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Ugh - not enjoyed AAM AT ALL this week. Bleugh. I feel horrid, so won't be doing that again next month. Seemed kinda expensive, buying food as well as packs, and my scales have registered a big fat STS. Boo! I think in future I'm do what they did in LL and add milk to the packs after W12 and...

End of week 4, 17lbs off in total. Not too bad since last week I gained 5lbs on my weekend away (oops!) so I've lost another 10lbs this week. So, stone and a bit gone, 8 more to go!

Cheers mini - I'm not at the TTC stage yet, but nice to know that my body is perhaps getting itself in gear for when the time is right!

Honk Honk!!1 Chocolate porridge is my lifesaver today :-)

Good luck with starting - I'm sure you'll see the weight drop off very fast! If you want to weigh at home, rather than boots, you can buy scales like the ones they have a WW meetings which go up to 500lbs (35st 10) - they're a little pricey, but you can get them. Otherwise just stick with Boots!

Ice skating? Burn some calories at the same time - exercising and giggling at each other when you fall over?

I've been doing Exante (VLCD) for three weeks and have also been trying to track my cervix and cervical mucus since coming off the pill (If I can't be on a COC, I don't want to be on a POP cos of the erratic bleeding). Anyway, after getting my first period in ages the first week I started my...

Honk! How in the name of all that is holy I have managed t, but honk!!!

Thanks! I think I'm annoyed most about the fact that she bashed me to my husband - generally if I have a problem with someone, I tell it to them, not their friends or family. That's just poor form!

Has it turned up yet? I always have the opposite problem - because I live in the city centre, I'm always first on the delivery route, so they tend to turn up at about 7.30am and get me out of bed!!!

Back story: My sister-in-law kicked of big time just before my wedding, to the point of saying she didn't want to come and acting like a child, so we said she didn't have to come if she didn't want to. She doesn't like my husband - no idea what that's about, but she's hated him for longer than...

Creme Egg. (Though I did buy a six pack and bung 'em in the freezer for the summer so I can have one after they've stopped selling them!

OMG! Porridge is GORGEOUS!!!!! I feel so full (for a change) and my tummy seems to like it to. Yayyyyy!!!!

OK - TMI time but.... have you been going to the toilet this week? I always find that I don't poo as much on a VLCD than I do normally. I had this last time - it was looking like I wasn't losing anything for that week, then took one laxative to get things going and in the end I lost 2lbs. SO I'm...

Porridges arrived today. I only really wanted a few to try out, but in the end went for a box of 50 since it was almost as cheap as buying 20! So now I have a couple week's worth of soups left, 50 porridges, a month bumper pack of shakes and some Tesco bars. I feel like I'm stocking up for...

Thanks guys! So far today have been 100%, and now that afternoon classes have started, I'm less tempted to munch, so I think I will be able to give a great big HONK tonight! Got a bit of homework to do when I go back, and then will watch TV with the husband and do some frantic knitting in order...

It's wet and miserable. I'm tired and stuck at uni with what seems to be a long and boring afternoon ahead of me. I just want to munch... but I'm having a bar-free week and just having soups and shakes this week (or at least the next few days). Thankfully I've left my purse at home so I...

Resisted biting the end off one of the hotdogs in my hubby's sarnie. And to make it worse, he toasts the bread AND my kitchen is at the end of my lounge so I'm trying to study with a headache (back on the wagon today) and the flat smells of hot toast and hotdog. Grr. Also, resisted the...

See, I love Strawberry, Banana and Vanilla - it's the chocolate one that makes me yak! I tend to make that one up with as little water as necessary and then bosh it down whilst holding my nose so I don't taste it!!!

Does anyone know if the Celebrity Slim bars are OK? I had a look the other day when I was at work (forgot my bar) and the stats are virtually the same - they have higher protein and fewer carbs too.

Gah!!! Just got back from lovely spa weekend away with hubby. And I've gained 5lbs! 5lbs in two days! Clearly my sensible choices (eg protein and limited carbs) weren't that sensible. Ah well, straight back on it tomorrow. Not going away again until March, so can stick to it 100% until then!

