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No, your calculation is not accurate. That allowance is not including the extra you need. You need to calculate an extra allowance as you are not lying in bed all day - and even someone lying in bed all day needs to add another twenty percent on top of that 2,700 calories a day. You are very...

Hi, good luck. Your pee should be light in colour. You really need to be careful to drink enough but not too much.

I use Flexitol on my feet and it works so I am sure it is good for hands. I have used Neutrogena hand cream and Atrixo in the past. Does he have a job where his hands are in contact with detergents, chemicals etc. Does he do the washing up without rubber gloves?

You have burned calories whilst sleeping (or before if you are lucky)

Hope you don't mind me suggesting something. A lot of people have terrible physical symptoms due to getting rid of carbs in their body before they hit ketosis. Being in ketosis makes you stop being hungry. In order to avoid those symptoms gradually cut down on carbodhydrates over a...

Plumjuice: My omlettes were rubbish, broken up and stuck to pan. Then I discovered if I wisked a couple of eggs in a bowl and put it in the microwave for a minute or so I got the most wonderful fluffy omelette.

You have ticked all the boxes. It is nutritious, convenient, filling, and the best thing is you are setting yourself healthy eating habits so therefore you are less likely to regain weight after. Very low calorie diets are great for an intial quick weight loss but it is quite common for people...

A lot of very overweight women have developed an over the top personality to compensate for feelings of inadequacy, but it is not hard to see that they really are very miserable. Obesity (and I have been up to 30 stone in the past) has never affected my self-esteem as I don't judge myself on my...

I think it depends how overweight a person is and how much it impacts on their life. I have read posts on another section of minimins where women have had to ask their husbands to wipe them after a toilet visit as they weren't able to do it themselves due to not being able to reach because of...

If they recommend that, surely you shouldn't feel you should drink more.

I eat breakfast around 5 am so it has to be filling and I have any of the following: Two eggs beaten up in the microwave for a minute and a quarter with two grilled Quorn rashers and some tomatoes on two slices from a 400 g loaf. A 300 g tub of Asda or Tesco low fat cottage cheese - the...

Even if the ketosis sticks show negative and show that you are not in ketosis, you still could be because it just so happens that no ketones are being excreted at that particular time of urinating. Ketostix are only useful to check that a person is not going onto the dark colours as that shows...

Absolutely the best way. And also the easiest, most convenient, less complicated and likeliest way to actually keep it off without the yoyo effect of losing, gaining it all back again plus more besides, etc. Good luck!

Stev, you know when you log into minimins. Look three sections above the Lipotrim Forum and click on where it says Cambridge Diet Forum, and you can get information there. Good luck.

Lol, Tubbytot's post has been removed. Obviously it was not entirely kosher!

Yes, I personally think as I stated above, that if people can lose weight slowly and surely then that is the best way. Fast weight loss and extreme diets are only good for an emergency need, ie for a quick loss before surgery if surgery is being delayed due to super morbid obesity, or if, for...

Hi Stev. They are difficult to get down, and Cambridge may well suit you better, so why not give them a try just for one week and then return to Lipotrim or not. Hi Tubbytot. That sounds awful, and I hope you are better now with no lasting damage. You say your chemist offered to refund...

Hi Pmfa and thanks. I think I have digressed a bit because this thread is about hair loss and that is less likely to happen if weight is lost at a slower rate. I think 3 shakes and a meal for you is good because you will be getting all the vits and mins from the shakes. Lipotrim is very hard...

Well done, you are doing well and anyone who sticks to Lipotrim for the 12 weeks, (or at the more risky longer than 12 weeks) deserves a medal, because it is foul stuff, but hey, it got me losing 4 stone in 9 weeks. Personally I think where it is most useful is when a person is classed...

http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG43NICEGuideline.pdf that is the link, on page 46 of the document that says it shouldn't be followed for more than 12 weeks, and in fact when I did Lipotrim three years ago I was told that too. However then Lipotrim would not accept anyone on the...

People who have hair loss on Lipotrim are usually the people who follow total food replacement for longer than the recommended 14 weeks. It shouldn't be followed for more than that amount of time according to the head office.

Hi, hope you don't mind me putting my views. Are you drinking enough. Also do you feel weak or hungry because if you don't feel hungry you may find eating something will be the start of a slippery slope to eating and before you know it you will be eating more and more, and even though they may...

You are doing the right thing because sole source is only supposed to be used for 14 weeks, then food is supposed to be introduced anyway, so you are doing nothing wrong!

Yes, it is a good idea to associate something you should not eat with something that is extreme and makes you not want to eat it, hence my fish story. Someone not washing their hands too is good. Then what a relief it is when everyone has eaten their cakes, all plates cleared away, and you...

