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All I can say is just be her friend. I know this is not the issue but this lady sounds like she is really struggling. She sees group as a social outlet more than anything else, I think. You could ask her to go walking or exercising with you. If you are cooking slimming world food, inviting her...

Thank you so much for your lovely reply, Determinationiskey!. I really dont know why I have 8st as my goal, lol. I must change that. 9.5 stone would be my ultimate goal now. I would even be happy at 10stone. I too will be very happy with 1-2lbs loss per week after this week. However, with the...

Hey folks, I did not have a chance to update my stats yet but I weighed last thurs and was shocked that I have lost 8lbs in my first weeks taking me from 11st6 to 10st12lbs on working solution. so happy but worried that the cost of the next order that I want is £129 for two boxes of 50. so...

Thanks Rosey38, I must order some now as i love pancakes. I Just hope in some way that they resemble pancakes, lol.

Best of luck, Charliemae. I am on day 4 but I am doing working solution. Its not too bad but if I have a long day, i find it quite difficult not to eat!!!. If i have a chance to get up late in the morning, I do so not as hungry. I am thinking of ordering some pancakes so that I will in effect be...

Thats great, thank you Charliemae for your reply.x

Just wondering if you ladies ordered the maple syrup ones or what ones?. I would love some of these for when I am at home and have cooking facilities so that I can have them for tea. I am leaning towards the maple syrup flavour.

Hi all!! Just wondering if anyone happens to know if the 400cals we can have on working solution can be anything. For example, I had to get a grilled chicken wrap from mcdonalds on the road today as I was travelling. I asked for no tomato. I am am aware that the carbs are high in the wrap...

Hi Nessa and ThornhillCate, I am on day 4 now and finding it grand. Best of luck to you all too but have to say the pasta and rice from healthfood shop have made everything so much easier for me. I like the rice the best. Noodles are a bit rubbery??

I am so happy that I went with working solution this time. I am on day two and have three bars per day plus a fab meal in the evening. I was going to have an omelette today but had no eggs so I cut up a chicken fillet with some tiny bit of onion and mushrooms, seasoned with chilli, garlic and...

Hi Suseka, Thank you for your post. I am finishing my second day now and finding it amazing. This is due to the fact that I have 3 bars per day which I love (choc orange and toffee nut and raisin), I really hate the red berry and double choc but each to their own lol and also a lovely meal in...

Thank you, Rosey38.x

So excited that my bingeing is hopefully at an end as starting exante tommorrow. I am doing working solutions as I feel it is more sustainable for me. I have done total solution a few years back and I only liked the bars so I am having 3 bars and 1 low carb meal per day and if i can even lose...

Hi all, I am just wondering if anyone is doing working solution and if so, how do you find your weight loss?. I noticed that there seems to be no sticky for working solution or maybe, I just cant see it above. I am hoping to be starting tommorrow or wednesday when my bumper pack of bars arrive...

I wish i could as so many people have suggested this to me but my landlord goes into my room every day to make the bed even though i have asked him not to as its a bed and breakfast but he insists on it and he nearly had a nervous breakdown when i brought a small heater with me before as he ran...

Thats true, Lickthelid. One cannot put a price on health!!!. I will definetely pick up more fruit supplies to keep me full. x

This is the perfect idea, RebekahR and thank you. I will deffo be using this idea as I was unaware that you could buy quorn pieces. I have the plastic cutlery, bowls etc in my room. The fruit will also fill me up. Thank you as this will probably be half the cost.xx

Will do, Chocolate. I should be starting on wednesday 7th may. x

Oh, thats great to hear, Chocolate. I did exante a few years ago and the only thing i liked were the bars but at the time, you were only allowed one per day. I am having my last fish and chips from chippie tonight and chocolate for after of course, lol. I am just waiting for my bars to arrive...

Hey all, not sure if anyone is interested in this but I have a really sweet tooth!!. I emailed exante about having 3 bars a day and they emailed back saying that I can purchase the bars bumper pack. You can consume 3 bars per day, HOWEVER, you can only have one of their new bars which are...

For this reason, I am doing working solution so that I can have salad or omelette in the evenings. I dont mind as long as i love 1-2lbs per week. anything extra is a bonus. I have just ordered the bumper pack of bars. Good luck with it, Ladies. I am starting next wednesday when they arrive.

I would have no problem making my own but I have no fridge or kitchen. I am staying in an en-suite room with no facilties. I know that its all meat but this is my dinner and I have no bread with it, hence all the meat lol. I find all the protein keeps me really full. Thanks for you reply.x

Thank you, Chocolate. I am nearly ready to order the bars bumper pack now and i know that i will still be having a salad in the evenings so looking forward to it.x

I am not within walking distance of subway or asda and i have no car up there. Uni says they are charging me seperate for each meat ie chicken, tuna, bacon and ham but that is crazy for bits of deli meat!!!. They are outside contracters for the uni. i might just try the student union deli. they...

There is AnnaFaraday but by the time, I would buy all the meat it would probably cost me a fortune and where even would I make it up?. I am half thinking it would be cheaper and easier to do one of the tfr diets such as exante as I could just have the 3 bars per day and then have my salad for...

I cant believe that if i want a salad made up in Uni (I have no fridge or kitchen where i stay) to take home in the evening that it is costing me £5.75. They made a huge deal out of it because i asked for a salad and not a wrap/sandwich as they are a deli. First they told me it would be £5, then...

Thank you so much for your replies. I was waiting all night last night for a reply as I didnt want to order if i couldnt have just the bars. The shakes never fill me but i love the bars. I was on this diet a few years ago but just thought that I was only allowed one per day. Thats great news...

I am thinking of doing the 1000 cal plan on exante but cannot seem to find information regarding whether I can have 3 bars per day and then my 400 low carb meal. I ask this because i live away during the week in a room with no microwave, cooker of fridge so the bars would be really ideal and...

Thank you so much for the very helpful replies. I feel so much better emotionally if not physically. I am drinking black coffee to try to stop my sugar cravings and headache. so hard to get back on track. I love the soft/hard fat analogy. It is such a good way of looking at it. Thank you again...

Oh, thank god, louise1982!. I feel so much better now as i really feel dreadful today, as if I am suffering a hangover and my cravings are huge for more sugar. I even have a throbbing carb crash headache. However, as you say, if i stop now and get on with the plan, the damage will be reversible...

Is it possible to have gained 7lbs in the last four days?. I was 10st 8lbs last friday and have had a five day really bad binge. Scale is now showing 11st11/2lbs!!!! I know that I have had enough and am starting afresh today but how long will it take to get it off now??!!!.

