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Thanks, two days now and still going strong but I think the third day is always one of the hardest.

Thanks everyone. So I was still unwell this weekend but feeling well enough to start today so this is now day 1 for me and the first day of my journey to a healthier, happier me.

Thanks for the support everyone, that's definitely one of the best things about this forum. Unfortunately I've had to push my start date back to Saturday due to picking up a bug and I feel that restricting my calorie intake while I'm unwell will reduce the amount of energy my body needs to fight...

Hello everyone, I’m back again and starting total solution again tomorrow. I haven’t done it for a long time and put back on any of the weight I lost before due to at first being unable to exercise and then becoming very depressed and then just generally being lazy and not eating healthily or...

Hello Ladies, well it's day two for me and things are going well so far. I do feel bloody hungry but it's manageable and I'm in the right frame of mind again to have a real go of it this time. I'm looking forward to being in ketosis by the end of the week and weighing in on Sunday.

Good luck Jim, I live with a mental illness myself which is now under control so first of all congratulations for getting that sorted. Exante really does work and you'll get lots of support on here as well. All the best, James

Hello, Not been on here for a couple of weeks. Sadly the diet has gone out of the window the past two weeks with all the travelling and meetings I've had to do for my new job as well as sorting out my notice with my current employer so I'm back on the diet starting again tomorrow. Things are a...

For those of you wanting the cooking instructions for these I've managed to eventually find them on here, so here you go. Add very small amounts of cold water until it looks like a thick paste like cake mix. Then spoon out onto baking tray dividing it into any sizes you like and bake at 150...

Hi Chezz, I'm good thanks, how is everything going with you?

Hello Martyn, good luck to you too!

Hi Pup, good luck with your weight loss I'll make sure I follow your progress.

Hi Chezz, I'm doing good today thanks, how is everything going for you? Got any good plans for the weekend?

I'm having a carbonara tonight so I'll let you know what I think later. I've heard from other people that they're nice.

How's your day going Chezz? I've just got around to reading your original post on this thread and it seems like you had terrible 2012 as well. I lost my sister in law to breast cancer and my brother took his own life all in the space of a month last year so all of my diet and progress just...

Hi Sammyrose, I'm back on 100% as well so I'll be sure to follow your progress to help spur me along as well. Good luck. James

Hello Chezz, Yeah I'm feeling slightly better today and even though I didn't have my food packs and ate normally I was very sensible and ate some really nutritious food instead of bingeing on crap comfort food. How is your weight loss journey going?

Hello Steeleee we will definitely do it this time around. Keep going to and I look forward to seeing your progress!

Hello, today has been tough due to having a migraine but I'm sure tomorrow will be better.

I found it in Asda so you might even be able to get it from their online shopping site. I have just had a glass and it tastes just like cherry coke but with none of the sugar :-)

You can now get Coca-Cola Coke zero cherry that doesn't have citric acid in it either. I noticed it last night so bought a few bottles and it actually tastes nice.

LOL yeah I've got loads too.

Hi Chezz, Thanks for the support, today is definitely easier than yesterday was so lets hope the rest of the week goes this well. James

Hello everyone, I've decided after putting back on the three stone I lost last year to do Exante again but this time make sure I get to my goal weight and learn from my mistakes so I can maintain my weight loss permanently. So it's day one for me again and I feel bloody hungry :sigh: but I...

Does anyone know if it's possible to have a very small amount of milk with a cup of tea? I only have 2 cups a day and I wouldn't have thought two small splashes of milk would be anywhere near enough to take you out of ketosis, what do you all think?

That sounds an awful lot like me. Sometimes I think I just ate for the sake of eating and not even thinking about what I was putting it in to my body which is why Exante will work for me because I concentrate on why I put so much weight on and re-educate myself how to eat properly. I'm sure you...

That is an awesome transformation and incredibly motivating. I'm planning on using slimming world to maintain my weight loss when I come off the Exante diet I'm doing. Congratulations you must feel like a new person.

What an inspiring story, it's given me the kick up the arse I need to get the weight off for good.

Now this is a great idea, I think I'm going to try this before I go to bed tonight.

Well done for being brave enough to put these up, I thought about adding some before, during and after pictures as I lose more weight but I'm really self concious about the way I look even though I would be anonymous on here. I'll how I progress and then decide if I feel brave enough to put them...

Good luck, I'm doing exante again but this time I plan on making my loses permanent and getting to a normal weight for the first time in my life.

Good luck, I'm on day one (again) too. Good luck for the wedding.

Hello everyone, I've decided after putting back on the three stone I lost last year to do Exante again but this time make sure I get to my goal weight and learn from my mistakes so I can maintain my weight loss permanently. So it's day one for me again and I feel bloody hungry :sigh: but I...

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Keep up the good work you're doing great!

Good luck I'm on day five today and it's going well so far. Definitely keep posting on the forums because they really do help and it would be good to have another man on here as well.

Stick with it because the hunger pains do ease off it just depends on the individual. It was my day four yesterday and I was absolutely ravenous but I'm not too bad this morning and I haven't even had my shake yet. Are you drinking anything else other than water?

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Well done Bash enjoy your birthday and keep up the good work.

Yes this is correct you just need to put his BMI in when you do the order and that is it.

Good luck how did your day one go? I'm on day two myself and it's going pretty well so far.

