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Good luck to you for this week, hope it goes well and you don't find the first few days too tricky to get through x

Thanks everyone for the support. Hope this coming week is as successful!

Well done Angel for deciding to start again. having lost a big chunk of weight before you know you can do it. I guess it's just about re-educating yourself once the weight is off. I'm in the same position as you after having lost 6 stone then putting it all on again rapidy and it was only down...

I've got a lot to go too. Lost 75lbs this time last year but went back to my bad old eating ways and put it all back on again and so have started again and 1st week weigh in this morning and i've lost 12.5lbs so i'm delighted. Having done Exante before successfully i know it does work and it...

Well 12.5lbs off in my first week - delighted! I know it's always quicker to go over the first week or two but still it's quite a chunk. It's been hard (especially the weekend). Hopefully the next few weeks and months go quickly and the weight falls off! Can't see any difference yet tho...

Mine was a banana one! Had a litre and a half of water already. My body doesn't know what's hit it. Hardly been out of the loo this morning haha!

I take phsylium husk capsules which i get from Holland & Barrett. They are just pure fibre and definitley help keep me going. If you are blocked up now and need urgent relief you might have to take a laxative. Not sure which ones the best but i'm sure someone else here could help you with which...

Well, as you can see from my profile i did well (a year go) but since then have just gone back to exactly the same bad old ways as i had before causing me to put on all the weight i had lost. I think in my head i thought that as i hadn't got down to my target weight before i stopped i knew i...

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I take the psylium husk capsules that i got out of Holland & Barrett and i take 2 every morning when i get up and since starting them have had no problems in the toilet department :-)

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I've felt cold almost permanently since i started. I think it's to do with the fact you aren't eating enough calories for your body to produce energy in the form of heat (or something like that) ;-)

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The sparkling strawberry & kiwi water from Sainsburys is allowed and is scrummy. 4 bottles for £1.50 at the moment!

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I've placed quite a few orders over the months and i think i've only had 2 e-mails advising a delivery slot from Hl Fulfillment (and one of them ended up not being correct and no delivery coming until i got another e-mail the next day from them with a new time slot which was correct this time)...

Another idea would be to take psyllium husks (you can buy the powder on-line loose and add it to your shakes/soups or i got the capsure form in Holland&Barrett and take 2 every morning and they keep me 'going' so to spreak. I was having a similar problem as you and found that others on here...

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Start 19st 3lbs Current 15st 3lbs Goal 12st 4st lost since 1st Oct 11, 3st 3lbs still to go! Over half way whoopie!

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Sorry Starlight if i posted duff information then. I didn't know about the fact that granulated wasn't allowed and checked the ingredients when i first started Exante back in October and could see no difference hence i've been using it. I think i'll keep using it now as it seems to have been...

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I have granulated sweetener in my shakes and have had no problem with the weight loss. I checked the packaging and the contents are exactly the same as the sweetner tablets so not sure why people are saying you can't have granulated????

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Hi Aria, I have all the shakes hot with some granulated sweetner in as i can't get them down cold. Give it a try you might find it easier x

Well, weigh in this morning after my first week back after a 3 week 'off the wagon' period over xmas/new year. Delighted that i've lost 10lbs in 1 week which almost cancels out the 3 week, 12lbs festive period weight gain. Think it was a bit easier starting again as i knew what to expect...

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Well done on your 1st week weight loss Lizzie !!

I only used to like the soups and didnt really like any of the shakes but ones tastes seem to change and now i can't face any of the soups and love the shakes so it has comletely turned round. However i can only drink the shakes hot with some sweetner in as can't get them down when they are...

Good Luck !

In my experience the first few days are all pretty much the same until you get into ketosis and then it becomes a lot easier as there are not really any more hunger pangs. Still have cravings for food but that is only natural after years of eating whenever and whatever i want. Keep going...

Headaches defo do go way once you reach ketosis in my experience. I found i used to get lot of headahes prior to Exante and eating but once i was on it i very rarely do now so it must have been to do with the toxins or all the 'bad' things in the food/drink i used to consume that caused it.

I did over the first few days (and am re-feeling it as i restarted a couple of days ago after falling off the wagon over christmas. It defo does stop once you get into ketosis. Try to drink plenty water and sit down till it passes x

Hi Daydream, I always have my shakes hot as i struggle to drink them cold. I just put the boiling water straight from the kettle into a measuring jug to the correct amount and pour in the shake with a bit of granulated sweetener and blitz it with a wee hand held mixer i got for less than a...

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The Strawberry & Kiwi sparkling water from Sainsburys is on the allowed list as it doesn't contain citric acid (the only one that doesn't seem to) so it'll be fine. It's one of my staples too, thankgoodness for it and it only costs £1.10 for 3 bottles - bargain !!! :)

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Wow, totally amazing weight loss. Well done!

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Hi, I remember feeling like this at some points over the first few days and thinking if it continued then i wouldn't be ble to stick to the diet as i couldn't bear the feeling. All you can do is drink plenty of water and try to get to bed early (cos when you're sleeping you don't notice). It...

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Very well done. You go girl!!!

Well done for getting back onto it though, expecially after you've been doing so well and have lost so much. I worry about that too (how to manage the eating once i get to target). I guess i'll just have to cross that bridge when i come to it and hopefully i'll manage fine. :-)

Hope your first week is going ok. Have you had a weigh in yet?

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Thanks folks. I managed to 'deal with it' myself after a lot of trying (sorry..too much info again) but i'll get some Dulcolax/bisocodyl in for the next time :-0

I hated them too and persevered for two or three weeks but then read that you can use the Tesco UltraSlim meal replacement bars instead so i got some of them and they are much more palletable and so i have used them ever since.

