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    combination feeding

    Hi, Hope you don't mind - this is my 2 cents worth. My baby is now 6 months old and believe me I feel your pain. I struggled with him feeding all night too. He would constantly feed or if I took him off the breast he would constantly cry. Midwife said it wasn't possible that he was hungry and...
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    Lunch Ideas

    Convent garden soups are £1 each in Tesco!! I bought 8 last night! I had half a carton of tomato and basil soup with some carrot sticks for lunch today..
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    49 weekly allowance - this may sound like a silly question but....

    Hello tribecamegan - I am in the same dilemma as you! My weight gain has been due to a combination of the wrong foods and PCOS! I struggle to eat my dailies let alone the 49 weeklies! Except when it gets closer to the weekend! Does anyone else find they start eating the wrong foods over the...
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    How many PP should i be on?

    Thanks ErinW - its good to know - yes she is 10 years older and much slimmer! I don't think I could manage more than 29 pp - I struggle to use them up - probably because I love my fruit so munch on fruit or carrot / cucumber sticks when I get peckish! I have definitely started eating...
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    How many PP should i be on?

    Hello, I haven't been on minimins in a while!! Can anyone tell me if this is correct - I was told I am on 29pp daily but my mate who is a lot slimmer than me was also told 29pp. I am 30 years old, 5'2" and weigh 13 stone 11lbs. PS I am female. Thanks NS
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    Hey

    Hi natty.tatty, I am spot on with your weight - 13st 4lbs or 84.5 kgs! My first weigh in is next tuesday. I lost 9lbs my first week the first time I did it, hoping to lose around the same this time round.. I'm aiming to lose inches more than weight coz for some reason even though I'm short...
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    Back again after a year

    Thanx Cookeh - wow I can not believe how far everyone's come on their weight losses - hope to see a good loss next week!! xx
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    Back again after a year

    Thanx anne-mariep and Jools - hope i can keep it up :-)
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    Starting soon

    Welcome back iwish - I restarted today after just over a year.. Hope this forum helps you as much as it helped me last year and already helping me this year too.. :-)
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    Hey I'm new

    Hi Booxiahoart - I'm a restarter - so a newbie this year - this forum is fantastic for keeping you focussed on your weightloss and also a fab distraction from food in your first couple of weeks :-) All the best..
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    Back again after a year

    Thanx for all your kind words of encouragement.. @scatty - hope you're still in ketosis after the beetroot :-) @Tanya - I need to lose between 3.5 to 4 stones. Or get down to a size 12. I know I won't be there by xmas - but I'll be chuffed to be at least half way there, and plan to carry on...
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    Please help!!

    I don't think 3 beetroot slices will knock you out of ketoses scatty - so here's to fingers crossed you're still in there! hope the rest of the week goes well for you :-)
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    Back again after a year

    Thanx summergurl - congrats on your weight loss - you're looking fab! Hope I get there before xmas!! x
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    Back again after a year

    Hi all, I was on lipotrim last summer for 6 weeks and lost just under 2 stone - went down from a size 20 to size 16, and was very please with myself. For some reason - maybe my bones are heavy - even though i did not lose a lot weight wise - i lost a lot inches-wise. I stopped in July 08 as...
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    Back after 3 months

    Thank you both for your lovely messages! Hope you reach your goals :-) going through all the posts and threads will defo help me while away the time :-)
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    Back after 3 months

    Hi all, Well I took a 3 month break from LT. I lost 11.25kgs (or 1.76 stones) in 6 weeks the first time round in May/June. I then went on holiday unexpectedly as OH never plans holidays and will just up and say lets go away next week! Came back and went on another holiday in August - so gave...
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    Attitude to fat people

    Hi, I am with Guen on this - I was overweight as a kid, and worked extremely hard to lose the fat when I was 20. Managed to lose it all very quickly by healthy eating and going to the gym, and maintained for years. I never ever said anything hurtful to fat people but I always thought to myself...
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    Low gi index on foods

    Nic, Thanx a mil for this bril thread! its been so helpful. I'm on refeed this week after 6 weeks on tfr as i go on holiday next week. will be back on tfr after the holiday. I looked into gi last year when i found out i had pcos and had a list up on my wall with the low gi foods. but this...
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    back on lt after hols

    That's fantastic! Congratulations! I start refeeding tomorrow for my holiday next week. Really hope i do half as well as you!
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    Week 6 Weigh In

    Thank you :)
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    Week 6 Weigh In

    Thank you :-)
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    Week 6 Weigh In

    Thank you all :D I'll put up my refeed diary in the refeed section.. :)
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    Week 6 Weigh In

    Hey all, Had my 6th weigh in and lost 4.4 pounds! well chuffed considering my miserable losses the past few weeks :D I'm refeeding from tomorrow as I go on holiday next friday. But i'll be back on TFR after my holiday as still got lots to lose. Really apprehensive about refeed though - its...
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    Thinker or feeler ?

    heehee! And I believe I'm the only one! teehee
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    Thinker or feeler ?