Haven't disappeared off the face of the planet but have gone on a lovely weekend break with hubby. Well, he's teaching a weekend course, I've come along for the ride. I have eaten, both last night and this morning, but reckon I've made some good-ish choices: Last night: Greek salad...

I hope it's allowed as I've had one can every couple of days as my treat! I think the thing with the aspartame is because it can make some people hungry, and if that's the case it's best avoided. Also, I remember drinking lots of Diet Coke when I did WW and found that I lost less in a week...

Is anyone else getting odd dreams since they started Exante? Last night I dreamed that I was a pregnant pole dancer. Nothing could be further from the truth! But that's not the only one - I've had several odd and very vivid dreams since I started.

Awesome! Just a quick question - where do you get the cartoon girl that you have in your signature? I want one!

Biggest Loser UK really winds me up. I refuse to watch this anymore and instead watch the USA one. At least the contestants on that one are motivated to lose a fair few lbs each week. Is the UK one supposed to show more 'responsible' losses or something? Especially since I can weigh myself...

Gah! Fed up of having to keep taking my jeans off to pee, so I'm getting into my dressing gown and having a hot choc shake!

Honk! (well, I will be when I have my last pack in about half an hour!)

I have PCOS and started Exante (similar to LL) and lost 10lbs in my first week. That said, I did LL and lost 4st in 3m (including 2 weeks off the wagon when I went to Oz) and my losses were a consistant 4-5lbs a week, with the odd 2lb occasionally. I think my body just responded really well to...

To Zumba, or not to Zumba. I have the co-ordination of someone whose limbs have yet to be introduced to each other, so I'm wondering if it's a good idea or not! I guess I should give it a go - it's only a fiver for a class, so I shall see what it's like. Only thing to lose is weight (and...

You slather on lip balm and then lick off the excess cos it tastes nice!

Same here! I can only guess it's because you're not eating carbs and breaking down fat, so you have less testosterone and varying oestrogen levels, hence it might bring ToTM on. Only problem with mine is that I'm a raging hormone monster, leading to my spectacular fall off the wagon on thursday!

2lbs off this week. Not too surprised since my ToTM binge on Thursday. Must be back on it 100% this week - I want that stone OFF by next week!

Gah! Didn't realise we had to avoid sodium citrates as well. There goes my drinking Shapers Cream Soda as a treat then. Only had one, thankfully

You'll be sorted then :-) 1st/month = 3.5lbs week. So you'll be all good!

So long as it wasn't a latte made with a pint of the stuff, I think you'll be fine. Just don't do it again! *gentle wrist slap* :D

Hurrah!!! Ketosis is fun. Makes me not want to get out of it! Good luck for your official weigh in - I'm fully expecting double digits from you :D

These are all totally inspirational! Everyone looks totally amazing! I may have to convince DH to take pictures of me for my little charting sessions so when I'm feeling blue about 'only' losing a little, I can whip them out and look at the process.

Woo! Good luck! When's your graduation? I've been told you can expect to lose around 1st a month, so you'll be there in no time! I'm hoping to be down to 200lbs by May, and then lose the other 35(!) by the end of the summer.

Hopefully someone will - this is only my 2nd week on Exante so not crossed that bridge yet. Besides, my only experience of a similar AAM situation was the dreaded week 13 'Milk Week' on LL (which coincided with my trip to Australia, and which I termed 'beer week' for obvious reasons. Oops!)

Starlight - is there any chance we can get a food break sticky somewhere for the TS page?

Your losses are AWESOME - totally pulling 'Biggest Loser-esque' numbers - am v. jealous!

Lol. Just build it up little and often - you'll get there. When I first started losing weight, I added in exercise gradually, to the point where at my lowest weight (15st 10) I was running 5k twice a week. Then I met DH and stopped going to the gym so much (every day dwindled to around once a...

5 mins run (X-country setting) 20 mins X-trainer (interval setting) 10 mins bike (hill climb setting) =450 Kcals burned (according to gym equipment). Woop! I cannot wait to get my fitness back. I want to go back to playing rugby again, properly. Before I met my now husband, I used to...

