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I work full time and can't do anything involving mixers or microwaves at work so I do shakes and bars, I have a shake before work, a bar in my lunch break which is often 10 minutes and a shake when I get home. I don't do dairy anyway so I drink black coffee all day and try and squeeze in 4 pints...

I don't do a food week, I have a lot of monthly social events I have to go to and just eat and drink what I want on that day (there is only so much you can eat) and then get back on 100%. You cannot believe how much I look forward to that day off.

Are they total solution?

I paid 74.99 for this months bumper 4 week pack, the prices have really gone down. I always used to pay £108 for a bumper pack. That's very reasonable considering that is the only food I need to buy for 4 weeks, my food bills have gone right down.

That's brilliant well done and the surgery will really change your life.

There is always weights at the gym, they will show you specific exercises if you ask and tell them what the problem is. There is more help available for diabetics than the rest of us (I work in the NHS), the general rule is that if you keep all the weight off for one year your GP will refer you...

Thank you both. I try to weigh weekly but most of the time I stand on the scales every morning. My husband is doing paleo and is doing pretty well too. I like exante becasue the weight really comes off if you stick to the plan. I can't have any easy eat food in the house at all - it all has to...

I lost a stone then magically gained 5 pounds which went again a few days later, I think it was either fluid changes or could be cos I hadn't been to the loo for a few days or drunk enough water. I find the weight just doesn't shift unless i drink 4 pints of plain water everyday which I hate.

Oh God no don't ever use the shaker with hot water, the first and last time I did that I doused the entire kitchen at work with shake walls and ceiling. It took my whole lunch break to clean up the mess.

Well here we are another new year. I *have* to loose three stone if not 4 for Whitby Gothic weekend in April so am doing total solution. So far since Jan 1st i have lost exactly one stone. The only way I can stand this is thinking about going to the Whitby pie shop in April :D I toyed with...

I've found the more exercise I do the less hungry I am so we spend most days out either walking or doing the garden makeover with heavy digging etc. Sitting around makes you more hungry. It really does seem to work better that way.

I've suffered from anaemia for years - doesn't seem to make any difference whether I'm eating a meat or veggie diet either. It only takes one bout of diarrhoea and I'm down to 8.0 again! Had to come off the diet for a week as I felt so rough but am back on it again now.

I'm getting the soups down ok now - I just put a large amount of black pepper in, so large I can't taste the soup and it's ok :) I can even choke the tomato down like that.

Just a warning to anyone who is suffering palpitations, exhaustion etc on this diet - I ignored my severe palpitations for ages. Turns out I have severe anaemia due to the diarrhoea I had for two weeks at the start of the diet, I can continue with the diet but have to take extra ferrous sulphate...

It is piglet. Week four just gone I actually put on 3 lbs despite sticking to total solution 100% :cry:Now it's back to week 1 hrt and when I woke up this morning I'd lost 5 lbs and feel like a balloon that's been popped. Still can't complain, the symptoms of the menopause were far worse than...

I find it horrendous too!!! I down a whole pint of water as soon as I wake up, another at lunchtime, then in the afternoon then in the evening. I just have to stand there and chuck it down me neck and try not to gag plus then have several cups of green tea during the day. I'm thinking of buying...

I read somewhere you should cover left overs in washing up liquid immediately so you are not tempted!

Just wondered if anyone here is on HRT. I'm fairly young to be on it - early menopause brought on by surgery. I find during the 4th week of the HRT pack I always put on a few pounds (temporarily) whether I diet or not. Does anyone else have this problem?

Oh yes, the area is everything, if I shopped in Seaford I'd mostly be wearing polyester old lady suits :) Lewes and Brighton are the places to go down here.

Birthdays are an exception surely, it's our wedding anniversary next week and i'm having some wine to celebrate no matter what!

