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All sorted now anyway. Thanks guys.

Sneaked on the scales this morning and I'm really chuffed. Think I've got this Atkins thing sussed at last. Weigh in is tomorrow so I'll keep the results under wraps for now but I think now I'm on a roll I'm going to stick with it. Unfortunately that means I need to go food shopping tonight as I...

Think you look fab x

Hey, Just to let you know when I was on Cerazette I had exactly the same problem. After 2 months of it I took myself off it even though they said it would "probably" settle down eventually. I found the implant and the injections worked really well for me but they are a bit more permanent so...

I think it should be ok. Both should keep me in ketosis and I can't see how going onto a vlcd would make me gain anything and in theory I've already done the whole fluid loss/gain thing so that shouldn't be an issue. I think to save my wallet I may give it a go. Its only until sunday week - how...

Hmmmm trying to decide whether to go down the shakes route or not. I've just about cleared out my fridge and I either need to go do a food shop or stick to my original plan of shakes till hubby gets home. I'm just so happy to finally have cracked this diet and getting steady losses do I really...

I find I do that with Red Wine. A good sniff goes a long way. Today I have : B: Rich Chocolate Mim (Soooo in love with these) L: Chicken Bacon and Cheese with Mayo D: Steak with Asparagus, Corgettes and Cauliflower mash S: Pepperami W: 3 litres I hope E: Maybe

It's so true. My company provide "treats" every Friday of pizza or sausage rolls or doughnuts and pastries. On top of that my team have a tradition of bringing treats back from holidays and on birthdays. With 20 of us on the team that's alot of treats. Haven't had a single one since Jan 1st so...

I did stay strong and finally the weight seems to be coming back off. Food today: B: Rich chocolate MiM L: chicken bacon and emmental with mayo D: seafood stirfry W: lots hopefully E: Gillian

Yumm just tried the rich chocolate MiM. Thanks for that one :)

B: SF Jelly, 1/4 Dietimeal Strawberry dessert and cream L: Chicken breast, Emmental and crispy bacon with mayo D: Smoke Duck breast with Asparagus and Corgettes in butter. S: Hot pepperami W: 3 litres E: 45min Spin class

Rosebug - 9lbs (starting at 186) Missy-10lbs Katie -8lbs (starting at 225) Vicky - 7lbs (starting at 149) J2 - 12 lbs (starting at 262) Fraggle - 10lbs (starting at 236) Going to be a bit more realistic than last month but don't want to slack off so going for a 10.

Sooooo tired today. Have just had lunch and really want to just pig out still. Loads of treats around the office too - urgh! I WILL BE STRONG!!!

2lbs for me too. Well done everyone. Jools1986: 0/30lbs J2: 8/30lbs Kat1e: 6.5/13lbs Susan: 0/15lbs Rosebug: 4/20lbs RachieB: (+1)0/30lbs Bex: 1/20lbs Beki: 0/21.5lbs LifesDesire(Kit): 0/20lbs Ber-297: 1.5/14lbs JoanneM: 0/21lbs Emma1978: 4/20lbs Jadelois: 0/30lbs Shellyb 78: 0/20lbs...

Total for the month for me was 3.5lbs way below my goal but have been completely stuck in a stall for the past two weeks that finally seems to be resolved. Well done all you losers. Marysu- 5lbs (starting 163) sts, -1lb, +2lbs Linzi - 8lbs (starting 187) -1.5lbs, -3.5lbs, +1lb, -1.5lbs...

2lb for me this week which at least means I have lost what I gained last week plus a bit. Now things seem to have got shifting again. Seem to be the polyols to blame as I'm still eating cheese at the moment although I have cut back a bit. Went out for my mums birthday dinner last night and had...

You can never have too much variety. Enjoy x

Had a bit of a mishap. Was merrily preparing some lunches by making a meatloaf and some lamb burgers that I could take to work and reheat. Unfortunately I may have forgotten to take them out the oven. 4 hours later (very forgetful) I have some very dry (luckily not burnt) meatloaf and very...

Oooh hummus - hadn't even thought of that -may have to pop to tescos on my way home. Cheers Jools :)

Don't feel too bad I usually do that too. Just did Gillian again and now I'm thinking that most of those aches and pains had nothing to do with the fall. The woman is evil!

Yep I was still aching too much yesterday to do any exercise but back to it this evening so they might want to run and hide. Already run up and down the stairs a couple of times to make up for my couple of lazy days.