I heard on the BBC news today that a consignment of various cakes came apart from their packaging, fell off the cargo plane, fell onto a fishing boat and dropped into an open crate of freshly caught fish. Of course the pilot was terrified he would be sacked for not looking after the cargo, so...

Hi, I personally have to talk and reason to myself. With regards to willpower I have to remind myself how awful I feel if I give in and eat foods I shouldn't. It should not be called comfort eating, because you certainly don't feel comfortable mentally or physically when you eat over the...

I have found a hot lunch at work seems to fill me up more and I can last till dinner-time. Every day so far for the last couple of months I have been having the Sainsbury's Basics range. My fave is their Spaghetti Bolognaise for 300 calories and it really tastes much more expensive than just...

Assuming you are eating a calorie deficit, perhaps you are constipated, or it's the time of the month, or you are not drinking enough water.

What you need to do is find your basal metabolic rate, and add on the percentage of Harris-Benedict formula for activity level. Google them. For every 500 calories under you go a day, or 3,500 calories over seven days you lose one pound in weight. For instance if you perhaps have a BMR of two...

Hi again, hope you are all ok!!! Here is mine, for yesterday and today (I don't eat after 6pm). Sat 2 jan B 4 slices WW Bread with tin of coronation tuna sandwich filling L 2 Tesco Light Choices burgers Beetroot, sprouts and laughing cow triangle mixed into sprouts pear and banana D Tesco...

Hi, personally I have 300 to 400 for breakfast, 500ish for lunch with milk for coffees and fruit for snacks, I usually have eaten around 1000 calories by the time I get home. Then I have up to 800 calories, but often less, usually 1500 or so by bedtime. I know a lot of people skip breakfast...

For those of you willing to pay for surgery for excess skin, why not get your GP to refer you for plastic surgery, with the local Primary Care Trust paying for it. Get some professional photos done of your excess skin problem otherwise they will dismiss the claim and it will have to go to...

This is probably not such an unusual comment. Perhaps a lot of us have a compulsion to eat without actually enjoying eating.

Hi all and happy new year - hope it is a healthy and happy 2010 for you all. One of my resolutions is write down all I eat as an incentive, as I know it works if I am honest with tracking it down. So this is today's food: B 4 WW breads with turkey slices S Banana L WW tomato and basil...

Happy new year! Get down to a good healthy weight as well. Whilst being a normal weight cannot solve problems, it certainly goes a long way to help. ie relationship problems, lack of job satisfaction etc. When someone looks and feels good and healthy they are more likely to succeed in general...

Hi, I hope it is easing off now. I would imagine it is just your stomach rebelling against all that food. Funny how they call it comfort eating, but we don't feel comfortable after it. I am sure all will be ok, but perhaps NHS Direct will help if you are still suffering in a while.

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Cooks.com - Recipes - Low-Calorie Ice Cream That's a link to some nice ones. I just typed low calorie ice-cream into google. Google is my bestest fwend!

Don't take this the wrong way, but if this is a pattern that keeps repeating itself, perhaps cognitive behaviour therapy or a consultation at the eating disorders clinic, both available on the NHS will help you. It helped me. They will tailor the treatment specifically to your views and needs...

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I think you are probably right not to try to lose it quickly on a vlcd. They are brilliant for an emergency weight loss, but lots of people regain after - believe me I know what I am talking about. Not all regain, but a lot do. Losing weight at the rate of 2lbs a week gives you a 7 stone loss...

That was out of order. You should have got her name and made an official complaint. You may also have been given a free flight or something as an apology as that was certainly a disciplinary offence.

You can't assume that as you don't know his basal metabolic rate and activity level. It is only with age, height, weight and activity level knowledge can you work out whether someone is likely to stay the same, gain or lose, in a given calorie amount.

Stopping the beer is not likely to make you lose weight if your food and other drink is way over what you need to lose weight, but stopping it will certainly help and will help your system - less windipops - and help your liver. That much booze is slowly killing you.

Let me tell you something. Last April I went to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I was on my own - betty no mates and all that. I was one of the first in the audience, in the stalls area - called the arena. The duty manager came over to me and could tell I was squeezed in in the chair...

It is your glycogen stores filling up - you are no longer in ketosis and the extra weight is just water which you will lose. When going on the transition from Lipotrim or Lighter Life to food there is a gradual refeeding process so as not to shock the body, so that is why. It's just extra...

