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Today I had my week 6 weigh in and I have lost 3lbs this week which brings me to a total of 2 stone lost. I'm very pleased with that :) I received my Slim & Save samples and I love the spaghetti and the cottage pie. I wasn't so keen on their vanilla shake but their strawberry one is lovely...

Me too, I rarely get spots but past week I've got spots on my tummy, back of neck, back, tops of legs, face and arms. I was beginning to wonder if I'd caught something horrible but it looks like it's the diet. Not fun :(

Sorry to hear you've not been feeling good Katt, hope you feel better today xx I had my 6 week weigh in today and I'm down 3lbs which means I've lost 2 stone exactly, woohoo :D

Hmm I've been having a read about the Slim & Save VLCD tonight. I've got a few weeks worth of Exante products left but I'm considering getting some of their products to try and if I like them I might switch.

I had the really sweet batch in my first box of exante and they were lovely. Unfortunately, not only do the ones in my current box smell of damp and taste foul, they also give me really upset stomachs so I'm avoiding them all together now :(

Hi LD4Me - yes Exante said the same thing to me, that I should go to my doctor. The other shakes don't have any negative side effects on me so I'm convinced there is something wrong with the chocolate shake. That is, unless I've all of a sudden developed an allergy to cocoa powder which seems...

Well, today I had a mini slip up. It wasn't terrible or anything - a handful of salad leaves and a spoonful of coleslaw. So I'm not going to beat myself up about it but I'm still not too pleased about it either. It happened for 3 reasons: - 1. The past week I've been having thoughts about...

Woohoo, I've lost the weight of an average 2 year old :D

Well done to yesterdays weight losses :) I weighed in this morning and lost 4lbs so that's 25lbs after 5 weeks or 1 stone 11lbs, woohoo :D I also broke a stone barrier - now out of the 16s and into the 15s :bliss:

Thanks CM. I think a combination of the tongue problem I'm having along with the upset tummy and only having a 2lb loss last week has me a bit disheartened. I'm hoping a better result on Wednesdays weigh in will pick me up a bit.

Not quite slipping but the thoughts are sort of there **Warning - Mentions food and cravings** The past couple of days have been a wee bit....not so much harder but...different?....things have been tempting me in an indirect type of way if that makes sense. I've had a couple of food dreams...

Hi DQ yeah, I'm feeling better now thanks but it lasted all of Saturday, all of Sunday and through the early hours of Monday morning. Not fun at all!!! Exante emailed me back asking for the batch number of the shakes so I'll just wait and see what they say. I hope they replace them...

oh dear, that doesn't sound good LD4Me. I hope you are feeling better now, *hugs to you*. I emailed Exante last night so I think I'll avoid all of my chocolate shakes until I get a reply. Let me know if they get back to you too, if you can, I'd like to hear what they say xxx

Gurgly Tummy I'm onto my 2nd lot of Exante now. My first box contained the 'faulty' chocolate shakes which I thought were lovely and they quickly became my favourite shake. This 2nd box, the chocolate smells like mould and tastes pretty foul. Anyway, this batch of chocolate shake has my...

Well done!

I had hot flushes the first week too but they died down after a few days :)

Food and booze coming up soon... Two weeks from today it will be my birthday and the day after that I will be in London then come home on the Monday. The following Thursday is a work pay day after work drink thing. With all of this in mind I have decided that my add a meal week will start on...

Hey everyone, I weighed in today and lost 2lbs so that's 21lbs total in 4 weeks. I would have liked to have lost more but it is totm so hopefully I'll have a bigger loss next week. In saying that, it's still 2 of these :)

Weigh In Week 4 Well today I weighed in and have lost 2lbs. Not what I'd hoped for but it is my time of the month and that makes it 21lbs total in 4 weeks which is wonderful. Especially considering the fact it took 5 weeks to lose 9lbs on Weight Watchers so I'm happy. The goal for next week...

Lumpy tongue? Hmm, well I'm assuming this is a side effect of being on exante; I have enlarged circumvallate papillae or more commonly known to us all as enlarged tastebuds at the back of my tongue. It's awfully annoying! It started over a week ago when I felt like I had some dust stuck at...