I have 3 cats who have a tendancy to walk over under and around me while I work out so it seems only fair they give me a hand. All varying weights too so I could gradually work my way up to the biggun (Atkins doesn't seem to work too well for him)

Just ordered myself some dumbells for my Shred workouts. Hopefully I'll feel less silly using the dumbells. In the meantime until they are delivered I may try bench pressing the cat.

Thats awful! What pigs! Try not to let it get you down. Don't feel too bad about falling off the wagon.

Used to have all those measurements in an excel spreadsheet with line charts for each one - now that's obsessive. Funnily enough though I used to stop updating it whenever those lines took an upward turn lol.

I'm thinking of using up the rest of my Exante shakes while my hubby is on holiday. Saves me shopping and washing up for 2 weeks :) But I think you are right going from Exante back to eating is a recipe for disaster I think sticking to low carb for a while once at goal is probably the best bet...

Doesn't seem to have done any damage. My weight actually budged for the first time in ages this morning and I'm still in ketosis so not going to panic just yet and maybe keep the dreamfields for a special treat. Back to work today still a bit achy so no exercise for me this week which is a bit...

Oh pants - hope I haven't done too much damage.

Loving loving loving the dreamfields pasta. Please tell me it's completely legal????

Yep. I'm a qualified Rescue Diver. Love it in the nice warm water - it was only 5 degrees yesterday - a little chilly.

Ooopsie had a bit of an accident yesterday. Slipped and fell on my butt whilst wearing a full set of scuba gear. Now every muscle in my body hurts and I don't know whether it's down to that or the shred. Either way I'm going to have to bin off spinning tonight. Just glad my back seems to be ok...

Weigh in today : gained 1.5lbs :( I could cry - I've been so good and to have gain now sucks! So plan is no more sugar alcohols and cut right back on cheese. I will find the culprit and get back on track.

I thought about doing a MiM for brekkie but the only time i've had one I got really gassy and bloated - might have been a coincidence so might try again.

Such a pain because I rarely have time to cook breakfast. I had a kabanos and a mini babybell this morning rather than have a bar. I might pre cook some sausages to have for breakfast instead.

The only other thing I think it could be would be the Atkins advantage bars. Hoping it is as I can't imagine Atkins without cheese. Yesterday I had as an example. B. Advantage Bar (2g carbs) L. Mama Lupez wrap with pork and cheese (3g carbs) D. Sliced pork belly with cauliflower mash with cheese...

Weigh in tomorrow and it's not looking good. Looks like I may have gained slightly so going to have to review what I'm eating to see where I'm going wrong. Clearly something is stalling me. I have a horrible feeling it's cheese - won't be happy if it is. Have used a few low carb bits and pieces...

I wanna join in too. 30lbs for me too as I am off to Thailand for Easter so I want to be down below 15st (for first time since I was 18) Jools1986: 0/30lbs J2: 0/30lbs Kat1e: 3/13lbs Susan: 0/15lbs Rosebug: 0/20lbs RachieB: 0/30lbs Bex: 1/20lbs Beki: 0/21.5lbs LifesDesire(Kit): 0/20lbs...

You look fab - very jealous of that figure! :)

Don't know about the DVD yet cos it should arrive today but I've found I'm losing way more in inches than I have in weight and I can only put that down to the exercise. In the last couple of weeks I've lost around 3 inches off my waist, bust and hips but only a few pounds. Hubby seems to think I...

Have you noticed a difference since starting the shred?

Ooooh and I also ordered the Jillian Michaels DVDs - just need to actually do them now rather than just watch. Also thinking of getting the new Zumba game for the Wii - has anyone used it before?

It was fab apart from the rain. Would be a lovely place to go in the sunshine. I did see the sea though :)

Morning guys :0) Back to work today after two lovely days off. Went to Gunwharf Quays yesterday and spent way too much money on new clothes. On the plus side I managed to shop in lots of shops I wouldn't normally dream of going in and bought lots of things I thought would be too small that all...

Morning Jim. Been using Jok n Als BBQ Sauce - it's actually nicer than normal BBQ sauce. Even hubby likes it. Not all low carb stuff tastes of chemicals after all! Yay! Also made my first MiM - also very yummy but I think once I've used up this lot I'll switch to the golden flaxseed as the...

Marysu- 5lbs (starting 163) sts, -1lb Linzi - 8lbs (starting 187) -1.5lbs, -3.5lbs Seraphine - 5lbs (starting 160) -2lbs Vicky -6lbs (starting 151.5) -2, +0.5lbs Jaqys -10lbs (starting 205) Fraggle -12lbs (starting 240) -0.5lbs, -2.5lbs Beth- 12lbs (starting at 212) -4lbs Rachel - 10 lbs...