May I just give my two cents worth. At the age of 52 and weighing 30st 3lbs I was informed of another similar very low calorie diet called Lipotrim - again it is 500 calories a day, consisting of shakes and flapjacks - under the same Company umbrella as Lighter Life and Cambridge Diet, or so I...

I absolutely echo what the others have posted. Also I am finding the feel-good factor of going without what I know will not do me good far outweighs the feel-good factor that I feel if I eat it. I think you have to tailor something entirely to you. What works for one person may not for...

I only get like that when I am in love, and as you can tell from my weight, it's been a lllloooonnnnngggg lllooooonnnnggggg time!

Hi, I was referred by my GP for one to one cognitive behavioural therapy sessions on the NHS with a trained counseller in eating behaviour. It only took five weeks from referral to my first session. That may be a good idea for you.

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Just a suggestion - could it be you are brushing your gums and teeth more vigorously to get rid of a bad taste, and consequently you are damaging your gums because you are not brushing them gently and properly - ie downwards from gum to teeth for the top set, and upwards from gum to teeth for...

Hi, yes it is a good idea, because it is easy to feel disheartened. For instance a 2lb loss a week is quite reasonable, but lots of factors can show on the scales as possible staying the same weight or gainining, or perhaps loosing much more. Weight fluctuates and as long as the calorie content...

Hi all. B: 250g tub Sainsburys cottage cheese with two sliced tomatoes. S: 2 plums L: 4 slices WW bread with small tin (80g) Sainsburys diet range sandwich tuna with sweetcorn and Cupa-Soup diet range Ministrone S: 2 plums 1 Thorntons choc from a box as it was someone's birthday D: Sainsburys...

Calorie counting is simply the most versitile. I have never tried SW and I actually gain weight on WW. Lipotrim helped me lose 4st in 9 weeks and a further 7 stone by low carbing, but I craved fruit which I couldn't have on low carbing so I regained 6 stone of the 11 stone I lost, not from the...

Eyesential is absolutely brilliant for under-eye shadows and wrinkles. It really works. It may seem expensive but last months.

How long have you been perservering trying to keep them indoors. A cat would soon get used to being kept in provided the litter tray is kept completely clean and emptied of clumps etc daily, and washed and fresh litter twice a week. Provide plenty of toys and a scratching post. Give them lots...

Hi, I have a 250g tub of cottage cheese, two tomatoes and black olives for breakfast. An apple mid morning. Lunch is either 250g chicken, with a mix of mixed bean salad, perhaps a couple of new potatoes, salad, sometimes a spoonful of low cal coleslaw. Or it might be breaded cod, cold, instead...

Appesat which you can buy from Goldshield the distributors online, or I have bought it in Boots, is really fantastic. Expensive, but it genuinely does work. You must phone their helpline if you are taking other medications, as although it is a natural substance, it might interfere with other...

Thanks!

WW is not working well with my blood sugars. I refuse to go to WW meetings and lie and say I am eating all 31 points. To eat all those, I have to bulk out the diet with stuff that makes my blood sugar high. The only way I can keep it under control is the way I lost 11 stone before, and that...

Yes, I tried them and they really do work. However, I am now on tablets for diabetes which have the advantage of controlling appetite so I don't take Appesat anymore, but yes, I would certainly recommend them. They are expensive though.

Hi all and thanks for your advice and good wishes. Just a quickie as I am typing this at work, and I have piles of audio typing to get through and my boss is in any minute now. (My home computer is at PC World getting fixed). I joined the WW class last Sunday at a weight of 24 st 9 lbs. The...

It is a good job I am taking a statin for high cholesterol then if I am going to have full fat foods!!! Seriously though, I have a question. They say if you don't eat all your points you are likely not to lose so much. How does that work then, because surely it is all about calories. If I...

Thanks, I hope I do too. I have often heard that the people who stay to meetings are more motivated. When I gave the one near my work a try I couldn't stay to the meeting, so it was simply getting weighed and leaving and I only stuck with it a couple of weeks. The last time I was losing...

Hi Irene and thanks. It will be good to get out and perhaps make friends there, as my social life is zero. I feel I am just existing - not living. I think I may be around 24 stone or so. I know losses on WW will be slow, but had I for instance started two years ago and stuck to it, I would...

Hi all. You all seem to be doing so well and I am wanting to do as well. I am joining WW tomorrow morning. Luckily I have found a Sunday morning class which is wonderful as I don't have the energy for a class after work. My energy levels are at an all time low due to my weight. I am very...

Don't suppose you like flapjacks??? They are brilliant, and between you and me and everyone else on the Lipotrim forum, they make a wonderful laxative, when eaten for breakfast. Pam xx

Plus replace the second 's' in Slimfast with an 'r' because that is the effect it had on me.

