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well done steeleee what a great start. Cant wait to see your official weigh in numbers!

wow what a range of likes and dislikes. It looks like Mushroom is most disliked and Chocolate and Strawberry is either loved or hated! I had Thai chicken for dinner and put a sweetener in it (as someone suggested) but definitely prefer it without! Looking forward to porridge for brekkie...

Pilates! I had a 1:1 session today, the first time I have ever done pilates. I loved it. It was great to feel how strong I am am in some places and lack strength in others. It was nice to concentrate on breathing...simple I know but actually really important, and also the whole feeling of...

Just wondered how all the maintainers use Exante products to help them transition between TS to normaility? Have you done 1,2, or 3 products a day and then reduced? What do you have? When do you have it? Just interested to see how LONG TERM people are relying on Exante.

Hi all, I just received my porridge and Thai chicken to add to my shakes a bars. Really pleased to have found 2 more varieties that I really like.:D It got me thinking about how all of our tastes are sooo different and thought it would be fun to list our favourites to see what others like...

Similar. Happier, full of energy, more patience, positive and what is it about the cleaning bug? My house is shining today!

Thanks guys, I really do need to kick my scales habit! Glad to know I couldnt have gained 1lb of fat overnight! Right I need to decided properly when my weigh in day is and lock the scales away til then. Luckily it has not made me want to eat! It has made me determined to stick at it and...

Hi All, Some major encouragement needed today. I had been sooo good, 3 magic packs a day and have managed to gain a pound overnight! ugh. I of course belong to the scale hoppers anonymous club, and cant stop weighing every day. But have so far lost or sts every day since I started...

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Given the amount of exercise you are doing and the very few cals you are eating, perhaps a chat with a personal trainer/ nutritionist would be wise. I can imagine many average dieters would be burning 1200 kcals a day....you probably need some expert advice. Good luck with everything.

Sounds like you have had a great start, well done. I wonder if you have found putting a sweetner in the shakes helps? I do for all of them. I dont like the chocolate one. To me it smells like mould! So I mix it with Coffee and it is ok. I find the worst thing is to heat the soups in the...

Sending love and luck to you, Tuesday is a great day for changing your world. Big or small, better to look foxy in vintage chic with glossy hair and good make up, than like some (me included) also battling the bulge but who do not bother at all! The key is to keep going, even when food...

Just thought I would update this thread. I am now down 12lbs in the last 2 weeks. With 2lbs to go to hit my first stone! This is the lightest I have been in a good long while and I am enjoying the looser clothes and energy levels. What is different this time? Exante for one, and the second...

Well hello campers! I have been away since October the move became more and more stressful and Exante fell apart despite my best efforts. I then decided to leave it until after Xmas as I knew settling in and then naughty food would make it all too much. But a couple of days ago I sorted...

Hi Kizzle, sorry to hear you have to give up Exante, but sounds like your on the right track now with your meds. Good Luck.

Funny how it works isnt it and what makes us sabotage ourselves. I have the Tesco ultraslim bars at the mo, which are fine, but the chocolate flavour makes me want to eat more after it. It must be a little trigger for me. Where as the shakes are really 'comforting', scary I know! But the...

Well following yesterdays nightmare, I am feeling better, back in K at last and full of energy....which is great for packing. I am also 2lb down so happy with that. meaning I am out of the 220's! I have 3 more lbs to loose for my first stone, so will be guzzling the water and walking a lot...

Well today has been the most stressful day in a good few years. The house move had a slight glitch which meant that at the final hour the date agreed has had to be on a date when my husband has no choice but to be at work. He is a head teacher and their is an inspection at his school. So I...

How you doing today Kizzle?

Good luck NT with the 4 week challenge. I am doing an October Challenge at the moment. I think my challenge for October has now changed to 100% TS. Eating on Friday messed me up big time. I am desperate to get back into K at this point. PLan had been to eat once a week, but not sure it will...

Hi NT, Have been guzzling the water today, and peeing for England....always a good sign. I have been struggling with the chocolate shake recently, ever since my hubby said it smelt like mould! :confused: I have tried it with coffee, hot, cold, thick, thin etc etc. But tonight I stuck a...

Hmmn so I havent lost any more weight since Friday. I am 9lb down in about 10 days. I was rubbish with water intake over the weekend and definitely could do with going to the toilet, maybe that was it. Also I ate some chicken breast yesterday! Naughty. So again, maybe that is it. Either...

I havent seen the final yet, but I am gutted I thought Holly should have won. I am really surprised that Jo did. I have a cupcake maker! OMG it is a nightmare. I havent touched it since my Exante start. I think it is safer that way. I am having a few days off 25th, 26th and 27th of Oct as...

wow, amazing!

Good Luck on your journey! Wow for keeping it off. I am doing another VLCD (Exante) and loving it and the quick progress but worried it will pile back on when I stop. Do you have any secrets?

oops, thats exactly how I feel to! I am starving right now. I think I came out of K, from eating on Friday and have been knackered and hungry today. Still trying to get back in! I have been working in the house non stop this weekend trying to declutter and chuck as much as possible to make...