Thanks Opal_Lily. Well it does mean 'earthly paradise'. Even if it's not real, it is an individual concept. Yours is Glastonbury, mine is a world being free from binge eating disorder, lol!!!

Hey all, just thought I would start today with some positivity. I have been on these forums a long time and am battling weight and binge eating disorder issues. Tamkat made a suggestion regarding my previous username - binge eater and suggested that I could change it. This in turn will make me...

Thank you, Princess_Stevie, just done it there now.

Here to sub. Really enjoying your diary.

Does anyone know how i can change my username? ie instead of binge eater to something a little bit more, shall we say, positive, lol. I have been trying for ages by going into settings but cannot seem to figure it out. Thank you.x:wave_cry:

Changing my profile name is a great idea, tamkat, if i can just figure out how to do it, lol. Definetely making little things more positive with make me feel more positive. Sorry to hear about the bipolar too but you are so lucky to have got a diagnosis on a positive note. I am positive I have...

I genuinely thought that I was one of very few people that suffered from this. Thank you Missa. x

OMG, thank you so much for all your help and fantastic replies. You are such a great bunch of ladies on here. Firstly, I was refered to a psychologist and I did not find it helped. Other than that, there are no options here in Ireland to treat BED. They just palm you off with anti-depressants...

I have a severe form of BED. The only way that I have kept some element of control is by restricting my binges to once per week. It just means that I am not losing weight at all!. It could be a lot worse because with what I am doing, technically, I could be so much heavier. I have had BED all my...

I really feel your pain. My binge eating is to such an extent (hence my name), that I struggle constantly to keep my weight in the 10s. Whenever I start to do well, my brain goes mad and sometimes now I am binge eating for one to two days per week every week. following my binges, I have...

Thank you Rosie!. Ill just pop in a banana as I hate salad for my superfree. Thanks for your reply.x

Need to bring healthy packed lunch. Advice please??. Hi, I am just wondering if weightwatchers tuna mayo has to be synned?. I have some in my cupboard and I want to put it in my wholemeal (Heb) bread to bring with me tommorrow as I have a hairdresser appt and then need to go to town to do...

Can someone please tell me if using smash to make healthy chicken goujons syn free??. I seen the recipe on here somewhere but don't know if it is syn free when dipping chicken fillet in egg and then into some smash and cooking in the oven?? Please and thanks in advance.x:)

My turning point took a long time to arrive but when it did, it changed my life!!. I had many warnings relating to my health, among which was gestational insulin dependent diabetes four times in four pregnancies. However, this still wasn't enough!!. When I started training as a student nurse and...

Actually, just today, lickthelid, I decided to give myself properly to slimming world ;) 100% and really stop messing around tweaking things etc and count syns properly instead of obsessing about calories, so I will know next Friday when I weigh myself. Thanks for replying.x

I was just so shocked and surprised that they would take it upon themselves to butter the bread instead of giving some butter portions if I wanted it. Believe me, I will talk up for myself in future, lol.

Please can someone advise as to whether I am doing the plan as I should be. This is my intake for today...... BREAKFAST - Porridge (35g)Hex B with 350ml semi skimmed milk, Hex A. Banana DINNER - Chicken fillet cooked with tomato puree and onions with small portion of...

I met with a friend last night and had already had a healthy dinner at home in the day so I decided to look for a healthy options of the bar menu for tea. OMG is all I can say!!!. Almost every single item on the very long menu was either creamy, crispy, deep fried etc. I was so angry when I...

Oh, happy days!!. Thank you lickthelid!!

No, nothing special about them, just the ones we have in Ireland. They are just your bog standard porridge oats.

That book sounds really good!. I must have a look on amazon. I am in the same boat in that, I am not currently on any meds and just going by my 3 monthly HBA1c test. I did however have insulin dependent diabetes in my four pregnancies and of course I never listened to all the advice about...

Hi all!. I am just wondering if flahavans porridge oats - 40g is counted as syns on extra easy as I cant see it counted as Hex B in the book that I have. I usually make it with water but if I can count is as my HexB, then I can make it with skimmed milk for my Hex A. yum!! Please can anyone...

Thanks AnnaFarraday, I really am a carb monster!!. I tried to ditch potatoes, pasta and bread and what happened to me was that I just started bingeing as I was so sickened with all the stirfry veg and salad. Even the mere thoughts of salad and veg makes me green!. However, I know that there is a...

Thanks for you reply, lonestictcher. I think that not going to class may be my problem. I have all the books from when I did attend so I may have to sit down and go through them properly. I was shocked to see the amount of syns that I was using in what I thought was quite a healthy day. Veg and...

Thank you for your reply. I do not go to meeting as I am always away on the road due to my third level course so am home different days every week so I just don't have the consistency to attend them. I know about the carbs issue. I am supposed to keep carbs relatively low but I don't really...

I would really really appreciate some feedback on my food as I seem to have been stuck at 10st12lbs for absolutely MONTHS now and I really do not know what I am doing wrong. I even try never to eat after 6pm just for indigestion purposes but I also thought it might help. This is what I ate...

Please don't take this the wrong way but you really should go to your Doctor very soon because this is a very common symptom for diabetes. Its probably not but no harm to get your fasting blood glucose levels checked. Urination during the night and going so often in the day too is the body's way...

I binged just xmas evening and boxing day and at the risk of sounding absolutely gross, I ended up with two days of diarohea, bloating and the most disgusting burps (which smelled of farts to other people) and also farts that my kids said smelled so bad that they were like some kind of poisonous...

That a great idea, Rosie16. They should re-jig the classes and use that time to talk about things like nutrition, recipes etc instead of each persons weights and stories about what the ate or did not eat during the week. However, many others might disagree, though. Im with you, though on this one.

Yeah, sometimes the subconscious bit if competition and knowing that we are accountable to somebody can help. I would love to even find a small group. its just the big group thing with announcements and personal stories that are very boring (to some) put me off, somewhat.

I guess, I am quite shy and because the group was so big, when they announce "name...... you lost 2lbs this week" and everyone claps, I just went quite red, lol.

It really depends on what kind of personality you have. I went once to one class and to say that I cringed would be understating it big time. I personally found it to be very humiliating and boring going through everyone's progress in front of everyone else. It made me think of what the...

Hi Emsie, I had it each time during my four pregnancies but it went away when the children were born. Five years after my youngest was born, I was constantly hungry, urinating a lot, having to get up in the night to go, extreme tiredness and above all, needing a constant supply of sugar. I was...