Hello, good luck to you and your friend you've picked a really good diet to do. To answer your questions I've never tried the porridge but if you do a search on the forum you should be able to find the answer. Yes you can drink Coke Zero along with some other drinks and there is a thread on the...

At least it was a loss so you shouldn't be too annoyed about it and I'm sure if you stay 100% for the next four weeks you'll get that 14lb off easily. Well I got through my new day one but I was ravenous last night and very nearly had something to eat but I just tried to keep myself bust and...

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I finding it really hard today, I've had a shake this morning and a bar for lunch but I feel really hungry. I have drank a lot of water is well but it hasn't seemed to have made a difference to how hungry I feel. It should get easier by the end of the week. Hopefully...

Hello ladies, I hope you all had a good weekend and made the most of this gorgeous weather we've had if you down south like I am. Well my weekend was a disaster because I spent all of it feeling really rough so I just ate normal food to give myself as much energy as possible to try and get...

Hi Sharlene today is my new day one to. I did start last week but I got a chesty cough and then I was really rough this weekend so I've decided that it would be best to start again today now that I'm actually feeling 100% better. Good luck you can do it and make sure you post on here because I...

Hello Loopy I to had these doubts about the taste of the Exante products but I was pleasantly surprised by how nice some of them are and even the things I'm not that keen on are more than tolerable. The shakes are very nice and creamy and all of the flavours taste good to me and they've improved...

I'm feeling quite a bit better today which is great although I think I overdone the cough medicine yesterday because I was out like a light last night. Day three was ok but I'm treating today as day one again because it's like starting over because I won't be in ketosis until around Monday. How...

Good luck, I started again earlier this week but haven't been 100% because I've picked up a chesty cough and the medicine is full of sugar so the diet won't work 100% but I'll back on 100% tomorrow.

I used the sticks when I first done the diet and they do work but like you say it shows that you are in a mild state of ketosis and I used them once a week to make sure that everything was going as it should. This cough is doing my head in but it does feel like it's getting better now I've been...

Well done for avoiding people like that, to be hones they're just being ***** because they are jealous and wish they had they guts to persevere with something like this diet. The first time I done it this diet I found that the hunger got easier the longer I was on it. Keep up the good work :)

The reason why ketosis still works by having a bar is because even though they contain carbs the amounts of carbs you will consume over the whole day by having a shake and a soup as well isn't enough to stop your body coming out of ketosis. You can only have one bar a day though because any more...

I did exactly the same thing at first and ended up giving them to my mother in law to drink so they didn't just sit there collecting dust. Twinings do some really good green teas, I've got the cranberry, pomegranate, apple and pear and also the mint one which is good for digestion.

Good luck to you both I'm on day two now and it's going OK so far.

Well done I made it through day 1, just.... I had to go shopping for the wife while she was at her step class and I hadn't had my soup yet and I was ravenous. I very nearly bought myself something to eat and even got all the way to the till with it when I changed my mind and thought it would be...

I would be careful if it has citric acid in it which is likely as it is lemon because citric acid can take you out of ketosis if you have too much of it so if it does have it in I would personally avoid them. I can highly recommend the honey or the blueberry Tetley green tea.

I had days like that the first time I done the diet and what helped me was to write down all the reasons why I went on the diet and what the benefits would be if I stayed on it versus what will happen if I allow myself to go back to my old eating habits. This gave me the motivation to keep going...

Absolutely! I would absolutely hate having to spend two weeks not being able to enjoy the different varieties of food and drink on offer and watching my wife eat what she likes. I'm going to be sensible on holiday but I won't deny myself anything that I really want.

That has to be one of the most inspiring success stories I've ever read and I would like to congratulate you on your amazing loss and also getting married. You've really inspired me to complete my weight loss challenge once and for all.

Haha don't feel bad I thought it was a funny username.

Thanks I'm determined to do it this time but I'm only going to be following it until 12/10/2012 and then taking a two week break while I'm on holiday but I'll be eating as healthily as possible and then I'll be back on the diet again when I come back home.

Good luck it's my first day back on it properly today.

Hello everyone, I've decided to restart Exante total solution properly again as of today. I lost two stone on it at the start of the year but I've had two bereavements this year that killed any motivation I had to continue with the diet and going to the gym. I've now been back at the gym for a...

It's best to start of slow so your body can adjust to being active and then ramp it up as you get fitter and stronger. Cardio is good but you definitely need a decent strength training program to go with it, the reason being is the more muscle you have the more calories your body will burn in...

Hello Peter, Welcome to the forum! I'm new here to so I'll give you support if you can support me in return. What diet are you following? What's your gym routine? I might be a fat bloke but I know and awful lot about fitness training and I can give you some advice on your routine. Good...

Good luck for Monday!! I hope we both reach our goals in the end. I wonder if there are many men doing this diet?

Hello everyone, I thought I would say hello and introduce myself. I'm James from the UK and I'm a fat man who wants to finally be slim so I can get the most out of life with my new wife. I've been a bigger person ever since I was about 6 and I've been putting weight on steadily for the past 21...

Wow what a warm welcome :\ I hope the actual Exante forum is more welcoming than this one.

Hello everyone, I thought I would say hello and introduce myself. I'm James and I'm a fat man who wants to finally be slim. I've been a bigger person ever since I was about 6 and I've been putting weight on steadily for the past 21 years and now I'm 21st. I feel disgusted with myself for...