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The reason I asked was because I DO eat food that is out of date. If it doesn't smell off then its fine as far as I am concerned. I do have a lot of packs in date but wasn't sure what to do with the old ones. I found a tin of baked beans that expired late 2012. They were fine!

After years of putting on weight even when I was trying to lose it, I've had my lightbulb moment. Now I need to use up all my leftover packs from all my half hearted attempts. Now I know we can use out of date packs because they don't really gout of date as such, eventually will lose flavour I...

Sorry if this is too personal but what was your start weight? If you don't want to post it could you pm me? I only ask as I am getting married in August and I start CD SS tomorrow. I am really nervous and have no idea how much weight I will lose. I'm about 300lbs!!!

I'm not sure i could drink warm water to be honest. After a hungry day work let us go at 3.30. However it took 2 hours to do a 20 minute journey. ALL of leeds was gridlocked and its still bad

Fine, I'm hungry obviously and my gut aches ( need the toilet but clearly all my indulgences are getting revenge). Just had a bar at breakfast a didn't have time to have a shake this morning. Then having spicy spaghetti and then have to last till I finish work at 5. It's started snowing and...

Yeah it was okay, had a major falling out with my dad though. No idea if we will speak again in the next couple of months to be honest. But back and ready to start again with diet. I need to start having shakes for breakfast again. I've found I'm hungrier if I have bars x

I have at LEAST 7 stone to lose but I know what you mean, the size 12 dress hanging in my wardrobe really can't be a size 12. I was never that thin!

Sooooo.... You know how I was going to just have chicken for my birthday....needless to say I've been eating since Saturday! So. Hello withdrawal headaches tomorrow

awww thats so cute. I just got back from a 6 hour tattoo session. Part of it had me howling haha Obvs had to eat today, back to plan tomorrow

Do you mean it's their birthdays oooorrr that you are seeing them on Friday ^^

18 months :)

Well I'm glad I had Joshua the "usual" way then!! I laid down earlier to do a sit up and he sat on my stomach. Sit-up fail

Well I mean when you are bigger you fill it out a bit, when you lose weight fast it can't keep up! It's honestly the part of my body I hate. Can see it through my dress and I'm tall so makes it woooorrseee I'm losing weight so it will go!

It's an apron of fat, you know on your lower abdomen, as you lose weight it kinda hangs a bit?

Do I reaaaaaally have to explain the fat apron?!?!?

I'm fine with my size I, quite tall so whilst I am a big girl, I'm not as big as I would be if I was short if that makes sense. I do wish my fat apron would shrink......

Haha I just clicked report instead of quote.... My nan wont comment until I'm stick thin and then she will realise I have lost weight

Grilled fish, good idea!!

I brought soup and some ready cooked chicken from tesco which was rated expensive for 200g!!! I said that I was constipated so just wanted her to cook me veg hahahahaha So I've gotten away with it a bit, apart from the soup I guess. But hey ho it is actually a triumph in a house full of thngs...

I should also mention mother doesn't have a microwave!!!!

My BMi has just dropped to under 40 for the first time in a while yay! I have to eat this weekend as I am at my mums but she always feeds me soup so I'm taking soup with me. She will notice that I am not snacking so I will have to just say I'm cutting out junk food. And see if I can have my...

Ha if I tell them I went grey overnight :p

I'd faint as soon as I walked out, I am ridiculous in british 'heat' I don't leave the house when it is sunny hahaha. I can't wait till Tuesday :) I also have decided to do away with the dark hair and go back to red. Only issue is I can't have bright hair at work, I need to work out how bright...

I intend to go 100% from Monday, I started Monday just gone and have just had the packs BUT a yoghurt every night as I was getting very very bad sugar withdrawal headaches so I thought I would get used to lack of food but try to ease myself in. As I am going to mums for two days tomorrow I had...

I don't think I could get tattooed when its hot!

I meant sick and faint ha

If I ever feel sick I have some cheese.

I don't know what you know about Knaresborough and Harrogate but they are very expensive places! Mel runs his own shop, doesn't have anyone else there so has a lot of costs to cover as well as making a wage. Whilst you might think £60 is expensive, his quality of work is very good and he treats...

