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Yeah, the pepper won't affect you at all, it's just to help you get used to tasting food again. Don't worry. I'm going to be going through the exact same thing in a couple of hours time!!

Final weigh in before management tonight. Lost 5lbs, which actually puts me below my original target, and means that I have officially lost over 5 stone in 12 weeks. First day of management tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to being able to get some sense of normality back, but at the same...

Hi Scotsnat. Without going into too many details how much have you got to lose compared to the others in your class? It may well be that if they have more to lose then they will lose more in the first weeks than you will. Don't worry about the slow losses. It does even out over time and...

It all smells a bit fishy to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Endemol had planted her in there to say just that so they could show off their new zero tolerance policy, and boost ratings as the show is already dull.

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Another weigh in, another 4lbs off. Almost 5 stone gone now. Next week I move into Management, so this is the last week of abstinence for me. I'm excited, but really nervous at the same time. Well done everyone else on your losses so far. You've all done brilliantly and it's great to...

I'm also moving into management next week. I'm slightly nervous about it but looking forward to getting into a healthy routine.

Was there not a countdown thing that used to be displayed in your signature? It's disappeared and I can't even find where I put in the details of something I was counting down to!

Marigold vegetable boullion powder, available at any supermarket, quite often near the gravy things.

I think it's £6 for a box of 14. I too use the Marigold, and don't have more than one a day, if that.

Hello everyone. Week 10 WI for me last night. 9.9lbs off!! Really really pleased with that. 2 more weeks then management for me!!

Final May WI for me last night. Just the 9.9lbs off!!! :D:D:D:D

I was worried about how to deal with the packs at work thing too, but found that people here were really supportive and interested, especially when they could see the difference in me. Although I really don't want the attention either, it's only for a couple of days then people will be used to...

The more water you drink the better the diet is for you. Is there anyway you can have a little before you go then make up for it when you get there?

Can I suggest that you speak to LL HO and let them know just how difficult it is for you to get hold of your LLC. They will be really quite annoyed that you were forced into the situation where you had no choice but to eat. If I were you I would be looking for a free weeks worth of packs to...

Good work so far Stu. A fellow LL Bloke!

3 packs a day £49.50 2 packs a day £33.00 1 pack a day £16.50 Good luck Betty!

God luck to all of you on management. I start 3 weeks today I think!

4lbs off for me this week!

Good stuff ISOM and Filly. Another 4lbs off for me and I've agreed with my LLC that I will SS for 3 more weeks then start management. Hooray!

Sorry, that was a bit useless wasn't it! Hopefully someone a bit more helpful will be along soon.

Not sure the oil would be ok, simply because it has oil in it! I can't answer your other question either as I have never attempted that particular recipe.

I love to cook but so far I haven't even attempted to cook anything for my better half. The reason for this is simple; I have to taste while I'm cooking. I don't mean continual grazing but it would be impossible for me to produce anything that wasn't basic without being able to dip a spoon in...

The bars contain slightly more carbs than the shakes and soups and they want people to get into ketrosis as soon as they can, the bars can slow this. Dunno about the drinks, possibly just to entice people back!

Boaters is ok on LL I think. You can buy it from Julian Graves.

I'm weighing up (no pun intended) when to go on to management as I'm off on holiday near the end of July. I'm not far off my original target weight now, and I should be at that point or past it within 4 weeks, so I think that would be the right time, so at least I can join my family for a meal...

Well done! I too am very sceptical, yet I believe a lot of what I'm being told at the sessions, simply because the results speak for themselves. The motivation is there for me every week when I get on those scales. Keep going and you will hit your goal.

Where do you get your Oolong tea from? Is it very expensive?

The low carb bottled beer is a myth. Yes it has x% less carbs than other bottled beers BUT it is also x% smaller bottle! As Karion said, just don't drink. They will all be amazed at how well you've done so far and I'm sure that they will all be so pleased for you that they will understand...

I know! I think it's because shirts are often measured by collar sizes, so it's interesting to see that area shrinking. Bearing in mind that your neck isn't actually that big to start with a loss of over an inch is quite a lot! Means the chins are disappearing too. :) I've still got a long...

3.3lbs off this week.

Right total inches lost in 8 weeks. (Please remember I'm a bloke!) Neck 1.25 Chest 4 Waist 4.5 Hips 3.5 So 13.25 inches in total. I'm not sure if that's good, average, rubbish or what!

