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I'm male and doing this. Had great results - 6'1" and about 18 stone down to 15 stone in about 3 months. I'm now on working solution as I've had a few gout occurrences which I'm pretty sure are down to the diet (and not just dehydration) and we'll see how it goes. It does warn you in the...

1 whole + 2 egg whites half a cup of veg (eg onions, peppers) 100g smoked salmon small amount of skimmed milk dry fry veg and set aside on a plate beat eggs and milk plus salt and pepper fry until only surface is not cooked add veg and salmon to one half and fold over fry for 1 more minute...

Guess it's just me that loves foamy soups :)

oooh - I'll have to try that!

It's a flat seaweed I get from healthfood shops (comes dried in packets of 50g). Very low in calories and carbs. You could probably substitute with layers of spinach

checking with ketostix right after eating is pointless - there will be sugars etc in what you've eaten so the body won't produce ketones. The point is that whilst you're still eating, its not enough to power your body throughout the whole day so you have to use fat reserves. Plus I've found...

Hmmm I was very careful when I put this together, and I didn't seem to come out of ketosis (after eating most of this over 3 days!) Saying that, I'll check online now - here's the amount of carbs (in one portion): 125g tomatoes = 5g 0.25 large onion = 4g 25g black olives = 1g gherkins and...

Seafood Lasagna: Quite fishy and dill tasting - I'll do a "meaty" one another time.. Tomato sauce - 400g prawns - chop finely 1 large red onion 500g tomatoes 2 cloves garlic 100g black olives 8 mini gherkins 1 tablespoon of capers balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon of tomato puree White sauce -...

You were right about carpet - they are rock solid and consistent on hard surface. Bad news is that I weigh 5kg more than I thought I did - very demoralising but I guess I just weighed more than I thought to start with. Thanks for the tip tho - restored my faith in this product

ooooh -no! I shall try tonight!

I got the £30 salter ones and I'm on the verge of taking them back/chucking them in the bin: Buy Salter Stainless Steel Body Analyser Scale at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Bathroom scales. I'd avoid these like the plague. Every time I step on I get a different reading - sometimes...

you can but you'll want to limit it. Your weight loss does slow down when you start adding in meals - particularly if you aren't careful about carbs and calories. My guide is about 10g carbs and 200 calories as a limit. I try and do this only at weekends and only for one meal but if I have work...

Lol good plan! Btw edited my post on modifications as I don't think my approach is for everyone. I think I've also given the wrong impression as I'm 100% TS most of the time but twice a week allowing myself a bit of controlled freedom keeps me on the straight and narrow. I also haven't made up...

Yeah fair enough for me it was a good exercise because bread has been the one thing I really craved but couldn't have. So letting myself within strict parameters and then realising it wasn't really that great was good for me. I'd rather have had a massive bowl of spinach!

wow go you!

thanks guys - thats really informative. Re "why you lose weight" - absolutely agree. Why on earth people suggest having snacks like pork scratchings which are crazy high in calories I don't know...they're certainly not "safe" snacks. Ketosis and bread: Bread is a source of carbs (a high...

to be honest I was just looking at things like Eat Natural rather than specifically meal replacement bars. the Tesco ones are a bit high in carbs for my taste. But then I have the opinion that a meal replacement bar/shake/soup is no better than a normal equivalent (within some restrictions...

I had a look over pretty much all the "healthy bars" in Tesco yesterday to compare (but NOT BL or ASDA bars so just as an aside) From what I saw they are all lower in calories and slightly lower in carbohydrates (which are my main 2 things to watch). They definitely won't have 1/3 nutrients...

That conflicts with what I've read - and I would agree that 63g of carbs daily does sound high. No way would I eat anything like 100g+ and hope to stay in ketosis (but it is different for different people apparently so who knows...) Weekly weigh in shows that my "stalled" week was just that -...

No that's fine! Thanks for your comments! I am aware of what i'm doing but it's how I keep going rather than quit/lapse. I'd just like to understand what's going on a bit better

Very roughly - Exante bar : 200cals and 23g carbs Calories in Exante nutrition bar | Nutrition Facts on iChange Exante shake : 200 cals and 20g carbs Calories in Exante Shake - vanilla flavour | Nutrition Facts on iChange Exante soup : 200 cals and 20g carbs Calories in Exante Soup - vegetable...

I'd definitely start earlier - if he gets up about 7 or 8 then thats 4 hours when his body needs food and is being starved. It slows the metabolism right down defensively. Equally, when you eat just before you go to bed you have food in your system and your metabolism slows down when you sleep...

I don't get that - forgive me for being thick! Surely if I have 3 packs plus a meal, I'm potentially eating 800+ calories per day and won't lose weight as fast as if I just have 2 packs and a 200 cal meal. Plus I risk coming out of ketosis as the Exante packs are balanced to have just...

Is he drinking enough water - I try and hit 3-4 litres per day and I think its important to burn fat. If he's only having 3 packs then he will lose weight - there is some stuff online about fat cells retaining water so can slow down and speed up periodically. I'm currently in a slow period at...

Ah I think I've not explained well... I tried to switch to one meal per day in replacement for one product (the bar) and had 2 other products (milkshake and soup) that day as well I don't snack at all and the only additional stuff I ate was a mug of boullion and an occasional coke zero. Plus...

forgive the stupid question but won't adding meals be more likely to make me put on weight?

I've been on the total solution for about 6 weeks now - had great results, lost about 2 stone so far which is fantastic however the last 2 weeks I've stalled a bit.. I do have times when I have to eat a real meal but I try and be very careful about calorie and carb consumption when I do. I...

That was my theory ;) couple of other points - nettle tea when you've got used to it is great (almost like soup) and re Tabasco - I love my very very hot sauces but go easy on them on exante - had very bad stomach pains from one tonight so sticking to Tabasco now.

hi all - new to boards having just completed 1 week Thanks to all for helpful posts - really helped me get started on exante. I found lots of really helpful stuff so thought I'd share what I experienced too. I was fine for about 5 days and then I got really bad cravings. I'd got by so far...