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Did not see that about the Frys Turkish delight! Well i am trying to convince myself i didnt! :eek:

Well done Autumnbabe :0clapper:

Whenever i feel like that i have a bowl of fresh fruit salad of a small pkt of iced gems as they are within the rules (i read about the iced gems on one of the threads on here) :D

Hello i have been on Xenical for 4 weeks now. I echo what the others said about. Also try to drink at least 4 pints of water. It helps to flush that fat away as well as filling you up and being really healthy. Also if you like to have a munch when bored or for me my danger times is the...

Hello Had weigh in with the nurse practioner and lost 17lbs in just under 4 weeks so i am very pleased. With reference to the anxiety i am going to come off Xenical for 4 weeks to see if it helps as it could be a side effect of the pill. If it doesnt help then i can go straight back on them...

Hi Amy I have a appointment on Monday morning for something else and also have my monthly weigh in with the nurse practioner on Tuesday so will talk to them about it but wondered if any others have experienced it or have any ideas. I really dont want to come of it but feel so anxious about...

Hello I have had really good loses on Xenical so far and am really enjoying being on the diet. But i have noticed in the last 3 weeks i have been having symptoms if you like that i havent had before and after having a look on Xenicals own website and couple others it looks like it could be the...

Hello, I am keen to start doing some exercise. I am starting to use my wii fit board, fitness coach and step to the beat but think i would like a exercise bike or cross trainer. Has anyone got one that they could recommend and do you all think they are worth even buying?

Well done :D

Thank you downsize me. I have just found nutritional values of their foods on their website. It doesnt say how many grams the chicken breast is that is flame grilled but i am guessing it would be ok with the jacket potato as you suggested X Harvester - Nutritional Information

So is Ali half the strength of Xenical then but does the same thing? I dont know a lot about Ali.

Help My whole family are going for a big family meal on the 17th at Harvester and their food isnt exactly low fat! Does anyone have any advice or should i just cancel going?? I dont like salads so its not like i could just stick to the salad cart :cry: I was intending to come of the pills 3...

Congratulations hun. You have come so far and are a inspiration. I hope one day i will be posting my success story.

Well done you :happy096:

Awww thats a shame hun. Will you try something else?

Hello I like other are monitored every 4 weeks by our nurse practioner. By 3 months i have had to lost 5% of my body weight. I think its awful the GP didnt monitor you or anything. I would try change doctors if your def want to stay on Xenical. It sounds like the GP wont budge. I have been...

First weigh in today and i have lost 6lbs in my first week. Really pleased. Way ay i am on my loosing weight journey :D Just would like to say thank you all for the advice and help you have all given me over my first week on Xenical. Couldnt of done it without you. :)

Just had lunch and i cannot rememebr if i took my blue pill at the begining of my meal or not as i got distracted by a phone call. I cannot work out by how many are left as i know i have missed breakfats at begining but cannot remember how many times! Should i take one or leave it for this...

Same here. I started on Xenical 6 days ago and not eating anywhere near 45g of fat a day. BUT i am sure i have lost as the waistbands on my trousers are already looser :D I find thought i am not hungry! I am so surprised by what we can eat and find even though my portion sizes are half of what...

The old me would of ate a sack but NOT the new healthy me :D Thanks Downsizeme X

Yep as the others have said Yay your doing it right. :D The weight loss is the sign they are working. Side effects are the signs they are not working and your not doing the diet right.

Thank you all. I have got the yellow fry light and used a cople squirts of that and the roasties were yummy! :D

I drink Zero coke everyday and had no problems at all x

Way to go. Well done. It is so rewarding when you reach a major goal :gen126:

Hello I did not get any indigestion or wind cramps until my 4th day! I had them quite bad sunday evening. But they soon past so hope yours go soon too. I am new to Xenical so will leave the more experienced one to advise about the meal replacement bars but welcome to the forum and Xenical...

I believe that you need to stop them for 3 days before the intended meal as they stay in your sytem for this long. That way you dont get the side effects. I have decided to have Christmas day off. I am not going to binge on chocolate or anything like that as i am not a big choccie eater anyway...