Mel at Wild Style Tattoos in knaresborough. He did my other halves Skullduggery tattoo, most amazing artist. He's a funny guy and is really good when it comes to charging you. Only charges 60 an hour and doesn't charge you when he takes breaks. I'll never get tattooed by anyone else probably!

I need the background done and the characters next. I'm exciteeeddd. Eventually it will be a full sleeve but one step a a time!

I have flowers on one arm and then howls moving castle on the other. I am getting howl with his blue wings next Tuesday which will take a whole week but the castle is amazing. Should try to find a photo I know I have one!

It's important for us all to keep our heads in te right spaces. I personally don't know how to keep up with bad days :(

Well I've tried it in the microwave at work and it just was disastrous. Because I leave for work at 7.30 I always try to eat after this so was trying to have it at work. Might just have to have it in evenings and reverse my day!

First thing in the morning after you've been to the toilet before you start moving around properly and stuff. And different scales are calibrated differently, cheaper ones tend to be inaccurate compared to the very expensive doctors ones. Weighing yourself in boots is a good idea. I weigh...

Oooooh a whole 10g is loads to those on a vlcd. I better get some!

At least you manage to make the porridge. Every single time I try to make it I do it wrong. I've wasted about 5 packs

Change not hang......

You know what I might measure my neck too! Sounds like such an odd place to measure but I am dead curious now haha. I'm going to hangs my hair colour every time I lose a stone and also get a new tattoo every two stone hahaha x

How much were they before. I have run out s can't check!

I've resisted the pizza tonight, other half had a freezer pizza and I had a chicken breast. Go me!

In all honesty I really like the chicken soup when I eat it with a LOAD of mushrooms

Oooh just what I wanted *saves to desktop*

I might need you all to fill some seats at the wedding, I have a small family :P

Well, that sounds like a crappy year! I am absolutely determined that 2013 will be the year I stop p*ssing around and lose the weight I've accumulated over the last 6 years. I said to someone today that I'd put alll the weight on in two years....but then I actually counted how long I had been...

Do you exercise? I'm obviously far far far far more weighty than you but when I was slim I found that getting my kettlebell out actually made me drop weight without changing my diet. I went from 11 stone to 10 stone not too slowly because of that lovely kettlebell.

I am the Queen of the Restarters. I reckon I have restarted about 12 times a year for the past 3 years :O So here I am 19 stone 11 but happy to get on with it. I was 20 stone 7 a couple of weeks ago, just cut some junk out and now I'm getting on with a VLCD for a couple of months. Sometimes I...

Good because it was yummy and I could eat a ton more!

Hi all, I started Slimming World Online today and two weeks ago I made potato and celery soup (with two kallo low salt vegetable stock cubes). I have no idea how to work out the syns or whether it is free on Extra easy as baked potatoes appear to be free. I used a combination of new and baking...

I didn't eat for two weeks after my tongue piercing. But that is because the first time she put it through at a slight angle and decided she didn't like it. So she took it out and did it again. Absolutely horrific!!!!

I had managed a week but then I had a few weeks of major stress with revising and finishing essays. Boy did I go off the rails. Am on holiday in a month will be wearing lots of kaftans!

have had the most stressful few weeks leading up to my 2nd year exam (last ever exam of uni but was worth 100% for the module) and didn't slip off the wagon i practically catapulted. I've calmed down now I feel very relaxed and ready to start again. But I darent weigh myself to see the damage :s

Ill let you have that :) Game of Thrones is one of those television series where Im annoyed that I have to wait a week. And my other half has stolen the books just as I want to reread!!

How can you love the lannisters just HOW

Nicer food. I have a huge bowl of mushrooms with the chili for dinner. Doesn't feel like you are on a vlcd

I just realised i have run out of chili so I think Im going to have to have a shake only week :s

Because its our first Easter with our son and I had been banging on for ages about how excited I was so I felt I couldn't let them down. I was given 4 eggs. Donated 3 and shared the small buttons egg with Joshua and the rest is in the fridge. I wasn't trying to justify it, it was just an...

I have accepted that the past couple of days were going to be impossible to restart. Lack of sleep and university stress just meant I wanted to eat. I haven't overeaten though so my weight hasn't gone up. Perhaps it shows my attitude is changing. Im going 100% tomorrow, Easter sunday ill have to...

