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It's been a while since I posted but I've not stopped the diet! However I've not taken xenical for about 2 weeks now as I've been ill. I have still managed to lose about 2lbs over Christmas so that's brill. :-) I'm aiming to lose about 17lbs by April 17th! So I need to get back out exercising...

The doctors shouldn't take you off the tabs unless you havent lost 5% of your body weight after 12 weeks. After 4 weeks I hadn't lost anything, but now on target to meet the 5% before my third month, so dont lose heart!

Hey all, I've been on Xenical for about 2 and a half months now. Since Christmas day I've been ill and have now eventually been given anitbiotics (Amoxicillin) and am just wondering whether I should take both or stop the Xenical while on the Amoxicillin.

I ordered one and it came a few days later. No bank details given and no bombardment to join :) although I haven't tried it yet as it's in a 'space bag' lol so is putting me off a little.

Well done!! That's a brill loss

Ben and jerry frozen yoghurt! Brownie one is 3% fat and phish food is 4% fat. :D

Congrats!! :) you're a real inspiration!

Hi Kes. No worries :). I'm still around just read more than post now lol. Is my fourth week Wi today and I think I've lost about 4lbs! So happy to finally be losing weight. Doctors didn't even give me an appointment to get the tabs they just gave me a prescription. So not really had an...

Me too. I only lost 4lbs this month. Is a bit annoying but aslong as it's coming off I'm happy. :)

Congrats. That's brill!!

Yeah. Any diet or zero version is fine for the tablets. Don't know about calories though if your counting them too. X

Good luck on ur journey :) and your doing great so far. I try to opt for water whenever I'm tempted to munch. Iced gems are great though, they are 100 calories though and I end up having to get the boyfriend to hide the rest for me lol.

Love the pics!! :) your doing amazingly!

I think that it is probably 5% of the meal. But I want to think tht it's 5% of each thing as it makes it a lot simpler and stops me from eating the wrong things that might push the tabs to the limit.

Is nearly my third week on xenical and not really noticed any difference in weight or inches. Been sticking to about 1200-1300 calories a day and trying to stick to about 100g carbs. Started drinking more as not been drinking enough. And more exercise :) so if no difference in weight am...

Wow congrats!! :)

Doesn't sound right to me purely because I struggle to get 30-45 grams with 5gs/100! So I don't know how she'd manage to eat that much with so little in each thing. If tht makes sense? Lol

I just have yoghurts or grapes for snacking on. And When I do feel like snacking I try to get up and get a glass of water instead. To trick myself into thinking that it's what I went in the kitchen for lol. X

Hey Chala. It's the same for me too. It's my third week and no loss. Even put on 2lbs in first week :(. But just hoping it'll get going soon! Lol.

I wont give up just yet lol. Though my doc might take me off xenical if I don't lose any, so I'd have to go back to low carbing. It's just such a pain to switch diets as I think I could keep this one up for life whereas low carb diet is not really stickable. Soo I'm really hoping I will lose...

Well second week weigh in yesterday and Stayed the same :-/. Inch wise Ive not really lost any. But clothes do fit better. Is totm so hoping for a loss next week but not going to hope too much else can see myself going way off track.

Hi and welcome :). And congrats on your weight loss so far :). This forum is great for support and inspiration. :) and yep if you've had no side effects it means your doing good :)

Well done!! Congrats :)

Went to a christening and Halloween party this weekend and managed not to go off track at all :). Just hoping that by sticking to it I might actually lose something this week. Am still a bit disheartened by putting on so much but Iv followed everything and not had a single side effect so don't...

Thanks Kes, Well iv put on nearly 3lbs.. But not being put off! Bring on next weekend. Not checked inches yet but will see later :) oh and pink n whites are a marshmellow wafer thingy lol. Way under 5gs per 100 :)

Well I will try not to go crazy! So tomorrow is my first wi. Going to mums as their scales are more accurate. But I kinda already know iv not lost any. However I do feel much more energetic so somethings working :)

It has been yummy! :) I don't know how i'm finding the xenical. Have had no side effects. But not lost any weight. Although is only the first week so gonna keep at it a few more weeks and see how it goes :) how about you?