Good luck for your weigh in x

Thanks Chala. Think i will use the same principle. I am going to do myself a small chicken breast grilled in the george foreman, couple roasties sprayed with frylight, couple tablespoons of Bisto Best pork gravy and veggies. Yummy :D

Same with a grilled chicken breast! :confused:

Thank you all. Does any one know the fat content of a medium sized potato as there are so many different conflicitng amounts on My fitness pal ???

Hello Vicklee I too was a cambridge diet girl and last year lost 5 stones in 3 1/2 months on it but put it all back on plus more as it didnt change my bad eating habits or re-educate me about food. I started Xenical last week and am also finding it hard to shake off the CD cloak. I am...

I have had ice gems for a snack a couple of evenings and fruit salad a couple times during the week. I suppose it is silly to say to ourselves we cannot have any snacks or anything. The point is to re-educate ourselves not to binge and to control our intake.

I have to agree with the others i would rather have bit of loose skin then the extra fat.

Thank you Wants to be Slim. Will try up the calories but i am struggling to eat amymore then i am as i am not hungry :confused:

Awww thank you Want to be Slim. I am so worried about getting it wrong. Yay i can go cook my tea now. Just cooked my family a lovely stirfry and then came stuck on mine :cry: Thank you again x

I am cooking Kes recipe the chow mein and all i have got is Sharwoods medium egg noodles. They 2.1g per 100g or 1.3g each 125g serving cooked (is that right the fat goes down because they are cooked?) BUT the ingredients are Wheat Flour, Egg (5.5%), Salt, Acidity regulator, Potassium...

I am just thinking about dinner tomorrow and wondered do you all have roast potatoes and if so how do you cook yours and i also couldnt find a fat content on them if they are sprayed with fry light? Thank you peeps :D

Just looking ahead to the christmas period i was wondering what others will be doing. Will you all be sticking to the plan or will you come off the Xenical for a few days? New year doesnt bother me or the run upto Christmas i will stick to it and not bothered about choccies or sweets but i...

Thanks alibablibee I dont know how i am going to up my calories as at the moment i am eating comfortabley but if i eat more then it would be just for the sake of it iykwim. Hmmm will have to have a look at the foods. On my fitness pal which i have been using as a food diary it says i need...

Thank you Holliekin. It was you i think i got the Iced gems tip from on the essentials thread :D I dont plan to have them too often but at least they are a safe food when you do need a sweet treat so thank you for that tip X Day 3 again went well. Toast with jam from breakfast and some...

Fantastic. My calories have been between 900 and 1100 per day so thats good. Thank you yumymumywanabe.

Is a small amount of alcohol allowed when taking xenical as a special treat if i went out etc? If so how do i go about calculating the fat and calories.

Just wondered if you all try to keep under a certain amount of calories a day as well as fat and if so how much?

Fantastic thank you Wants to be Slim. Hopefully no orange oil for me :D I have been so good and not even snacked in between meals which i use to be awful for doing.

Ahh sorry i am sure i read 5 - 7 days. Good the quicker it works the better! lol So will i get any side effects like orange oil or the runs or will the only be if i dont stick to the rule??

Fantastic i will increase my water and fruit intake. I am so worried about getting the runs that it never occurred to me i could go the over way! :D

Day 2 has gone well so far. I keep missing breakfast and must make more of a effort to find time in the morning to have something! I only really like toast but cannot have butter on it :cry: For lunch today i had a Batchelors cup a soup chicken noodle. Slice of bread (no spread) and a...

Havent got any good advice but hope you have a lovely evening out. I dread my first social outing and how i will handle it!

Thank you downsize me. I knew i had confused myself (again) and very nice the Lasagne was too! :D

:D Yay well done. Great loss X

I am getting there and understanding thanks to you all but i know we shouldnt have more then 15g per meal but what about if we have the odd snack during the meals. Do we add the fat content to one of the meals? At the moment i am not getting anywhere near 15g of fat per meal anyway :o Also I...

