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Have you tried getting the higher dose metformin and taking it just before bed? I used to have it twice a day and was having severe tummy troubles and vomiting then switched to nighttime and now no probs. And it works the same, my periods are regular. Maybe talk to your doc about it. Good luck

There are other VLCDs that don't need doctors signatures although you don't get the 'counselling' thry are a lot cheaper like Slim n Save which is amazing and Exante. My GP refused to sign the form even though I was constantly being nagged to lose weight and my BMI was 42

Thats amazing news violetfire you're super lucky! I'm def sticking with it now and hopefully I'll be leaving.for the same reason soon. Good luck with your pregnancy x

Record your favourite programs and fast forward the ads if you have to still watch them. I've just given up live tv completely saving me tv licence fee and £20 a month on sky. Extreme I know but there's always catchup services and I think sitting watching pointless tv mindlessly munching got me...

Tonight OH and I went through his extensive collection of dvds and cds and music magpie'd the ones he has on his hard drive. 3 books listed on amazon, the rest in a bag for library donation tomorrow. Also have 5 ikea dvd/cd storage boxes for charity shop and some vinyl to figure out where to sell.

MommyB you shouldn't beat yourself up about not getting things done it's a never ending list! I pick the 3 most important things get them done then treat myself to a sitdown! I figured out that a lot of the stuff I was doing wasn't really essential, noone needs to hoover.everyday unless they're...

I'm super lucky with washing, I only.have 5 bottoms and 8 tops that fit me now and OH wears a uniform so I only have to do a wash once a week on Friday after work and sheets and towels every fortnight. Craft room almost done need to get a new chair to replace broken one and some plastic tubs...

Up dressed and ready to go with.craft room clearout. Luckily slim n save order came yesterday so have a box to put donating stuff in. Just have to drop more donation books at the library first. After craft room I'm going to deep clean the bath then put my feet up and finish a craft project til...

I'd like to join please I need to shift 5stone 7 for Christmas, I'm doing Slim n Save so it should be possible. Then a final push to March and I should be done :-) need support tho.because I haven't been sticking to plan at all recently and I'm starting couch to 5k this weekend

Thanks minniemel but its a reminder of how far I've come in the past few years from skint, depressed and struggling to happy and on track to achieve my goals. I've got a massive clearout of my spare room planned to make it into a crafts room this weekend. At the moment it has piles of paperwork...

Aligal - it's an old online name I'm not actually skint anymore all my debt is gone apart from my mortgage. I might get my colours done as my next treat as I've no idea about that stuff but it makes sense. I'm trying to make sure I have enough clothes to get me through life well put together but...

Aligal - are you getting help with a capsule wardrobe from a personal shopper/website? I'm working on the decluttering my mind and life thing and would love a capsule wardrobe when I'm at goal. I'm in the enforced minimalist wardrobe now as everything is too big and I'm not spending lots of...

Bettiesrevenge I totally get this. I was happiest seeing live bands and hanging out listening to music when I was younger. So I have 2 ikea boxes of my favourite cds and a box of rare vinyl -thats how old I am! - and I made all my old gig tickets into a framed collage that I display so I'm...

mommyB have you written a list of how decluttering will help and picked a spot to start in. I took a before and after pic of each room so I would see how much progress I'd made even though it was still ongoing. Last weekend I cleared out my cupboard under the stairs and gave all the old paint...

The moment my ex sees me only a few weeks into my journey does a double take and then talks about how much he misses me and how I seem so happy and together. Then texts me to say he is totally in love with me! Oh silly me that was last week!! Men can b so shallow but major ego boost. Looking...

I'm a few days into my S&S box and here's what I think so far; Dark choc & coconut bar - a more chewy and not as moist or coconuty version of a dark chocolate Bounty with actual coconut flakes 9/10 Milk choc praline bar - like a less soft Milky Way 8/10 Lemon, yogurt & white choc bar - you can...

Massive wardrobe clearout and ebay session today. I was hanging onto loads of old clothes I didn't even like in case I didn't lose any weight but now I've lost two stone from my all time heaviest I decided they had to go. I've also got a massive bin liner of stuff to go to the charity shop in...

I can't wait until the only reason I'm not doing something is because I choose not to rather than I physically can't, I'm too busy worrying what others will think, or I have no confidence in myself. I feel like a freak a lot. I want to be able to buy clothes whenever and wherever I want. To eat...

So pleased with my progress. After a bit of stalling I started on Monday and I've already lost 7pounds :-) I bought a new blender and its amazing. It crushes ice so i've been having an ice shake for breakfast sooo creamy. Walked to work today.which I've never felt like doing before. Got my...

Have you asked the dr about being in ketosis and general anathestics? It might affect how your body responds and mean the anathestics in your system for longer afterwards so they might need to adjust the dosage. When I had my wisdom teeth out extremes of temperature were too much for me so I had...

Worrying about the hair loss coz I already had to change the side I part my hair coz I got a big bald patch. Don't know why although maybe coz I have pcos? And I used to pull out random curly hairs until I embraced my natural curliness! I've left it alone for 6mths and i'm only starting to see a...

3stone in 3mths is impressive too. I have half my bodyweight to lose so i'm expecting big losses the first few weeks this time too. I go to the gym.twice a week so i'm going to take a week off then maintain this and walk to work now the weathers nicer. I want to shift 10stone by next March for...

I have the psyllium husk powder and have been adding it to my 'normal' diet and i'm going to add a spoonful to my shakes every day too. I got it because on ts nothing was 'moving' and I felt clogged up. Once you get things moving you should maybe get some- the powdered type though rather than...