I think the 'exercise slows weight loss down' is a bit of a half-truth. If you exercise, particularly if you're heavy to start with and do weight bearing exercise, you will start to build up muscles. Since muscle is denser than fat, 1lb of muscle is much smaller than 1lb of fat. So, if you start...

Hi Mel! I have about the same amount to lose as you. The reason I went for Exante more than anything else was the cost - 1 month costs around £100 if you get the bumper packs, which when you consider that things like LL cost £70 PER WEEK, made all the difference to me. I also think the shakes...

I'm taking a thing from LL and just making my shakes up with skimmed milk instead of having a meal, since I think if I get into the habit of eating a full meal after just 4 weeks, I'm going to want to start eating every day and not get back on to TS. As for meal ideas - something like chicken...

Thanks Darcy. Am feeling a bit guilty since I fell head-first into the biscuit tin on Thursday, so I need to work it all off! You're doing pretty good too yourself! :D

Off to the gym in a bit - twice in one week. The staff will think I've lost the plot. Usually they see me once or twice a month, if that. Good job my membership is only £20 a month. Then I'm off to Tesco for some ultra slim bars - I think I'm going to order a shake-only bumper pack next month...

Just to add to what everyone else has said - keep drinking your fluids. If you can get to Holland & Barrett (or similar, if they don't have that round your way), pick up some cranberry EXTRACT - it's got the active ingredient that's in cranberry juice, but you dilute it and it's got virtually...

OOoh, that's a point - I bet the ones in Boots do print outs of your weight, don't they? Might do that. If I have the tickets, then I can prove what I've lost. I knew putting an idea out here would get me some better ones!

Good point - I hadn't really thought about doing at the Drs (prob because me and my Dr don't really get on when it comes to weight!) I'm doing a competition with my brother (who's also dieting, though he's on Atkins) to have the biggest % of weight off by June and the most kept off by December...

I'm thinking of going to a WW or SW meeting to weigh in every week whilst I'm doing Exante, so I become accountable for my weight losses/gains, instead of doing it on my own scales where if I have a bad week, I can just ignore it if I want. Does anyone else do this? If so, what have the...

You haven't failed at all. Failing would be giving up, as others have said. Could be worse - yesterday I had ToTM cravings sooooo bad, I fell headfirst into a bag of Creme Egg Splats and half a batch of oat biscuits I baked for my seminar class. Today I have had nothing except water, coffee...

It's because you're not getting water from food, so you usually drink more. I find that ketosis mouth doesn't help much and I just want to drink t get rid of that nasty, fuzzy feeling.

Don't worry, I wasn't there until day 6, so keep going! Also, don't use the sticks when you've just had a pack - sometimes the result can be a little wonky!

With the shakes, I mix them up in a shaker with a sort of grid that you put on the top to stop the powder going clumpy. Mine's a MaxiMuscle protein shake mixer, but you can buy them in supermarkets/Boots/H&B etc. The soups I use a mini balloon whisk that someone gave me for hot chocolate (like...

Woke up this morning with plenty of energy so decided to go to the gym for the first time in ages. 30 mins of cardio and I'm knackered! Doesn't help that I have to bake Challah for tomorrow for my husband, nor cookies for my uni seminar tomorrow too. It's OK, DH is a dustbin, so he will...

Dear Time of The Month, After your absence in the last couple of months, why do you see fit to turn up now? Now, when I can't gorge myself silly on chocolate or other yummy comfort foods. I hate you. And now I'm so swollen I can't get my rings off. No love, KnitNat

Thanks DQ. I had my official weigh-in today. It's a day early, but I'm spending the night away from home and I won't have my scales. I lost 10lbs. I'm happy. I'm aiming for 7 next week, so fingers crossed. Think I'm finally in ketosis because the hunger pangs are subsiding and I have quite a...

Awesome - congrats!

My parents keep all our graduation photos on the mantle. Mine was taken when I must have been about 28st (I started WW at 26 after doing a bit of diet and exercise, but didn't have scales that would weigh me). The other day, one of my brother's friend's was looking and asking who that was. My...