Haha that's great :) Bit watery was it? I wouldn't even weigh myself everyday - I can put on or take off 3 lbs from one day to the next and it's so depressing when you weight yourself and you've put on weight ff's. I used to take 2 senna before weigh day to assist the poo situation but I had to...

I didn't think I had any before photos as I have avoided all cameras like the plague for years. Luckily I've been looking through iphotos and my OH has managed to sneak some truly horrific photos of me looking awful so I'll put some up later :) After I've killed him :)

I have 80 posts now and have just been in to look at all the photos - amazing inspiration folks!!! I:D feel much more inclined to carry on now I'll get my OH to take some piccies of me later and I'll post some before and durings :)

You'll do great, this is the best diet I've ever been on.

I'll bet you want to be slim more than you want to eat food - it's all in the mind!

I buy cheap clothes all the time from charity shops - usually the ones in rich areas like Lewes because they are much better quality, also ebay. I certainly can't afford to buy new clothes all the time. There is also a really good second hand shop in my town that sells second hand designer...

Yes, science degree but my ultimate ambition is to be an author so I'm working hard on my first book.

It just goes to show that combined with exercise wonderful things can be achieved, that's inspired me to go outside and chop some more wood :)

That's wonderful, well done.

That's a fantastic weight loss for one month!!!!!! That's the one thing that is really fantastic about this diet - the one stone a month loss. If I only lost 2lbs a week I would soon lose the will to live!

Brain freeze is my normal state anyway so I wouldn't be able to notice the difference :)

That really is amazing, it's such a boost to lose all that weight in one go :D

Gilding a hippo Maggie - hilarious :D I know what you mean - why bother to go buy clothes when every outfit looks like a marquee. I can't wait to throw all the tents out and wear only close fitting clothes!

I've been off work for a few months recovering from burnout, when I left I was 14 stone, pale and haggard and looked really awful, my uniform was straining at the seams and I looked about 100. I'm going back at the end of June and I hope to be 11 stone by then. I'm planning on getting my hair...

Hehe well done. Have you had any reverse compliments yet? Someone said to me yesterday, "You look great now, you looked really horrible when you were 14 stone, all jowly and flabby". I was really upset, I thought I looked ok then :eek:

I'm just doing my 4th week now and have been ok so far but yesterday was absolutely horrendous. I felt faint all day and had really bad shakes. In the end I had to go out and get some food and was ok after that. Was hoping to not have to eat any food until week 4 but there you go.

Matalan is the only place I can get jeans that fit perfectly, everywhere else they are too big on the waist and too tight on the bum so I go there a lot. I also find their bras a perfect fit everytime. I'm quite enamoured of the place lately and it's cheap too so good for every day stuff.

You're the same height as me Maggie so I'd think we probably must have the same goal weight wise1

I don't think so Maggie, not without a good skin iron anyways :D

Hurray, 4 lbs this week making a total of 1 stone 4 lbs in three weeks :D Will be buff for summer at this rate.

I can only choke it down if it's covered in pepper :) I love the mushroom tho'!

As for the wasting 15 years bit....yes I've still had a fantastic amount of fun including naturist holidays, getting my motorbike license and so on and there has been no shortage of men :) BUT wouldn't a bike rally be sooooo much more fun rolling out of the tent in the morning and into a teeny...

Honk...reluctantly!

I think we are all tempted. If it wasn't for the fact that there is no food in the house and what there is is locked up I would have eaten everything in the house today.

Haha Magggie :) Good for you! I've been looking through old photos today and ave been fat for at least the last 15 years...why have I done nothing about it until now? I have not enjoyed some of the best years of my life because of my weight :(

What? Frenchie as well???? :) I'm an NHS podiatrist and also an RN - dual qualified.

I had awful diarrhoea for a whole week then it settled down, it's a common problem apparently. By week two it will have stopped.

Hi Fongy, nice to see you on here :) It's turning into the other place more day by day! I've been drinking black coffee for years, at first it was horrible without the milk but you get so used to it milk tastes funny after a while.