I didn't even find it hurt much I found a bikini wax much worse! I even started to enjoy the slight smell of burning hair coz it meant they weren't coming back. It's been 6yrs since I got my legs done and the hair hasn't grown back although I did get the boots ipl and found it very weak compared...

Thanks dustqueen my boxes arrived today so they're unpacked and everything is ready to go for the morning. Strangely excited that i'm taking control of my eating, it seems to be the only thing I do have control of at the moment. I'm staying strong this time

Hi everyone i'm the same - exante ttc pcos and excited to restart exante and regain control of my body/health/life. Baby dust to us all!

I have pale skin with dark hair and have hair growth under my chin down my meck and have had a good result with ipl. Found a great lady who also has pcos and used the max strength on me. She uses a laser that also puffs out cooling air at the same time so my face doesn't get red or irritated and...

I'm 34 and ttc for 5yrs with bmi all over the place, starting exante for 2nd time tomorrow to shift 140 pounds in a year before i'm too old for fertility treatment. I've got pcos and sarcoidosis and am generally having a life crisis all at once so this is my way of taking back control...

Tried ts last October and lost a stone and a half in 3 weeks before I gave up. Most of its back on but I'm restarting on Saturday and want to lose 140pounds in a year! I'm almost 35 and being overweight is messing with my fertility so I'm hoping the weight loss will help. It.would be great to...

Maybe switch diet coke for coke zero. I'm doing Exante and apparently the citric acid in DC can throw you out of ketosis but coke zero has none and zero carbs :-) its taken me a few weeks to get used to the taste but now I wouldn't go back!

Thanks for that Lindopski :-) Going to stock up on keto friendly foods so it doesn't happen again. I have no probs being strong in the supermarket weirdly just not when i'm bored at home. Feeling more positive now that I can do this

It's gone a bit wrong the last couple of days and i'm no longer under 300. I fell off the ts wagon in a major way and feel horribly guilty.knowing i've let myself down altho i'm back behaving again. It's all down to boredom I don't have enough to do in the evenings even with 2evening classes...

Finally today I got to 299 pounds - my first time under 300pounds in 5years so I'm really pleased with myself. There have been a few slips mostly when I was bored so I've got the hang of getting on with other things when I think I'm going to slip and eat. People in work have started noticing...

Ally2069: 14lbs chiefdave: 14lb (-10, 4 to go) Ellie: 10lbs FakeFrowns: 10lb fuggedaboutit: 14lb harriet: 14lbs Holliepop: 14lb honeytemple88: -19lb jacci49: 14lb Jayne289: 14lb kenshin112: 28lb lastslim: 14lbs Leaholl25: 14lb LED: 10lbs (1lb down, 9lbs to go!) Luv2BSlim: 14lb Maia Riley: 21lb...

Hugely struggling and slipped today and ate so restarting tomorrow. Hopefully I haven't done too much damage:o the best thing is it wasn't worth it. Now I know for sure no food is worth it and I desperately want to stick to this:sigh: I had willpower for 3 weeks so I just have to keep up my...

For anyone that lives near an Ikea I got a handy coffee frother for 99p and it wipes clean easily and fits in my bag - runs off 2AA batteries and makes no more noise than a vibrating mobile. I also have a sports drink shaker and once I've mixed my shakes and soups they're fine no lumpy bits at...

Count me in as 5 stone would take me so much closer to getting my BMI under control. Then I would be able to get to just "overweight" in time for my OH's birthday in March and to target by September. I need to shift the bulk of my weight ASAP to motivate me and so that I can start more...

Midnight-Sparkles: -2/14lb fuggedaboutit: 14lb Holliepop: 14lb Jayne289: 14lb kenshin112: 28lb Luv2BSlim: 14lb Maia Riley: 21lb Russian doll: 14lb (-2lb) Slim1day: 14lb The Trigos: 12lb - -3lbs jacci49: 14lb Nadyeshda: 14lb chiefdave: 14lb Susienoz: 14lb SammyE: 10lbs Mrsblobby: 14lbs - 3 =11...

So I managed to resist eating and apart from one day where I forgot my pack for work and had to have soup i've been ok. I find evenings quite hard going but have started a sewing project to distract me. Now i've got a couple of spare packs in my desk drawer and one in my bag :-) weigh in this...

So my first week went well - I lost 13lb in total and feel happy that this is working. Still going but finding it harder as I'm feeling hungry in the evenings after my soup and keep having to go to bed early. Really craving exercise but I'm totally exhausted even walking short distances and...

Had a little peek at the scales this morning and was so delighted to see 9 pounds off already - did check twice to make sure the scales weren't broken! Struggled a little last night with feeling hungry so had some Coke Zero as a little treat then a bath with a celebrity gossip magazine:D...

Hello I'm skint_chick I joined Minimins because I started Exante TS on Weds and have a long journey to lose half my body weight:eek:. I can't be this weight anymore because I am miserable being overweight. I'd really love to do sports and adventure activities but I'm too heavy for some of them...

Thanks for the replies guys !I'm not worrying about being bald and stinky now! Started this morning -have divided my packs up for each day so I'm not left with all one flavour, having bar for breakfast shake for lunch and soup for dinner. It's easier to avoid questions from work colleagues if...

Hi I'm about to start Exante on Wednesday and looking forward to it. Been overweight all my adult life and just turned 34 - I really want to have a family and my weight is killing my fertility so by my next birthday I'd like to be at target so I can get pregnant/start fertility treatment...