Yuk I have a night class on a Tuesday night so I have my shake around 9.30pm instead of 8.15pm. I was incredibly hungry for it tonight and had been thinking "mmm chocolate shake when I get in" cos it's my favourite. Well, it was my favourite but now I'm realising I must have had the faulty...

The Leslie Sansone "Walk Away The Pounds" dvds are good. I'm incredibly uncoordinated and they consist of just 4 steps along with using hand weights. You feel like you've done a good workout at the end of it despite it not sounding as energetic as other dvds.

Wow Cybill, very inspiring, well done and keep it up! :)

I think there's lots of good advice here and not much else can be added really. I've had 2 family birthdays since starting exante and I didn't come off it at all. My own birthday is coming up in a few weeks and it will be my add a meal week. I was going to allow myself some cake but I don't...

I did my measurements today and have another inch off my tummy which is good :) This week I have reclaimed 1 top, 2 pairs of work trousers and 1 pair of jeans from the cupboard of clothes that got too small!!! I have another 2 pairs of work trousers that fasten up and are fine on the legs but...

I've had a weight problem for years and have tried loads of diets. These diets have been successful but I never stuck them out long enough to get down to goal weight. I'd go from 15 stone to 12 stone and not bother with the last 2 and a half stone I needed to lose then it would all just creep...

By my 2nd week I started getting comments that my face is thinner and I can see it myself; my jaw line and cheek bones have started making an appearance again. At the same time a pair of work trousers started falling off me and a coat that I couldn't fully close, never mind button up could...

1 meal Well last night I ate a meal. I planned it in advance. The main reason for it was that seeing as I'm putting off add a meal week to start on my 7th week on exante, I figured it could be a good idea to have 1 meal during my 4th week when I'm supposed to be adding a meal anyway. Also...

Hey everyone, hope everyone is having a good week. I weighed in today and lost 4lbs so that's 19lbs total in 3 weeks :)

Comments Quite a few folk in work commented on my face being thinner today :D That's all, too tired to type any more, bedtime methinks :zz:

Well done for sticking to TS 100% especially with baking and attending an event where there's loads of food and drink around! It's amazing, when we're not dieting, how we would do these things and overindulge because it was the done thing. More and more this diet is making me realise that...

Obsession? When I went to the doctor in July to ask what he thought of me doing a VLCD he said he was all for it. He then went on to tell me that any diet will work so long as I'm "rigid and stick to routines". As an aside he also said the people who tend to do best at dieting are people who...

honk :)

Aww sorry to hear about your day 4 but you didn't let it stop you on the diet and that's the imortant thing! I hope you managed to stay strong at the party. Good luck with next week, it'll be easier than the first week so keep at it!

Well done, you look great :)

Hormone contraceptives give me constant periods so it might just be that being on mirena is doing it. As soon as I stopped using hormone contraceptives my periods just became normal. Not sure what they are like on Exante as I started the diet the same day my period started. Only thing I...

Take it out to your back garden/front step and weigh on a paving stone there? Lol maybe not so good in the rain but if you do it early enough in the morning there will be nobody about to see :p

Hahaha yep, running to the loo will defo help avoid the theatre ice cream!

Today I finished reading "Why We Get Fat" by Gary Taubes after purchasing it when I read someone on minimins recommending it. It made a lot of sense. It promotes low carb diets and it gave a lot of information about how weight loss information put forward currently by the government and media...

Thanks for this :)

I agree with what you say about the smoking addiction and having to face food every day. That's what makes it so hard. I think the key to eating again is thinking about quality food that is good for your body and that you enjoy eating along with eating in moderation. I've been thinking a lot...

Personally, I find the banana and strawberry shakes require a sweetener to enhance the flavour otherwise they don't taste of very much. I have tried hot vanilla with coffee and hot chocolate shake but never again, I really didn't like the flavours. I add ice to my shakes to cool them down. I...

