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Yeah, I know what you mean. Yesterday, I decided to set up my own Diet and weight loss group on Facebook. It is specifically for people suffering from Chronic Illness, and I have been overwhelmed with people wanting to join!!

Was just wondering if anyone posts their ticker on Facebook, for all the world to see? I am not a huge user of Facebook. I go on every so often, but there quite a few FB friends on there, plus a few real friends.... Would be scared to put something on there in case I failed!!

Was just wondering if anyone posts their ticker on Facebook, for all the world to see? I am not a huge user of Facebook. I go on every so often, but there quite a few FB friends on there, plus a few real friends.... Would be scared to put something on there in case I failed!!

Hi Clair That's the trouble Clair. I met my ex-fiance on an online dating site. We have an awful lot in common, but he was a perpetual liar for all the 8 yrs we were together, and ended up having two (the only two that I found out about) affairs! Kicked him out in 2009. Glad to hear your story...

Ohhhh. I know what you mean now (sort of). Have never done WW.

.....you've got to send me that Cookie now!!! Just read about your dating dilemma!! Lol Good luck! I haven't dated for years either..... Lack of Confidence (due to illness....and now weight as well! :( ) plus live in a very unpopulated area, and can't afford a car to get out. I think you're...

Haha...love your username!!!

....oh yes, spelt flour is a lower GI I think. You're right. Well, it been 2⅔ days on the Cookie Diet now, and I am a bit gobsmacked really! I haven't been hungry at all, other than late last night, but then I have had two very migrainy days (feel like 50-60% of a full blown migraine...nauseous...

Hi Amneris Thanks so much for that info. Wow! I feel so ignorant about Diets/weight loss!! I tried my first ever calorie controlled Diet in 2011, but it was extremely slow weight loss! Can't exercise, and have some dietly restrictions too, so that doesn't help! Unfortunately I don't have access...

Hi again How did you make the courgette spaghetti? I have literally JUST bought a spiralizer as an incentive! I know you spiralizer it, but how did you cook it? Also where are you getting your smoked Rannoch chicken from? Haven't had that in years. It's very tasty!!!

What does the PP stand for, and how many calories a day? Are you working out a lot as well? Sorry....am still pretty new to dieting. Jan x

Wow!!! That's incredible!! Well done! Which Diet/eating plan have you been on?

Hi Starlight. Don't know if I'm posting this in the right place, but just thought I'd drop by and say Hello. I don't expect you remember me, but I have just come back onto the site. Was last on in 2011, and I remember us chatting, as I remembered your avator and name. Looking at your profile, I...

I am just about to start a partial meal replacement Diet. I will be eating approx 500 calories of meal replacement, plus 700 calories of protein, fruit and veg. I would like to lose 2 stone, so am thinking that this may take up to 3 months (I am unable to exercise). It is going to be very hard...

Wow! This is really interesting! Someone had had great success with a hypnotherapist, doing this. He was on the recently screened British TV series " How to Lose Weight Well".

Yeah....I was a bit apprehensive as well, due to vast number of old threads from years ago. It seems like a ghost town to me at the moment, but I guess I just need to familiarise myself with forums again...quite complicated for an old biddy like me! Lol Pierce....I don't know if you are able to...

I'm glad you are back. I joined 5 yrs ago, and now am back on....unfortunately almost 2 stone heavier than I was before!! = Dr's drug and comfort eating to blame! It was a friendly, and inspiring site before, so am glad to have it back. xx

Hi I realise that I'm doing an unusual diet for the UK.... Dr Siegal's Cookie Diet, but essentially it is 1,200 calories a day. I feel I really need a Diet buddy to even begin the Diet!! Had an awful year last year, ending with my beloved mum (my only family), dying in a nursing home 500 miles...

I haven't started my diet yet...just a few more things to get in place, this being one of them! In 2011, I was wanting to Lose 14lbs, and had the idea of standing 14 tins of soup etc on my landing. Every time I lost a pound, I transfered a tin (which weights 1lb) to a "lbs lost" stack. 2 stone...

Hi everyone! Wow! Can't believe it's been 5 years since I was last on here! Glad to see it is back up and running! I'm Jan, I'm 51 years old, and this will be the third diet that I have done, in my life. The first one was the Cambridge Diet, in my early 20's, and the second one was a calorie...

The Dr Siegal's Cookie Diet site for the UK. It's not a very user friendly site, but gives you the basics. The price quoted on this site is a lot more than I actually paid. I paid £95 for 4 week's worth.....still a lot of money, but much less than I originally thought...