Darn iPhone corrected Saag to swag. I promise I was not eating cartoon stolen goods.

2.5 lbs for me - quite pleased with that particularly after adding in Atkins bars I'm glad I didn't stall.

Thanks guys. In the end when we got there they decided because there were so many of us they'd bring out a selection of starters and mains - disaster or so I thought. I asked them to bring me a dish with no sauce and then when I saw all the veg dishes were potato I asked for some swag. They were...

Hey Jools, Another Exante defector! Good to see you are still going. So much better than not eating. Good luck hun x

Well done all. Great losses - now can you pass the fairy on for my weigh in tomorrow?

I need help!!! I'm going to a dive club social tonight and we are going to an Indian Restaurant. I've had a look at the menu and I think I've come up with something I can have. I was thinking Lamb Shashlik with Saag Paneer and Bringal Bhajee. The only thing is I don't know if I can have Paneer...

Rubbish! I will have to keep an eye out. I definitely stall when I don't have enough water but I'm really hoping these Atkins products will be ok just to give me a little bit of variety. I know I should try and avoid them in Induction but I have only picked the ones that say ok for all phases...

I haven't touched booze since I started this - it's been 5 weeks now. Starting to feel like I could handle a drink or two. What's the best things to have? I'm a big fan of red wine but I can do spirits too if that's better.

I'm having one a day at the moment instead of breakfast. I'll see if it stalls me. I have cauliflower mash quite often but thought I'd give the low carb stuff a try. Can you stall and still be in ketosis?

Hey guys, I got a load of the Atkins bars and some dreamfields pasta and some mash potato substitute. I had the Chocolate Brownie bar yesterday and it smelt like chocolate, looked like chocolate but tasted somewhat like tar. This mornings Chocolate Peanut butter bar was actually very tasty...

Pork belly strips roasted with soy sauce and roasted aubergine and corgette - oooooh yummy!

Well my order from low carb megastore came yesterday but now I'm too scared to eat any of it in case it stalls me. I'm going to try a Atkins bar that says it's ok for all phases and then see how I go. I've found that again this week my weight has crept up a little the two days following my spin...

Just realised that when doing this from my phone my 0.5 got added to the wrong line and is next to jacquis could someone move it so it's next to my name please? Silly iPhone!

Ok so not the best weigh in but a couple of days ago it looked like I was going to have a gain. I think I've learnt that my weight always increases after spinning and then starts to drop again a few days after. So I can live with a half pound loss. The story on the tape measure is much better...

Marysu- 5lbs (starting 163) sts Linzi - 8lbs (starting 187) -1.5lbs, Seraphine - 5lbs (starting 160) Vicky -6lbs (starting 151.5) Jaqys -10lbs (starting 205) -0.5 Fraggle -12lbs (starting 240) Beth- 12lbs (starting at 212) Rachel - 10 lbs (starting at 219) Rosebug - 8lbs (starting at 194)...

Erm busted - not a great lover of green things but I have been having things like Cauliflower, Corgettes and asparagus with my dinners most nights. I haven't had too much onions I usually go for sliced leeks as they are lower carb but I'm guessing that's a no no too. I might try cutting back...

Not a happy bunny this morning. Had a sneaky peak on the scales. I've been good as gold this week, added more water increased my fibre with some phsylum husk capsules and somehow I've gained slightly. Last time I did Atkins the weight flew off and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong this...

It was halloween - I don't normally have horns honest ;0)

Marysu- 5lbs (starting 163) Linzi - 8lbs (starting 187) Seraphine - 5lbs (starting 160) Vicky -6lbs (starting 151.5) Jaqys -10lbs (starting 205) Fraggle -12lbs (starting 240)

I think yesterdays reading was a red herring - teaches me for relying on someone elses scales. Looks like it was only a 2.5lb loss but at least it is starting to shift again now, at one point this week it looked like it might be a gain. Really need to stop weighing myself daily.

Weigh in today..... Interesting!!! Well my weight had crept up by today I massively increased my water intake and I dropped 7 pounds in a day - amazing!!! Couldn't believe it as it came off in just a few hours. Anyway weekly weigh in is 5.5lbs which I'm really happy with. YAY ME!!! :0D

Ok the tape measure is decreasing so that's great but my weight has actually increased by 2.5 lbs this week!!! Slightly worrying but I suppose if the inches are coming off I shouldn't care. Still not a great motivator. I think my digital scales have it in for me - they regularly show i've had a...