    I usually say 'I believe'.. sorry :rolleyes:
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    Whats your ratio?

    10 vanilla (i love it with coffee and ice too) 5 choc 3 strawberry 3 soup I love the strawberry as ice cream - i put 12 ice cubes in the liquidiser and crush them and then add the strawberry formula and very little water (1 or 2 tbsp) and make it into strawberry ice cream - yummy.
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    Lactose intolerant

    Hi, I was bloated a couple of times, and couldn't go to the loo. That was about it. Even dulcolax wouldn't help - and then I saw another thread about someone having problems with flapjacks so I swapped my remaining flapjacks for shakes and upped my water intake by a litre or so. dulcolax...
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    Ditching the scales

    i weigh myself every single morning - you could say i'm a serial weigher! but i kinda like it that way for now e.g my scales showed i had lost 0.9kg this morning and i was so chirpy (i think the down side is probly when i go for my weigh in and its less) - hasn't happened yet - normally the...
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    Can dulcolax kick you out of ketosis?

    Thanx Teg.. I am really stressed about refeeding and moreso about going back on tfr after my holiday. I think that's going to be another ball game altogether! Your weight loss is amazing! My last 2 weeks were really bad as i was having loo problems. I'm hoping to do better this week..
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    Can dulcolax kick you out of ketosis?

    thanx Teg - I think you're right - that's why I mentioned it - its probably my head playing games. You'd think after 5 and a half weeks on TFR it wouldn't do that - just goes to show it takes a lot of effort to get out of that mind set. I don't even have any cravings - just feel hungry -...
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    Can dulcolax kick you out of ketosis?

    thanx missyd - hopefully the chemist might be able to help when I go for my weigh in on friday..
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    Can dulcolax kick you out of ketosis?

    Hi, I've been taking dulcolax tablets as I haven't yet got round to buying the pearls. I took 2 on friday and saturday, and 1 on tuesday. Yesterday afternoon I started feeling really hungry. I haven't deviated from the diet as all - haven't had a morsel of anything else in my mouth. I am ok so...
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    Toilet Trouble

    Hi, I found my troubles started after i started having flapjacks. With the flapjacks even dulcolax would'nt work. I've stuck to shakes this week and have dulcolax and it seems to work now.. have you tried dulcolax?
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    Do you do a sneaky weigh in?

    I weigh myself too! Everyday! And do exactly what scousemouse does - if i've lost i'm happy, if not i get some more exercise in.. Usually weigh myself first thing in the morning. I think my scales are probably around the same as the pharmacist's coz this week i had already had a shake and 3...
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    Has anyone tried a Vibro-Plate

    I've used it. I used to train once a week with a personal trainer until May and we used to use it for around 10 minutes each week as part of my training. Its fab - I've used it for squats, lunges, and triceps. You really feel it when you're on it and after the workout. Its a pity they only...
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    anyone else doing this diet as a 'secret'

    Apart from my husband, the world and his wife knows!! lol! Well everyone at work knows and my parents and brother know but hubby has never been a keen supporter of 'meal replacements' and he wouldn't understand. Especially if i told him it cost £36 a week. He's never had a problem with my weight...
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    Chemist training?!!!

    I totally agree with you lubelu! My pharmacist knows bugger all - he always tuts at my losses - I haven't been happy either but then he starts comparing my loss to some other chap who is 19 stone - considering i'm 12st something and female - he shouldn't be doing that. To top it all he says i...
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    can anyone make me fel better

    I was told by my pharmacist that as the first week's loss is water loss, its normally less for people who don't have a high carb diet as they don't hold as much water. So if your diet before LT was low carb - then your first week's loss wouldn't be as much. Just quoting my pharmacist..
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    Lactose intolerant

    Hi Guen, Right I had 1 dulcolax as soon as i got home this evening so hopefully it'll clear out before i get to work tomorrow! Before LT I was having Lactofree for ages - it tastes exactly the same as normal dairy milk - pity they only do a semi-skimmed version as i used to prefer skimmed...
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    Lactose intolerant

