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I would say, yes, this is Atkins flu. Some get away with some stomach cramps and some have it a lot worse. This time round I had a couple of banging headaches and some sharp intestinal pains, but it all soon passed and yours will too. You've probably dramatically changed your eating habits and...

Jim is very much still around! I am fairly new to the board, but I have seen him commenting on lots of threads - very helpful and a true Atkins ambassador it would seem! Good luck to you Crippin, I am now firmly fat burning (serious sicky death breath) and I am loving the food. Carb cravings are...

Thank you - really appreciate the reassurance. I have downloaded MFP to my phone and will begin tracking carbs. Made a fair few Oopsies to try and have something 'with' foods. I find that I can't just eat bacon and eggs fro example, but with an oopsie and some mushrooms I found that I didn't...

So, long story short. I have tried everything...except Atkins. I have lost a lot before with Cambridge, but have now put it all back on. I can't stick at it this time, so I figured why not throw myself into something that could, potentially, last a lifetime. Some questions please: Can I...

Please can you mega experienced people tell me what would be best to choose from this menu please. This is a sample menu but likely to have some of these dishes still being served as it is quite recent. It all looks quite calorific to me, I was hoping to be able to choose steak and salad! Here...

Hi there, sorry perhaps I didn't make it clear. I said earlier I had used half the packet and so then I am counting 1 syn per portion. Would this not be correct? We had four meals from the casserole so I counted the packet as being 1 syn per portion.

Thank you for your help! Yes, I had planned to get half my plate full of super free tonight but totally forgot about it at lunchtime, I must try to think of lunches that will allow me to get this in! Sorry for all the mistakes in the post above, bloomin' predictive text! It was supposed to say...

Well I am either doing this wrong or I have discovered the key to life long satisfaction... Can you tell me if I am eating too much? Today's menu... 3 Weetabix with milk (2 are heb milk is hea and extra Weetabix is 3.5 syns) 1 muller light Handful of tesco wafer thin ham grabbed from fridge...

Over the last 10 years I have lost 7 stone and put it back on again three times. This HAS to be the last time. I am going to weigh in tommorow night and expect to be about 18 stone. At the moment I am rather confused about Hexs and and syns, it all sounds a bit complicated but the idea is that...

Help - newbie needs packed lunch ideas..... Hi All, I don't mind having the same few things for lunch each day so I just need three or four ideas that I can call upon and the rules are as follows..... no soup, little chopping, can eat at my desk, little/no time to prep. I would really...

Oh Cripes. It sounds like I haven't done that well at all then. Back to the drawing board. So far I have worked out that after just eating a small bowl of Albran with skimmed milk I have eaten only free foods with a HEXA of milk and HEXB of albran. I then synned by bread (because it was...

Ah thank you - so have I failed today or can I count the jacket potato as syns? I just checked and the bread is Wheatgerm :( x

Hi All, I joined SW yesterday and it is all very new to me. I may be reading it wrong here but are you telling me that if i have a healthy cooked breakfast I can eat as much of it as I like? This doesn't make sense to me. I was aiming for an EE day. Please can someone tell me if I have done ok...

Dear All, Thank you so much for your replies, they have on the whole helped. I have a new mantra and I will stick to this diet. I have to. If I am completely honest it was either that or another very final option. I could not go on torturing myself through food and guilt. When I read the first...

Honestly, do you know how utterly self righteous you both sound? I wanted some support, some fellow dieters who could encourage me to go on. Perhaps I should try another forum. That makes me sad. Instead you are suggesting I should give up because I am not ready!

Foxtrot, I find your reply patronising and rather unsympathetic. I thought this forum was for support. You say good luck at the end of your post but it hardly sits well with the rest of what you have said. My food addiction has seen me in treatment and this is the most radical diet I have been...

Dear all, First week totally abstinent lost 9.6 pounds, second week - picked at a bit of chicken, ham lost 6 pounds, third week ate two 'good' LLL meals lost 1pound. This week totally determined I have now ruined it this morning by eating a cheese string, four pringles and a couple of bites of...

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Please help, I so badly need to drink something other than water!! I am craving flavoured cold drinks so bad but the water flavourings are just dire :( Tastes like I have poured vitamin powder into my glass. Is there no other option? Really? Please save the day someone and tell me that...

Dear all, I am confused. Am I allowed to drink the bouillion or is it only for those on LLL and who are having more cals. I have had one every other day or so for the last week. Is this allowed? Am about to make one so quick response appreciated. Thanks Billie xx

Thank you all - a lot! It really helps to hear those things. I have got back on the packs today. After yesterday's binge I didn't eat anything else all day (didn't bloody need to either!) and now have just had my third pack and am feeling much much better already. If I am honest I think that...

Oh forgot to say - the higher BP may not mean that you can not do LL. You may just need to be monitored more carefully. They also chack if your pulse is regular. hope that helps

Hi there, I am 7 days in and despite having a right binge today I will be back on the wagon 100% tomorrow. I personally find the soups really really tasty, I was very suprised. Not that keen on the thai chilli but the veg and chicken ones are just like normal cuppa soups. Really good flavour in...

Hi, Thank you for your encouragement. Mums is an issue for me, it is all we seem to do there, it just centers around food. Everyone just eats constantly, she has all of the nice things in the cupboard and every single one of us (6 siblings) all go straight to the fridge when we get to mums...

Dear All, I have been lurking on here for a few weeks and then last week decided to start LL. I am on day7. All was going well until I went over to Mums (normally a massive trigger for eating) before I knew it I ate the following; 1 big blueberry muffin 1 mini chocolate muffin 1 Cornetto 3...