Its ok I am having one of those days too! I've been really stressed about an essay I'm writing, half way through it have gotten stuck and I need an academic essay I found but I have to pay £23 for it. Needless to say my account is empty for the next three days so I'm having a bit of a temper...

I cant have the truffa bars in the house.. I ate 3 at once. So I have the tesco ultra slim bars. Because if i have 3 shakes and then split that in half I am ok

I've had a bar this morning, a shake, chili and lots and lots of coke zero. Struggling with water only had a litre. Dunno of the coke zero counts!

If i fed him maccy ds id never manage to diet!

Well. My bmi has just gone from 40.3 to 39.8. Im in the 30s Just! I have to say i just cooked Joshua a tuna pasta with tomato and cheese thing and i licked the spoon... I can't feed a baby food unless i know it isn't vile :s

I worked out i can have an ultraslim bar if i have 3 shakes. I will do that on days i am at uni. I can't buy any more of the truffa bars because i can't control myself and if i take one of those to uni Im probably going to cave into actual chocolate Because Then ill want more. But the tesco bars...

Actually I hadn't thought of the milk allowance. 150ml might be just enough to line my stomach. Joshua has decided to wake me up at 6am, so now have to get through 4 hours before i have my first shake A) can we use tesco ultraslim bars B) Morrison dizzy favoured water has citric acid in which...

Its taken me months of saying "i need to start losing weight". I've had these shakes since i gave birth nearly 8 months ago!!!! So now in bed, that is day 1 done. My only concern is the nighttime feed with Joshua. Luckily not breasgtfeeding anymore but sometimes Im woken up at any time after...

I've managed to go 100% for one WHOLE day. Even when I cooked my OHs tea I didnae cave....Or when I got him his after dinner Wispa utgdktlik.jgfyjtrwhtreskuhboiyuhgjvkg *keyboard spasm*

have you considered something like the Cambridge Diet/Exante etc? Maybe being able to lose 2 or 3 stone that way (and not being allowed food) would help. Being completely weaned off rubbish food might allow you the time to assess your problems with binge eating Abi xx

I will be weighing in on Saturdays. Ill forget if I dl it during the week

Double is doable. Not used to this phone yet :s

Im on my phone and cant copy and paste as my 7 month old keeps attacking the keyboard. Im aiming for 21lbs gone in April. I think it is double if I stay 100% as my starting weight is 271

Maybe you need an indulge day once a week. If you know you have that once a week you might find if eased to stay on track 6 days a week

Im starting tomorrow. Day 1was technically last Monday but its been a stressful and emotional week. My other half has gone back home for the next 4 days meaning no tension so I don't need to comfort eat. And i don't need to cook for him. As for DS, Baby food isn't appealing.

I am still subscribed to WW online. Have barely used it, maybe I am so used to calories that the idea of points is very unsettling. I did get through a whole vlcd day but I realised i needed all my brain power for revising for my exam so took a step back. Worst thing would have been getting the...

Its so easy just to think a bite won't hurt. I had to have salmon and broccoli at 8 as i was revising for todays exam but that ddint upset me, this exam is important!! When do most people start their shakes etc as i just had one at 7am

I don't have the time for a slimming club as I'm a student and a parent to a 7 month old. My OH isn't home enough in the evenings for me to be able to do that. But as it happens, I've gotten through today 100% VLCD. I had a shake at 8am, bar at 11am, chili at 2pm and just had a shake. Am hungry...

I meant to have 4 but once I had the porridge I felt like I should stop there. I'm waiting for my bars to come as I am at university a few days a week and so lunch time is difficult and I end up in the canteen (all they serve is chips or lasagne) so I'm just trying to eat healthily untill the...

I've had two shakes and a meal (slimnsave spicy spaghetti) and about 20 minutes ago was so hungry I was getting cramps. So I decided to have a huge bowl of porridge, I mean this was a massive bowl, im sure it was at least 4 x a normal bowl. I don't plan on having anymore today, won't affect me...

I've got silver so one assumes these are economy? Lemon and Banana. I will be getting premium for next week I just got these for £19.99 on ebay. If they are disgusting well just as well I have no gag reflex! I'm gearing up to going to make my first shake, however I have my baby asleep on my...