    Hi Guenevere, Thanx for the thread - this thread brought it home for me - i've suspected i'm lactose intolerent too and when i started having lactofree milk with my cereals (before LT), all my lacto-related probs went away! Like you I can have cheese without any problems - probly coz i don't...
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    toilet issues whilst on LT

    I'm having serious problems - chemist said fibreclear would help - but it hasn't even though i've been taking 2 x senokot maxstrengths every night. The last time I went was saturday! Phoned the chemist today and told him I only have the normal dulcolax and not the pearls so i'm just gona have...
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    Swimming

    Thanx Cuddlyfairy.. and thanx nictastic.. yah I deicided to alternate - didnt go swimming this morning instead did 20 minutes on the lateral thigh trainer and then an hour of yogalates (louise soloman yogalates for weightloss). I really sweated it out on the LTT - felt good.. might go on it...
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    Swimming

    Thanx.. Biking is a thought - our garage was broken into in April and bikes were stolen. That's no excuse I know but still haven't gotten round to getting new bikes - especially as we hadn't used them in over a year anyway! But i might think about walking during my lunch hour. that'll be...
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    Swimming

    Thanx Julz - that was really helpful :) I guess I'll have to go back to gyming again - not that i don't enjoy it - its just that the nearest gym is quite far and i have to sit through traffic to get there (if anyone says i should walk there i have no hope coz it would take 3 hours and there...
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    Swimming

    lol - my body was used to 4 hours of excercise/swimming a day plus a couple of hours badminton 3-4 times a week. And then suddenly the exercise went to zero as i moved to the countryside from london where there was no public transport and I hadn't yet learnt to drive plus the added complication...
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    Swimming

    I love swimming and have taken to going for a swim 4 mornings a week. I'm normally in the pool by 6.30, swim for an hour and out by 7.30 so I can be ready and at work for 9. I'm just not sure which would burn more calories - interval training on the treadmill in the gym (I normally do...
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    flapjacks eeeerrrkkk!!!

    yep - I wasn't allowed flapjacks in my first week either. I love them now and I feel they keep me full for longer.
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    Well done Pink! Go you! I know I find that the hardest - I don't have kids but when we're out with friends and everyone wants to eat I find it really tough and most of the time i'll take my car even if hubby's taking his so i can just feign ill and leave when they wana go out to eat. But I'm...
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    Senokot

    I was in the same boat last week Julie - I've been adding fibre clear and someone said she was taking 4 sonokots every 1/2 days so i took 2 senokot max strengths on friday night and was finally able to go yesterday. I've decided i'll be taking a couple of senokot max strengths every couple of...
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    Chocolate Shake

    i usually mix/blend it with a little cold water and then add the hot water and blend it some more. That's what i read on one of the threads on here a while ago.
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    Thanx Colly. I'll defo keep away from the carbs. Its always carbs that let me down and i think the best thing is to try and stick to the diet as much as i can and perhaps have a light no-carbs - just chicken and salad meal now and again. Perhaps bbq chicken as it will taste better and is...
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    Thanx Pink - that's really helpful.. And what you say makes total sense. The timing for this holiday is really bad. I wasn't expecting to go on holiday until august by when i would have lost all the weight but hubby decided he wants another holiday so its really out of the blue :( I think i'll...
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    Hi Pink380 - need some help please - I'm going away for a week at the end of June. I'll have been on LT for 7 weeks by then and really don't want to break the diet but i know it won't be easy while i'm on holiday. I asked my chemist if i could have 2 shakes a day and 1 light meal whilst i'm away...
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    Hi Emmalou, As far as I understand if you're doing the test first thing in the morning it wil be dark pink if you are in ketosis. if its dark it means you need to be drinking more but I think if you try it later in the day it should be lighter if you are drinking enough water. Hope this helps...
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    For Pink380 & Sara4 For Pink380 & Sara4: Thanx so much for the tips - I took a heaped teaspoon of fibre clear in my 2 shakes yesterday (3rd one was a bar) and i've just had my first shake this morning with fibreclear as well. Hopefully it will get better :) wow - i didn't know i could take...
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    Help - going away!

    thanx lostpolarbear.. yah - don't want to gain weight whilst away after i've come this far.. I spoke to the chemist today and he said it was upto me - I could start refeed next week and the following week and then eat sensibly whilst i'm away and come back and restart LT or I could continue TFR...
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    Lipotrim 2008!

    Hi all, I had my 4th weigh in today and wasn't happy at all. Lost only 2lbs this week. Admittedly I've had no motion this week and senokot max strength did not help either. Dulcolax works for me but i can't find the dulcolax pearls anywhere and i understand that I can't have the tablets as...
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    Help - going away!