Send my hugs and positive thoughts Kizzle. I am a PCOS sufferer and have 3 kids, 2 of which were unplanned. There is always a chance. As much as it may feel hopeless now, you are doing the right things. Taking action to get yourself as healthy as you can by loosing weight which can only help...

Congrats on the 2lb down and fingers crossed all goes well with the meeting at work. Well done for celebrating your birthday, sounds like great fun. If you get back on the wagon straight away I am sure it will do little damage in the long run. Happy Anniversary!

Eventful couple of days...lol well not really. I got hold of the ultraslim bars, they are ok, not as nice as the Exante ones, but cheaper and nice to have some chocolate. I also picked up 6 Biggest looser ones as they were 37p each! clearance. No wonder they were 37p they were horrid! Well...

Hi Emily, just wanted to send you hugs. You can and will do this. As you know that day 4 is you trigger try a couple of things for me. 1. dont get on the scales at all until day 7. That way you can be complacent about losses over the first few days, 2. Focus on getting beyond day 3 or 4...

well done ladies. I promise the first few days are tough, the hunger! But by about day 5, I was nesting...it felt a bit like you do a few weeks before you give birth! I wanted to clean and declutter. So much energy and really enjoyed my kids...and being so patient with them. I have continued...

honk!

I am virtually t-total and hubby never ever drinks. So alchohol has zero appeal.....luckily! I dont normally have any sauce on the kebab so wont tomorrow either. Just meat and salad. Fingers crossed I stay in K. As I dont want to spend the weekend starving! Dont worry, I will do 3 magic...

OMG I just caught the last 2 minutes of The Great British Bake off! :break_diet: It has made me want cake!

I was tempted to do another shake a couple of days ago, but managed to hold it off with a cup of tea. I would consider it rather than eat. And like Katie says it is still considered VLCD at 800kcals

You have had some great responses about the work thing, so I will try to help with the eating thing. I had to eat only 2 days into Exante. It was a chinese buffet on a hen night! For gawd sake what a thing to break TS for! Well I have still managed 7lbs in a week. Dont worry! Just go...

Apologies for the shockingly awful last post with 101 typos and funky size fonts??? Today I am in the 15's woot woot! I am sooooo happy. I am loving this diet. But I am trying to solve the case of the mystery hand rash and ever changing taste buds? Over the weekend I noticed a few little...

Ali you are doing amazing juggling Exante working nights and exercise. There is only one direction those scales can go in if you stick with it. Call it computer error! As long as you do the smae today and tomorrow as you have all week you will loose! Keep going...and rambling, it is great. :)

So today continues with the increased energy levels, which is actually really fun! And I am much less moody too. I didnt realise I was until feeling the difference now. I bought another new dress for my cousins wedding yesterday. And it was a bargain at £25. I had bought a dress from...

you have come so far, you can do this! Dont give up. You can and will get to target! Best of Luck!

Well this afternoon things got really hard and I was really hungry. I was so tempted to have an extra packet. But I resisted. I had a coffee and 2 glasses of water instead which bought me and extra two hours before my evening shake which I have just had now. Chocolate. Which I was slightly...

Hi Born to fly, Thanks for the advice. I like your signature. WHat is the secret to maintaining? I was considering slimming world once I reach goal on Exante to try to find a way of maintaining. Is that a good idea?

Hi all On Friday night Hubby and I have either a date night or one of us goes out with friends. We take turns. I dont want to do an AAM week as it will send me wild! So going to aim to do one meal a week on a Friday night. As this is always going to be the hardest one. Hubby is already...

Hi NT You have inspired me to go swimming. I am just off to look for an aquarobics class! And will have to buy a cozzie, as mine is size 12. It have been that long since I have been swimming! lol:8855:

Thats a good idea NT, I am a bit dim really I ordered a shakes only pack and really should have got a shake and bars pack. I so far have been doing a bar for breakfast on the go, then 2 shakes. But am down to my last 2 bars!

Hi all Well today I am feeling really good. definitely in K I think. I am full of energy and dotn have the ups and downs of my previous carb fuelled day. Having a steady stream of energy is fab. Yesterday I struggled as I felt like I had a urine infection, but by the end of the day I was...

congrats on your weight loss so far!

That was good, I had to sign for mine, so knew I would have to go to the depot if I wasnt in to take delivery. I just have to get rid of some soups I have from my initial variety pack.

I am going to make fridays my weigh in day. Morning of course!

Hi ya, of all the things about changing onto this diet, my new toilet habits have been the hardest to get used to! I started the first too days with really uncomfortable bloating, day 3 was constipation swiftly followed by what you are experiencing now! today (day 5) I have what appears to be...

I ordered a pack of 100 mixed shakes on Friday and have been anticipating their arrival ever since. It was hard this morning as I had to substitute a Exante shake for a slimfast shake as I only had scary soups left and I dont "do" the soups. Anyway relief has arrived as I just signed for my...