Lunch was heinz tomato soup and a naan bread :) yummy and dinner was roast chicken, roasts and a bit of stuffing :)

Congrats :) that's brill!!

I had homemade dopiaza yesterday thanks to the other half :) and I walked for about 2 hours in total and used my friends wii for about half an hour too :) today I'm trying to bulk up my calorie intake a little so been and bought some yoghurts and a few other bits. Had low fat cereal with milk...

I can't wait to fit in a wetsuit without looking like a whale so I can go whitewater rafting for my 21st :)

Congrats on your weight loss! How long did tht take you?

Thanks :) bit worried about having too many carbs too though. But i guess the odd milkshake won't hurt :p

How do you get to 1400cals? I can hardly get 1000 most days! it's really frustrating because I'm always full and myfitnesspal tells me I'm not eating enough.

Americans just don't use the term biscuit at all. They use cookie for all types of biscuit. I recently went to Costa Rica with some Americans and they loved winding me up about the names of things. The strangest one for me was that they called chips "fries" but they still call it a fish n...

My bf's making kes's dopiaza tonight :) can't wait!

:) good luck

Thanks MrsR :) It's nice to know that it can work for me! and well done on the loss so far! I'm finding the whole diet thing fine, it's actually pretty simple to keep to and I don't crave anything I shouldn't.. I'm hoping I'm just a late starter and that the weight starts to come off next week...

Ooh lovely :)

This SW chicken sounds great! :) where can I find it?

I went to see despicble me too :). Thought it was really good. A lot better than what I was expecting.

First week of December :). Though this is my first year In my first home with my bf :) and we don't even own a tree yet! But I'm such a big kid. I'd have it up In November lol

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They are indeed :-). Although I could quite easily eat a whole packet! Feel on a bit of a downer concerning this weeks weigh in. I know I shouldn't be scale hopping but even just a sign on losing anything would be nice :(.

Hi. I'm doing Good thanks. Not so sure if I will lose any this week but fingers crossed lol. Well I didn't get in til late yesterday so ended up not jogging. Determined to go today. Had a chicken pasta bake yesterday instead of the roast chicken as someone forgot to get the meat out of the...

Yeah me too. I've them twice this week :)

Surely that would mean that you could have any percent fat aslong as you had it with something very low in fat. Such as melting Chocolate into natural yoghurt? I think it's a bit complicated for me lol so I'm gonna stick to just 5gs in every 100g for each thing lol.

I nearly forgot to take one with me today. So came running back home and ended up being late for uni lol. So now I have a strip in my bag ready :-). And I will prob use alarms too now :-)

Glad I helped. No drama :) you don't wanna be thinking your in the rules when your not x

Well done :)

Ooh I will have to find me some of these :) Thanks Chala

Wow congrats!

Well yesterday I decided I'd put it off long enough and went out jogging for about half hour. Which is great as a few weeks ago I couldn't even jog to the car (2 minutes away)!! And food wise I had beans, bacon on toast chicken pitta for lunch lean pork, cream cheesy mash ( was gonna have roasts...

Good luck at the weigh in :)

Thankyou. :D I don't want to rely on the tabs but also don't want to just get started and have it taken away. Just need to get down to heathy bmi now :)

I'm just hoping they don't stop it the second I get into the just 'overweight' bmi.

It would be 8.3gs of you had 100gs. Which (I think) means it's 8.3% fat and we can only have up to 5% fat. So no matter how many grams you have (I.e the 11g sachets) 8.3% of it will be fat.

I was just thinking.. when (not if) I reach a bmi of lower than 30.. will the DR stop prescribing me xenical? or will they let me continue to help with weight loss to reach my goal? Thanks :)

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mmm yeah I love Philly in Mash :) This forum is great - I think everything I've made all week has come from people's recipes here! :D

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Ooh Thanks wantstobeslim :)

You look great! well done. and that transformation in only 3 months?? wowwww :)

Compared to your first pics you can definitely see a major difference! Well done! :)

Did you decide on what you were having, if not the sunday roast?