Barbequed chocolate and orange bar - not the same really :( Luckily none of my neighbours have a barbeque or I'd be over the fence like a feral cat.

I'd rephrase that Maggie :) it sounds like an insult hahaha! It should be ok, I can go for days with no food and feel fine unlike my sister who faints if she doesn't eat every two hours. She's very skinny but eats like a horse. I am guessing that my metabolism would keep me alive in adverse...

Glue! :)

Wow, kelly kettles look fantastic - just the thing for rough camping, we'll be out in the wilds for days. Never knew such a thing existed :cool:

I could but tbh I prefer the ease of bars. I'm lazy :)

Wow, that all sounds like great fun :) I don't know about you but I've always done my best walking on an empty stomach. When we go walking I can't eat until the evening or I slow right down.

Me and John live on the South Downs National Park so we've decided to walk the South Downs way on our week off in May. This involves hiking 10-15 miles each day carrying all our camping stuff and wild camping along the way - for a week. I'm going to try and do it on the bars as shakes and soup...

Actually since I started on HRT I've noticed I get less food cravings and am 100% more sweet natured and less crabby.

We have taken stringent measures here to keep me on the straight and narrow, as we live a mile plus from the shops it's not easy to nip out and buy stuff I shouldn't. I got my husband to put locks on the food cupboard and fridge so I can't get in there when he is out. The wine is in the...

I'm opposite to you Yam, big bum and no boobs, 16 top and 18 bottom. I've had to buy all new bras after just two and a half weeks. Thank God for Matalan and £5 bras, I forsee many more bra downsizings over the coming months.

Thats great, thanks from me too. I'm finding the third week incredibly tough so I'm doing a really complicated cross stitch with lots of shading. It's so addictive I can't put it down - the house and garden is a tip :)

Honk...reluctantly (dreaming of pies) :)

Me too Maggie - especially the neck :( Think how much worse it would be losing weight in your 60's. Bassett hound ?

Lost only 1lb this week despite being totally 100% and drinking lots of water. However I'm not that bothered because i lost 12lbs the first week and had diarrhoea and this week have chronic constipation so I guess it'll even out by next week. Almost a stone in 2 weeks isn't bad.

I will be doing the diet strictly during the week and letting my hair down (a little) on events like biker rallies but not going mad! I can't afford to stop dieting, I'm 48 now and if I don't lose weight this year my skin isn't going to be stretchy any more and I'll have spaniel ear boobs.

I think I'd be ok if I was still working in an office but my job means running about all over the countryside all day, climbing stairs, lugging equipment about all over the place and dashing between several different clinics. I suppose I'll just have to see how it is when I get back and if it's...

I totally agree with what Miss d said there, spot on! I would urge you to go and see your GP because your symptoms sound like classic stress to me and it needs to be dealt with before it gets out of hand. I went through the same thing as a single parent looking after my son who has...

I was just wondering how you all manage at work on this diet. I currently have 2 months off work and to be honest I feel weak and exhausted (I've been on exante for 2 weeks). I'm not sure I could cope with a busy shift in the NHS and total solution. How does everyone else cope?

I'm aiming to be 12 and a quarter stone by the end of April, it's my wedding anniversary on the 27th and I'm going out for a snack and a couple of glasses of wine to celebrate so will work hard towards that target for the rest of the month. Alcohol after all this time - I'll be slaughtered :)

You're telling me Yam, I couldn't even get out of bed on day two let alone run!!!!

Don't beat yourself up, I once ate a whole loaf of bread on the cambridge diet :o Just forget it and move on. It happens!

A year just a year out of your life is not much to ask to get slim, if you stay the size you are you will probably feel you have been imprisoned for many years to come. One year of self sacrifice and you will be freeeeeee.

Honk-shu! I've been asleep all week and now constipated - still no worries the weight is coming off and that's all I care about.