Another 3.5lbs off this week. A little disappointed as I hoped it would be more, but nothing is going to get me down now. Just over a stone to go and management is in sight!

Why not have two tickers?

Having seen your latest pics I'm amazed at that!

I've been fine when I've been to friends houses, and when I've been to the pub when food hasn't been involved, but I'm not convinced I could go out to a restaurant and enjoy the experience. Despite everything that has happened and I've managed so far I know that would be really hard, and I'm...

Cheers Tommee. I'm not sure that I could get down as low as you, I'm naturally broad anyway, but I will be reassessing when I get down another stone or so. Your loss is staggering, so if mine goes as smoothly as that I'll be very impressed!

I'm almost looking forward to being measured on Wednesday now to see how much I've lost.

Cold fingers and toes are a good thing! I was told by my LLC that the reason for the cold is that the body drops its metabolism when you go into ketosis, and the reason for the cold fingers and toes is because the body does not pump blood all the way to the extremeties all the time in a bid...

One real positive thing for you to consider. I too have stretch marks, I definitely will not have children as I'm a bloke! You've done brilliantly so far. Hopefully the advice the others have given will help you, but please don't let something like this get you down now. Keep going to hit...

*snigger* nice Freudian slip there Carla! I've tried mixing the vanilla and st clemence, and the chocolate with st clemence. Both taste great! Does anyone know when the new bars will be available to buy?

Well done Cherry. Really well done.

You know another reason why you shouldn't beat yourself up over this? You were making something obviously lovely for OTHER PEOPLE! I take my hat off to all of you that are sticking strictly to this plan while still cooking for your other halves and kids. I'm so lucky in as much as my better...

Please don't think that I think that any counsellor, regardless of the scheme, doesn't want the best for their clients or doesn't strive to help them in any way that they can because I'm sure they do. In fact as people have said I'm sure that they do all that and more possibly because they know...

I haven't, but probably only because this is the first "organised" diet regime that I have ever attempted! TBH the fact that I knew it would be men-only sessions is the main reason I went for LL.

BTW, my own LLC is at goal as is her locum. I don't have this problem, but I think it would certainly make me doubt the effectiveness of the course as a whole if I did. That may make me shallow, but I know I would find it hard to believe, unless of course they explained that there was a reason...

Trouble is some people will find it very difficult to take the group sessions from someone who very clearly doesn't practice what they preach! I know that the attitude should be to focus on yourself and the reasons why YOU are the way you are, but people are often not like that are they? It's...

The cold isn't just because of losing insulation of fat layers, it's also because your metabolism is slowing down while you are taking in very few calories. This means that blood gets pumped less often to the extremeties while the body tries to conserve energy. That's why people often have very...

My understanding is this: To begin with exercise should only be taken if you are up to it, depending on your current levels of fitness. Cardio type exercise will help you to lose some more weight and will increase inches loss. Weights will help you with muscle tone. There is certainly an...

Have a look at a thread called AJ's Management diary. She does post bits from the book in there so that may give you some help too.

Just back from the WI. Lost 4.6Lbs! Hooray!

Yeah, I hope they're as good as she makes out!

This forum isn't super fast, but usually people are around during the day. If you still have the maintenance book maybe it would be worth going back to some of the earlier weeks reccipes and working forwards from there. I'm still doing the abstinence stage though so I'm sure someone with...

My LLC had the new flavours tonight. I only got the strawberry as I really don't like bananas. Not tried it yet though.

My LLC told me tonight that there are two new bars coming out. A "Nut Crunch" one which she assures me will be a lot more like peanut brittle than the cardboard current nut one, and a Cranberry & Raspberry one which she said had the texture of rice crispie cakes. She couldn't tell me when...

Evening all. Well done all of you that have lost again. I'm just back from my WI. Another 4.6lbs off making 45 in total in 7 weeks. Really pleased with that, although part of me hopes every week that it's more I know I can't have everything.

It's about £9 for the small bottle, £14 for the larger one in Boots here. It's just made by BIO OIL.

Yep, need 20 posts to be able to put that in your signature!

My LLC has said to me that I need to think in terms of clothes size rather than goal weight and BMI. Hopefully yours will think like that too. I think the idea of regular re-assessing is worthwhile though. It maybe that you get down to a 14-16 and then decide that you can go a bit further...