Hi Amneris Thanks for your reply. Yes, it does sound as though we are on a similar type of diet. I am going to cheat a little bit, because I know that I will need my 2 coffees with low fat evaporated milk, and 2 teas with semi-skimmed milk in every day, but they don't add up to that much. Yes...

Hi everyone! Wow! Can't believe it's been 5 years since I was last on here! Glad to see it is back up and running! I'm Jan, I'm 51 years old, and this will be the third diet that I have done, in my life. The first one was the Cambridge Diet, in my early 20's, and the second one was a calorie...

Hello Am just having a wee look around the site, and trying to gain inspiration for the celebrity slim products. Am "considering" combining some of the CS products with some of the Exante products plus some proper food, resulting in between 1000-1,2000 cals per day. Any help or advice would be...

Hi Just did a Google search of "Fast-5" and it came up with a few threads on here, but they don't last long, and are very old. I am guessing that that means that everyone has given up on it? Three weeks ago I started a similar thing to "Fast-5" called "EatStopEat" and I would be interested...

If you didn't manage to watch "Ten Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight", I watched my recorded version this morning and I noted down the 10 things. A fascinating program, full of scientifically-based facts, some of which I had never heard of! The 10 Dieting Tips were: 1: Don't skip...

Hi :wavey: Yeah, I recorded it too. Watched it today and found it really interesting.

"The Food Hospital" Tuesdays 8pm Channel 4 Shows you how some people's illnesses can benefit by eating or not eating certain foods. BTW, losing weight significantly helped two people on this program who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes, and also Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Thanks!!! :O)

Is that your 1st day done then Naz? Go ok? If it's any consolation, I am a bit of a comfort eater too...aren't we all? :rolleyes: Sorry to keep going on about the M.E. It's just that I gave another lady the link to this thread as she was interested. I didn't want her to think that the...

Am weighing myself on Sundays, so today was the 2nd Sunday after starting EatStopEat. I am a bit disappointed as I have only lost 1/2 lb, but having done a calorie controlled diet in the Springtime, I know that that is normal....weight goes up and down all the time. Also I am eating completely...

Hi Have a look at the thread "Eat Stop Eat 24 Hour Fast" http://www.minimins.com/all-other-diets/197138-eat-stop-eat-24-hour-fast.html If there is anything else you want to know, just post a comment and I will do my best to answer you. Naz knows quite a bit about it as she has lost a lot of...

Just watched The Graham Norton Show, where Joanna Lumley was one of the guests. At age 65, he asked her how she keeps looking so amazing, and she replied that she never eats breakfast or lunch...just dinner!! Interesting! I believe that Cliff Richard has eaten this way for years too! I...

I am a bit of a newbie on here so I hope I have put this in the right place... Just wanted to let you know about a program that I am going to watch on 4th November: "Ten Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight" It's on 'Really' (a freeview channel) and is on 10pm-11pm "Medical...

I used to belong to lovefilm.com and I ordered "Rat" mainly because it had Pete Posethwaite in it, and usually he stars in good films. This film was absolute rubbish though....it was like pulling teeth!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Naz Glad to hear that you are starting back on it. It is a bit weird that we are the only two people on here to be doing it!! LOL At least we can give each other a bit of encouragement anyway. I suppose the actual EatStopEat website is quite hard to find. A short fast was initially my own...

By the way, Brad also says that with his recommendations of doing some resistance training about 3 times a week, (to help keep the muscles you already have, or to build muscle whilst you lose fat) you will probably lose around 1-2 lbs a week. That is the same amount as was given on the Boots.com...

Hi Naz Nice to see you again. I thought perhaps you had left (I wondered if it was something I said!! LOL). I initially didn't understand why the moderators had deleted this thread, but when I e-mailed them about it, they did explain that they have to look at these things, incase they are...

Finally got around to reading Brad Pilon's e-book "EatStopEat". It was really interesting, although a little over my head, as it was talking a lot about biochemistry. An awful lot of facts in there though and a lot of stuff I didn't know, so was worth buying. I emailed Brad Pilon tonight...

Hi Ohhhhh...thanks for expaining that LOL The thing that I have just recently started is nothing to do with the Johnson Up Day Down Day Diet (who comes up with these diet names!!! ha ha). I just clicked on his website and it looks like you count calories every other day. The EatStopEat way...