I'm going to do add a meal week, but like everyone else it will be protein with vegetable meals. Whilst I haven't done it yet, I think it will be good preparation for when I stop exante. My forthcoming AAM weeks will fall on my birthday, my mums birthday, thanksgiving (bfs mother is American...

good luck yummymummy2b :) I'm from Glasgow (well, near it) too! We are the same height and I was 6lbs heavier than your start weight when I started but I definitely expect to lose around 4 stone by xmas. You can do it if you stick to it :)

Well done on the loss LastDiet4Me!! Been thinking about the target reward thing...there's a deal website doing a hot stone massage, facial and use of spa facilities at the Glasgow Hilton that would be valid until the end of February. I should either be at target then or very nearly at it so...

Well, this has been one long week. I'm so glad it's Friday tomorrow!! Tonight I went to the pub after work for someones leaving do and I wasn't tempted by the booze or all the food they were eating. I had a sparkling water with ice and a straw and was fine. I don't fancy going on a proper...

Congrats to all the folk with weight losses today :)

Well I had an Asda chocolate and toffee measure up bar today for lunch and it was lovely so I think I'll just be buying a box of shakes next and asda bars. I really don't like the exante bars and find it incredibly hard to eat them so I think the rest will be going in the bin unless I can find...

Second weigh in today and I'm down 5lbs, that's 15lbs total, woohoo :)

Honk :) 2nd weigh in tomorrow, woo.

Honk :)

Well I had another not so great day at work but it hasn't shaken me from the diet. Instead I had a moan about it to my bf, got a cuddle then decided to think on the positives. My job is a stepping stone to the real job I want so it's not going to last forever anyway, just gotta stick it out...

lol might join in on the blue tongue craze too :)

Money It's amazing how much richer I am just not buying food. I spend £30-£40 per week on coffee and lunches for work then eat out once or twice per week spending around £15 - £30 a time. Not to mention weekend wine, trip to the pub, buying special food in for the weekend etc. So I treated...

Good luck yumymumy. You've had a good loss so far, keep it up!

Honk! Nearly the end of day 11 and no slip ups :D

I did couch to 5k a few years ago and was doing well until I damaged my ankle. It's better now so I think I might start it again soon now that I'm back losing weight as well.

woohoo, well done on your loss and enjoy your hols.

sounds like you're doing well. have a good weekend :)

good luck Kez :)

Don't know about it being the best or what but I'm using the new Garnier Body Intensive 7 Days Replenishing lotion and it's making my skin feel lovely. I've got the Mango Oil one but they do a shea butter one which is what I think I'll get next.

Well it's the weekend and I'm feeling better. Did some measurements today and I'm down an inch or two all over which is good. Considering going to Asda tomorrow to see if they have any of the other meal replacement bars mentioned on here. It'd be nice to have a new flavour.

Day 11 for me, hope everyone is having a lovely weekend :)

Thanks lastdiet4me :) I think I'm just having a stressful week and it's taking it's toll. I'm dying for the weekend! There's a chance we'll get out of work early tomorrow as our office is getting painted so here's hoping the workmen arrive early :)

Having a bit of a crappy day today with the diet. Been feeling hungry and dizzy and bleh. But....I tried on a jacket I couldn't close 2 weeks ago and it now closes, yaaaay :D

Hey everyone, I'm not having a good day today. Getting times of extreme hunger and feeling a bit weak/can't concentrate. It's ok now I'm home from work and I'm not tempted to come off it or anything but this is the first time it's happened and it's not nice :( Think I'll be having an early...

Well this is the beginning of week 2. I'm very pleased with week 1s weight loss. In saying that, I'm not feeling too wonderful in general. Work has been incredibly hectic this week plus I worked overtime on Monday and Tuesday so today it felt like the week should be over already instead...

Weighed in this morning and lost 10lbs! :) That's me now under 17 stone for the first time in just over a year.

First weigh in today and lost 10lbs!!! :D

Aww I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. Well done on getting through a tough day and managing to stay 100%

Well done on the losses today everyone. My first weigh in is tomorrow, can't wait to step on the scales :)

Well done Lellylion :D

Lol Katt that is funny. Woohoo, it's day 7 and weigh day for me tomorrow morning :) Hope everyone is doing well this week.