Yes Jennie, there are some tips there I will take on board as well. Honestly Lizzie, a vlcd diet is the easiest diet - so much easier than being on a food diet, simply because you do lose your need for food, but only once you are in ketosis and you have had your first week's weigh-in. You...

Omg thanks Lacey and Ann. I am just telling it how I feel. I hope people struggling can think about it. I am not trying to be a goody goody, but I think we all reach a point where we say enough is enough, and no food is worth the buzz of waking up every morning knowing that finally something...

I understand where you are coming from. On the other hand weight has a nasty habit of creeping up on you. At my first appointment with a Consultant (at the age of 52 - better late than never!) for him to find out if there was any medical reason for my obesity, the nurse wanted to weigh me. I...

4 litres is prob ok. Pleased you aren't panicking now! No way am I the expert, I think that comes with experience! Good luck on Lipotrim. I think it really is the best, Pam xx

Bettyboo, I apologised for misinforming you on the other thread. Excessive water wont take you out of ketosis. I got confused because I read on another forum that a man, who was having 4 packs of LT a day, was not spacing out his packs with a long enough interval between each one. That was...

Sorry bettyboo, my mistake, I got confused re excessive water knocking you out of ketosis. I apologise for confusing you.:o I was reading on another forum about a man who was having his 4 packs of LT too close together, with less than 3 hours between each of the 4 packs. That was knocking...

If you phone Lipotrim during office hours, they will advise you to only drink 4 - 7 pints of fluid a day. My Pharmacist told me to drink 4 litres maximum, which equates to 7 pints. However, for each flapjack eaten another half a pint should be taken to make up for the fact that you are not...

Roch, hi, I realise it was a shock, it always is when you think you are a certain weight but the scales say different. But don't forget you have a severe water retention problem so you have to get that seen to. Also you are feeling a bit down because you are heading for a cold and don't feel...

Plum - 2 - 3 litres are all you are supposed to drink in a day. You shouldn't drink more as it will be dangerous and perhaps take you out of ketosis.

You are very welcome Leighann. I have heard some excellent reports about Nexus. It is worth enquiring about. Good luck. Pam xx

Leighann, Can I give you a link to a social group that has meetings all over the UK. There are pub evenings, theatre outings etc. It is something I will do in the spring. I guess those of us who have been free of family ties, but have been concerned about our weight to socialise need something...

Roch, you always write so well, and your posts are from your heart. What an exciting stage of your life you are at now. Slowly does it. Ease yourself into CD and that will ease any ketosis symptoms you may get. Play it all by the rules and you will be fine, you will suceed and by Xmas 2007...

Roch, this is it, this is THE DIET that is definitely going to get you right down in weight. I am so happy you have been given the go-ahead. Follow all the rules to the letter and please look after yourself whilst on it. As the lbs drop off, you will notice such a difference in your health...

Hi all, sorry, I rarely use this site - I know I should, slapped wrists for me. I am doing good thanks. Lost 5 inches off bust, 4 inches from waist - only 2 from hips, and 4 inches from mid thigh. I get weighed next on 24 November. Thanks for asking how I am doing and being concerned. Sorry...

Hi all, and thanks Roch for explaining that to them. I am getting more active now and am trying to leave my flat every day to go out to the shops even just to get a loaf of bread. At least I am not staying in bed most of the day. My ankles have eased up a lot and I am far less in pain than...

Thanks all. I am over the moon of course. I know it won't always be this fast, but it has been a great start. All the best, Pam xx

Thanks Lavender, Pam xx

Thanks once again all of you. I really appreciate your good wishes, Pam xx

omg I am overwhelmed by all your messages. There is no way I am giving up, and if I ever faulter along the way I am just going to have my next Lipotrim meal and carry on that very day. I have read too many posts of people who cheat, then can't get back on track. I so appreciate all your...

Thanks all. I thought I had lost a bit, probably 1 stone, but not 26 lbs. I measured myself this morning and since starting LT on 9th Oct, I have lost 3 inches off my bust, 3 inches off my waist and 2 inches off my hips. I feel I can move around easier as well. I am more than happy and...

Lol, thanks all. I really appreciate those sentiments. Pam xx

Hi all. I have just got home from my first weigh in at the hospital. It is day 12 for me and I am on Lipotrim. I have lost 26 pounds, and I am absolutely delighted. I never thought it would be that much. I can't get over it. I will update my blog and ticker when I have time, but have a lot...