    Thanx babyboosweets. I'm going for my weigh in today so will ask the chemist if i can do that. x
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    Help - going away!

    Thanx.. i'll try and do it through my holiday as well.. Although its gona be TOUGH! Unless I get any other suggestions i'll try to stick with it and perhaps if i feel the need to eat it'll be something small and healthy.
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    Help - going away!

    We only just went to florida during Easter and I wasn't expecting to go on another holiday until August (by when I was expecting to have lost all the weight). But my husband's gone and booked flights to Dubai at the end of June for 1 week, which leaves me 3 weeks before I go away. I don't...
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    week 5 WI

    That's fab! Congrats on the weight loss :D
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    Water - Hot or Cold

    Thanx all :) I'll stick to hot water for now and see how the weightloss goes..
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    Water - Hot or Cold

    Hi all, Does it matter whether you drink hot or cold water? I find I can drink lots of water if its hot or warm and i prefer the taste of hot water to cold (if that makes sense!). But someone told me that its better to drink cold water. Bottom line is I have to force myself to drink 3 litres...
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    Have to throw a party!

    Thanx all :D
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    TOOTHPASTE WARNING

    I asked my chemist when i started and he said i could use any toothpaste. I checked my toothpaste this morning (colgate plus whitening or sumfin) and it has glycerin, sodium sacharin and limonene! And i bulk bought in costco! grrr.. I'm gona have to speak to my chemist about it and maybe try...
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    Have to throw a party!

    Thanx fattothin :) its my birthday on friday but i'm gona stick to the same determination i had yesterday and think about how i'll look good on b'day next year (hopefully!) :)
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    Have to throw a party!

    Hey all, Just to let y'all know the party went brilliantly - and i didn't even feel like eating or drinking!! We were up til 4am and i think i probly enjoyed it the most as i wasn't feelin stuffed like everyone else! I probably wouldnt have made it without this site and all you fellow...
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    F**king pi**ed off!!!!!!

    awww hun! Like the others say - you'll have the last laugh! Hope you're feeling better now.. xx
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    Have to throw a party!

    Thanx everyone for your wonderful messages/tips/words of encouragement :) yup i think i'm gona make choc mousse tomorrow we will actually be smoking - but a different form - not sure if y'all know about shisha (its not a drug i promise - just flavoured tobacco from a bong / hubbly bubbly jar)...
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    Have to throw a party!

    Hi all, Had planned to go to thorpe park tomorrow with some mates and then to dinner as its one of my mate's birthday. I had planned to be really good and not touch any of the food - dont care if he gets offended. Plans have changed though - turns out its gona be a miserable day tomorrow...
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    Lipotrim

    ahh nic - i think i didnt put that quite well - i meant before LT i used to have loads of milk in my tea/coffee. since LT it was difficult initially without the milk and i used to add some of the vanilla shake to my coffee as a creamer, but this week i made very weak coffee - as in no milk -...
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    Cinema

    Awww Jo - i'm right there with you hun... its easy wen we're sitting at home and i can sit at the other end of the sofa! but sitting right next to the smell of nachos and jalopenos :cry: But we're proud of you for sticking it out hun! :)
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    Lipotrim

    Hi all, I love my tea and coffee milky - i'm told i add tea to my milk rather than milk to my tea :D However i've been having black coffee this week - and its actually not that bad - i make it really weak - abt a quarter teaspoon of coffee to a mug so i get the smell of coffee but not the...
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    rant bout work out dvd

    I agree nic - at least we're not being silly like them (those who break their diets) - it makes me feel all the more better that i'm sticking to it :) Got my weigh in today - weighed myself this morning as i do each week on the morning of my weigh in to compare my scales to the chemists...
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    How much does Lipotrim cost?

    Hi Michelle - just to let you know - My chemist gave me a form that my doctor had to sign. It was just a note advising the doctor that I'm on LT and the doctor had to acknowledge it.
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    Anyone else scared of....

    Hi thistime08 - yah - how cruel is that - everyone at work digs into the sweets all day long! Luckily - i don't feel like having them at all - and really hoping to have Ally's determination when i come off LT.. Thanx everyone - for all your inspiring thoughts and advice.
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    Anyone else scared of....