Ummmm...well, I don't know what judd is, so I couldn't tell you! lol The moderators did take the "Eat Stop Eat Diet" thread off for a few days to research it and make sure they agreed that it is not dangerous, which they did! They have now re-instated the thread so I will, from time to time...

Is there anybody out there???? :sign0163: lol Well, this thread was taken off for a few days as the moderators were worried it was some kind of danderous faddy diet. I did email them to explain that it's definitely not, and after their research they have kindly put it on again. I haven't any...

Hi Aline Would it be possible for you to contact the moderators of minimins...I joined another thead a few days ago advocating the EatStopEat way of fasting for a 24 hour period, and was discussing it with someone else, when the thread was deleted to be researched by the moderators as they say...

Hi I don't understand what has happened....I came back on a few days ago and posted on a thead about the EatStopEat, and possibly even made dietbuddy, but today the entire thread has disappeared, as has my dietbuddy! I think her name was Naz? The link to the thread is coming up if you Google...

Hi Naz Thanks for that info. The working out your muscles thing is worrying me a bit as I can't do that (due to the ME). My muscle workouts are basically cleaning the house, a bit of gardening, getting bits and pieces in town, and that's about it at the moment. I do plan to try and do a walk...

Hi Naz :wavey: Thanks so much for replying. Am at the end of an extremely long day trying to make some pennies by selling stuff on ebay! It's bloomin' hard work!! :rolleyes: :argh: Also decided I would print off the e-book on Eat-Stop-Eat.... 143 pages...

Hi there It's been months since I have been on here so I thought I would give you a quick update of what's been happening. Started out in Feb 2011 with the Exante Diet but couldn't hack it so then joined the Bootsdiets website and was on a calorie controlled diet for 7 weeks, and lost 7.4lbs...

Hi Lotty Thanks for the tips there. Yes, I use the Bird's Eye Simply Fish packets as well. They are REALLY nice!! I know exactly what you mean about not losing weight off ya' bum. I have had a big bum all my life, and even when I have lost this weight, it will still be big....that is just my...

4.5lbs now lost in 3 weeks with the help of bootsdiets.com :party0011::party0011::party0011:

Yeah, I do that with soup, but don't usually have the energy to cook home-made stuff (have got M.E.). Sometimes there are ideas in magazines for one-person quick meals, but not very often. BTW...you should change your profile name! You have lost 21lbs!!! :happy096:

Hi Joanne Thanks....have lost over 3lbs in a fortnight so am a happy bunny :wee: Good luck to you too :thankyou:

:wavey:Hi Well, an awful lot has happened in a very short time! I "officially" started the diet last Wed, but had 2 days of migraine, so that wasn't a great start. Then I registered with this site, but I now realise I am the ONLY one on here that was going to do the Exante 1,200 calorie diet...

Hello- I am new to all of this, but just started the Exante Simple Solutions Diet today. It is 1 shake, 1 soup, 1 muesli bar and 600 cals of food. That might be a quick and easy answer for you? ie. in theory you wouldn't have to think what you were eating for 2/3 of the day. I am finding it a...

Hi - I am doubled up in pain with IBS just now!! Started the Exante 1,200 cal diet today, so had a proper meal for dinner. Bought some salad, and it's blown my stomach up like a football! (as it always does!). How has the Tony Furguson Diet helped your IBS? I would be really interested to know.

Thanks guys...I must have missed that bit on the Exante website about having the shakes hot :doh: Am just trying the vegie soup, and am having a major attack of deja vu from 23 years ago, when I was on the Cambridge Diet!! I swear it is the exact same soup!! :yuk: Takes a bit of getting used to!!

Hello - could you please tell me if you can add very hot water to the milkshakes to make eg. hot chocolate? I read somewhere that you are not supposed to put Exante products in the microwave as it destroys much of the nutition, but am wondering if adding hot water is ok? I made a "hot...

Am just starting my 1,200 calorie "Exante Simple Solutions" diet tomorrow (3 shakes and 600 calories of food). I am really nervous as I know nothing about counting calories! Could anyone suggest a book or a website where I could get information on calorie counted meals for one person? There...

Yippee! Got one of those ticker thingies now! :party0011::party0011: Now I have GOT to lose some weight, as it's there for all to see!!! :d'oh: :cross:

Hi Scotsminx - thanks for that. I do have ordinary kitchen scales, but I am guessing they wouldn't be accurate enough..they're not digital ones either. Will have a look at diet scales then. Thanks. Thanks for the good wishes too xx

Yes...took me ages to get the calories for those potatoes!! :rolleyes: My diet finally came today so I will begin tomorrow. It would be a lot less worrying if I could have just done the Total Solutions, but I think in the long run, this will be a good learning experience for me....I nearly...