Hi all, sorry for not posting more regularly. I am starting a new thread about my first weigh in today. Pam xx

I can tell you all, Roch is one fantastic lady and I consider her to be a good friend of mine. As has been mentioned by posters, she takes the knocks on the chin and bounces back soon after. Roch, I know you want it to come off quickly but all of us need to retrain our eating habits. That is...

Hi all. Unfortunately Roch has not been well and has had to postpone doing Lipotrim for a while. Hopefully she will be able to post somewhere on this site when she can. Pam xx

I am on day 9 of LT, and for the first 6 mornings had that problem but it's solved now. If you wake up in the night drink some water. If it is several times a night have some water. It really helps. Pam xx

Roch, don't be apprehensive. This attempt WILL be successful. Please please drink the water. I know it's difficult but if your blood sugar plummets because of lack of water and you come off Lipotrim..... Well, you know what I am trying to say. Just follow all the rules of the diet and you...

Awww thanks everyone for your good wishes. I am so loving Lipotrim. I am never hungry - mind you I am drinking lots of water, about 6 litres a day but never less than 4.5. I can't post on here as regularly as I want to as I am going to cut down my time on the pc. However, I will keep udating...

Hi Anne-marie, hope you are doing ok today. Ask Pierce about the invalid signature, he will help you out. I have had no problems at all the first week, apart from constant loo visits which have got me down a bit. Also have been a bit cold which is normal. I love the chicken soup flavour in a...

Thanks everyone for your advice. Oh and Claire, I stopped my Metformin and Rosiglitazone tablets the day before I started and my blood sugars are between 4 - 7.4 at various times of the day, which is better on LT without tablets than it was on food with tablets. Plus the tablets were making me...

That's a good idea Dizzy. And Clare, that was bad being weighed in the window. Luckily in my pharmacy he takes me away from the public area to a separate area of the shop. As you say, there are good and bad everywhere. Pam xx

An average loss of 7 lbs per week - Amazing, well done! Pam xx

Hi Anne Marie - how you doing? Pam xx

Hi all thanks for posting all the encouragement to me. Doing ok today and have not been suffering too much from side effects. I don't feel lighter but have only just reached ketosis. Best wishes, Pam xx

Ok fair play, there are good CDCs and some not so good. But what happens when someone who genuinely wants to lose weight is not getting the support she or he deserves from her or his CDC. It would be awful for a dieter to give up on the diet simply because her or his CDC is not up to scratch...

Thanks for good wishes. Roch has decided to follow another diet plan. She is extremely motivated though. Have a look at her posts on other boards. Pam xx

Thanks for reply, I was just under the impression that all CDs would have a uniform attitude and standard of service. I would also have thought there would be monitoring of service. But really as I am not on CD I won't bother too much about it! Lipotrim doesn't have the variety and flavours...

Roch, brilliant, I was so pleased to read that post. You are really getting your life sorted with regards to a career, which of course will depend on your weight loss. Regards walking, take it easy at first. It's a beautiful day today, unless yesterday! Enjoy your day, Pam xx

OMG I can't believe what I am reading here!! I am so glad I am on Lipotrim, I buy it from my pharmacist, and intend going all the way on it. Support is so important. Why do you all put up with bad service - it is beyond belief. I think Cambridge ought to get their finger out and I hope some...

Sorry, I forgot to say, I did an experiement and drank less water and was starving, so water definitely stops my hunger. I am peckish, but not hungry. Pam xx

Hi, how much water are you drinking? I am not on CD but Lipotrim, and am drinking 3 jugs of 1.5 litres a day. Therefore I am drinking 4.5 litres a day but that is up till 3pm as I don't want trouble during the night. I also drink water after 3 if I am thirsty, and will also drink a few mugs...

Thanks for those words of encouragement. I am literally shivvering all the time, which is strange because even in the winter I don't feel the cold much. I don't feel lighter yet, but I haven't been storing water in my body before the diet, and the water I am drinking is flushing through. I...

Hi everyone, thanks for your good wishes. And hi Maintainer, haven't you done well? Thanks for recommending this site to me; the power of the internet!!! I am doing well on Day 3 and dont seem to have had too bad side effects, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to cope but it's been ok...

Hi all, glad you new starters are doing ok. I am finishing day 3 and doing ok too. Not as bad side effects as people made out would happen. Guess I am lucky, I am just cold and pretty fed up of going to loo every 10 minutes as drinking 4.5 to 6 litres a day. My mouth has started to have a...

aww thanks Karen. I am so pleased I discovered vlcds - never heard of them before last August, apart from Slimfart. I really need food taken out of the equation as I don't have much control over it. Some may say what will happen when you get down to goal. I will cross that bridge when I come...