    My sentiments exactly! Prefer tfr - really bad at maintaining! and i love fruit and carbs :( I'm really hoping to change my eating habits - its easier at home coz its only me and hubby at home. Everyone at work loves candy and the sweet table is right behind me. Even worse the girl who sits...
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    rant bout work out dvd

    I know how you feel hun! I'm so annoyed with a girl at work. She just wants to do what everyone else does - When I started LT and came back from the chemist she happened to see me reading up on it so decided to do somethig as well. what do you know - she said to me she would be starting All...
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    Latheral Thigh Steppers

    Hi Nic, The dvd i got with mine was faulty and worked only a couple of times - so i just went on what i remember from the dvd. I used mine last night actually and really works - i use the power cords as well - and they kill my arms after. Woke up this morning feeling the pain in the right...
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    Anyone in Beds/Herts

    Hi, I live on the Beds/Herts borders - wondering if anyone else lives around here and whether y'all get together to exercise/swim/motivate each other?
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    Shake experiment

    My chemist also said its better to have the shake in one go rather than splitting it as i told him i find it difficult to finish it in one go so i split my sachets in half. (Except if i'm having a mousse for dinner then i have it in one go - its so yummy coz i make it and then freeze it for a...
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    exercise

    Thank you :) I'm not doing too well this week though! Enjoy your gym session tonite. x
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    exercise

    Hi Sarsg, I'm not by any means an LT guru but i'm on my second week now and have heard nothing like that from my pharmacist. He said not to exercise the first week but after that its fine - I went to the gym on day 8 and again on day 10, going tonite and swimming tomorrow! a lot of the other...
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    when's your weigh in day?

    Mine is on a friday morning too! I went at 10am last week but thinking of moving it to 9am that way I can go straight to work after :)
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    Gave in to temptation

    Hi Tod, I did that last week - I wasn't even hungry just wanted to taste something different so I know how you feel. I've grown from the slip up and its made me even more determined to stick to it - coz I didn't feel very good after - and i'd rather not eat than eat and beat myself up over...
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    First weigh in

    its all about expanding your tastebuds scirishman :) (although mine are a little odd - but hey its all about experiencing new delicacies - probably how i put on the weight in the first place :D)
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    First weigh in

    Well done Lisa - that's fab! I agree with Kiwi - give the flapjacks another go - I was so fed up of sweet shakes at the end of week 1, the flapjacks were a welcome change if you fancy something not so sweet.. :)
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    manky tongue?

    Thanx for this post I was really silly on friday night and ate some food (see my post on the 'lost 10lbs and fell of the wago' thread'). was really beating myself up after and wondered when i would get back into ketosis. woke up this morning with the furry tongue! woohoo - i know - silly eh -...
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    Lost 10lbs then fell off the wagon!

    thanx nictastic - didn't realise i could have only one a day - had only one today though - and i'll bear that in mind from now on :) x
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    Lost 10lbs then fell off the wagon!

    Thanx everyone, I think i've grown from the slip up as well - woke up this morning and went to the gym - i feel better already - especially knowing that i won't do it again. Also went to the chemist and swapped some shakes for flapjacks - they are quite alright - at least they are not sweet -...
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    Lost 10lbs then fell off the wagon!

    Ps - my tummy is making all kinds of funny sounds now :confused::cry:
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    Lost 10lbs then fell off the wagon!

    I slipped up too Hi all, Had my first weigh in today and lost 9 lbs - was so chuffed! But come tea time i was so tired of having the shakes all week i needed something savory so i had some grilled chicken (very little) and cucumber.. that was the plan - just that but i couldn't help myself -...
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    If You Are Doing Lipotrim Please Post Here And Tell Your Story!

    Sachets and Sleep Hi all, I'm glad i'm not the only one who can't sleep then :). And i'm just trying to down my last shake now - just not hungry - but gotta have it :) So excited about my weigh in tomorrow - but also apprehensive - hope i've lost a bit...
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    If You Are Doing Lipotrim Please Post Here And Tell Your Story!

    Hi Jenny - thanx for that - looking forward to sleeping more next week :) good for you - at least you're getting a good night's sleep after six long years.. I guess its the change in diet. luckily the lack of sleep hasn't affected me at work - if anything I'm probably more hyper than before -...
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    If You Are Doing Lipotrim Please Post Here And Tell Your Story!

    Lack of sleep All the best Redpen - I've got my first weigh in tomorrow fingers crossed :) Does anyone else feel they are sleeping less? I couldn't sleep until past 2am last night and was up at 6.50 this morning - and I usually wake up at 8! It seems to be the only 'side effect' of LT for...
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    If You Are Doing Lipotrim Please Post Here And Tell Your Story!

    Hi all, I've been meaning to ask the same - if water from tea/coffee counts. I am managing 3.5 - 4 litres of water a day but also have the odd black coffee or mint tea. Its day 5 already - my first weigh in is on friday!! I had to force myself to have the 3rd shake today though - they are...
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