks, so am dead pleased. Not much to tell people when you're on this, is there?! "Got up, had a shake, went to work, had a shake, came home, had a shake, went to bed... repeat!" I'm sure it'll be worth...
  167. nixx

    Can I drink TOO much water?

    Thanks everyone, and Nicole for posting that. I knew about the poisoning thing (work with kids and drugs - ecstasy), but did wonder whether too much could slow down weight loss. I'll stick to 5 litres I think, and have a word at the chemist when I get weighed today or tomorrow. Thanks again.
  168. nixx

    Can I drink TOO much water?

    I am constantly glugging away, not struggling at all to drink water, and probably drinking around 5 litres, maybe more, per day. Can I dirnk too much? Is there a point where it might affect my weight loss?
  169. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I will, I know I will. I can see results already, which is what I need, and why I chose this desperate fast measure rather thatn go to WW and do it slowly but surely. I'm too impatient and I have a holiday to look fabulous for!
  170. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I am, I am. I used to think - "life's to short to diet and not enjoy what you like", but I've changed it to "life's to short not to be slim and enjoy it even more".
  171. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I wont fail it, I promise. I understand how it works, and all the reasons that one little pick will undo days and maybe weeks of good work. I'm not suffering all this only to fail *determined face* LOL
  172. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks both :) Hoping it'll keep working for me now that I've found a diet and a taget (my holiday) that I can stick to. I've always lost slowly, whatever diet I've been on, so fingers crossed this is the one that shifts the flab a little quicker :D
  173. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Hi sonya... I'm fine, and coping amazingly well, I think. I'm not hungry, am managing to cook for DP and DS and managing to sit with my colleagues at lunchtime while they stuff allsorts down! Not a thing has passed my lipis other than strawberry, chocolate and water - lots of water. I can see...
  174. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Well I'm on my way - weighed in and lost 8lbs today. Bring it on!
  175. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    :D As it happens, Prestwich Pharmacy is just by my workplace!
  176. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks very much Cheryl, that gives me something to look at and get my mind focussed on. Good job I like chicken!
  177. nixx

    The weirdest thing happened to me this week.....having doubts about wedding

    I SO identify with this. When I lost loads of weight previously, it made me realise that other men did find me attractive, and I wasn't really stuck with the miserable, mean man to whom I was married. I'm a natural flirt and nature took it's course and our marriage ultimately ended because he...
  178. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    Thanks Sonya. I'll hang on a week or two then have a word, once she can see I'm really going to do this. I've surprised myself and my OH by sticking to it, and horrified those I work with (nurses :rolleyes: ) who think I should know better as I'm in training too, and I dread to think what my...
  179. nixx

    Nixx's path to skinniness

    I AM going to stick to this and lose loads, but I'm worrying (already) about what I do when I come off LT. I go away at the end of August. Do I stop LT 2 weeks before then and do the refeeding (I have this from a pharmacy website), then carry on just eating low carb? :confused:
  180. nixx

    Morning!

    Thanks sonya. Feeling much much better now but hell, I thought I was dying this morning! I would have come home from work but I had a meeting my manager was attending this afternoon, so I struggled through, then I got a call to say she wouldn't be coming, she was ill!! GRRR!! Had my lunch...
  181. nixx

    Morning!

    Thankyou all, ladies - I read your replies at work but couldn't reply. As long as I know it's normal, it's OK, I can cope with that! So am I right in thinking that ketosis is only kicking in now, so my weight loss might not be so dramatic this first week? Not giving up, Sonkie, no way Jose!
  182. nixx

    Morning!

    Morning ladies and gents Very quick question before I fly off to work - I'm on day5 of LT and have felt fine up to now (despite myscales showing I've only lost 2lbs :mad: ) but woke up this morning to a headache of monster proportions and feeling queasy. Is this normal? Thanks for any...
  183. nixx

    Hello nixx, welcome to the lipotrim forum.

    :) Aren't you so lovely and friendly!!! Thank you so much for making me feel at home. I'll be back in a bit to add some detail, and find out how to do all those cool things you've all got in your posts!
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