Claire, yes, because I am diabetic, and all diabetic medication should usually be stopped before starting Lipotrim, I needed permission to stop the meds. I was on a high dosage of tablets for diabetes and the last time I took those tablets was the morning before the day I started LT (Sunday...

Hi Day 2 is going well. Drinking water like there is no tomorrow, and feel energised - waiting for the fall in energy levels which will probably come tomorrow. I am off to visit Roch tomorrow. I will update my blog tomorrow sometime as I have two nagging teenagers telling me I am spending too...

Well done Marylyn, I have been good today, can I have that food now please?

Anne-Marie, good luck. I have also started today, and Roch has as well. I wouldn't be able to cope working in a place like you do. You must have tremendous willpower. Best wishes, Pam xx

I am not sure but I think I remember reading if it is a bit of white meat, chicken and a bit of green veg then it may, just may be ok. But I guess if someone is going to eat something it may be a bit different from the above, and it throws the body out of ketosis. I hope someone with more...

OMG, what amazing support. Thank you all so very very much from the bottom of my heart. I am very lucky to have met Roch on here, and we are going to be great diet buddies, and buddies for life. We both are suffering considerably because of our weight, but all this is about to change. Roch...

Roch, can't you just feel all these vibes! Thanks everyone,

Well done Marylyn, now it will be plain sailing all the way, or should I say plain swimming!!!

Hi Debz, in my humble opinion your mother should give Lipotrim a try. You see, it is only supplied under strict medical supervision, either by a Pharmacist or at the GP surgery. These two professionals are fully trained in Lipotrim, and considering your mother's age, it would be better if she...

Wow, Roch, aren't we lucky to have such support on here. Thanks to all of you for giving us so much encouragement. It is not going to be easy as Roch and I have a lot to lose, but we will do it with your help and support, and we will offer you help and support too. Have a good day everyone...

Great post Marylyn. Gosh some people really do have a way with words don't they!!!

Hi Marylyn, good tracker, I couldn't work out the ones on that site so got my tracker from Extrapounds.com | Homepage .

Well, my journey starts tomorrow. I weigh 29 stone 5 lbs and need to lose 19 stone. I have never done a vlcd diet before and am so looking forward to losing this weight which is so hard to bear at the moment. I am also starting with a friend from here, her name is Roch, and she and I are...

I met Roch for the first time yesterday, although we have chatted for hours! on the phone. Roch is a lovely person, very optimistic and determined and she will do it this time. Roch this is your last attempt, you won't need to suffer from your weight again. We both start Lipotrim tomorrow...

You write some brilliant words, which I will keep in mind over the next few days till I reach ketosis. Thanks Marylyn,

Aww Roch, your post made me smile. Thanks for making my day yesterday, it was so great to laugh like like and you are such a wonderful person. You and I are at the start of a journey which will so transform our lives beyond belief. I am just about to read your diary. Perhaps you can make...

Good luck for tomorrow. I am also starting tomorrow, and so is another user on this site called Roch. Tomorrow is the start of a new era for you. It's going to be a great one.

Thanks everyone for your good wishes. Isn't this all exciting? I am even looking forward to the headaches in the first few days, as they will be a step closer to ketosis. Just about to eat my last supper, of turkey schnitzel, roast potatoes and baked beans!! So much for trying to cut down...

Thanks Heidi, I will update my blog tonight or tomorrow, and thanks for your good wishes.

Thanks, I look forward to peeps reading it as well. Pam xx

Thanks all of you. I should be collecting the Lipotrim packs today from the Chemist. I will start tomorrow. I so hope no one who well deserves to lose weight has the absolute awful struggle I have had to be allowed to do it. The Consultant wants me to test my blood 4 times a days whilst on...

Good luck Marilyn - it will all start kicking in soon, and then you will be laughing. Pam xx

Yes, all systems go. Full details will be put on my blog which I will post the details of on here when I have told Pierce. I need to have a fasting blood test tomorrow morning at the Hospital, and then I collect the Lipotrim this Saturday. I may start a thread just for me on this LT board...

Thanks so much for those good wishes, I am off to hospital in 45 mins and feel optimistic. I will post back on here later. Pam xx

Oh absolutely DQ - probably doing radio interviews like Icemoose!!!

my BMI is 72.6 - na na nana na!

Brilliant interview Mike, thanks, you are a real inspiration to everyone. By the way, Hummous got me where I am today! Thanks Mike, and best wishes, Pam xx

Hmmm, 8.25 - they should be playing Diana Ross's I'm still waiting! Pam xx

Fantastic text Marilyn, thanks, I will have to read it more carefully when my teenage daughters are out, as I have some loud rap music playing and I really need quiet to visualise this. Hope I start LT on Friday, this LT board on Mini's site will be buzzing. Thanks so much for the private...