Hello all, Hope you don't mind me joining. I've just reached the 6 weeks postnatal period so am starting this today in about 5 minutes. Not bfeeding anymore, that stopped a week ago so am save to do this I believe. I put on a lot of weight during pregnancy, once was 11 stone (5ft 9 so a good...

Ok, so....I haven't dieted for a year, I used to be about 20 stone, dropped to 15 via combination of a VLCD and just walking lots etc. Put 7/8lbs back on. So I was 15 stone 8 (am 5ft9) when I found out I was pregnant. So since February I have eaten utter crap. Pizza Hut and Dominos are good...

Urgh, well good news, I've not eaten above my BMR, I've had about 1300 after you've taken exercise off..I couldnt resist cheesecake

Nope I stood by the door sniffing for a while

Went to my dads today, he lives next to a fish and chip shop so yes....woe is me!

Urgh, been to visit dads today...he lives next to a fish and chip shop

Tomorrow is offical start of VLCD, have been having shakes for a week but having carbs in evening so that I won't get brilliant headaches etc when I remove all sugar etc. I've lost some weight already

So today is the day I cut out everything apart from my 4 shakes and occasional bar. I've been easing through the last week on shakes but having some sugar, that way the next week won't be as bad as some people say!! No headaces yet,

16 stone and 11 lbs... I know weight fluctuates but it flucuates up not down...if that makes sense...on a good/bad note, i had 4 shakes and a bar but ate ice cream because i needed the sugar to get up my 3 mile hill, i got about 100 feet and nearly died!! off work tomorrow and fri so no access...

Well I started Avidlite VLCDyesterday. Having 4 shakes a day and a bowl of soup

I loooove Avidlite!!!

even though im supposed to use like 250 ml of water, im using 300ml because its easier to see on the side of the bottle!!

i guess i better not touch ice cream at work. or anything. ahhhh i manage all day not to touch anything till i get home to grandmas and she lumps food in front of me....its her way of saying she doesnt agree with a VLCD!

I googled it, its laser resurfacing or something, effectively makes new tissue grow

where is this avidlite forum i cannie find it either

Well I guess I would like to be a size 14 or 16 by the time I go to uni, s I guess its not really how much I weigh. I have noticed my legs are as slim as they can be considering my weight, in fact I look like an apple on two lollipop sticks. I want to leave the old fat me behind, because I was...

well im not so sure today, 250mls is 199 calories, 15g of carbs... hmmm BUT on an upbeat note!!! Today I weighed at 16 12 3/4, ive not been anywhere near this for a long time. I mean I know tomorrow i might be 17 1 or whatever but the point is ive never even "fluctuated" to anything around 16...

question, can you eat carbs in the evening and remain in ketosis?

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I watched a programme, i think it was channel 4s embarrassing bodies with a teenager with badddddddd marks, i think there was a surgical solution. My stretch marks actually really hurt so I amgoing to docs on friday, if they hurt now they will hurt when im skinny so maybe id be eligble for the...

Well I was abstaining from bread, for instance the minestrone soup says it is 98 cals per portion. But there is Beef Goulash etc. And I was wondering whether there was potato as everyone puuts potatoe in! Maybe I should strain it BEFORE I eat it, i really like the taste!

I HATE Strawberry shakes. Urgh such a strange taste, but i really adore the banana shakes. I was wondering whether I could have "normal" soup at lunch as I can get it at work for free. Its really healthy veg soup at the coffee shop I work at...or do you think thats pushing it

I put 7 stone in less than 7 months!! I know losing weight fast isnt always the best option I just want a headstart for uni :(

i did it i managed a whole day without food!! actually feel good, drank 5 pints of water, thats about 3 litres i think and had 5 shakes. I bought a shaker bottle thing and they are actually really goood!

i have stretch marks everywhere though....

Hi! 17stone2, want to be 10 stone. I have EXACTLY 8 weeks from tomorrow till the start of freshers week at uni. I am doing a mixture of avidlite etc, going to do two shakes and a soup and a bar a day as well. I am hoping I can manage to lose 3 stone in 8 weeks. I think this is possible because I...

How much is CD? I am onExante and Avidlite but Iwould defo go cheapest

You know what I think I must have a strange shaped body. I'm 17 stone 2, I am currently wearing size 16 leggings from asda and I am an 18 in casual trousers but not in tailored because most of my weight is on my waist. Yet I am wearing a size 18 top from asda which is too large around the bust...