Well that's day 6 almost over and another good day on the diet :) I tried the mushroom soup today and it was much nicer than the vegetable one so I think I'll get more of it. Not much else to report except that I'm feeling good and looking forward to my Wednesday morning weigh in :)

My TOTM started the day I started the diet, not fun. At least you should get a loss once it's over :)

I started on Wednesday there and I didn't do very much. In the week running up to the diet I was eating some of my favourite foods as I've found in the past if I was craving something before the diet and didn't have it once I'd started then it would be all I could think about during the diet...

Good luck, will look forward to reading about your losses :)

Well done, you're doing well!

Yeah I've read that, it was the metal taste in mouth and cold feet that spurred me on to do the test so I think I'm in it for sure. That and the lack of being hungry at all :)

Ooh, forgot to add, I tested last night and I'm defo in ketosis :)

My official weigh day isn't until Wednesday but I had a sneaky peak at the scales this morning and I've lost 9lbs so far! I'm really looking forward to Wednesday now :) This morning I tried a warm vanilla shake with coffee. I made the mistake of adding sweetener and it was waaaay too sweet...

Well done, you're doing well :)

Hi lastdiet4me :) During the week when working I've been having a shake around 8am, a bar and some coke zero at 1ish, a cup of bouillon when I get home from work around 5.30ish, a can of Dr Pepper Zero in between then shake/soup at around 8pm. I have a constant cup of water at my desk that I...

Good luck with it :)

Yeah I'm thirsty a lot too, especially so straight after a shake.

I tried the blackcurrant water flavouring the other night and thought it was horrible. I read someone on this forum liken it to that cystitis medicine stuff that you mix with water and I think I'd have to agree with that. Tis a pity, I'd really like to find a nice diluting juice to make up my...

Sound like you're doing well :) I started the day after you and feel much the same about not missing food, it's awesome cos I thought I was gonna be walking around feeling starving and weak all the time and it's totally not the case. Have a good weekend :)

Morning everyone :) Well this is the beginning of day 4 for me and it's the weekend so I gotta keep myself busy. Not got a very exciting Saturday planned - just driving home from the boyfriends place and tidying up my place then watching a movie or two later but at least it'll keep me busy...

Had a wee lie in this morning and had a dream about having a salad roll and the night before I had a dream where apples featured regularly throughout. The only things I have craved during the day have been apples for some reason. At least the cravings I'm getting are healthy ones!! In saying...

Hey everyone, thanks for the encouragement. I just had the vegetable soup and....well I suppose it's edible! It's ok to begin with but there's an after taste I don't like. I'm getting rid of that taste with a can of Dr Pepper Zero for dessert. I think if I were to have the soup again I'd...

I started Exante on Wednesday and decided it's about time I started a diary for my progress and to type in for when I require a distraction. Some details about me, I've got about 100lbs to lose. I'm 29 next month which makes me 30 next year and I have got it in my head that I want to look...

Well done :)

That's day 2 mostly complete and it was easier than day 1. I even sat in the staff room today whilst everyone ate their lunch and I wasn't tempted one bit :)

Well that's day 1 successfully completed, off to bed now and feeling positive about the diet :)

Well so far so good, I'm in work and it's an hour until hometime. Someone brought in a cake after lunch and I resisted it despite folk trying to tempt me! :)

Hi everyone, I started today. I had my first shake this morning and it was nice so all good so far :)

Well I'm starting this tomorrow. I've just been to Morrisons and stocked up on fizzy water, peppermint tea, bouillon powder and dr pepper zero. Got some bubble bath and a magazine to help with distractions too. :)

Thanks for the welcome everyone, good luck to you all in your weight loss too :)

I don't start the diet until Wednesday but so far my family and OH are very supportive. It's the people at work I worry about, I have told 2 people from there and 1 was positive about me starting it and the other was all "oh you don't want to do that, you'll never stick it" which was a bit of a...

:sign0144: :newbie: Hello everyone, my name is Ellie, I'm 28 and live close to Glasgow, Scotland. I have my pack already and I'm starting the Total Solution diet on Wednesday of this coming week. I have around 8 stone to lose. I have never tried a VLCD before but I have calorie counted and...