Wow, what a fantastic response. Thanks Roch for posting your good wishes, and thanks to all of you for wishing me well. It's been since mid-August when I first found out about LT, a long time, a time when I have highs and lows and loads of anxiety about this, as I really think that no solid...

I was trying to find the post Geri, but can't. What it basically said was something like easing into CD slowly so you don't notice it. Something about starting at 1200 cals with a couple of CDs a day and some food and gradually over 7 days or so getting to sole source. I wondered if I could...

Hi Geri, nice to hear from you as well. I am not sure, but will be seeing my Consultant this Thursday. He has had 3 whole weeks to find out more about the benefits of vlcds and Lipotrim in particular. Hopefully he will give me the go ahead, in which case it will be as soon as possible after...

Hi all, I may be starting Lipotrim soon. I noticed on another thread on this site (Strugglers and Restarters section), there is advice specifically for those on Cambridge to ease themselves gently into Cambridge. It seems pretty complicated but it makes sense, and apparently stops withdrawal...

Hi Hayley, I have been waiting for 6 weeks now to get permission from the doctors to start a vlcd in particular Lipotrim. I should know in the next 4 or so weeks if I can. I will be posting quite a bit then. You have done so well. Well done. We will have a lot to chat about on here when I...

Whichever diet Roch will follow she is going to suceed. You are one very determined and strong lady Roch, and it comes across in your posts. You have a lot going for you and you have a lot to live for. Just a few months, not long, and your social life will soar - perhaps we can go out on...

Thanks Vicky. I am so surprised I lost as I wasn't doing anything like cutting down and was eating more because of anxiety about not being able to keep to the 500 cals of food a day the Consultant said I should do! I am so trying to be patient for 5th Oct when my Consultant will tell me whether...

Thanks all of you for your encouragement. Yes, it is very frustrating. I will know on 5th Oct when I see my Consultant, but then he has to be trained in the process of administering advice and monitoring patients on Lipotrim. I am so up and down at the moment, and I think I will really freak...

Thanks both of you for your encouragement. I am more spurred on. Isn't it funny how success breeds success. I so expected a gain because I certainly don't feel lighter than when I was weighed 9 weeks ago. I feel worse, but it's weird, weight loss, isn't it? Enjoy your weekend, Pam xx

Oh hi jen, how you doing. You have done really well. I don't go on DM much anymore, as have been on various vlcd forums and researching these diets. Don't you think it is amazing to get these average one stone a month losses. No way could that be done on more conventional diets. That is why...

It would be great to meet you and others as well. Must be lovely to put a face behind the posts as it were. I can't do stairs so would have to take buses there - we will see how it goes. I wanted to see how much I weighed today so I could give my Consultant an interim weight for between my...

Thats so true - these boards are so supportive and like I said before, more supportive than a slimming club. Thanks for the good wishes, Pam xx

Thanks, demon. Just seen you have reached goal weight. Wow, 6 stone lost. How long did it take and what vlcd was it. Pam xx

Doh! Update - Dietician won't be able to help me because she won't have any say-so on altering my medication before starting Lipotrim. Lipotrim Head Office said only my GP or Consultant can help. GP can't monitor it. He wants to pass me on to the Hospital where the scales go up to a high...

I managed with the help of my daughter, to put a pic on my profile but will do your suggestion another time Ann, thanks for that. Pam xx

I would love to come to that meet if I am well enough to. That would be great, thanks for that. Pam xx

Oh my word, what an amazing response. You have all been lovely, and thanks for the advice about things. I am copying the posts to notepad as I need to ponder over them. How do I post a pic of me I took yesterday, on this site?

My GP has reluctantly given me the go ahead to do Lipotrim. He just rang me and phew, it was a struggle to convince him. He said why would I want to do LT when I could do Slimfast which was recommended by Dietician. I replied that I MUST have all food taken out of the equasion. No chance of...

Hello everyone. Well, I am still waiting for GP's response, more calm now as I know I can persue other methods of going on to LT if he says no. I hope everyone is doing well and keeping healthy and I will post back in a few days. Pam xx

Thanks, I can't make promises obviously, but I will see. Pam xx

wow, don't I just!!! Funny what you were saying about confidence. I don't lack confidence when meeting new people - I always strike up a conversation with strangers. Yes, I am that annoying woman who is forever talking to people when they want to be alone and quiet in the bus queue. What...

Awww Ann, you lucky thing, you're on Cambridge. I will be on Lipotrim which is why I wanted to know about flavourings. lol.