Sorry Cherry, I hope my post didn't come across as patronising. Of course you know what you should do!

Great stuff! There's the motivation to keep going right there!!

Do you have many people going out with you? If so you will probably get plenty of people telling you how great you're looking and how well you've done so far. Use this as your inspiration. I found at a BBQ last weekend that as I'd had so many great comments that I would be letting my friends...

I believe that when you reach your goal weight there is then a 12 week Management cycle, where different foodstuffs are introduced, week on week. So you're probably looking at 3 months from target weight. Don't let this discourage you though please! It's amazing how quickly the time goes...

For me I think one of the important things here is WHY people have been knocked out of ketosis. Again, I am not being critical of anyone that has the willpower to start these VCLD's as I'm going through it and know how tough it is, but surely they are designed that if you follow them properly...

I'm craving asparagus, with a little butter. I want that now, but instead I'll have another pint of water!

Fantastic stuff. Well done.

Well I'm about the same height as you, and as I said about halfway through the same sort of loss as you. Seeing your pics has given me even more inspiration to stick with this. I can relate totally to what you say about feeling great and having energy, I'm the same. I love being out now and...

Oh I do. The comments I received last night brought home how well I've done and have spurred me on to finish what I've started. I hope everyone else comes through these tests the same and they make them more determined too.

Nice one mate. I'm halfway through the same sort of loss as you. Can I ask how tall you are? I'm struggling to decide on a goal weight as I am fairly tall, and generally broad shouldered. I feel that the goals set out by BMI may just make me too thin.

Well I made it through the whole evening without cracking. It was actually made a lot easier as almost all of my friends made great comments about how much better I looked and how great I'd done so far. I'd have felt even more guilty if I'd have cracked there in front of them! Onwards and...

BBQ for me tonight too! I hope I can be as good as you have been.

Well done on that loss, I knew you'd lose something, and you lost loads!

7 weeks in to this now, and I face my first real major test. I'm heading out soon to a barbeque in honour of my best mate who is emigrating in a couple of weeks time. Now so far I have managed to go to the pub and stick to pints of water, and I am quite happy to sit at the table with my...

I'd like to join in too please. Wednesday WI and hope to lose 12lbs.

Good work Katie. I'm looking forward to new flavours. I'm very bored with the same ones now!

The Nut Crunch bars are pretty grim but the others are ok. I prefer the Lemon ones as you can actually taste lemon!

You've done brilliantly so far, you have to remember that. The light is there at the end of the tunnel now so keep going! It's really hard to get out of old habits, and rarely do I feel like going to the gym, but when I get there I enjoy it and come out feeling better, generally and about...

You will have lost something I'm sure. Keep up the good work and ignore all those people that are trying to trip you up. Even if you think they have good intentions it's amazing how some people get jealous because you've made a decision to do something great for yourself. Good luck for tonight.

Well after the WI last night another 3.5lbs gone, and my own scales this morning showed 1lb down so maybe things have started shifting again! It seems that everyone in my group had been through something similar at one time or another so no one there was surprised. All very encouraging so...

Well done ISOM. That's really good news. My official WI showed a loss of 3.5lbs. I'm fairly happy with that although I would have liked it to be more. Have to keep going though. Well done also Mandy. 7.5 is cracking!

I started LL on 24th March, and will have my 6th weigh in since the initial meeting tonight. I started a couple of days late as I had a work conference to go to and I didn't want to start off failing. So far I have lost about 40lbs, by my own scales, 38lbs by the LLC's. I reckon between 23 &...

Personally I think the thing to do is keep going until you decide that YOU look and feel the way that you want, and that you will be happy with forever. BMI is a good indication but, as has been said before, doesn't account for each individual. Keep your goal of 12 stone, and when you get...

Thanks Geri. I know I've done well so far, and not to be too unrealistic about it so maybe not jumping in the scales every morning is the answer. It's difficult to not become obsessive about it though isn't it!

Yeah, I have "been" so it's not that, and it can't be TOTM as I'm a bloke! I will stick with it, and will speak to my LLC tonight at the meeting. It's just very frustrating.

Well done, enjoy your hols.

Hello, I'm new here! First post time. I've been doing LL for about 6 weeks. So far I've lost 40lbs. I know that this is pretty good but this week I have hit a wall. I weigh myself every morning, and my weight has stayed the same since Saturday. I haven't cheated, I'm drinking the required...