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So today is the start of my latest attempt to the creation to a new me. I am really going to try to maintain it this time. To get me in back the flow I am going to start with working solutions, before venturing back on total solution.. Wish me luck.. This is my third attempt at Exante, so I...

Time to do this again... Need to put the errors of the past year behind me and jump back on this... I will ease into this slowly after my new year celebrations. New Year new beginings... Wish me luck.

I am back from my two week holiday in the West Indies.. Tried to do an impro version of working solution, and if I dont say so myself it wasn't too babe, loads of fresh fish and veg!! even tho i still managed to shed another 7". Went swimming in the hypnotic caribbean sea every single morning...

Thanks for your well wishes.. Went for a check up today and my BP is in the Ideal range for the first time in 3 years.. yeah!! Things are looking good!!

Will I am fastly growing out of my size 24's can believe it!! 2 size gone already.. Not managing to keep 100% everyday, but hey ho, im still losing inches!! Gonna up my excersize how im a lot more agile and full of beans.. thinking of doing Zumba and Boxercise... might even through in some...

Welcome aboard babe, i wish you every success with your Exante journey x

Ok, so its another weekend and I feel so positive about it for a change. Gonna be moving house soon so I need to start packing, this is going to be hard as I am a little bit of a horder. I can not take all my worldly goods with me so really have to let go of some of it! The diet this week...

I hear you Jen, I do so well during the week.. It's just when I hit the weekend, I realise how much I used to fill my time by eating... I have an action pack weekend this week so it shouldnt be so bad.. This week has been a better week for me, I have had 2 complements on the weight I have...

I Offically hate the weekend. I need to invest in a hobby or something..

Well done girly, you have done amazingly and really transformed yourself.. Keep it up x

I want to wear stunning dresses I long to be able to by clothes/shoes that are in season & look good in them I want to be able to run I want to eradicate my GERD I want to stop taking medication for my BP I want to not bust in a sweat/loose my breath from the slightest movement I want my bras to...

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Hi, I have lost 18lbs Since the 6th.. Had a few false starts but back on track..

Welcome Jade and good luck on your Exante Journey x

Hi, I was wondering if anybody has used any MSM Products or Supplements to aid elacticity in skin, whilstyon this diet???? What I really need to know is does it work??

Meloncholy setting in again, but I think imma resist... Doing so good, need to maintain this feeling!

Today has been a struggle.. I not hungry but keep trying to convince myself that I am.. looks like its another 100% day for me!! Yay me!! Need to learn how to contain my new found energy tho lol...

You will be fine!! This forum is an excellent release...

Thank you all for your words of encouragement.. I have stopped wallowing in self pity! I'm back on TS and doing good and the scales are once again singing my song!! I have placed an order for the book recommended.. I am going to give it a go and hope that it will enable me to think differently...

Feeling great again, another 100%.. Hunger has subsided again.. Really going to take this one day at a time!! I know I can do this!

Good Luck, u can do it!

Refuelled and ready for the challenge again..

HELP ME BEFORE I BECOME A VICTIM TO MY EMOTIONS I have been through a trying few day and resorted back to bad/old habits and started to emotionally eat, which has blown me right out of ketosis.. I tried to abstain today but have found it very hard to complete and gave in to my hunger... I...

I have not been on here for a while as I have been going through a very emotional time and in times like this, I eat!! Im not trying to make excuses but it's the truth.. I have not been making bad food choices however I have completly blown myself out of ketosis... I feel like such a...

Hi, all just wanted to update ive lost 16lb since 6/6/11.. Been a rollercoaster but getting there slowly...

That's fantastic keep it up!!

Weird feeling.. I'm in a constant mental battle... Its scary!! Trying to be positive even tho its hard.. such an emotional roller coaster... Here I face another weekend.. & I am so determined to make a better success of it than I did last week... I know that this weeks weigh in is going to...

I wish I had taken a before pic now!! As i now have to go on a hunt for one's when i was at my biggest! I can tell my body have changed in the time i have been on this and im loving it... Need to find some suitable distractions from my food thoughts.. they are driving me crazy... Thanks...

Hi, Please do let me know what the BL bars are like.. I am thinking to incorporate them into mu diet as well.. Hope everyone is fine x

Thanks for that!! I didn't take any pictures, but think I am going to.. However, I have been taking my measurements.. To date I have lost 8".. So shocked!! I hope that this remains consistant!! How is it going with you?

Day 9 Today has been a bit of a roller coaster, I didn't know whether I was coming or going.. I dnt know, I seemed a bit bipola, fluctuating from high and lows.. Anywho, imma take it in my stride!! Noticed I had to keep pulling up my trousers today... I think it's time to dig out my...

Good on you Nic, you will be fine! This diet takes alot of adjusting, therefore the odd hicup can be expected! keep focused on your goals and you will be fine... It was a struggle but so worth it!!

Day 8 Gonna keep this short and sweet.. I Lost 1 flipping stone in a week!!! Yay me...

Glad you all are well, and keeping the faith... Well I weight in today and have lost flipping 13.6lb!! Yay me!! If that is not a possitive start to week 2 than I do not know what is!! If I can do 1 week, then I most certainly can do another...

Hi, Thanks for that @ Jen Jen Hiya Amzie, I am on day 7 of TS and can't believe im enjoying it.. had a rough few days, but I finally feel on top of the world!! You will be fine just keep your goal in sight, and with tiny foot steps/each day at a time you will surely get there x

Maybe I didnt realise how soon I would see a change.. Ive gotta a hell ova lot of fat to melt so, I thought It would be a while.. how wrong was I? More of the same please.. I seem to be loosing it from my legs and shoulders... I want me tummy to shrink.. but they do say patience is a virtue and...