Thanks Hazel, That's the kind of info i was wanting to hear from someone. Think i'll nip along to the chemist asap as i can't bear this. Hopefully i have as much success as you!

Sorry about the content of this thread but........... I know there is lots of talk on here about using psyllium husks etc to keep things moving but what do people use when already constipated. I'm having major problems and have been popping the dulco-ease like sweets (not literally lol) but no...

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Well done. Hope you haven't found your 1st week too hard. It does get easier!

Glad you enjoyed it that way papillon. It makes it so much easier to get it down when it's smooth. Try to down some water when you get a hunger pang and it usually passes fairly quickly. I have a shake for brekkie and dinner and take my bar for lunch so i can eat it whenever i want and have...

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I've got one of the hand stick blenders (got in asda and it was less than a fiver and it's really strong.) Just measure my water into a plastic measuring jug and pop in the contents of the sachet and add some sweetner (if it's a shake) and then blitz it with the blender in there and then pour...

I use granulated sweetner which appears to be much the same as the tabs and doesn't need dissolving. Just mix it in with the shake and the water at the same time and Bob's yer Uncle :) (mind you i hve my shakes hot so the hot water dissolves the sweetner t the time. Not sure how it would be if...

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32lbs in 6 weeks for me too!

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Thanks Phoenix x

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Good luck for tomorrow's weigh-in x

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Thanks folks, I know what you are all saying is correct, its just that i can't help feeling it should be more. It's not like i'm nearly down to target weight with just that last few pounds to lose, i've got stones and stones still to go so i was just feeling that it's gonna be a long time if it...

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Weigh in morning was yesterday and only lost 1lb last week..........how can that be?....................? :mad: I could be eating nice thing and doing Weight Watchers or something and i would probably lose more than that in a week. Feeling like the weight loss is really slowing down for no...

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Hi, the headaches and feeling tired/weary will pass after a few days once you get into ketosis. I felt exactly the same plus felt quite faint and wobbly early on but it does pass honestly I've never really lost the feeling of not being satisfied even though i'm not actually hungry but i...

I have all my shakes hot with a sprinkling of sweetner. Much better that way in my opinion. The choc one really feels like a lovely hot chocolate out of a coffee shop i feel. x

Hi, Hope you get your head round it and start as you mean to continue. No point in looking back. I guess if we all looked back and wished we had been good none of us would ever have got into the stage of having to lose loads of weight in the first place. Positive thinking. One day at a time...

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I guess it's not like someone is gonna to choose to do it permanently as a way of life for ever so for a few months or however long it takes as long as you stick to it correctly and drink the water like you are advised it i guess it is fine. Probably much healthier for your kidneys than...

Good luck with the weight loss!

I too felt awful for the first couple of days and felt really sick and wobbly and quite faint (as well as hungry). I thought if it's like this the whole time i'll never be able to stick to it but as others have said once you get past that initial first few days and get into ketosis you feel...

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I really sympathise with you Mandy. I ended up having to get my gall bladder out last year but until they discovered what was wrong with me i went through quite a lot of bouts of major pain with gall stones in there. Passed out on some occasions it was so bad. Worse pain i'd ever had, mind you...

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Thanks everybody, only 3lbs last week (TOTM) so it seems to be slowing down but i guess i've got to be happy with 24lbs in 3 weeks x

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That's brill. I lost 11lbs in 1st week too. Well done!

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Keep at it 'Phoenix101', try not to get disheartened. You've made great losses every week. The way i think about it is that it's only a few weeks/months in my whole life. I will be able to have nice food and treats again once i've finished this weight loss journey but just not right now. When...

I was like that with my first order and was told by e-mail the hour slot my parcel was supposed to come but it didn't arrive and because it was a friday i had to wait till the monday and hope it would come then with no further contact from anybody (even apologising for missing the delivery...

Good luck. I felt like that a couple of weeks but am right into it now and seeing the results already...............you can do it!

I've lost 11lbs in my first week and 10lbs this last week and i put the high figures down partly to the fact that i am having to do a lot of walking the dog as my OH is away for a couple of weeks so i've been prob doing 2 1/2 - 3 hours walking every day. I really struggled over the first few...

Thank everyone. I'm really pleased. Working towards next week's loss. It seems to become slightly easy as the weight loss figures rise.

Well 2nd week weigh in this morning and i seem to have surpassed what i thought i might have lost..........another 10lbs which makes 21lbs in 2 weeks - can't believe it. :D To be honest i have been working extremely hard as OH is away training with his work so for the last week i have been...

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I've found that if i do the shakes hot and i sprinkle some granulated sweetener before mixing it is much more palletable (sp?). i prefer the banana to the vanilla myself.

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Wow well done. Onwards to week 2...................

Nice to be here and part of the forums. First week ended up being not as bad as it started. 11lbs loss which is brill. I just hope i can keep it up long term. Everyone so nice and positive. How are you getting on Elementhia?

Thanks TCA UK, what a positive posting. I appreciate all you are saying and agree with you wholeheartedly. Good luck for your 1st week on Exante x

I'll be interested to hear responses from experts about this. Been thinking of looking into it too.

Thank You for your positive replies. Good luck for your weigh in tomorrow mattdm!

Hello everyone. Newbie (well been doing Exante a week now so a relative newbie) I'm enjoying reading everybody's positive stories and hope it helps to keep me going and keep me positive.

Well first weigh in this morning and 11lbs off........pretty good and feeling very positive. Can't get my head round how long i'm gonna have to do this for. Every day is a struggle, not cos i'm hungry but am just missing food and think about it all the time. i think a lot of it is routine and...

Hi, Sorry mew should be new......woops! Thought i'd register for the site as i have been doing TS for a week now. 1st weigh in tomorrow. I have been weighing myself on and off so i know i've lost a few pounds but will see exactly how much in the morning. Finding it quite hard. Not...