Hi and very well done on your weight loss so far. I weigh 192 kgs, perhaps a bit more by now, and am awaiting permission from my Consultant to start Lipotrim as he wants to find out about it first. This website forum is absolutely amazing for support and encouragement; you will certainly find...

Awww, thanks Debbie, I feel so much better today, thanks for the support. It's just like one big happy family here - well, a family without fights? - no it's like one big circle of friends!

Thanks so much for those words of sense and encouragement. I have been on another forum which is almost all Lipotrim users and got lots of information from there. Also a lot of the posters on there are from the Manchester area and are doing well at that NHS clinic on Lipotrim. I have...

Hi Ann, I am good thanks and hi again Roch. Hope you are having a good evening both of you. I am fine Ann thanks but am very wound up about my hopefully getting my GP's say-so. It's affecting my sleep and also, for some stupid reason, my eating. I haven't binged in literally months but did...

Thanks for your replies and helpful tips. I have a good shaker that mixes batter. It has a secure lid, and have used it many times. Marilyn, I thought those supercooks extracts may have contained sugar. Pleased they are allowed. Every little bit of flavouring will help make the meals...

Well, I have learnt a lot. I don't remember my dietician ever recommending cutting out certain foods mentioned above. I think times and thinking changes over the years. Debbie, you are a mine of information. Thanks for explaining.

As some of you know, I may be about to start Lipotrim. Reading other threads about those who are on Cambridge, posters have said you can add spices, pepper or whatever to some of the soups. What can be done to Lipotrim. I will probably have crushed ice in the shakes, just for the hell of it...

Thanks Isobel and both Debbies. I need to read up which food are carbs. (I have never tried Atkins - never tried anything except WW). Very surprised that there are certain foods that contain carbs. Thanks for emailing Liptrim - I was advised last July by Consultant to have food for 500 cals a...

Hi, me again. Well, I saw my GP yesterday afternoon. He had never heard of Lipotrim. He read a couple of sheets I had printed out off the Lipotrim site. Whilst I was there he emailed the Consultant at the Diabetic Dept at my hospital. If I haven't heard from my GP by 18 Sept I have to...

Wow, thanks all for the vibes. I am leaving in a few minutes. To the poster above who said LT can't do me harm, the thing is I am on a diabetic drug called Rosiglitazone which may stop me from doing LT. Cambridge Diet wont accept me because I am on that drug, so it means my doc may have to...

Thanks for that message. Well done on that amazing loss in such a short time. I am astounded by all the weight losses in such a quick amount of time on VLCDs. I have been inundated with messages of good luck for my GP appointment this afternoon. I had never heard of these VLCDs (apart...

Wow Ann, now I know why Mini recommended that I view your before pics. What a transformation! You look amazing. Well done. I will post on this forum tomorrow after seeing my GP. It will take a few more days before I start it as I need to get LT to send my GP a Doctor's pack if he is...

Thanks so much for your posts. Also thanks Ann. I have been recommended to view your 'before' photos but I can only find the link to your Italian ones. You look lovely and slim and healthy. It rings true the problems you had when you were overweight. I am also 5ft 4ins but around 10...

Thanks Geri, but I think I will be weighed at the hospital as their scales go up to a high weight, my GP's scales only go up to 24 stones, and the chemist locally - their scales only go up to 24 stones. (Although it will only take a few months to get to that weight hopefully).

Oh, I have tears in my eyes! You are all so helpful, encouraging, it's really fantastic. Thanks so much for all of your words and best wishes. Special thanks for the weblinks which I will look at and print off. I am particularly keen on LT as, and I know this may sound stupid, but some of...

Hello all. I have a long awaited appointment with my GP this Thursday to see if I can start Lipotrim. I know the flavours and choice on LT are much more limited on LT than CD, but to be honest I don't care. I like the fact that LT is recommended by the medical profession. I phoned my...

Wow, thanks for the encouragement and responses from you. You are all doing so well, and I am amazed that people are succeeding so well especially those on VLCD as it has always seemed to be taboo to admit to being on such a diet. I was managing on 600 - 800 for the last 3 days, but have had...

Hello and very many thanks for all your replies. I have already replied to you Roch. I had so many registering problems on this site, thanks to AOL and their cookies, but all is fine now and I am sure you will all offer advice and help me along. I have come across a few people saying that...

Hi, I weigh 31 stone and would love to do Cambridge Diet. I need a very low calorie allowance to lose weight as I am very very inactive and can't lose weight on 1000 - 1500 calories. However, because my main diabetic tablets (Metformin) are not as effective as they should be, (due to my...