Weightloss seems to have slowed to next to nothing which having been to two spin classes this week as well as being good as gold is kinda disappointing. However on the plus side my scales reckon my % Bodyfat has dropped by about 10% which is amazing. I am just hoping that some of this flab is...

Have never heard of these - I might give them a try. Thanks

Just got my coffee spiked with orange juice by some idiot at work who thinks he's funny. Luckily it tasted so disgusting I only had a sip - hopefully it wont take me out of ketosis. Not a happy bunny. Any ideas for revenge are welcome..... ;0)

Morning! Does anyone have any ideas on good foods to have just before exercising? I went to a spin class last night and by the end of the class I was close to passing out. First half hour was fine but I suspect all my energy from the food I had was short lived. I was thinking of taking some...

Hi all, I've jumped ship from the Exante forum and come to join you lovely people here. I thought Exante was great but I go out alot and it was just a bit too unforgiving of my lifestyle. So I bought the New Atkins for a new you book and started on thursday. I did the original Atkins plan...

OK so I am stopping exante for now. I'm finding it too unforgiving of my social life and I clearly don't have the willpower not to cheat. I actually started gaining weight just because of a couple of times I had some meat. I'm switching to the New Atkins which so far is going really well and I...

Weighed in this morning and even though I haven't been totally 100% (major slip last night) I've still lost 6lbs this week :) Such a happy bunny today. Off to get a tattoo today too.

OK I was a happy girl and then I was a bad girl - ooopsie I had some chicken wings last night. Admittedly instead of my third shake and my weight is still going down but it's not a good start. Off out Friday night too as my brother in law is down for the weekend and we are going to a...

I've been in that situation before and I usually have the meal instead of the third shake and its been ok for me. Main thing is not to beat yourself up about it and carry on as before. Good luck x

Peaked on the scales - so far so good - I'm a happy girl :0)

So I eased myself into it first week. If only because we still had a fridge full of leftovers after new year. So my first week was just a shake for breakfast and one for lunch and I managed to lose but only a pound. Second day on TS today and I'm feeling pretty good and already there is some...

I've started slow as I'm only having two shakes and then a meal. I've got a family party on saturday and then I'm going back to TS. So far not too hard although I do feel like I'm cheating but I figured I'd get all the temptations out of the way and then I can concentrate on being good. I just...

Thanks all I needed that - the day 1 headache has just hit and with it being the first day back at work its making the day drag really slow. Sorry I know PMA from here on in - I can feel the pounds falling away already ;0)

OK time to get back with the programme. Christmas was a complete over indulgence (mostly booze) and I need to get my butt in gear. I have booked a holiday for the end of April and it would be really nice to be able to get into a bikini in time for the beach so new aim is to lose 4 stone by 22nd...

Winter is hard - it's not the cold it all the celebrations and events that are the problem. I really hope I can lose some more weight before Christmas but it seems everyday I'm invited to something else involving food and drink - I think its sabotage!

Oooooooh yummy - however suggested the vanilla with coffee is a genius. I love it. Now I can have my morning coffee fix without pulling faces everytime I have a mouthfull of black coffee. THANKYOU!!! :grouphugg:

Good luck hope it goes well x

Haven't managed to go back fully TS but I'm easing my way back into it. Last couple of days I've have a shake in the morning a shake for lunch and then a dinner. I've already shed a pound so that fills me with hope. Hoping to be back fully TS by the weekend. Not a great time of year to be trying...

Really not good. I've gained back 7lbs. At least I'm not back where I started and I'm back on TS from today. Hopefully I can still lose plenty before Christmas.

Back to the grindstone soon. I had a great holiday but came back with a throat infection so figured I'd start back on the shakes when I was done with my antibiotics. Not sure how much damage has been done. I may brave the scales tomorrow. I'm expecting the worse but who knows. I went to a party...

Nope still here for now. Avoiding the carbs over the weekend just didn't happen. We were helping my friend move and ended up eating junk most the weekend, not being home definately didn't help. I have already seen a couple of pounds creep back on. We go away Friday so it's damage control until...

OK so I was very bad last night. I felt really run down and quite ill when I got home so I decided I needed some real food. I decided to avoid carbs so had some cold pork and a bit of cheese. Unfortunately that was just fuel to the fire and before I knew it i'd got my DH to go to KFC and get me...