Not sure about the wholemeal toast in Amsterdam. Whenever I travel, its usually pastries, cold boiled eggs in shell and cold meats!!. However if you could get some scrambled egg, tomato, mushroom and lean bacon, you would be full up. If not, I would have fresh fruit and yogurt and then have a...

Hi Ellie, just thinking there also that the fact that your auntie must be quite sedentary as a result of hip and back issue that before alerting the doctor, I really think you should add up her calorie intake. She would not be burning up the same calories as you so even if you eat exactly the...

Thank you Sallybear. I suppose slow and steady wins the race or rather I have no other choice,lol. It really is a catch 22. you try to keep both fats and sugars down but you need both. so hard to reach a balance. high protein is good to lose weight but what of our cholesterol?. carbs are good to...

When you ladies say, low carb, do you mean no potatoes or bread?. Is red a low carb?. I have done atkins before but it always ends in a binge overload of carbs, lol. How much carbs would you eat?. I would have a baked potato, banana and two slices of wholegrain bread per day as my carbs. do you...

I just pm'd you there PinkToaster. It allows you to set your own targets ie if you want to lose 1-2lbs per week etc and what kind of activity you do and it will work it all out for you. its just really handy. The other ladies have some really good points. I usually use all my syns for...

Coke Zero?. I have a can everyday as my treat as water really is boring.

I know that this is not the slimming world way or ethos whatsoever but I am looking at you from what you have said. If it was me, I would just for one week look at my calorie intake daily on an app such as myfitnesspal. At the end of the day, all this healthy food still has a calorie value and...

I just got the "stop binge eating" lecture from the nurse. This was just because I made her aware of my binge eating disorder. The doctor referred me to a website and that was it!!. They said that because I was 'borderline' diabetic, that there was no need for a meter and just to keep an 'eye'...

Thanks, to you also dietmad, as I had no idea about the berry thing. do you mean that strawberries and blackberries etc keep your BG low?. if so I must have them, lol. I am not at the stage of monitoring my BGs so am unaware of what works fruit wise. I naturally seem to gravitate towards...

I am newly diagnose T2 also and not on any meds as yet. Just to keep in mind also, fruit was something that I was told to watch for us diabetics. I had gestational diabetes during the four of my pregnancies and was always told that while fruit has fructose and is a natural sugar, we still have...

Great idea for the sandwich. I actually don't mind the laughing cow extra lite ones. The cucumber would be one step too far for me, lol. lettuce, tomato and cucumber are a no no for me, lol. all I could ever eat in a salad was the salad cream, beetroot, boiled egg and boiled potato and cold meat...

Thanks for the advice and ideas. I am an absolute terror for not eating salad as I hate it and I force myself with fruit. I tolerate a banana with lemon juice in warm water for breakfast. I will eat some pineapple or pre prepared fruit mid morning from Tesco. I do extra easy as I have to have...

Thank you so much, Bunnylush. I was really hoping for a reply and you didn't disappoint. I don't have any support as regards Doctors as Nurse just said that my Hba1c was just a bit over what it should be. I have learned everything I know about my condition because I am a Student Nurse and also...

I am just wondering if the level of carbs that can be eaten including fruit, potatoes, pasta and bread affect your losses? I seem to be losing but am conscious of the fact that I have just been diagnosed last april with type 2 diabetes. On myfitnesspal, which I still use as a rough guide to...

I am the same. As you can see, my name says it all. I use all my syns everyday on a weightwatchers lemon slice, a one finger timeout and a freddo caramel bar which I spread throughout the day but I never eat after 6pm. How naughty is that but its the only thing that keeps me motivated. The only...

Thank you very much for your reply, Sparty. My problem is if they put it on the plate, I have no willpower, lol. It the naan and poppadum is in front of me, I will devour it!!. I have decided that I will just have to cutback for the next few days on syns. thanks again. That's a great help.x

Please, Please advise me!!. I am going to weatherspoon this evening and it's curry club today. What would be the healthiest option to get?. I think that rice, poppadum or naan anda drink is included. I know that I should leave the naan but what main course should I get?. Thanks for any replies.

Thanks for your reply. That is fantastic news. I find it really difficult not to binge as it is so the fact that I can use my syns on anything I want really makes the plan more manageable again for me.x

Today, I had two weightwatchers lemon slices (85 cals each) which is about 10 syns? and a caramel freddo which is five syns. Is this ok or not?. People often say that you should eat fruit for snacks but I only force myself to have it for breakfast as I hate it. I had a real sweet tooth so...

That's me to a tee, lol!!. I just think that I might as well enjoy the rest of the night and shove as much into my piehole as I can possible manage so that my stomach is really distended and I want to be sick. However, I never get sick!!. I have to suffer with a huge belly!!. I always say that I...

Found you!!. Im here to subscribe. Thanks for all you info and advice. now all I have to do is get on with it, lol.xx

Xmisskx, ill definitely write this down. some fantastic options for me that I never new existed. Thanks again. I will pop over to your diary to subscribe. Sorry for hijacking the thread Alli. x

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you very much for this.x

Oh sorry, slim and save was ages ago. Ive done every vlcd know to man and obviously piled it all on again, lol. Tuna is such a great idea. I hadn't even thought of that!!. Im following extra easy with the books I have from the one class that I went to. It is the best way of eating that there is...

Thank you so much for your reply hun. Some fantastic ideas here. I love the chicken breast that I can buy in asda and bring in to have with jacket and beans. I can keep wholemeal bread and laughing cow cheeses for sandwich for tea in my room. Cant really transport food from home as I have an 8...

Fruit just does not have the fat and calories that give us the feel good factor like a good lump of cake, choc or pastry and crisps, lol. I know how you feel, poppybibby, as when I got really stressed with all the kids issues the other day, I had a ridiculous binge. Between bullying in relation...

I dont want to bring the science into it but because there are so many of us, i have to. I really think that when our serotonin levels are low in the brain (this is why anti depressants are given to replace serotonin (happy hormone) that we eat and this replaces and increases the levels of this...

Me, Me, Me!!. Hence, my name, lol!!. I have tried the works, read everything there is on binge eating disorder but when the urge comes over me, it is impossible to quell. What did work for me one night this week, when it came over was that i closed my eyes and willed it to go away and i promised...

Also, even the salad bar has items drowned in mayo so i cant win!!!