Well I've not had shakes at all today purely due to looking after my siblings and being dragged to maccy ds.. I 've hat 1775 calories which is a lot less than my maintenance weight anyway but I will be walking some miles tonight!! So hopefully I won't put any weight on. I have ordered a shaker...

Oh and now I have my blender I can blend shakes to my hearts content. Offical start tomorrow. No more food! I've had one last binge and time to say goooood byeeeee to food!

Well I have bought a hand blender from argos. £4.89 bargain woop I am at 17 stone 2, which is good because I had gone back up to 17 stone 7 last week, however was forced to eat Maccy Ds with my siblings today. Yes forced...well you know what I mean. Either way I've managed 1755 calories...

My OTHER question is, I've noticed a distinct aftertaste, is anyone else getting this. I mean I understand the shakes will never be truely yummy but still.... Do you think if I mixed half a packet with the same amount of water you are meant to use for a whole one thatwould be okay?/

urgh shakes, i cant seem to mix them properly

i had noticed that the water from the tap was making it slightly unbearable. I hink I will have to have a bottle of ice cold water in the fridge everynight. I had a shake for breakfast and then ive had eggs and noodles for lunch then will have a shake for dinner. i will have JUST shakes...

strawberry ones,i keep getting them wrong, cant mix them and ends up clumpy and gross :(

Well my shakes came yesterday I made a strawberry one this morn and it was lovely but when i tried to make it at work, i didnt measure the water, there was too much water and it was gross! i didnt want to use milk so attempted water. hmmmm no weight loss as I gave up and scoffed on cookies...

Thank you :) I'd love to lose 3 stone before uni which is doable as I do walk 6 miles a day as well :) We shall see!!!!! I am going to weigh in next Friday I wonder what I manage

Total Meal replacement diet like Exante or Avidlite. Basically my emotions and food are linked closely and I think I need to eradicate food and deal with shakes soups and bars!! I think even at least 4 weeks would help me on my way

Yeah I edited it so they are just links!!! Silly me

Well!!! I start Uni on 19th September. I am starting the Exante meal replacement diet on Sunday. I was 17 stone 3 today, could be more tomorrow who knows. I have lost 24lbs myself over the last 6 months which ain't bad but as I have uni coming up I want to lose as much as poss... as you can...

Is there something surgical or whatever that can be done? I am just about to start losing weight and I know I'll end up with loads so I'd rather start saving for something

I hope to!! I've just binged in half of an asda rhubarb pie :( But I won't have eaten more than my 1600 calorie allowance as I've not eaten much else! I was just finishing it off.....I've also noticed grandmother has filled a freezer drawer with soleros and cornettos...she'll go mad when I say I...

I walk about 4 miles + a day anyway, 1.4 miles to train station, 1.7 miles from station to work and then all that backagain..oh wiat thats 6.2 miles...wow... I had been cheating and doing the 1.7 on the way back by bus because its uphill but you can bet I won't do that now!! I will bloody walk...

I am going to aim for 3 stone in the next 8 weeks. I reckon it is doable, I just wonder how much exercise I need to do to get there! Do other people on Exante exercise?

I better do!! I just want to lose weight. I mean I don't actually eat that much anyway. I have had about 700 calories today so far, I will have a small dinner so about 1100 in total which isn't a lot. I realised that to eat so manycalories when putting the weight on I musthave been eating...

Hello :) Well the way I look at it, even if its not the right diet for me I should stick to it for a month. That would prove to me I CAN deal without food and I CAN lose weight, I mean I've lost 24lbs roughly but thats been just weight lost from STOPPING eating like 5000 calories. I've only...

I was considering ordering a pack tomorrow of Exante. But I am working part time so not earning that much money so I really only want to do it if I will see a massive difference. I've been losing weight slowly due to my hour+ walking to and fro work etc a day (As well as walking around at the...

Help anyone?

This would be ace for me too!! I want to counsel myself.....well I know thats slightly impossible

Hullo!! I have just joined, have looked at allllll your threads and I thought you all sounded lovely so you're getting my angst thrown at you. When I was 16 I was around 11 stone at 5ft9. I am now 20 and put on about 3 stone and then when I turned 18 and moved in with the boyfriend I put on...