Hello I was worried about side effects of having the runs but i have gone the other way and am a bit constipated! I am upping my water intake but wondered is it coincidance?? I am also taking iron tablets too.

I have a WW Lasgane lurking in my freezer and i fancied it with a jacket potato for tea - it is 2.4g per 100g but for the whole pack is 7.3g sooooo does that mean i cannot have it as isnt the rule upto 5g per item totalling 15 g per meal or have i got myself in a muddle again :confused: I am...

I see what you mean. You still made a good choice in that you didnt reach for a bad food. As Celtgirl said we are all only human and will have the odd hiccup but it is important to learn why it happened then move on. Dont beat yourself up over it X

Thats not sooo bad. Like Passiflora said its only veggies.

Thank you Passiflora sounds yummy. Will give it a go X Thanks Pink Punkstarr. Thats what i thought but i had been working out what i could and couldnt eat for hours and starign at fat contents that i ended up confusing myself :cry:

Need to up my water intake i reckon! :rolleyes: Is Zero coke ok to drink witn Xenical? I havent read any different but want to double check :)

Thank you Want to be Slim X

Hello I think i read some peeps add the light philly to mash potatoes. Also I read that we can use the Bisto Best Pork (blue label) gravy. Sorry i cannot remember who posted that it was under the 5g rule.

See this is a real prob for me as i hate veg and salad. I can eat fruit all day long but just cannot eat veg :( I am wondering if i should see a hypnotist or something :rolleyes:

How much water do you all drink a day? I dont mind drinking water but hoping i am still allowed Zero coke?? Ohhhh " I Love Diamonds" the Sainburys sweet chilli snacks sounds lush. I wont miss chocolate too much but do like a packet of crisps so may give them a go :D

Today has gone well. For lunch i had a chicken tikka tortilla wrap. Snacks fresh fruit salad. For tea was a WW curry meal and 100g McCains crinkle oven chips. I have only had couple glasses of water so need to up that and cut down on the zero coke.

Thanks Chala but what size is a American cup ??

Sorry to be a pain but just a couple more questions! I know that i have to make sure food is 5g or under per 100g and not to have no more then 15g per meal BUT when i work out portion size to grams i assume you add that up and not how much it is per 100g. For example if i was eating 50g of...

Hmm might add to my shopping list. Their choccie brownies (in the dessert freezer section) are really lush too! Love Skinny Cow lollies too. Now i am making myself hungry :rolleyes:

So what did you all have for tea tonight. As i am doing a shop tomorrow tonight i had a WW curry meal and 100g of Mccain oven chips.

This is my worry too. I am awful at night time for snacking. I am going to be stocking up on fresh fruit salads and muller lite yoghurts tomorrow i reckon!

Thank you all. Some great ideas. I am making a shopping list at the moment. I am really looking forward to this diet iykwim X

Wow thank you Kes and everyone for some fab recipes. Just making my shopping lists now! Being a newbie (first day on Xenical) can i just check these recipes dont go over the 5 g / 15 g rule? Also how much rice do you all use for a portion size with some of the meals? Thank you XXX

WAY TO GO ! Fantastic. Well done. You must be so proud hun XXXX :D

That has answered my question too as i have just worked out my lunch and it is only 4.3 g !

Hello all Well today is the day i start on my Xenical and low fat healthy eating diet! I am feeling scared and optimistic and excited all at the same time. I so hope i can grasp the 5g / 15g rule so i have no side effects. I would love to be in "normal" size clothes and not plus size for...

Thank you for this thread. My nurse practioner who prescribed me the pills didnt tell me any of this! She just said take 3 a day, 1 with each meal and keep meals low fat.

I am going to take the pills as a incentive to make sure i stick to a low fat healthy diet for a while but will also work hard to start exercising and re-teach myself good eating choices for the long run. Thank you all X

Or I have a tesco tortilla wrap 5.0g per 100g / 3.2g per wrap and Tesco Tikka Chunky Chicken 100g 1.8g / 1.1g per quarter of a packet ( which i think is 60g) so that would be 4.3g?