Im really enjoying your food diary, Allimack. Huge congrats on the gorgeous little lad of yours. so cute. Just wondering what syn free sausages are and where you can get them?. Have you any ideas what i could eat in uni canteen. When I am up in Derry, the canteen is where I have to have my main...

Don't worry Michele. I have just had a binge which consisted of two huge bowls of rice krispies with sugar, three slices of toast with butter and two full boxes of coco pops cereal bars (two boxes!!!). I think there are six bars in each box. This was on top of my tea of poached eggs on toast and...

Oh this has really made my day, lol!!. Thanks so much for your reply. I have been having fruit with muller over it in the morning but I am not a fruit person. However, I wont eat cereal everyday but really nice to know that if I want one Weetabix and a banana, that I can also have a small slice...

just looking at someone's diary and they split their HEB ie 1 Weetabix and one slice of wm bread in evening. this sounds ideal as I love cereal and bread. Is this advised or not?

Thanks a million, Spaniel2. Know my luck the spicy Mexican is 4 syns as I eat the whole pack. I just hope that the cooked chicken tikka pieces or cooked barbecue pieces are free!. Thanks again.x

I really hope not as I have this quite a bit as my dinner with chicken tikka chunks. Its a meal that takes two minutes and really tasty. Please tell me there are not syns in this!!

Thanks everyone for all the replies. Haha, swansong1a, I do that too, imagine all the contents of the fridge but my real trigger for bingeing is definitely cake!!. If I come within 10miles of a cake, I have to devour the lot and not just a measly slice. I can avoid crisps and chocolate ok so Ive...

Thanks hun. I might just give it a try but I have had binge eating problems my whole life and seem to have read everything on it but it might help. Im beginning to think that its something to do with a chemical imbalance in the brain and not so much about greed. Anti depressants are often...

God, I wish I could get away with that. I understand about the science and calorie deficit and all that but for some reason it doesn't work for me. Maybe, it's because I really messed up my metabolism with all the liquid diets ie lipotrim, Cambridge, slim and save,etc etc, lol. These work for...

Thank you for all the replies. I will definitely eat if I am starving but have found that usually a cup of something hot helps (unless, I am going through a binge). I would then spend three or four days bingeing badly until I revert back to healthy eating. I think that I have now accepted my...

I have done every diet/lifestyle change under the sun. I think I might have found the secret for me. I seem to be losing weight more effectively since I have stopped eating anything after 7pm. I might have a black cup of tea/coffee at about 9pm but that's it. My question is - Do any of you do...

Hi Cerries, I am exactly the same as you . I went once to the group and personally, it was not for me. I found it very americanised and it made me think that it was like what an alcoholics anonymous meeting would be like. I would be mortified if someone told everyone what I had lost and found it...

I am in exactly the same boat as you cheekychick81!!. re starting tommorrow. started in January and didnt last long, dabbled with slimming world and arrived back at binge eating on pasta and potatoes and then spiraled off onto choc, cake etc etc. re-starting tommorrow so upwards and downwards...

This sound really stupid but i just started on saturday and im wondering if i can have a creme egg or a bar of choc every day if i keep within the 15syns per day??. i feel as though, im pigging out big time!! I also had a good few roasties in frylight today with roast skinless chicken and...

I will stop mentally counting calories.!!x

Thank you so much for the advice. I suppose, i should have put mushroom with my lunch as i love them. for tea i did not have chinese. in the end i had baked potato with tuna and spoon of extra lite mayo, 1 mullerlite and 1 orange. ive prob still gone over syns and dont have enough superfree. I...

Hey all, this is my first day of doing slimming world. Please let me know if anyone has time if I am on the right path - - Breakfast- 2 x weetabix golden syrup fat free golden vale milk (half a cup) small banana (95cals) Lunch - 2x pork chops baked...

Thank you for that cheery. Right enough, my life has been a rollercoaster on vlcd's of side effects and moods. I really need some balance and health. I am predisposed to diabetes also as i had gestational diabetes during four pregnancies and was on insulin so if i dont gain control here, it will...

Thank you so much for your advice ladies. It almost seems to good to be true. I am back up to Uni on Sunday and I stay in a bed and breakfast with my friend with no breakfast , lol and no cooking facilties. what we have decided to do is , eat brekkie, fruit and weetabix in canteen before class...

Thank you so much for your reply. I will stick with it. I just want to feel healthy now no matter how long it takes, i will get there and enjoy the journey, which i could never do before. I can see now that there is and never will be a short cut to a sustainable weightloss. The only thing that...

Hey all, nice to come into this forum.I have just given up on my latest vlcd. I have done every liquid diet imaginable now since 2008 ie lipotrim,exante, cambridge, and latest is slim and save. every single time i stopped these diets, I have binged and put back on all the weight and then some...

Ha ha, thats a good idea hun but that wouldnt solve my problem because no matter how long it would take me, I just want more, lol!!. Im such a greedy pig!!. really missing apple crumble and custard and watched my son eating it today so i just decided to get my fix by sniffing it!!!. I did the...

Last night, I had the spag bol and for desert, I made the crispy choc shake thicker and into a mousse as it was my day off work. I really felt as though, I had a proper meal and was stuffed after it. At lunch, i had a stirfry veg with chicken and my choc truffa bar after so all in all a really...

Hi Adrian, I did exactly the same today. Roast chicken without skin and fresh brocolli. would have loved the swede too, lol. I use the bar as my treat but I have to say that i could eat 5 of them as they never get near to filling me up, lol. I have had steak before and stir fry veg and sometimes...

Thanks ladies for your replies. That really helps.xx

I know that chicken and fish are mainly recommended on slim and save but i really find that steak, beef stew with lots of veg and oxtail soup in it are the things that really keep me going on this diet. It is my protein meal once a day and i have lost 9lbs for my first week. I am on three packs...

Well done and Congrats Slummi Mummi. I just weighed in this morning and lost 9lbs too. Cant beleive it and whether I only lose 1lb per week from now on, i will keep going with it as the only way is down from here. I can't say that I have the energy thing though but I have been really busy at...

I really beleive that its to do with the amount of weight that has to be lost rather than the particular vlcd. I found that the heavier I was the more that I lost in the first week etc. I also realise that everytime that I do a vlcd that all the weight goes back on when i stop and i am aware of...

I remember you and Clairecat too, lol. Id swear that I could have seen you on the lipotrim board too Claire. Im quite a traveller too from lipotrim to cambridge to exante and then slim and save, haha.

From a fellow Claire, I couldnt leave the batter either, lol. I imagine that steak is not the best but in order to enjoy the protein meal, i hope that an atkins style meal if we are out in a restaurant is acceptable. As long as there are no major carbs like chips, sauces, potatoes etc, i will be...