I had pork chops (lean) with roasts and veggies :-) plus beans to stop it being dry.

I love Cher. I think she is very modern and I love how much confidence she has! I would love to be that confident. I think Wagner will be in the bottom. But now sure who else, john maybe as his song choice was poor. Just my 2 cents :-)

Hey. I've just looked on myfitnesspal and I don't think you are allowed either as they're over 5gs of fat in every 100gs. Sorrry

Just a quick update, Saturday I had... breakfast: beans on toast with some lean bacon lunch: prawn sandwich with xl Mayo dinner: carbonara (with xl cream cheese, chicken, mushrooms and spaghetti) was really yummy! Snacks: handful of grapes Finding that my stomach is feeling iffy since I...

Well done for the weight loss so far! I hope I can do as well as you! You can definitely tell you've lost loads. Especially in your face! :-) keep it up. It's definitely worth it!

Hi! That's what happened to me too. I was diagnosed with it and then pretty much left in the dark. You'd be best to ask your GP to see a specialist who will actually know how to speifically help you, as the treatment will depend on what symptoms you want to reduce etc. There is no cure but there...

Just had to say thanks for the chicken dopiaza recipe! I have been searching everywhere for it. Even before starting this. Sounds brill and will definitely be trying it soon!

Ditto! Keep going! It's definitely worth it! :-)

Wow!! well done :-). If mine is anywhere near as good as that I'll be ecstatic!

Thanks guys :-). I've never joined a group/forum before and I think it is definitely helping Reading all your successes and advice! Okay so I took my first today! I had Breakfast: prawns, lettuce, xlight Mayo and a slice of toast Lunch: usual pitta sandwich, ham, onion chutney and xlight Mayo...

Hi all, thought I would start a diary on here. I'm planning to start the tablets tomorrow! Have been reducing my fat intake And increasing carbs before hand as have been on a low carb diet. When I first read about the side effects of this pill I was really put off. But since finding this...

Sounds good to me! but I'm a NEwbie too so I can't say for sure. I know the tortillas usually have more than the 5g/100g but I dont know about tesco lighter choice. Also, as someone told me about it earlier. Do you use myfitnesspal? I've just signed up, it's free and it helps you keep track of...

Wow! You look great :) Well done! - Given me more inspiration to lose the weight now!

Thanks for the reply Kes, Yeah I haven't had white carbs in forever! but I find wholemeal much more tastier anyway :) - The only problem I'm having is finding something to take to uni that's low carb and low fat, as some days I'm there all day and have no way of heating anything up..and I don't...

I haven't used it before but I'v just signed up! :) Thanks for the suggestion, it looks like it could be really handy!

Good luck with your first week! :)

I will definitely give it a go! :) Not sure about incorporating another diet with it as funds are low and brands are expensive! Also I've been on many before and they haven't suited my bodies reaction to carbs! :( I think I will probably just try to keep both fat and carbs to a minimum...

Thanks evilpenguin, I was worrying because I've been told by so many that it's only really the carb intake that slows you down, usually if I even have just one slice of bread a day (be it white or wholegrain) I put weight on. So I'm just worried that if I start increasing my 'good' carb intake...

Okay, brilliant! Thankyou :)

Hi all. Newbie here.. I am just wondering if anyone has experience of losing weight with xenical who has PCOS. because I've been on a very low carb diet for PCOS; I'm worried that now my GP has prescribed xenical I will put weight on from changing from very low carb to low fat.. I'm hoping...

Hi all! Have just been given xenical today and planning to start on Friday after uni. Which will give me a weekend to check if I react badly or not. I've been overweight since I was 8 and was diagnosed with Pcos at 16 and have always been struggling with weight. Hopefully I stick to it this...

Hi all, I'm new here. Found the site when looking for Pcos and xenical. Iv been overweight since I was 8 and diagnosed with pcos at 16. Have tried millions of diets but fail to stick to them for long. so I hope that by joining this forum it will give me that extra bit of support that I need!