That is what i plan to do. I would like to use the pills for a while whilst i am learning about make better food choices and healthier eating. At the end of the day i have to unteach myself all the bad habits that i have.

Hello all I am just trying to get my head around the amounts of grams per potion etc.... If I have a Batchelors Cup a Soup chicken noodle ( 0.5g per 100g / 1.3g per serving) 2 slices of best of both bread (have run out of brown bread) 2.2g per 100g / 0.9g per slice. That is only 3.1g of...

Thank you. I just feel a bit deflated. It was only because the GP suggested them to me as i had not heard of them before.

That is fantastic. Well done you :clap: Cannot wait until i drop a couple clothes sizes x

Hello I had my appointment with the nurse practinioner this morning. She is very anti Xenical and kept asking me why i would want to pump myself full of chemicals, the side effects are horendous i will leak diahorea and it stinks etc etc. She said i should change the way i think about food and...

Could you have lost inches instead of pounds this week? When i was on Cd a couple times when i hadnt lost my cdc got me to measure myself (waist, hips, bust, thighs, arms etc) and it would be i had lost inches instead X

Thanks PassiFlora. Sounds yummy. Do herbs and spices have a fat content? I am hoping i can make a lowfat curry or chicken tikka with rice as a meal with a small chicken breast and maybe some low fat yoghurt and brown rice??

Hello I am new too. I have my appointment on wednesday to get Xenical. My GP recommended it but it has to be done through our Nurse Practioner. I have problems with confidance due to my weight but am hoping once i start to loose i will have the courage to start to go to a gym and maybe...

Thank you all and thank you Bunny Hops i have signed up to my fitness pal. Looks great and will def help my to keep a food diary and help me to learn the real values of food.

Well done Bunny Hops fantastic losses. I hope i get similar when i start Xenical. It is a horrible Monday here. Windy, cold and raining non stop :sigh:

Just wondered if anyone has any tips or advice they would like to share to help newbies starting Xenical. I am hoping to start taking Xenical on Wednesday and am cutting down and being more aware of my fat intake in the meantime.

Yummy. So it is quite plausable once i start to read and be more aware of fat contents in foods that i can still eat nice tasty meals. Its all down to good food choices and i suppose the way you cook your food too. I am dreading it a bit as i am so fussy and dont eat any veg except potatoes...

Cambridge diet is very effective and loses are quick but is a very hard diet especially if your doing sole source. I lost 5 stone in 4 months on it but just cannot get back into it again plus it seem to aggrivate up my gallstones when i am on it.

Thank you Bunny Hops. I have been cutting out snacks and cutting food portions to make a start. I did do Cambridge Diet last year and lost 5 stones in 4 months but have put it all back on plus more. But really want to gain control over my eating habits once and for all :o

Hello Just wondering if any of you take Xenical and also are on other diets? I was looking at doing weight watchers as i like their foods and website for recipe ideas ( i am such a fussy eater!) but wondered if this is advisable and would any recommend? Thank you Vicky X X X

Thank you all. I have seen the GP already who suggested the tablets. At the time i said i would think about it but as soon as i got home i knew i def want them. So i have to see the nurse practioner on wednesday who will weigh me and start me. I am hoping that as i have already lost half a stone...

Hello just wanted to say well done on your first week X

Hello all I am booked in with my doctor to start the process of getting Xenical (he already said i can have it but I have too book in and get weight by the Nurse practioner). I was wondering if anyone had any recipes or meal ideas they would like to share. I am a real fussy eater and do not...

Hello I am seeing our doctor on Wednesday about being prescribed a diet pill. The receptonist said i will be weighed, then will be left 2 weeks to loose weight myself at home to prove i can then i will be prescribed a pill. I just wondered what pill is usually prescribed by doctors, are...

Hello I am restarting back on CD after loosing 4 stone last year but have now put it back on stupidly plus even more weight! :cry: I want to shift this weight once and for all but am not sure if i can sole source again. :rolleyes: I was wondering what are the losses like on the 810 plan...