I probably have not noticed this above in the stickies but I would love if we had an eating out section ie what we can have in an indian, chinese, steakhouse etc and ideas of what to pick on the menu. I went to a pub today my nursing mentor from hospital placement and the most inconspicuous...

God you sound so like me,lol. I hate the assignments too. I am only on my first placement in first year and it was the one placment that i really did not want to do. PCOP, primary care older people on a 20bedded ward. I really am enjoying it but will be really happy to go back to uni as 12 hours...

AAhh, lovely to hear from a fellow colleague. How are you coping on placement on this diet??. I was so busy today but after 12 hour shift, find it really hard not to go home and binge!!. I feel so hungry. Well done on getting the CBT but for me , i feel as though ive tried everything ie went to...

Hey, ladies, Thanks so much for your replies. splitting headache atm. Had a small piece of chicken with broccolli today and my three packs ie 2 choc shakes and lemon bar. I also bought a skinny latte at the train station. Hope this is ok. 12hour shift ahead of me for the next four days. Please...

Just started back on slim and save today. I won't bore you all with my dieting history since 2008 but suffice to say that I have eaten myself back up to 12st7lbs!!. The lowest i have been is 10st6lbs but i really want to get to 9 and half stone as diabetes is constantly hovering over me. I had...

Me too!!. I just wanted to get below 11stone. What is Judd or how does that work as I know in a few weeks time, i will not be able to fork out 130euro for months supply of sns so with these losses, am ready to move on to something low carb. I am also secretly petrified of looking old if i lose...

Hi Sarah, this is almost exactly what i wrote in my thread "23lbs in 8 weeks, lol"!!. That is exactly what i have lost , 1st9lbs in 8 weeks. It looks as though this week, i have only lost 1 pound also (weigh in tommorrow). I was hoping to be down to 10st7lbs at this stage but we have to...

Hi tomsgf, thank you so much. It's definetely not my first time, lol. I started with lipotrim in 2008 and regained it all back and then cambridge and then exante and now slim and save lol. yes it definetely does seem to get slower, the more vlcd's that you do. Having said that, ive really...

Thanks hun!!. you're definetely right. I guess, i was just in a panic to get into the 10s stones because i start my Nursing degree on the 14th september and i just wanted to feel slim when fitted for uniform but i am getting there so there is no use panicing now!!. 11th wedding Anniversary on...

Ladies, thank you so much for taking the time to reply and my apologies for acting like a spoilt brat!!! I would like to get to eight and a half or nine stone if i could but slow and steady wins the race,lol and im actually enjoying the diet which is an alien phenomenon for me!! You guys have...

Hi all, just a quick question. I have been on slim and save for 8 weeks and have lost only 23lbs. I really thought i would have lost at least the 2 stone in two months. feeling really demoralised and feel like i could lose the same on an ordinary healthy diet. I have only cheated twice in that...

Thanks RebekahR, my Hubby and my parents cant understand why I binge because I had a full tummy tuck in 2010 after losing weight and having had four children. They keep saying its a waste of money as i cant control myself with food!!!. It is an ongoing problem for me. They always say that the...

God almighty, I am two days away from six weeks on plan and not one single cheat.......until today. I argued with hubby and just felt really weak and down in myself so I went and ate four slices of Pizza with chips,huge chunk coffee cake with loads of custard poured over it, 2 packets of crisps...

HI Kellmo, yeah my degree is full time and I have to move away from my family during the week so I will only be seeing kids and hubby at weekends and when on placement, only days that I am off. It is seven hours away by bus but i really cant wait to start a new career and get stuck in!!! I...

Hi Kellmo I so know where you are at!!!. I had pnd after two of my four and have suffered badly on and off throughout my twenties and early thirties. My sister commented the other day, that the photos of me as a kid and teenager at home look as though I had some kind of weight on me even though...

Well done ladies!!. Ive only lost 2lbs at weigh in today but i am on day 28 and have lost 17lbs in total which is pretty average but if i can lose a stone per month, Im happy with that. Well done to everyone!!. keep it up!!x

What about asking for chicken with stir fry veg ie chicken, mushroom, greenpeppers , beansprouts etc and for afters have your bar with coffee with milk allowance. I promise you wont feel deprived after it.!!

Hi Lindsay988, nobody seems to have mentioned this but i have really noticed that the more weight you have to lose, generally the more you will lose in a short time ie if someone weighed 18stone, they might lose 2stone the first month but if you are say 12stone, the chances are that you will...

OMG!! What a flippin difference. You look really fantastic. Motivation indeed to keep going. Well done, kellmo!!!.keep going.

Thats a really good idea. Im stuck now with a load of excess cottage pies and spag bols that i cant eat as im gone off them!!!. Such a waste of money and i have no idea how to put things on ebay etc but i would give them away for free as i will just throw them all in the bin otherwise as i know...

Ha ha kellmo, i had the same experience. Last Monday night, we were out at indian restaurant and while they all munched on poppadoms, naan and sauce laden main courses with rice and not forgetting Baileys cheesecake for afters, i was having a ball munching chicken tikka pieces with green salad...

It is annoying for regular customers. I might drop them an email as they are always asking for feedback on the service which is very good but this is definetely an important point and they won't change it if they don't realise.

Sorry about the rant but i was saying some while ago that i couldnt face the meals and i opted for curry when they were doing the survey for what meals we would like. Why on earth could they not have emailed us or put it on their website that the curry would become available today. So...

Deezer, so true. This is a great little motivational line. Short but really effective.

OMG!! LucySera, thanks so much for the info in this article. It really is thought provoking. I thought that it was too good to be true, lol. My Hubby is from Nigeria and his family give him tons of these maggi cubes whenever they come to visit. I was wondering why i was becoming seriously...

Hi guys, As the title says above, ive been using these in place of salt on salmon, chicken, you name it!!!. They are my new addiction but are they actually ok to use as they don't seem to be affecting my weight loss. I am on day 17 today and really enjoying slim and save. I even want to bring...

Aw, thanks hun. It will fly off you. I know exactly how you feel. This really does'nt feel like a diet as ive had chicken and stir fry veg and beef and stir fry veg from chinese two weeks in a row and this sat, im going to steakhouse and having fillet steak with mushrooms and then my bar with...

Hi Slinkyson, I am the same height as you and started at the same weight 16 days ago and so far as of this morning, I am now 13lbs down!!