Day 7 I have discovered a very harsh reality this weekend!! I am a serial picker!! I do not even realise I am doing it half the time.. I keep finding little things in my mouth.. The joke is, I am not even the slightest bit hungry or have any desire for the things ive put in my mouth (within...

Hi guys, how are you all doing??

Day 6 Ok, so I am awake extremely early, and feeling bright eyed and busy tailed! Not good as that gives me more hours to fight the temptations of the day!! Really dreading having to be a domestic goodess this weekend. Food shoping is going to be a real test (Mental Tourture infact), as I go...

I have just read your diary back to back and you have done wonderfully well, i am totally amazed and dispite everything you seen to simply take it all in your stride... Im looking forward now to achieving some of those big arse losses my self!! Bring it on x

Hi Jen, I have sat hear for the past 2 hours and completed your diary to date... I can not believe that you have remained faithfull to this diet, dispite all of your trials & tribulations since you started your Exante journey.... You are a true inspiration, & hope that I can use you as a...

Thanks for that ladies, I must admit I feel as though I have a right spring in my step 2day!! Way hay... How are you all 2day? How did you do it? Whats the secret? im slowly leaving my 24's I am hoping to see a drastic change by November.. i hope that i can stick to it... Do you have a...

Day 5 Well, top of the Morning to you, I feel really well today, FINALLY... Got that Friday feeling and alsorts.. lol I must admit i am a slight bit aprehensive about the weekend, without having work as a distraction?? How am i going to cope, cooking all those meals for my family & knowing i...

Hi all, hows it going? I am feeling a lot better today? Just need to up my water... I am worried about the weekend tho, at least when i am at work i am constantly distracted... When, im home 7 bored i eat!! So I am hoping that the weather is good, so that I can go out and tire myself out! this...

Ploughing?? thats an understatment.. I feel so very awful today!! Gonna gets me an early nite I think and forget about my troubles... Lol How are you all today??

Hi, its good to know cus I feel ever so awful today!! How Is it going for you all?

Hi all glad to read you are well.. I was gonna invest in the Ketosticks, but don't think im gonna bother now (don't need anything else in my life to obsess about).. I am really struggling with the water still, and I don't know why!! I usually drink about 2/3 ltrs a day, but finding that I am...

Day 4 Feeling ever so tired today... Got a horrible pain deep in my leg & Started TOTM ealier than usual so think I am going to have an early nite me thinks.. Cravings seem to have seriously eased today, and dnt feel as fuzzy as I did for the first 3days.. On a positive note I weighed my...

Hi All, It's wonderful to read all of your successes.. I am on day 3 and feeling a little fuzzy but hey ho the end result is going to be so worth it.. How are you all coping with the water intake??

Hi, How is everyone coping today?? I feel a little bit better and getting used to being hungry... When the Ketosis lark gonna kick in?? How are you coping with the water intake?? any hints, tips or tricks to share?? Welcome, and good luck x

I hear you loud and clear and I do take no offense whatso ever... I feel a little bit better today, but still a bit fuzzy.. My BMI is huge just like me, and to be honest I really need to drop some weight and fast!! I honestly want to start as I mean to go on and abstain from all food until my...

I hope I have the strength & will power to do exactly that... How are you finding your journery to a better looking, healther you??

Day 3 Ok, well I feel ever so proud of my self 2 day, as I have not allowed myself to be slightly bothered by wanting to eat, don't get me wrong I am starving but really not paying any attention to it!! Felt really wozzy when I woke up but feeling absolutly fantastic right now, I wonder if I...

Hello, & I hope you all are well. Thanks for your good advise! I have been walking like this for about 2-3 month. However, I do feel everso wobbly and dizzy, which I put down to the diet as I am on Day 2 of TS... If this persists I may need to up my intake a little, as I can't be feeling...

Day 2 My mind is playing awful tricks on me today, and that little devil inside my head keeps telling me to eat.. Go on just a little bite it wont hurt you.. I just wanna shout shut up I am not eating anything I am the way I am today because I keep listening to you!!!, but scared people will...

Yeah, the more the merrier.. this is going to be be one steep hill to climb but im sure it will be easier with the support of this group... How is it going for everyone.. Today has been a bit better for me, just want the hunger pangs to ease.. Looking forward to being in ketosis!!

Hi, I am slowly completing my first day of TS... I was wondering if it is ok to do excercise so soon into the diet.. Reason being is that I have to walk for 1 1/2hr a day to work and back.. Is this advisable??

Day 1 Well today is my first day and it's going okish so far... I can't lie I am so very very starving!! & keep getting little devilish thoughts encouraging me to take a bite of this and that... However, I have not succumbed to these temptations!! Honestly I am ravished tho (even cardboard...

Count me in.. I started TS today and finding it a little challenging.. However, I am determined to lose the excess, plus I love a good challenge so im game...

Hello 1 & All, Thanks for all your well wishes.. It's reasuring to know that I will not be enduring this journey alone.. I have never done a VLCD before so I just dnt know what to expect... Well today is my first day and it's going okish so far... I can't lie I am so very very starving!! &...

Hi, I start on Exante tomorrow and I am completly new to this diet & do not know what type of weight loss to expect... Would it be to late to join this challenge? If not, please put me down for 15lb. Cheers

Hi xConfusedx, That would be great, I will look out for the request, may take me a while as im only just getting the hang of how this site works, being a Newbie... So this is your first day? how is it going so far?? Have you ever done TFR diets before?? I havn't this is the first time, & I...

Hi, I will be starting TS tomorrow and would like to see if anyone would like to buddy me on this journey..