Try some Bio Oil. It's brilliant. My friend used it through her pregnancy and didn't get any stretch marks which is probably a much more rapid gain and loss than any diet. I use it too now and it has massively increased the elasticity of my skin and improved the appearance of the stretch marks I...

Much better and I can't believe how strong my willpower has been. I had 5 friends round last night and my DH cooked a huge roast with all the trimmings bought two desserts and did a cheese board and I just sat at the table chatting with a bottle of water. I did draw the line at people making...

Weigh in this morning....... 5lbs down - YAY!!! That's a stone in 2 weeks. Fingers crossed for week 3.

Is there a way to change the name of the thread? I think I'm way past day 1 now.....

I also can't help but weigh myself everyday - I like to know the hard work is worth it. I've found that whenever I have a meal bar my weight jumps back up. Last time I checked these weren't made of lard and sugar so it really does seem to defy logic. All I can figure is perhaps you retain more...

Really impressed wih Exante. My new pack came and I had put in the delivery comments on my order that if possible could they switch the choc shakes with vanilla and low and behold the did!!! Yummy!!!!

Thanks for the encouragement I really needed it this weekend. I've just had confirmation my next pack has arrived - I've ordered just shakes this time as I'm really struggling with the soups and bars. I've still got loads of soups and bars left so I can have the odd one if I fancy a change...

Still on the wagon.....just It's been a tough weekend. Thanks for the advice Spyro Friday night we went to Nandos and then to the cinema. I stuck to chicken wings and a few olives. Yummy!!! I really thought it would make me want more but it was just really nice to have something different...

Advice needed I'm off out tonight and I was wondering how much damage would be caused by having some chicken if it is just chicken. In theory it wont take me out of ketosis as there are no carbs but has anyone done this and found it had a drastic effect or is the odd bit of extra protein not...

Mocha yuk!!! Note to self, mixing a choc shake with filter coffee does not make a Starbucks style mocha but rather a nasty gloopy mess. Actually it's not that bad I think the coffee itself was to blame - must complain to management about quality of coffee! ;) Things are going pretty good in...

Brilliant loss - I bet you are over the moon. Keep up the good work x

Official weigh in today :) Lost 9lbs this week. Very pleased! I managed to stay strong I used guitar hero to distract me - I know I should grow up but it worked. Week1 - 9lbs

Ooooooh noooooooo Oh dear I'm sooooooo hungry all of a sudden. My stomach has been really growling at me today. I managed all day but got in and decided I had to have something so had half a bar with my shake and then a small block of cheese. Ok so not a total disaster but I'm still...

Not much to report today. Tried the Mushroom soup last night which actually wasn't that bad. I still much prefer the shakes so will be buying only shakes next time. Unfortunately I still have loads of soups and bars so I will have to have the odd one occasionally. Official weigh in day...

Diving was bad - not due to the diet mind you. I did find myself very tired afterwards though. Maybe I should lay off until week 3. Still feeling really good which I am surprised about. So long as I don't do anything too strenuous I feel much more awake than normal. Also I can't help but...

Hi all, Well yesterday was a tough one first diwn the pub with friends for a pint - of water and then off to a friends for dinner. 10 people all eating chilli and drinking copious amounts of red wine. I still managed to stay strong - I think everyone was amazed. I'm a little cheesed off that...

I ended up having 4 packs yesterday cos I was seriously wavering. I know it was just because it was a Friday night and I was bored rather than going out for dinner. I soooo wanted to order Indian food by the end of the night so had another pack to stop the gurgling stomach and the went to bed...

Hmmmmm - not liking the Tomato soup too much. Had to go out and buy myself some new clothes to cheer myself up after that one (any excuse). They were doing two pairs of jeans for £25 with 20% off in Dorothy Perkins so have bought myself one size 18 and one size 16 to motivate myself.

Day 2 Day 2 went ok thanks..... I managed to survive sitting through OH and a friend eating curry in the pub which was hard (he's so supportive :rolleyes:) but I feel fine - no headaches or stomach gurggles so far. Loving all the shakes mmmmmmm yummy. Sneaked on the scales - I know I...

Thanks having tea was a life saver yesterday. Well I survived day one and so far feel fine. I did keep finding myself nearly eating something without even thinking about it -probably how I got in this mess in the first place. I have the soups and bars too. I had the Thai chicken last night...

Figured I'd set up a ticker too.....

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I'm starting Exante today. I've tried loads of different diets before but I figure its time for an all or nothing approach. I'm currently a size 20 which is down from my biggest of a 24/26 which is good but not good enough. I'm hoping to get down to a 12/14 by...