Since being on sns, ive sickened myself with broccoli and cauliflour so i eat the meals on their own or i just eat a piece of meat or chicken and i love my dark choc truffa bars. I really like turnip but you'd nearly need a chainsaw to prepare it, lol so i cant be arsed. cabbage is the same -...

Hi guys!!. Please could you give me some advice?. I don't have a weighing scales so for my fourth item every day i have been having things like 2 small baked pork chops or 2 small baked salmon fillets or a chicken fillet. I don't eat any veg as i hate it. I am having the other three items as my...

OMG, Clareel, thank you so much for your advice. You really have cemented my decision for me. I was panicing so much about kids, finances etc etc but you know what?. It will all be so worth it. If i have to sacrifice certain things in order to have the profession of my dreams for the next three...

HI FM, yaaaay, fair play to you!!. Believe me, this does not even come near how difficult lipotrim is. I was on that for nine weeks and I could never ever do it again because you have no life at all. I was so miserable!!. This is a diet you can eat on and i make sure to treat myself every week...

Ha, ha, i dont know about the sexy part clareel!!. I sometimes think that ship has sailed but I will settle for skinnier definetely. I am so nervous about the course re the placements and coursework etc and so excited at the same time. I have a degree from before but this will entail so much...

Thanks ladies. Some fab suggestions. I deffo will watch out for the chinese. veg is making me sick as well,lol. all the brocolli and cauliflower!!!. I have to finish the order i have as I am not working at the mo and we are really struggling as have four kids and only hubby working. I think...

LMAO, that's is exactly what i have been using for my motivation. All i keep thinking is that I will be morto if I have to stand with skinny 17 year olds as a frumpy 36 year old bursting out of my uniform!!! Nooooooooooooo way,its not happening, lol. Thanks for that Clareel. How is the course...

Hi all!! Im on day 10 and have been 100% but i made the gargantuan mistake of ordering 28 spag bol and 28 cottage pie and 28 oatmeal. I had tried all these a few times when i did s and s before and I liked them but now I want to puke when i think about eating another spag bol or cottage pie and...

So true, kellmo. Have a fab time in Disneyland and well done on your determination. I think it's a great feeling to be in 'the zone'. I just keep imagining that the weight that I want to be is within reach if i really want it. It really is about feeling happier and healthy. Enjoy your hols!!

This morning was sooooooooooooooo hard. It was my son's 6th birthday and I always do breakfast in bed for the kids on their birthday's. My son, however, hates cereal so I had to fry sausages, bacon, eggs and white pudding at 7am before he wakes up and to put his candle in a fresh apple and...

Hi all, Im on day 8 and weighed in yesterday with a loss of 8lbs for the first week. It was hard the first few days and I ordered some things that i hate such as all the bars. I then tried the dark choc truffa and was in heaven. I felt really bored on saturday as family going to kfc. I decided...

Hi hun, the delivery is never more than three days from when you order and the fact that you are in Dublin, it should be even quicker!! Good luck with it!!

Every single time that I have come off a vlcd, I have binged solidly for months on end and put back on the weight as I had spent months fantasising about all these foods. The best advice I could give is that if you can do an atkins or low carb lifestyle change when you are finished the diet...

Im starting today too!!. I've been off the wagon for five weeks and have put on 10lbs. If I look at food, i gain. In fairness, ive had major binges and a week away on holiday so today is a new day. I do have a headache and my head feels really foggy but having said that, my four kids have been...

HI cinderzxx. Im with you today too. I've had cottage pie and original oatmeal so far. having spag bol and bar later. can't wait to stop feeling so fat. I never want to go outside the door and all my clothes are so tight. I refuse to buy bigger clothes as then I will get comfortable with my...

Hi guys!! Hope ye are all coping ok today. So far, I have had original oatmeal, which was lovely, and cottage pie. I am planning to have spag bol and one of the bars with coffee tonight. I hate veg so not going to force myself to have it. It really is no hardship compared to the other vlcd's...

Hi guys!! Hope ye are all coping ok today. So far, I have had original oatmeal, which was lovely, and cottage pie. I am planning to have spag bol and one of the bars with coffee tonight. I hate veg so not going to force myself to have it. It really is no hardship compared to the other vlcd's...

Hi kellmo and clareel, thanks for your replies. I have looked at the July starters post and would like to start a diary at some stage if i can get past the first week, lol. Can't wait for the morning to start getting this weight off!!!

Hi all!! Just sorting out my packs. im starting tommorrow. Anyone else climbing aboard the slim and save wagon tommorrow?

Thanks hun. I really want to be a nurse and maybe later midwifery but I will be equally happy with either. My degree is in Derry which is classed as the UK so the course is the same as the UK- 3 years in duration, thank god and not the four years I would have to do at home here in the South...

Hi Clareel, Im Claire too. I am also waiting for my packs to arrive next week. I have had a break of the last four weeks so I dread to think of the weight that has gone on. I will weigh in when I get my packs. Im going to do four per day. I am starting adult nursing degree in September. It...

me too please. I don't start until next week when my packs arrive so I hope for a loss of 10lbs!!!

Exante gave me awful toilet trouble, lol, and I hated the packs. All I could stomach were the bars and I ended up overeating them!!. I've done lipotrim, cambridge, exante and now slim and save. Slim and save wins hands down for me. I really hate shakes and have found that I can only stick vlcd...

Hi gemmagilchrist, my period stopped finally thank god. I have been on the diet for a month and lost a stone and due to financial constraints, I have to stop so I am back on normal food from monday onwards. God help me!!!

Hi fee79, OMG!!!. I was thinking exactly the same as I have just lost 11lbs in three weeks too!!!. I honestly believe that its the carbs in it. Some people are affected by the carb amount. If i looked at a slice of bread or potato, I put on weight. On lipotrim, I lost 18lbs in the first month...

That is so sad. It brings to mind so many confusing thoughts. On one hand, you think, that it all could have been avoided. Why do we torture ourselves??? to the point of all dignity being stripped away??. I was watching the news last night and the children in Burkina Faso that are starving and...

I am on day 19 and all I ever feel on any vlcd is immense lethargy and tiredness. If the kids mention going for a walk, I literally can't do it. Its just a side effect for some people in ketosis, id say. Despite drinking copious amounts of fluid, I only feel tiredness. I remember on week 9 of...

Hi hun, I tried to reply to your PM but it would'nt let me reply so I had to answer you on the forum. OMG, that is fantastic so I could get the four per day for one month for under 160 euro?. Should I email and ask before I am ordering?. It's great to know that there are other people in...