I am another 'you will sit here and finish your dinner...there are starving children in Africa' etc product. Even now, I feel guilty if there is food left on a plate. Like after Christmas, I was staying at my parent's house and they made me a cooked breakfast. I didn't want my second egg, so I...

I'm currently putting the money I would have spent on rubbish food, snacks, coffees and takeaways in a money box, cos hey, I would have spent that anyway if I wasn't on Exante, and am planning on using that money to treat myself at halfway to goal and goal. Depending on how long it takes me...

I just saw a friend of mine for some coffee and knitting this afternoon and she said I looked like I'd lost weight (already? I'm only on day 5) My response? Nah, it's just because I'm not wearing my bulky cardigan I always wear at work. Seriously, why can I not accept a compliment about...

Lol, I've been a regular windbag since I started. I blame the bars since I was bar-free yesterday (shake and two soups) and have been fine on the wind front today. If it continues, I may have to set up a mini-wind farm in my flat to harness the energy to heat said flat!

I would go and see your doctor - if you already think you have PCOS, getting a diagnosis is quite a relief. My Dr back home was really helpful when I was first diagnosed and prescribed me both Vaniqua and metformin, which really did help with the weight loss and hair on my chin, but they...

Same here - PCOS and hubs and I eventually want to have kids (I still have 3 years of uni left). When I lost weight the last time, I went from 26st to 16st and around 17st my periods started to be much more regular so am hoping the same will happen for me when I get down there again!

Good luck - you sound very much like me - for every emotion there's a reason to eat! I'm on my first week of Exante, having done LL a few years ago, and yes, it's incredibly liberating to not have to think about food. Also, I found it so hard getting into ketosis that I didn't want to break...

No - too much salt so you retain water like a balloon! And I think OXO has milk and wheat in it (so carbs and lactose). Get bouillon instead - you can adjust the flavour of it, and you can get it in a low salt version too.

Realised today that I must have saved about £20 since starting Exante since I'm not buying flippin' Starbucks and other takeout coffee every time I go into uni or work. I actually made it into town yesterday to work without going for my usual soy white mocha (£3.35) and...

Your first three days will be really hard - headaches, irritable, tired, hungry. But after that, you get into ketosis and it's pretty much plain sailing from then on. Just stick with it through the horrendous bit and you'll be sorted. My big motivator is not only how much weight I'll lose...

Got on the scales this morning to see what my mid-week weight was and I've only lost 6lbs. I am so mad cos when I did LL I lost 15 in my first week. Think I'm going to ditch the bars and just have soups and shakes today to see if it boosts it a little with fewer carbs.

I think it's more to do with the fact we're not being monitored through our progress. NICE guidelines say to AAM after 12 weeks, but on LL you have your blood pressure monitored every 4 weeks, and you have counsellor guidance. I guess Exante are covering their backs with the 'we told you to AAM...

How're you doing on it? Lots of restarters now, so lots of moral support!!!

Back to uni today. Took a bar with me for lunch cos it's easier to do than make up soups and shakes, plus it looks more like regular food so my friends won't start lecturing me about not eating. Even resisted the temptation of the chocolate goodies one of the guys in my seminar brought for us...

Gah! The dreaded headache has struck. Bah! Been 100% so far (strawb shake for brekkie and the choc n orange bar for lunch as I was out of the house - OMG how gorgeous are they?!) and resisting the temptation to have sugar to take the headache away. At least I am prepared for the headache...

Good luck guys. I started today and have sailed through it fairly easily. Hope you get the good starts you're hoping for!

Woop. Well, I've made it through today 100% :) Hope tomorrow will be plain sailing too, though I remember from LL that the next couple of days are horrid. Thankfully at home on Thurs and only doing a small shift tomorrow, so yay!

With Exante, can you have a bar on day 1? I remember on LL not being able to have a bar until week 2, and wondering if it's the same on Exante.

Since I met my hubby, I've put on 3 stone, having lost 10 stone on WW and LL. Well, I started on the Exante diet today after being fed up of all my lovely clothes from 2009 not fitting me. Aim is to be hot by June, since it's my summer ball then and my and hubs have been invited to summer...