1lb potato = 400 calories

Yeah...you certainly will be losing inches if you are running that far! I think the wild fluctuations on the scales were a good thing to realise, cause I won't be too worried if I put on 4lbs over a day!! ha ha! Have just had a look at that calorie site - thanks. Put in a kiwi and it came up...

Do you know that your ticker-thingy doesn't read the same as your Weight to Lose? One says 15lb and the other says 21lb.

Wow! 9 miles eh! I started running years ago (before my illness) and loved it! I was living on the Isle of Skye at the time, and my route was down a deserted road, surrounded by sea and mountains! I will never forget those runs! ...I wanted to see if I enjoyed the taste of the diet before...

...Well, I can't really figure out my exact weight as it seems to vary by more than 4lbs over 24 hours! Had no idea it varied that much! I know you should only probably weigh yourself first thing in the morning, in your birthday suit, and only once a week, but I have just purchased my first pair...

Oh, Hello! It's you!! ha ha. No, I forgot that I ordered it late on Friday night, so I am guessing it will arrive in the post tomorrow (Tuesday). I really want to get started on it, but I feel very daunted by all this bloomin' calorie counting!! :rolleyes: :doh: It will be a steep learning...

:wavey:Hi Joanne - thanks for your welcome :)

Hi Irene - thanks for your welcome :wavey::)

Is there anyone out there who is also doing "Simple Solutions" or is just about to start? It is all new to me. I haven't dieted since my mid 20's (Cambridge Diet) so am very rusty when it comes to calories etc. Have just joined today to try and find others that may be on this 1,200 calorie...

RE:Not being in the right frame of mind....an extremely long and complicated story!! :rolleyes: Thanks for the tips though. I am not supposed to be on this topic. Don't know exactly where I will go now...but somewhere on the Exante forum :confused: Thanks for your welcome anyway xx :wavey:

Ok. Thankyou. Wonder why I am on my own though? Surely there must be others who have a BMI less than 25 and/or have an illness? :wavey:

Oh wow! I am so jealous of you being able to run like that! That must be wonderful! Well...I ordered the Exante packs on Friday night, so I am hopeful they will arrive tomorrow. Am not really in the right frame of mind, but am gonna' try anyway :rolleyes:. Oh no...don't think I will make a...

Ok...sorry. Am new to all this. When I look at all the other low calorie diets it's easy to see the separate sub-forums, but for Exante there are only three sub forums: -Exante Diaries -Exante Total Solutions -Exante Recipes Do you think it would be possible for someone to add "Exante...

Good Grief!!!! :eek: I have just looked at your diet progress photographs...they are AMAZING!!!! You are literally half the person you were!!! That's incredible! Well done!! :party0011::party0011:

Hi :wavey: Yes, I know what you mean about the cold. I suffer from the cold very badly. It is not a great time for me to be starting a diet, for many reasons, the cold being one of them, but I got the idea in my head about 2 weeks ago, and thought I had better go for it, while I still had that...

Hi Starlight - No, I put it on the Maintenance Forum because there doesn't appear to be anywhere else to put it. That's what I was meaning in my first post: When you look at the other low calorie diets, they all have a seperate section for the higher calorie versions. ie. -Cambridge Diet 1000...

Hi - yes...3 shakes and one 600 calorie meal = 1,200 calories

I just joined today, but am now a bit disappointed that I cannot find anyone who is doing the Exante Simple Solutions diet. It is 1,200 calories a day and is meant for people with a BMI of under 25. My BMI is 22.6 and I also suffer from M.E. so following the advice, I am not permitted to do the...

Hi Starlight - thanks for the quick reply. Am still not sure where to look for posts relating to Exante Simple Solutions?? I think I have found the main forum bit, but there are 100's of posts there. How would I find people who are on the Simple Solutions if it isn't classed under the main...

Hello everyone :wavey: Have just joined tonight. Feeling very lost and alone, as I seem to be the only one on here doing the "Simple Solutions" version of Exante? I am not allowed to do the very low calorie version of Exante as my BMI is 22.6 and I am also am ill with M.E. Bit of a bummer...

Hi Starlight - I have only just joined this site and am pretty lost to be honest with you! I was reading the forum on Exante a couple of days ago, and want to congratulate you on your amazing weight lose! Well done! However, I can't find a forum to join in with as the Exante diet that I am soon...