Thanks so much hun. Believe me, the guilt about doing the course is a killer:( but Hubby said he can manage because for the sake of three years, I will have a good solid qualification at the end. Also,NHS tuition fees are paid and you get a living bursary also which is not much but the word...

Thanks so much hun!!. You know when you go through that period in life where it seems as though 'one door closes and another door opens'?. It seems as though all the bloody doors have been slamming shut in my face for the last 18 months, lol. At the end of the day, my children are all well and...

Thanks Starlight and Bordersgirl for the advice. I think, I will have to take a look at the three per day packs + protein and if I can afford that, I would have at least some semblance of control as to what I put in my mouth. I know that DIY vlcds are not advocated for on the forum and I...

Hi Maka, thanks, thats a great help. I will look into it here on the minimins forum.

Hi all, just got some bad news yesterday and now my income is down 400euro per month and along with a mortgage, four kids and bills coming out of our ears, I realise that there is no way I can pay for slim and save without feeling really selfish as my Hubby is paying for everything. I am also...

lol, Starlight, so true. We are women. What is to be embarrassed about?. It is periods or menstruation. Nothing unusual, embarrassing or disgusting about it. We should rejoice in it (that might be taking it too far, lol) as we are empowered, educated and modern Women.:p

LMAO!!! thats one way of putting it... the TOM gods. Thanks ladies for all your really supportive and encouraging replies. We know it's the low calories causing it so at least it's nothing to worry about. My only really issue with it (please look away now if you're squeamish!!!) is that my...

Thanks determinator.Im so excited now that I can add an extra slim and save meal to my quota. I thought it might be too much but maybe thats why I feel starving. So if I have 2slim and save meals, an exante shake and bar, is that ok?. I just need to finish the exante products so that I can order...

Hi SuziWoo, Thanks so much for your reply. I was just about to start a new thread about my low weightloss and yours are nearly the exact same as mine. just weight in this morning and I lost 2lbs and it's week 2. I only lost 6lbs weeks one so only 8lbs for two weeks!!! It is very demoralising...

:cry:I have been on slim and save for two weeks tommorrow and have had constant Totm. It came for two days, stopped for three days and so on for the two weeks. The issue is that I have the implanon contraceptive implant and have had absolutely no bleeding for two years. I know this is...

I agree with you, Helen. I love it with cauli and I also put some tandoori curry powder on it. There is some bulk and substance to the cottage pie and it really fills you up.

For some reason, I have always found sniffing food on a VLCD as part of food porn, lol!!!. I cook a lot more and become a feeder to the kids and hubby also. I actually cook a lot more and sniff everything as it feels as though I am actually consuming it also!! It really must be some...

Oh, thats sounds devine. It really is unbelievable as it really doesnt feel like a diet.

OMG, Ive just had the cottage pie with mashed swede and I also added some dried garlic and tandoori curry powder to the whole lot and all I can say is.....yummmmy. Im stuffed. It was really filling and spicy. I have the same feeling now as I did when I used to have a real binge which was full...

I for one am so delighted having struggled with soups and shakes since I first started using VLCDs in 2008. Just had the spag bol mealpack with broccoli and cauliflower with some curry powder and after all the liquid consumption, it was just like a piece on heaven!!!

I cannot believe that after all these years on diets suffering and gagging on shakes:mad: that someone has put the same amount of calories into formulating a really tasty meal that can be had with fresh veg. You can't imagine my excitement after suffering on lipotrim, cambridge and exante with...

Thanks a million ladies for the advice. Its deffo true that I have not been able to hack the water intake so have been having mostly coke zero. I will force myself with more water, though. So excited about food coming. Even though, I am not hungry, I really feel as though I need food of some...

Hi all!!. A little background on me - I was here in 2008 first when I did Lipotrim. Since then, I have done lipotrim for a second time after piling all the weight back on, Cambridge, exante, atkins and weightwatchers!!!:sigh::sigh::sigh:. I have now ordered some meals from slim and save as I...

Well done on your weightloss hun. Ive just completed 8weeks too on monday and have lost 34 pounds so am not at 10st 10 pounds and made the decision to refeed and lose the last 1 n half stone with maintenance. My hubby cried when i came off tfr. I stopped as he was so worried and said I looked so...

Hi Bells, can you take another 4 and a half pounds of for me please. That brings my total so far to 12 pounds so far. my last weigh in for this month is next tues so just two more to go to get to my target of 14 pounds for this month.

I always have choc mousse as my treat at 8pm every evening as i have two choc shakes in the day.I personally love it as I do make it very thick like cake mix. I feel really full and satisfied then. I like it as a treat.

2 pounds off for me, thanks bells.

Penny's is the same as primark in the UK

Hi bells, im down another 5 n half pounds so all in all 24 n half pounds in 5 weeks

im going to get a tummy tuck anyway when the weight has shifted but this is mainly because i have masses of loose skin on my tummy after four big babies!!

Jon, I just want to say, if you have the power of mind to stick tfr for all those months, i can only imagine what a successful person you are in life. Your determination shows a true talent that not many have!!. You will never go back to your old ways as it's plain to see that you have...

Thanks ladies!! It's more or less the same as lipotrim then!! I might as well stick with LT. Id love to try cambridge but terrified if i have too many flavours, ill be tempted to eat!

Hi guys, Im currently on week four of lipotrim diet and just wondering if this diet is cheaper?. I currently pay 63euro per week and the cambridge diet has so much more variety. My mouth is watering looking at the products!!!:17729:

Hi kelly!! OMG!! you sound exactly like me. I have four kids and the youngest is 20 months. I first went on LT when she was 4 weeks and I lasted nine weeks but it was bloody hard and I had to stop at nine weeks because my body got so weak, I couldnt even laugh or climb the stairs!! I also had...

Hi Dunlop! I am definetely with you on this one. I find myself becoming resigned to the LT shakes and i love not feeling dependent on them as you do have to remember to take them at times. In this way, I have stopped obsessing about food and enjoy the routine in a weird kind of way. I know...

just a tip for you hun! What I do as I have a toddler too is just put the spoon of the hot food to my top lip just to feel the temp but not into my mouth. I never taste it and i wipe it off my top lip straight away otherwise i would fear that if i tasted it, i would come out of ketosis and be...