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Cuppa at 7am Bar 9.30am (after school run) 1 litre of water between brekkie and lunch Shake 1.30pm more water cuppa at 4pm 2nd shake at 6.30pm More water cuppa at 10pm before bed. I find a cup of tea or coffee will fill me up and stop any grumbles! I do have a splash of...

well done FF. That is amazing weightloss! I also love your TV choices!

Well today has been easier but harder, if that is possible. I feel like I have a urine infection. Yuk. Which is driving me mental. Pee-ing every 10 mins, and almost nothing. Really sore. I am drinking for England. But it is not fun. On a positive note there is no hunger pangs at all so...

Hi Sammy, so your in the coloured cob club too! I also just notice we are the same height and have the same target. I think I started 6lb's heavier than you though!

Hi NT, loving the diary, I hope I can stick to it as religiously as you! Good luck and keep going!

Hi Kizzle, you are doing great. I am really keen to get more shakes and bars too. You are definitely best to avoid cooking for others! I am cooking for the family each day and then chugging a shake! lol!

Well I am pleased to have got through my first weekend TS! It was really hard yesterday as I was so hungry and so tired. But today I have been full of beans and not hungry. So full of beans I have managed to clear out 17 black bags of stuff from my house. We are moving in 2 weeks and we...

Opps sorry Zazu! I misread your post! 10 stone is a decent amount, but with all the support on the forum you will do great. Sammy nice to see another horse owner on here. I stopped riding about 4 months ago when I got to over 14.5 stone. I have a 15hh Gypsy cob, who is actually capable of...

hi Zazu thats great, 2 stone 10 is a comparatively small amount to loose than some. So with focus and dedication I am sure you will have it off in no time! I am knackered and starving today, day 5 feels like day 3 again. I think I hit Ketosis yesterday as I was full of beans and not hungry...

Hi Kizzle, I am so chuffed for you, that weight seems to be falling off. And you sound like your in Ketosis so lets hope every thing is easier now! Keep going!!!:D

Ok so it is the morning after the night before. The chinese buffet hen night I think may have caused me a serious set back. And it is only W1! I attempted a WS day to navigate the evening which had been planned for months. I enjoyed the last couple of flavours I had not yet tried. (chocolate...

Morning. Well this morning when I woke up I wasnt hungry. I was thirsty so downed a glass of water pretty quick. I have a fairly chilled day planned with my mum who is staying. Just the usual school runs, and house work and maybe a chance to go for a walk this afternoon, before this...

weird cravings! considering you dont like meat/veggie. I have a new challenge. My mum is staying for the weekend, she arrives tonight. Me and mum tend to be naughty together around food. Usual culprit is a bread pudding each from Greggs, or even worse a cheese and onion pasty. So that...

wow Kizzle, thats amazing! great incentive to keep going!

Loving the diary FF, you are doing great, and sound so determined!

Hi Kizzle and all Thats funny you dreaming about grapes. I think it is the bland taste of the food packs which maybe gets people to re-adjust their tastebuds. Funny but I agree, I really cant see myself diving in to a chinese anytime soon, though Kung Po chicken has always been a weakness of...

Hi Joey Nice to see you. I am on Day 3 so a little behind you. I would like to know the answers to your questions too. I am coping on black coffee by a splash of skimmed milk would make a huge difference! I cant do Coke zero as I get a bad reaction to Aspartame. I would love to find...

Just wondered if anyone had found a solution? I am in day 3 and super bloated. Tummy button down is pure wind, but nothing coming out! Help.

Keep going, you have done so well

sending positive thoughts for you now back on the packs!

Day 3 Hi folks. Well day 3 has kicked of positively. I had the yucky metallic taste in my mouth this morning, and last night had some bloating in the tummy area. So some Ketosis symptoms. I am terrible for weighing in daily, always have been, and so couldnt help myself this morning...

still have one more food pack to go yet, which is quite exciting. lol! I will try the vanilla blitzed with coffee, good idea. The only flavour I am not looking forward to is the mushroom soup. I am not a fan. still have plenty to do this eve, just normal mummy stuff. Just getting to the...

Thanks Kizzle, that is really the kind of support I need. Your difficult walking story also tugged at my heart strings. Well lets do this together. I think we are both in the right frame of mind at this point, and as hard as it will be it must be done, and done for ourselves. Today has...

thanks precious, day 2 has been harder than day one, but sticking with it!

Cant wait to ride my horse and not feel like I am squashing him. To not feel like I am apologising for my size everytime I step to the side of the pavement or room and let someone else through To not hurt everyday, knees, ankles, hips, back, to be able to run around and play with my kids. to not...

Hi folks, This is my first entry in what I hope will be my last attempt at a journey back to myself. I am 32, mum of 3, teacher, childminder and horse owner. I am today 16 stone 4, (yesterday +2lb's) I have set my goal of getting back to 10st 5lbs which for me at 5ft 4" is a comfortable...

Hi Rachel I just wanted to tell you, you have inspired me to start my own Exante journey. I have gained 6 stone in 10 years during which I had 3 children. I am 32 and I am looking forward to getting my life back. Good luck on the last leg of your epic journey. You are amazing!