The only way I can keep going is by having to something to look forward to. On my wedding anniversary on April 27th me and hubbie are going out for a small meal and two glasses of wine :) At least there is some alcohol on the horizon!

Yup, medical excuse is needed here. I'd lie shamelessly and tell anyone who asked I had chrone's disease or diabetes or something and make my own food arrangements.

I saw it on Facebook and was well impressed - woo!

Haha Maggie, I haven't worn a dress for 10 years but I'd really like to :D

Well my post was for yesterday and no I didn't drink ANY water as we went out for the day and didn't want toilet stops all the time. I drank two pints before bed and two this morning and today I feel positively euphoric! Lesson learnt :)

Honk - but stinking headache and stomach feels like my throats been cut!

I'm looking forward to my thighs not rubbing together and being able to wear a dress with no tights.

Cooking and freezing is a great idea, sometimes you have to be a bit selfish to get to your goal. I am currently refusing to cook for anyone and not allowing any bread products in the house at all. It's every man for himself here :) Today was an extremely tough day and if I'd had to cook for...

God yes this one is great, I actually really like the shakes and bars and enjoy eating them. The Cambridge on the other hand actually made me vomit - I stuck it for a week only.

Sounds great to me. Of course there is a sure fire (not advisable) way of getting your appetite back - booze!:)

Hehe, that made me laugh! :) I'm not doing measurements because I do not want to go anywhere near my bottom with a tape measure. There are some things a girl doesn't need to know :)

The shakes taste really nice if you put a sweetner in them and some ice. The soups are an acquired taste, I love the bars now but thought at the beginning they were a bit "rice krispie". Trust me when you get really really hungry they will taste great :)

Has anyone found Exante 'loosens' them up? Since I started I haven't been off the loo. It's just as well I'm not at work for a few weeks or they'd have to spend a fortune on industrial strength airspray. My hubbie has banned me to the downstairs loo :eek:

Very true - I have not been a model wife this week hehe.

We certainly do :)

Phew - 12 lbs in one week! I know that's right because I bought a new pair of digital scales before I started. My chest looks smaller - nothing else does :)

Marvellous well done :)

It will most likely be Primark and such emporiums :) but let's face it thin people look good in anything (mostly - perhaps not some of the people in Eastbourne:D)

Yup, that one and the other one :) I won't even let John bring bread in the house, he has to eat at work :)

Easter no probs - kids have left home so we don't do it :) I'm off to see my two younger very skinny sisters who eat like birds and never have any food in the house so no temptation there.

Haha, I moan plenty on other forums so have decided to kick the habit especially on here because we're all doing something positive so moaning seems counter-productive :) I have a good metabolic rate and lose weight fairly quickly even at 48. It took enormous persistence and effort and all day...

Cross stitch is brilliant, it is really addictive and takes your mind right off food, I usually have the radio on in the background. Gardening, it makes you move and tone up. My standard fallback if I don't feel like doing any of those things is either spring cleaning or making...

I will be throwing away my entire wardrobe which basically consists of sacks vaguely resembling clothing and buying a new wardrobe (eek, better start saving now)... and new underwear :)

Wow, fabulous! Think what you'll be at the end of the first month :)

Haha, thanks everyone - it is indeed me from 'over there' :) And I couldn't resist a sneaky weight in being Mrs impatient. I've lost 9 pounds in 5 days :eek: I have no idea where it went - fluid retention?

Just started, on the 5th day now. The shaky feeling has worn off and the acute hunger has worn off. Got used to the soups eventually. Shakes and bars are lovely - no complaints there. Am planning to do 100% for one month and then see how I feel. So far so good :) This diet is MUCH nicer than...

I haven't noticed any difference, I think the more water you drink the less of a problem. I drink about 5-6 pints a day so everything is normal.

Hi I'm Lou and I have 4.5 stone to lose. I've chosen Exante as recommended by some friends. Middle aged spread has got to go because I don't feel middle aged :) Hi everyone!!!