Hi lady, So sorry to hear that too. I was gutted to have only lost almost two pounds (not even) at my weigh in today too. The pharmacist asked how much water I was drinking. I said that I was barely managing the 2 litres and she said that was good because much more than that could cause fluid...

and a chinese, and an eddie rockets cheese burger and all these at once together on the same plate!!!!lol:break_diet:

Ive just had my third weigh in today and i find that im not hungry either but just that the taste in my mouth from not eating is horrible and i really crave garlic bread, indian curry, poppadums, naan bread, chocolate, chocolate fudge cake, toast and melted butter, mashed potato, curry chips etc...

well done Molly!!. I was feeling really down today after weighin as i only lost 1 and half pounds, almost two the pharmacist said and she was looking at me as if id cheated!!. It seems like i could have lost that weight at weightwatchers and enjoyed food and i was really feeling de motivated...

mine is tuesday too!!!

Hi bells, please put me down for 14 pounds (wishful thinking)!!!:D

The pharmacist told me that its best not to exercise whilst on LT because at the end of the day, we are only on 400 or so calories per day so you could collapse. I have been told that to do exercise you'd want to be taken in carbs. Having said that, i have been tired on lt and have not much...

I had gestational diabetes (only in preganancy) and then it goes away so I am not diabetic now but i would have an underlying tendency to it if i dont keep my weight down.

I was on nine weeks and had to cut my hair short when i came off due to the really bad hair loss as i have thin hair anyway!! For me that was a very small price to pay! Also people (hubby and parents) started telling me that I looked sick like I had cancer or HIV, really gaunt etc and I was 10...

Hi Annes, what happened me in the past is that when I tried to re-start LT on numerous occasions and I started picking, that was the end of it for me. I started to pick more and more and finally give up. I did it successfully before for nine weeks but never touched a single morsel and this time...

Hi Ladies, I have to admit when I lost weight last time with Lipotrim, I was left with really saggy boobs and an even worse than it is now saggy belly. I was told that because I was not have the levels of protein necessary on a diet that I was loosing muscle and would naturally end up with sag...

Thanks Cherryrocks!! You are dead right!! I know what I want regardless of what anyone else says. Definetely, I may not have encouragement at home but there is more than enough to go around on this forum and thats something that will benefit us all!!:girlpower:

Thanks a mill for that info happy! i will check out the website!

No probs Theresa, On three of the four pregnancies I was on insulin three times a day and the other pregnancy was diet control and she didnt go into the SCBU but funnily enough she is the one with chronic asthma and they say that untreated diabetes can result in chest complications for the child...

Hi stinky, I got that too from my Mother. She used to say how big I was and now she says that I am being ridiculous going from one extreme to another. My Husband on the other hand has been really nagging about the cost of it and true enough we do have a lot of bills and four children etc etc...

`Hi Lily, well done for keeping going!!! Im fit to crack up to at times. I am at day 14 now and wanted to cry at the weekend. When I first start LT in 2008 my fourth baby was only four weeks old and by the ninth week I had to give up because my body got so weak that I couldnt laugh, walk up the...

Hi Hun, I have so been there this weekend!!! I started on the 4th of jan too and was on this diet in 2008 for nine weeks. Last night, I was nearly crying with wanting to eat as all I could think of was an indian. Dont beat yourself up over it. I know it feels so depressing and that the lovely...

Hi Anne, Part of my motivation for staying on lipo is that I intend if i can get the finances to get a tummy tuck when I lose the weight as after four children, my stomach is absolutely gross!!:cry::cry:.No matter how much weight i lose, i will never wear a bikini unless i can get this procedure...

Just reading your posts ladies has given me the motivation to continue today because there seems to be food everywhere, the smell, the temptation and people telling me that what I am doing is dangerous and not natural!!! There are always worse days than others but thanks so much for all your...

Hi all! Ive just spent the last four nights with four kids in one family room in a travelodge because like a lot of people we had frozen pipes so no water, heat or toilet facilities. I decided it was better to go to a hotel and at least have basic facilites for the kids. My god! How torturous...

Thats great to hear, girls. Im not going mad then. Thanks a million for the motivation to keep me going again. We are doing brill and imagine when summer comes how happy we will feel that we did stick it out. Think about the parties we might go to during the year or functions. It's hard but...

Good luck Silver:wave_cry:. I always find the fourth and fifth day impossible too so best of luck with everything. I feel so envious now of you!.What I wouldnt do for soup and a wholemeal roll!!!:sigh:

God, is it only me or does anyone else keep dreaming that they have caved in and starting eating everything in reach?:sigh: Every time on day 4,5 or 6 my mind starts playing tricks with me and I keep going to the kitchen and smelling everything and thinking that LT is not worth this torture. I...

Well done! lucky you!:clap:. i hope i lose half of that when I weigh in on the 12th jan!! The coconut flapjacks are something that is possible to get used to but I think the purpose of these dried bits of 'old carpet' are to make us drink loads. I know if they tasted good, i for one would be...

Thank you so much for the lovely welcome ladies!:wave_cry: This forum is such a breath of fresh air and I really feel that I can do it now, thanks to your encouragement. Honestly, I didnt tell the pharmacist the truth re how soon I had just had the Baby (iresponsible!! i know). I do love the...

I so know how you feel. I tried to restart LT about a hundred times since my first stint of 9 weeks but always gave up after the first day. The last time in November, I lasted 11 days but started bleeding so heavily , I had to go to hospital. I have the implanon implant and I believe this is...

Oh my god girls!! Thank you so much for your replies as I am on day three and starting to feel the come down now from my usual supplies of sugar!!:( I feel so motivated after coming back on here. Stinky, I dont need a medal at all because I look at all you guys and see the determination and...

Please, anyone, I would be so grateful if anyone could help me with this worry. In 2008, I did LT for nine weeks and lost 3 stone but the only reason that I came off it as I had not reached goal was because I became seriously weak. I could not laugh or climb the stairs without feeling an empty...

Hi Guys, My friend and I both had our hair cut short during refeed due to the loss but for me it was a small price to pay as I dont have great hair anyway and everyone said that I looked a lot better with my hair in a short style :D. However, my friend cried and got depressed over it. It just...

Im starting for the second time on monday and Ive just paid 63euros for a weeks supply!! My motivation for losing the weight is that I really want a tummy tuck so I need to get slim first to have the best effect and for health reasons!! After four kids, my tummy is pretty rough looking!!

Hi Leesa, Im in exactly the same boat as you. I did lipo in 2008 after the birth of my fourth baby and went from 14stone 1pound to 10stone 4 pound. I only stopped because I was nagged to death by relatives who told me that I looked sick. I now weigh 13 stone 2 pounds. sickener!!! I've nearly...